Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba
Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures
Contact
- MH 4.01.20
- Malgorzata.Oleszkiewicz@utsa.edu
- MH 4.01.20
- Curriculum Vitae
Bio
Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba is Professor of Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies at the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. She specializes in cross-cultural, comparative research in Indigenous, Afro-American, and Eurasian cultures, syncretic religions, and the feminine. Among her publications are the books, Mythology and Symbolism of Eurasia and Indigenous Americas: Manifestations in Artifacts and Rituals (Berghahn Books 2023), Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Kali, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte (Palgrave 2015, 2018), The Black Madonna in Latin America and Europe: Tradition and Transformation (UNMP 2007, 2009, 2011), and Teatro popular peruano: del precolombino al siglo XX (Warsaw University and the Austrian Institute of Latin America, 1995), as well as numerous scholarly book chapters and articles. She has lived, studied, and lectured widely around the world, and is fluent in seven languages.Research Interests
- Latin American and Latinx syncretic religions and literatures
- Afro-Latin American Studies
- Eurasian Studies
- Black Madonnas
- Fierce Feminine Divinities
- Mythology and Symbolism of Indigenous Mesoamerica
Degrees
Ph.D. in Latin American Literature and Culture, New York University (1991)
M.Phil. inSpanish American and Brazilian Literature and Culture, New York University (1985)
Magister in Iberian and Latin American Studies, Warsaw University (1981)
M.A. in Spanish and Portuguese Literature and Culture, Queens College (1981)
B.A. in Romance Languages, Queens College (1979)
M.Phil. inSpanish American and Brazilian Literature and Culture, New York University (1985)
Magister in Iberian and Latin American Studies, Warsaw University (1981)
M.A. in Spanish and Portuguese Literature and Culture, Queens College (1981)
B.A. in Romance Languages, Queens College (1979)
Presentations
“Ancient Worldview Embodied in Contemporary Women’s Garments: The Mayan Huipil and The Hutsul Blouse.” Eleventh International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society, Córdoba, Spain (presentation online), June 4, 2021
“Prehistoric Religious Roots of Cervid Imagery in Contemporary Folk Arts of Eurasia and the Americas.” Tenth International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society, Vancouver, Canada, April 30-May1, 2020. (Paper accepted, not delivered due to Coronavirus outbreak)
“Symbolism and Mythology of Eurasia and the Americas: Manifestations in Artifacts and Rituals.” Mediterranean Studies Association (MSA) International Congress, Rethymnon, Greece, May 31, 2019
“The Afro-Brazilian Trickster Pombagira: Liminality, Transgression, and Empowerment.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA) International Congress, Barcelona, Spain, May 23, 2018
“Traditional Designs and Contemporary World Patterns: Connections with Prehistoric Images of the Human and the Animal Feminine.” National Conference of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM), Las Vegas, NV, March 17, 2018 (90-min. presentation)
“Trypilian Culture as Cradle of European Civilization.” Mediterranean Studies Association (MSA) International Congress, Valletta, Malta, June 1, 2017
“Patterns that Won’t Go Away: The Meaning of Contemporary Slavic Folk Designs.” Central Association of Russian Teachers of America (CARTA) Nineteenth Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 1, 2017
“Liminality, Transgression, and Feminine Empowerment: The Case of Kali and Pombagira.” Fourth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM), Burlington, MA, April 1, 2016
“Sara-La-Kâli: A Diasporic Roma Devotion from Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer to Rio de Janeiro.” Mediterranean Studies Association International Congress, Marbella, Spain, May 31, 2014
“The Witch Baba Yaga: An Eastern European Liminal Deity.” National Conference of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM), San Antonio, March 28, 2014
“My Work on the Black Madonnas of Europe and Latin America.” Roundtable, “The Black Madonnas.” National Conference of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM), San Antonio, March 29, 2014
