Justino Rodriguez
195 Smith St. apt. #3 Brooklyn, NY 11201
justino@nyu.edu (718) 687-6212
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Education
2008-Present New York University New York, NY
Phd Program in History
Dissertation Title(Tentative): ‘From Matanzas to Moscow’: Cuba, Race and Latin American Communism, 1894-1939
Examination Fields(May 2010):
- Modern Latin America: Greg Grandin
- Colonial Latin America: Sinclair Thompson
- Race and Ethnicity in the America’s: Ada Ferrer
2004-2008 The City College of New York New York, NY
- A.B., History (Modern Latin America & The Caribbean)
- Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- Carl Dunat Award for Outstanding Work in the Field of History
Fellowships/Awards
2008-2010 Henry M. Mackracken Fellowship New York University
—————Opportunity/Deans Fellowship New York University
2007-2008 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Andrew Mellon Foundation
2007-2008 Weston Public Service Scholarship The City College of New York
2007, 2008 Mellon Mays Summer Research Grant Andrew Mellon Foundation
2007 STOCS Travel Grant, Argentina City University of New York
Major Research/Conferences
12/2009 Major Paper (To form part of my dissertation prospectus)
“The Problem of Race and Communism: The First Congress of the Latin American Section of the Communist International, Buenos Aires, 1929″
11/2009 Resistance in the America’s Speakers Series New York, NY
“Arturo Schomburg and the Missing Pages of Black and Latino History”
12/2007 Undergraduate Major Paper
“Sangre De Minero, Semilla De Guerillero”: Neoliberalism, Ex-Miners and the Reconstitution of Struggle in El Alto, Bolivia.”
1/2007 Oral History Project Mar Del Plata, Argentina
“Historical Memory and Unemployed Workers Organizations in Mar Del Plata, Argentina.”
5/2005 Conference: Univ.of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
“Student Struggles and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.”
1/2005 Conference: World Social Forum Porto Alegre, Brazil
“Resisting Discrimination and Displacement in Itacare (Bahia) Brazil.”
Relevant Coursework
Spring 2010
- Latin American Labor History in Comparative Perspective (Barbara Weinstein)
- Readings: Race and Ethnicity in the America’s (Ada Ferrer)
- Historical Consciousness in Latin America and the Caribbean (Sinclair Thompson)
Fall 2009
Cuba: History, Culture, and Revolution (Ada Ferrer, Ana Dopico)
Readings: Rebellion and Revolution Latin American & Caribbean History (Sinclair Thompson)
Power and Ideas in Spanish America (James Dunkerly)
Spring 2009
- Literature of the Field: Modern Latin America (Greg Grandin)
- Postcolonial Brazil (Barbara Weinstein)
- The Sociology of Late Development (Vivek Chibber)
Fall 2009
- Age of Revolution: Latin America and the Caribbean (Ada Ferrer)
- Literature of the Field: Colonial Latin America (Sinclair Thompson)
- Historical Methods: Research and Writing (Manu Goswami, Andrew Sartori)
Languages
- Spanish: Fluent; speaking and reading. Adv.command; writing.
- Portuguese(Brazilian): Intermediate ; reading, writing, and speaking