Silvia Álvarez Curbelo (born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1940) is a
Puerto Rican historian, and writer. She is best known for her book ''Un país del porvenir: el afán de modernidad en Puerto Rico (Siglo XIX)''.
Early years
Álvarez Curbelo was born in
Ponce, Puerto Rico
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.
She was a
fellow
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at the
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies in 2004/2005.
Career
Álvarez Curbelo is a professor of Communications at the
University of Puerto Rico
The University of Puerto Rico (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Universidad de Puerto Rico;'' often shortened to UPR) is the main List of state and territorial universities in the United States, public university system in the Commonwealth (U.S. i ...
, Río Piedras campus. She is a historian and is a founding member of the Asociación Puertorriqueña de Historiadores (Puerto Rican Association of Historians). She is curator of the ''Entresiglos, Puerto Rico 1890–1910'' exhibition, and the permanent exhibition of the history of
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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, at the Museo de San Juan. She is currently director of the Centro de Investigaciones en Comunicación (Center for Communications Research) at the University of Puerto Rico.
Works
Among her better known works are:
* ''Un país del porvenir: el afán de modernidad en Puerto Rico (Siglo XIX)'' (Ediciones Callejón; San Juan, Puerto Rico) (2001)
* ''Del nacionalismo al populismo: Cultura y Politica en Puerto Rico.'' (Ediciones Huraca; Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) (1993)
* ''Historias vivas: Historiografía puertorriqueña contemporánea.'' (1996)
* ''Ilusión de Francia: Arquitectura y afrancesamiento en Puerto Rico.'' (1997)
* ''Hispanofilia: Arquitectura y vida en Puerto Rico 1900–1950.'' (1998)
* ''Los arcos de la memoria: el '98 de los pueblos puertorriqueños.'' (1999)
Recognitions
She is honored at Ponce's
Park of Illustrious Ponce Citizens.
See also
*
List of Puerto Ricans
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*
List of Puerto Rican writers
This is a list of Puerto Rican literary figures, including poets, novelists, short story authors, and playwrights. It includes people who were born in Puerto Rico, people who are of Puerto Rican ancestry, and long-term residents or immigrants w ...
References
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Living people
1940 births
Writers from Ponce
20th-century Puerto Rican historians
University of Puerto Rico faculty
Puerto Rican women writers
American women historians
Historians of Puerto Rico
21st-century Puerto Rican historians
21st-century American historians