“Representations of Death in Mexico: La Santa Muerte.” The Art of Death and Dying Symposium, Houston: University of Houston Libraries, October 25, 2012
“Transnational Images of the Fierce Feminine: Kali, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte.” XXX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), San Francisco, May 24, 2012
“Symbolic Representations of Gypsies in Brazil: From Santa Sara Kali to Pombagira Cigana.” XXIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Toronto, October 9, 2010
“Corridos y pseudo-santos: rituals de la narcocultura.” XXVII Internacional Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 13, 2009
“El narcotráfico como religión: el cine, la literatura y la música.” Atrium 2009 I International Conference on Literature, Culture and Religion in the Hispanic World, San Antonio, February 21, 2009
“Survival Strategies and Globalization: The Practice of Traditional Religions in Brazil and the Caribbean.”XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Montréal, Canada, September 7, 2007
“La dimension metafísica y social de La hora de la estrella de Clarice Lispector/Suzana Amaral.” International Conference on Hispanic Film and Literature (CINE-LIT SIX), Portland, OR, February 24, 2007
“Religiones sincréticas en el Brasil y en Cuba: identidad, supervivencia y globaización.” 3er Foro Latinoamericano: Memoria e Identidad, Montevideo, Uruguay, October 28, 2006
“Los hispanos en los Estados Unidos y la identidad: el símbolo de la Virgen de Guadalupe.” 52nd Internatioal Congress of Americanists (ICA), Seville, Spain, July 18, 2006
“Hybridity and Appropriation: The Subversion of Images in the Mexican American Southwest.” XXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Las Vegas, Nevada, October 7, 2004
“The Dark Goddess/Madonna in East-Central Europe, the Mediterranean, and Latin America.” 7th Mediterranean Studies Association International Congress, Barcelona, Spain, May 27, 2004
“New Uses of Religious Symbols: Cuba, Miami, and the American Southwest.” Southwest Council of Latin American Studies (SCOLAS) Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 18, 2004
“Popular Religiosity and Cultural Exchange through the Atlantic: Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States.” XXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Dallas, Texas, March 28, 2003
“Mother of God and Mother Earth: Religion, Gender, and Transformation in East-Central Europe.” Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, January 13, 2003
“La Madre Morena: evolución e hibridez en el intercambio atlántico.” International Seminar Interculturalidad en América Latina, CESLA, and Central-European School of Latin American Studies, CEISAL. Center for Latin American Studies, Warsaw University, June 27, 2002
“Diosas y Madonas: intersecciones de color, género y poder en Europa, América Latina y el Caribe.” World Forum--X Congress of the International Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (FIELAC), Moscow, June 26, 2001
“Vírgenes morenas y diosas blancas: identidad e intercambio cultural en América Latina.” Southwest Council of Latin American Studies 34th Conference, Santa Fe, March 22, 2001
“Images of the Black Madonna: Meaning and Transformation Across Cultures.” “Virgin Image Conference,” Galería Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, California, December 10, 2000
“La Madona Negra: origen y transformación en la Europa eslava y en la América Latina.” 50th International Congress of Americanists, Warsaw, July 11, 2000
“Religión e identidad: fronteras entre el viejo y el nuevo mundo.” VIII Congreso Latinoamericano sobre Religión y Etnicidad, Padua, July 1, 2000
“Fluidity and Transformation: Religion, Gender, and Art in South and North American Borderlands." Latin American Studies Association (LASA) XXII International Congress, Miami, Florida, March 18, 2000
"Importancia de la Virgen Negra sincrética en América Latina." II Congreso Internacional de
Historiadores Latinoamericanistas, Havana, Cuba, November 9, 1999
"Transformations of Sacred Images in the Borderlands." National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference, UTSA, San Antonio, Texas, April 29, 1999
