Juan Manuel Arias

jm.arias644@uniandes.edu.co
+57 305 710 0896
Carrera 21 N 82 - 83 AP501 Bogot, Colombia

Profile
Final-year literature student at Universidad de los Andes, one of the pioneer research centers in Latin America
and probably the top university in Colombia. Hard worker and tireless. Specially interested in critical theory
(marxism, postcolonialism) and its relationship with the Middle Ages. Right now, looking for an interdisciplinary Masters program or PhD on both Spanish/Portuguese and Medieval Studies at the University of
Cornell.
Education
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES

Bogot, Colombia

Bachelor of arts in Literature, minor in Philosophy

GPA: 4,78/5

March 2016

Final dissertation: Manual para leer el mundo a partir de los astros: el engao como
conocimiento en el libro de Sendebar
PONTIFCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Study abroad coursework in Brazilian and Portuguese literatures and cultures.

February - June 2014

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA

Coursework in classics, philology and linguistics

Bogot, Colombia
January - June 2011

Academic Achievements
Universidad de los Andes: Distincin de Excelencia Semestral
For obtaining the highest general average of the semester among all the Department
of Humanities and literatures (4,88 / 5)

November 2015

Universidad de los Andes: Distincin Ramn de Zubira

For obtaining the highest general average among all the Faculty
of Arts and Humanities

November 2015

Universidad de los Andes: Distincin de Excelencia Semestral

For obtaining the highest general average of the semester among all the Department
of Humanities and literatures (4,90 / 5)

April 2014

Santander Universidades scholarship

Awarded by Santander Bank to a selected group of students to study a semester abroad

November 2013

Published translations

Machado de Assis, Jaquim Maria. Memrias pstumas de Bras Cubas. Trans. Juan Manuel
Arias. Bogot: Taller de edicin Rocca, 2015
Research experience
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES

Bogot, Colombia

Translation group on Medieval philosophy and theology

Cur Deus Homo, from Anselm of Canterbury

2013 November 2015

Work experience
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Teachers assistant: Latin III and Latin IV

Bogot, Colombia
January 2015 November 2015

Assisting students in a wide range of topics, verbal syntax, morphology and translation,
as well as grading exams and proposing and testing virtual exercises
Teachers assistant: Spanish poetry of the 20th Century (seminar)

July 2015 November 2015

Leading discussions and giving lectures on the concepts of arraigo and

desarraigo in the works of poets such as Jos ngel Valente and Blas de Otero
Teachers assistant: Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio

January 2015 June 2015

Giving lectures on medieval art, hiking images in literature (from Petrarca

to Erri de Luca), and historical context of the city of Florence curing the 13th century
Teachers assistant: Medieval Spanish Literature

July 2014 November 2014

Helping students with the reading of difficult texts, academic writing and Spanish grammar
Grading papers and making presentations when the teacher was absent
Teachers assistant: Latin American Literature of the 20th century

July 2014 November 2014

Leading proposed debates and in-class discussions around the idea of

the literary canon, gender, and marginal speeches in Latin American modern literature

Leadership and Activities

UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES

Bogot, Colombia

Literature students representative for the University Student Government

(Consejo estudiantil uniandino)

May 2015 - Present

OXFAM INTERNATIONAL

Edinburgh, Scotland

Volunteer sales assistant for a charity shop and bookstore in Edinburgh

June 2015 - July 2015

Interests & Skills

Research Interests: Medieval frame narratives, cultural studies, translation theories, Islamic Iberia studies
Languages:
Spanish: Native speake

Latin: Reading knowledge

Portuguese: Fluent

Japanese: Basics (JLPT N5)

English: Fluent written and reading. Average speaker

Italian: Basics

References
Carolina Sann Paz, Ph.D.

Julio Cesar Vallado Diniz, Ph.D.

Associate professor

Associate professor

Departamento de Humanidades y Literatura

Departamento de Letras

Universidad de los Andes

Pontifcia Universidade Catlica do Rio de Janeiro

Carrera 1Este # 18A-10, Bloque b

Rua Marqus de So Vicente, 225, Gvea

Bogot, Colombia

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Email: casanin@uniandes.edu.co

Email: jcvdiniz@gmail.com

Jernimo Pizarro Jaramillo, Ph.D.

Jane Wood

Associate professor

General Manager

Departamento de Humanidades y Literatura

Oxfam Shop & Bookstore - Morningside

Universidad de los Andes

Oxfam International

Carrera 1Este # 18A-10, Bloque b

204/206 Morningside Rd EH10 4QQ

Bogot, Colombia

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Email: j.pizarro188@uniandes.edu.co

Email: oxfamshopf5805@oxfam.org.uk