Faculty & Staff

ALAN WEST DURAN

Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Director of the Latino/a, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
Affiliated Faculty, African American Studies
Ph.D., New York University

Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
451 Meserve Hall
(617) 373-3659
(617) 373-2298 (fax)
d.west-duran@neu.edu
http://web.mac.com/alanwestduran

Areas of Study:
Afro-Cuban culture (religion, literature, music); Caribbean Literature & Culture, Latin American Cinema

Selected Publications:

Cuba. Scribner & Sons/Gale Group, NY, NY , 2011

Latino and Latina Writers. Scribner & Sons/Gale Group, NY, NY, 2004

African Caribbeans: A Reference Guide. Greenwood Publishing, Westport, CT, 2003

Tropics of History: Cuba Imagined. Bergin & Garvey, Westport, CT, 1997

Selected Professional Activities:

Director, Latino, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LLACS), Northeastern University (2000-2002), acting Director 2003-2004; currently the Director.

Advisory board for Journal: Cuban Studies, 2000-Present (published by University of Pittsburgh Press).

President’s Committee on Latino Affairs (2000-to the present)

Latino Prize for Literature in Poetry (1996)

Upcoming Courses and Recent Courses Taught:
Fall 2011

Cuban History and Culture thru Film

Caribbean Literature and Culture

Spring 2012

LITR 1260 Caribbean Literature and Culture

CLTR 1240 Latin American Film