"Choque de culturas y marginalidad: liberación de imágenes religiosas en el suroeste de Estados Unidos y el Brasil." Latin American Literatures and Cultures Conference, University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, Colorado, March 5, 1999
"Transformaciones de la Inmaculada en la iconografía del Nuevo Mundo: México, Estados Unidos y Brasil." IV Congreso de Creación Femenina, Universidad Central de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, November 18, 1998
"La Madona Negra: Resistencia, poder e identidad nacional en México, Polonia y Brasil." XVI International Symposium of Literature, Madrid, July 29, 1998
“Ilé Axé Orisanlá J'Omin: Syncretism or Ortodoxy?" Brazilian Studies Association International
Conference, Washington, D.C., November 15, 1997
"The Role of Women in Brazilian Candomblé." Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1997
"The Power of Women: Gender, Race and Class in Brazilian Candomblé." Modern Language
Association Convention, Washington, D.C., December 29, 1996
“Los cultos sincréticos marianos en América Latina: Guadalupe/Tonantzin y
Aparecida/Concepción/Iemanjá.” Afro-Latin American Research Association Conference,
Salvador, Brazil, August 19, 1996
"Os cultos marianos nacionais na América Latina: Guadalupe/Tonantzin e Aparecida/Iemanjá." Bienal Internacional Afro Americana de Cultura, Salvador, Brazil, August 13, 1996
"El culto de la Virgen María en México y en el Brasil: Tonantzin y Iemanjá." Cultural Meeting The Birth of Two Natures: The Creole and the Mestizo in Spanish America. Univesidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico, March 28, 1996
"La danza de la pluma y el sincretismo cultural en México." 48th International Congress of
Americanists, Stockholm, July 5, 1994
"Manifestaciones artísticas del drama de la conquista: México y el Perú." Symposium Pre Congress, 48th Congress of Americanists. Warsaw, June 30, 1994
"El teatro peruano y la posmodernidad." II Congreso Internacional de Teatro Iberoamericano y Argentino. Buenos Aires, August 16, 1993
"Posmodernidad y teatro en América Latina." XI Simposio Internacional de Literatura. Montevideo, August 12, 1993
“Prehistoric Religious Roots of Cervid Imagery in Contemporary Folk Arts of Eurasia and the Americas.” Tenth International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society, Vancouver, Canada, April 30-May1, 2020. (Paper accepted, not delivered due to Coronavirus outbreak)
“Symbolism and Mythology of Eurasia and the Americas: Manifestations in Artifacts and Rituals.” Mediterranean Studies Association (MSA) International Congress, Rethymnon, Greece, May 31, 2019
“The Afro-Brazilian Trickster Pombagira: Liminality, Transgression, and Empowerment.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA) International Congress, Barcelona, Spain, May 23, 2018
“Traditional Designs and Contemporary World Patterns: Connections with Prehistoric Images of the Human and the Animal Feminine.” National Conference of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM), Las Vegas, NV, March 17, 2018 (90-min. presentation)
“Trypilian Culture as Cradle of European Civilization.” Mediterranean Studies Association (MSA) International Congress, Valletta, Malta, June 1, 2017
“Patterns that Won’t Go Away: The Meaning of Contemporary Slavic Folk Designs.” Central Association of Russian Teachers of America (CARTA) Nineteenth Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 1, 2017
“Liminality, Transgression, and Feminine Empowerment: The Case of Kali and Pombagira.” Fourth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM), Burlington, MA, April 1, 2016
“Sara-La-Kâli: A Diasporic Roma Devotion from Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer to Rio de Janeiro.” Mediterranean Studies Association International Congress, Marbella, Spain, May 31, 2014
“The Witch Baba Yaga: An Eastern European Liminal Deity.” National Conference of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM), San Antonio, March 28, 2014
“My Work on the Black Madonnas of Europe and Latin America.” Roundtable, “The Black Madonnas.” National Conference of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM), San Antonio, March 29, 2014
“Representations of Death in Mexico: La Santa Muerte.” The Art of Death and Dying Symposium, Houston: University of Houston Libraries, October 25, 2012
