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Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Jessica Burke presented a paper at the 2008 Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages and Literatures held at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla., on Feb. 22-23. Burke's presentation was on the novel "Los pasos perdidos" by Cuban author Alejo Carpentier. Her talk, titled "Pasos acompañados: Seeking self through relations with the female 'other,'" explores the role of the novel's female characters in the protagonist's misguided search for self.

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Jessica Burke presented a paper at the 6th annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities on January 11. Her paper, "Discovering the 'Other': Silence and Solitude in the Poetry of Rosario Castellanos" is part of a work in progress on the poetry of the 20th century Mexican writer Rosario Castellanos. The conference participants traveled from all over the world, representing different fields and disciplinary interests.

Jessica Burke, assistant professor of Hispanic Studies, delivered a paper at the American Comparative Literature Association’s annual meeting in Puebla, Mexico, April 19-22. The conference’s theme was “Trans, Pan, Inter: Cultures in Contact” and Burke presented a paper titled “Fantasizing the Feminine: Sex and Gender in Donoso's El lugar sin límites and Puig’s El beso de la mujer araña” as part of a seminar called “Changing the Name of the Game: Language, Translation and Gender.”