“Transnational Images of the Fierce Feminine: Kali, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte.” XXX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), San Francisco, May 24, 2012
“Symbolic Representations of Gypsies in Brazil: From Santa Sara Kali to Pombagira Cigana.” XXIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Toronto, October 9, 2010
“Corridos y pseudo-santos: rituals de la narcocultura.” XXVII Internacional Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 13, 2009
“El narcotráfico como religión: el cine, la literatura y la música.” Atrium 2009 I International Conference on Literature, Culture and Religion in the Hispanic World, San Antonio, February 21, 2009
“Survival Strategies and Globalization: The Practice of Traditional Religions in Brazil and the Caribbean.”XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Montréal, Canada, September 7, 2007
“La dimension metafísica y social de La hora de la estrella de Clarice Lispector/Suzana Amaral.” International Conference on Hispanic Film and Literature (CINE-LIT SIX), Portland, OR, February 24, 2007
“Religiones sincréticas en el Brasil y en Cuba: identidad, supervivencia y globaización.” 3er Foro Latinoamericano: Memoria e Identidad, Montevideo, Uruguay, October 28, 2006
“Los hispanos en los Estados Unidos y la identidad: el símbolo de la Virgen de Guadalupe.” 52nd Internatioal Congress of Americanists (ICA), Seville, Spain, July 18, 2006
“Hybridity and Appropriation: The Subversion of Images in the Mexican American Southwest.” XXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Las Vegas, Nevada, October 7, 2004
“The Dark Goddess/Madonna in East-Central Europe, the Mediterranean, and Latin America.” 7th Mediterranean Studies Association International Congress, Barcelona, Spain, May 27, 2004
“New Uses of Religious Symbols: Cuba, Miami, and the American Southwest.” Southwest Council of Latin American Studies (SCOLAS) Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 18, 2004
“Popular Religiosity and Cultural Exchange through the Atlantic: Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States.” XXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Dallas, Texas, March 28, 2003
“Mother of God and Mother Earth: Religion, Gender, and Transformation in East-Central Europe.” Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, January 13, 2003
“La Madre Morena: evolución e hibridez en el intercambio atlántico.” International Seminar Interculturalidad en América Latina, CESLA, and Central-European School of Latin American Studies, CEISAL. Center for Latin American Studies, Warsaw University, June 27, 2002
“Diosas y Madonas: intersecciones de color, género y poder en Europa, América Latina y el Caribe.” World Forum--X Congress of the International Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (FIELAC), Moscow, June 26, 2001
“Vírgenes morenas y diosas blancas: identidad e intercambio cultural en América Latina.” Southwest Council of Latin American Studies 34th Conference, Santa Fe, March 22, 2001
“Images of the Black Madonna: Meaning and Transformation Across Cultures.” “Virgin Image Conference,” Galería Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, California, December 10, 2000
“La Madona Negra: origen y transformación en la Europa eslava y en la América Latina.” 50th International Congress of Americanists, Warsaw, July 11, 2000
“Religión e identidad: fronteras entre el viejo y el nuevo mundo.” VIII Congreso Latinoamericano sobre Religión y Etnicidad, Padua, July 1, 2000
“Fluidity and Transformation: Religion, Gender, and Art in South and North American Borderlands." Latin American Studies Association (LASA) XXII International Congress, Miami, Florida, March 18, 2000
"Importancia de la Virgen Negra sincrética en América Latina." II Congreso Internacional de
Historiadores Latinoamericanistas, Havana, Cuba, November 9, 1999
"Transformations of Sacred Images in the Borderlands." National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference, UTSA, San Antonio, Texas, April 29, 1999
"Choque de culturas y marginalidad: liberación de imágenes religiosas en el suroeste de Estados Unidos y el Brasil." Latin American Literatures and Cultures Conference, University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, Colorado, March 5, 1999
"Transformaciones de la Inmaculada en la iconografía del Nuevo Mundo: México, Estados Unidos y Brasil." IV Congreso de Creación Femenina, Universidad Central de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, November 18, 1998
"La Madona Negra: Resistencia, poder e identidad nacional en México, Polonia y Brasil." XVI International Symposium of Literature, Madrid, July 29, 1998
“Ilé Axé Orisanlá J'Omin: Syncretism or Ortodoxy?" Brazilian Studies Association International
Conference, Washington, D.C., November 15, 1997
"The Role of Women in Brazilian Candomblé." Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1997
"The Power of Women: Gender, Race and Class in Brazilian Candomblé." Modern Language
Association Convention, Washington, D.C., December 29, 1996
“Los cultos sincréticos marianos en América Latina: Guadalupe/Tonantzin y
Aparecida/Concepción/Iemanjá.” Afro-Latin American Research Association Conference,
Salvador, Brazil, August 19, 1996
"Os cultos marianos nacionais na América Latina: Guadalupe/Tonantzin e Aparecida/Iemanjá." Bienal Internacional Afro Americana de Cultura, Salvador, Brazil, August 13, 1996
"El culto de la Virgen María en México y en el Brasil: Tonantzin y Iemanjá." Cultural Meeting The Birth of Two Natures: The Creole and the Mestizo in Spanish America. Univesidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico, March 28, 1996
"La danza de la pluma y el sincretismo cultural en México." 48th International Congress of
Americanists, Stockholm, July 5, 1994
"Manifestaciones artísticas del drama de la conquista: México y el Perú." Symposium Pre Congress, 48th Congress of Americanists. Warsaw, June 30, 1994
"El teatro peruano y la posmodernidad." II Congreso Internacional de Teatro Iberoamericano y Argentino. Buenos Aires, August 16, 1993
"Posmodernidad y teatro en América Latina." XI Simposio Internacional de Literatura. Montevideo, August 12, 1993
“Our Ancestral Mothers.” Celebration Circle, San Antonio, TX, May 14, 2023
“The Language of Textiles: The Mesoamerican Huipil and the Ukrainian Sorochka.” UTSA Southwest Campus, San Antonio, TX, February 25, 2023
“How to Write and Publish a Book.” The Spanish Club, UTSA, November 29, 2022
“The Brazilian Trickster Pombagira.” Northeastern University, Boston, MA, April 4, 2016
“Feminine Symbolism in World Art: 35,000 BC till Present.” UTSA, March 8, 2016
“Matriarchy in Afro-Brazilian Candomblé.” Plenary Speaker, Matriarchal Studies Day. San Antonio, March 27, 1914
“Origins and Transformations of the Black Madonna Devotion across the Atlantic.” Plenary
speaker, Nigra Sum. Cults, Sanctuaries and Images of the Black Madonnas in Europe. Sanctuary
and Sacred Mount of Oropa –Sanctuary and Sacred Mount of Crea, International Convention,
Italy, May 21, 2010
“From the Gypsies to the Cathars: Sara-La-Kâli and Mary Magdalene in Provence.” The
Laboratory for the Sociology of the Arts, Culture, and Communications (SACC), UTSA,
December 4, 2008
“The Black Madonna in World Cultures.” Northeastern University, Boston, MA, October 23,
2008
“Candomblé and the Afro-Brazilian Culture.” Northeastern University, Boston, MA, October 22,
2008
“Resilience of the Divine Dark Feminine through Time and Place.” Women’s Studies Institute,
UTSA, March 27, 2008
“Transformations of the Black Madonna around the World.” San Antonio Museum of Art,
December 11, 2007
“Writing Process of The Black Madonna.” Elliott Bay Book, Seattle, WA, August 17, 2007
“Femininity and Blackness.” In Other Words Feminist Center, Portland, OR, August 9, 2007
“Goddesses and Black Madonnas in History.” Book Woman, Austin, TX, July 14, 2007
“La Madona Negra: el proceso de investigación.” The Research of UTSA Spanish Profs, Part II session, UTSA, April 27, 2007
“The Black Madonna.” The University of Texas at San Antonio, September 19, 2005
“The Black Madonnas of East-Central Europe, Latin America, and the United States: A Personal Journey.” California Institute of Integral Studies, Ph.D. Program in Women’s Spirituality. April 10, 2002
“The Dark Virgin.” Graduate Seminar Images of Women in Viceregal Latin America, UTSA, March 20, 2002
“Manifestaciones de lo europeo, lo indígena y lo africano en la religiosidad e iconografía de América Latina.” Graduate Seminar, Maestría de Artes Plásticas: Historia y Teoría, Universidad Central de Venezuela, May 2001 (postponed because of political unrest)
"Czarna Madonna w Polsce, Meksyku i Brazylii." The Ethnographic Museum of Krakow, July 9,
1999
"The Black Madonna: Transformations of the Virgin Mary in Different Cultures." Trinity University, San Antonio, March 24, 1998
"The Black Madonna across Cultures: Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of Czestochowa." Hispanic Heritage Week, The University of Texas at San Antonio, September 15, 1997
"El poder de la mujer en las religiones afro-brasileñas." Warsaw University, June 20, 1997
"Filosofía y estructura del terreiro de candomblé." Warsaw University, June 18, 1997
"Origen y desarrollo de las religiones afro-latinoamericanas." Warsaw University, June 16, 1997
"The Role of Women in Brazilian Society and Religion." Yachai Latin American Series, The University of Texas at San Antonio, March 4, 1997
“Africa in Brazil: Women, Religion and Daily Life.” Dartmouth College, January 27, 1997
"Drama, Festivals and Rituals in the Andes: Tragedy of the Death of Atahualpa." Bard College,
October 31, 1992
"Taquile: Preserving a Pre Columbian Way of Life." Bard College, March 17, 1992
"Cultural Syncretism in the Andes: The Festival of Paucartambo." Bard College, March 3, 1992
"Indian Celebrations and Peruvian Popular Theatre." Queens College, September 7, 1988
“The Language of Textiles: The Mesoamerican Huipil and the Ukrainian Sorochka.” UTSA Southwest Campus, San Antonio, TX, February 25, 2023
“How to Write and Publish a Book.” The Spanish Club, UTSA, November 29, 2022
“The Brazilian Trickster Pombagira.” Northeastern University, Boston, MA, April 4, 2016
“Feminine Symbolism in World Art: 35,000 BC till Present.” UTSA, March 8, 2016
“Matriarchy in Afro-Brazilian Candomblé.” Plenary Speaker, Matriarchal Studies Day. San Antonio, March 27, 1914
“Origins and Transformations of the Black Madonna Devotion across the Atlantic.” Plenary
speaker, Nigra Sum. Cults, Sanctuaries and Images of the Black Madonnas in Europe. Sanctuary
and Sacred Mount of Oropa –Sanctuary and Sacred Mount of Crea, International Convention,
Italy, May 21, 2010
“From the Gypsies to the Cathars: Sara-La-Kâli and Mary Magdalene in Provence.” The
Laboratory for the Sociology of the Arts, Culture, and Communications (SACC), UTSA,
December 4, 2008
“The Black Madonna in World Cultures.” Northeastern University, Boston, MA, October 23,
2008
“Candomblé and the Afro-Brazilian Culture.” Northeastern University, Boston, MA, October 22,
2008
“Resilience of the Divine Dark Feminine through Time and Place.” Women’s Studies Institute,
UTSA, March 27, 2008
“Transformations of the Black Madonna around the World.” San Antonio Museum of Art,
December 11, 2007
“Writing Process of The Black Madonna.” Elliott Bay Book, Seattle, WA, August 17, 2007
“Femininity and Blackness.” In Other Words Feminist Center, Portland, OR, August 9, 2007
“Goddesses and Black Madonnas in History.” Book Woman, Austin, TX, July 14, 2007
“La Madona Negra: el proceso de investigación.” The Research of UTSA Spanish Profs, Part II session, UTSA, April 27, 2007
“The Black Madonna.” The University of Texas at San Antonio, September 19, 2005
“The Black Madonnas of East-Central Europe, Latin America, and the United States: A Personal Journey.” California Institute of Integral Studies, Ph.D. Program in Women’s Spirituality. April 10, 2002
“The Dark Virgin.” Graduate Seminar Images of Women in Viceregal Latin America, UTSA, March 20, 2002
“Manifestaciones de lo europeo, lo indígena y lo africano en la religiosidad e iconografía de América Latina.” Graduate Seminar, Maestría de Artes Plásticas: Historia y Teoría, Universidad Central de Venezuela, May 2001 (postponed because of political unrest)
"Czarna Madonna w Polsce, Meksyku i Brazylii." The Ethnographic Museum of Krakow, July 9,
1999
"The Black Madonna: Transformations of the Virgin Mary in Different Cultures." Trinity University, San Antonio, March 24, 1998
"The Black Madonna across Cultures: Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of Czestochowa." Hispanic Heritage Week, The University of Texas at San Antonio, September 15, 1997
"El poder de la mujer en las religiones afro-brasileñas." Warsaw University, June 20, 1997
"Filosofía y estructura del terreiro de candomblé." Warsaw University, June 18, 1997
"Origen y desarrollo de las religiones afro-latinoamericanas." Warsaw University, June 16, 1997
"The Role of Women in Brazilian Society and Religion." Yachai Latin American Series, The University of Texas at San Antonio, March 4, 1997
“Africa in Brazil: Women, Religion and Daily Life.” Dartmouth College, January 27, 1997
"Drama, Festivals and Rituals in the Andes: Tragedy of the Death of Atahualpa." Bard College,
October 31, 1992
"Taquile: Preserving a Pre Columbian Way of Life." Bard College, March 17, 1992
"Cultural Syncretism in the Andes: The Festival of Paucartambo." Bard College, March 3, 1992
"Indian Celebrations and Peruvian Popular Theatre." Queens College, September 7, 1988
“Our Divine Mother.” Celebration Circle, San Antonio, May 8, 2016
“The (Re)Birth of the Dark Mother.” Celebration Circle, San Antonio, December 8, 2002
"Brazylijskie candomblé." Institute for Polish Culture, Warsaw University, June 30, 1999
"Wplywy afrykanskie w zyciu i religiach brazylijskich." Presentation on Brazil for representatives of the journal Film, Warsaw, July 23, 1997
"African Influence in Bahia: The Candomblé." Hobby Middle School International Day, San Antonio, March 27, 1997
"Dance with the Gods." HOME Educational Center, San Antonio, October 18, 1996
Publications
Mythology and Symbolism of Eurasia and Indigenous Americas: Manifestations in Artefacts and Rituals. New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2023. Hardcover and Ebook (164 pages, 73 illustrations).
Fierce Feminine Divinities from Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Ka̅li̅, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte. New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. Paperback edition (204 pages, 40 halftones).
Fierce Feminine Divinities from Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Ka̅li̅, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte. New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Hardcover and Ebook (204 pages, 40 halftones)
The Black Madonna in Latin America and Europe: Tradition and Transformation. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico Press, 2011. Electronic edition (246 pages, 140 halftones, 15 color plates)
The Black Madonna in Latin America and Europe: Tradition and Transformation. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico Press, 2009. Paperback edition, revised (246 pages, 140 halftones, 15 color plates)
The Black Madonna in Latin America and Europe: Tradition and Transformation. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2007. Hardcover (246 pages, 140 halftones, 15 color plates)
Teatro popular peruano: del precolombino al siglo XX. Co‑published by the Center for Latin American Studies, Warsaw University, and the Austrian Institute of Latin America, 1995 (246 pages)
Fierce Feminine Divinities from Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Ka̅li̅, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte. New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. Paperback edition (204 pages, 40 halftones).
Fierce Feminine Divinities from Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Ka̅li̅, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte. New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Hardcover and Ebook (204 pages, 40 halftones)
The Black Madonna in Latin America and Europe: Tradition and Transformation. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico Press, 2011. Electronic edition (246 pages, 140 halftones, 15 color plates)
The Black Madonna in Latin America and Europe: Tradition and Transformation. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico Press, 2009. Paperback edition, revised (246 pages, 140 halftones, 15 color plates)
The Black Madonna in Latin America and Europe: Tradition and Transformation. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2007. Hardcover (246 pages, 140 halftones, 15 color plates)
Teatro popular peruano: del precolombino al siglo XX. Co‑published by the Center for Latin American Studies, Warsaw University, and the Austrian Institute of Latin America, 1995 (246 pages)
“Origini e transformazioni del culto della Madonna Nera oltre Atlantico” (“Origins and Transformations of the Black Madonna Devotion across the Atlantic”). Nigra Sum. Culti santuari e Imagini delle Madonne Nere d’Europa. Paolo Pellizari, ed. Parco Naturale e Area attrezzata del Sacro Monte di Crea, Italy: ATLAS Centro di documentazione dei Sacri Monti Calvari e Complessi devozionali europei, 2012. 197-208.
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