Carmen García Armero
Chair of Languages
Professor of Spanish
Dr. Carmen García Armero is Chair and Professor of Spanish at Lebanon Valley College. Born in Spain, she received her Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and specializes in contemporary Peninsular literature and culture. Her research interests include cultural studies, film, gender, trauma, and memory studies. At LVC, Dr. García Armero facilitates mindfulness and is the faculty advisor of the Phi Sigma Iota International Honor Society.
Book Translations, Articles and Solicited essays:
“María Zambrano (1904-1991): A Universal Thinker.” [María Zambrano (1904-1991): Una pensadora universal.”] Creadoras mediterráneas de todos los tiempos. Eds. Stella Manaut and Rosa Sanmartín, Lastura Ediciones, 2022. pp. 221–230.
North/South. [Norte/Sur.] Translation by Liam Schmith, Carmen García Armero, and Robert Machado, with assistance from Tomás Lucero. Kodama Cartonera, 2021.
“Historical Memory, Trauma, and Reparation: The City of no Limits.” [“Des/Memoria histórica, trauma y reparación: En la ciudad sin límites.”] Espectros del poder: Representaciones y discursos de resistencia en literatura y cine en los siglos XX-XXI. Eds. José María Persánch and Fabricio Silva, Editorial Pliegos, 2020. pp. 101–112.
“The Illusion of Passion: Amantes y enemigos by Rosa Montero.” [“El espejismo de la pasión: Amantes y enemigos de Rosa Montero.”] Solicited essay in the cultural journal Revista Cronopio www.revistacronopio.com 64 (Noviembre 2015).
“The Double and its Subversion in El corazón del tártaro by Rosa Montero.” [“El doble y su subversión en El corazón del tártaro de Rosa Montero.”] Raudem (Revista de la Asociación Universitaria de Estudios de las Mujeres) 2 (2014): 218–236.
“Narcissus and the Double in ‘El hechizo de Iris’ by José María Merino.” [“Narciso y el doble en ‘El hechizo de Iris’ de José María Merino.”] Encrucijadas en la literatura hispánica. Encuentros de viejos y nuevos mundos. Ed. Enrique Herrera. Pennsylvania: Fondo editorial de investigaciones literarias del CILH, 2009. 91–101.
“The Social Role of Women in A media noche and Me voy al cuartel by Camila Calderón.” [“El papel social de la mujer en A media noche y Me voy al cuartel de Camila Calderón.”] Stichomythia 8 (Mayo 2009): 55–63.
“Violent Images in Alfonsina Storni’s Poetry.” [“Imágenes violentas en la poesía de Alfonsina Storni.”] Presencia de la mujer hispana en las letras, las ciencias y las artes. Eds. Jorge Valdivieso, Teresa Valdivieso, and Enrique Ruiz-Fornells. Arizona: Orbis Press, 2004. 47–59.
Book Reviews:
Review of Gender-Based Violence in Latin American and Iberian Cinemas. Eds. Rebeca García Maseda, María José Gámez Fuentes, and Barbara Zecchi. Revista de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades. 50.1 (2024).
Review of A Laboratory of Her Own. Women and Science in Spanish Culture. Eds. Victoria L. Ketz, Dawn Smith-Sherwood, Debra Faszer-McMahon. Feministas Unidas. INC. Newsletter. 42.2 (Fall 2022): 15–16.
Review of Desenfocadas: Cineastas españolas y discursos de género, by Barbara Zecchi. Letras femeninas 41.2 (Winter 2015): 186–88.
Review of Women’s Studies: The Basics, by Bonnie G. Smith. Letras femeninas 41.1 (Summer 2015): 351–55.
Review of María Zambrano: Palabras para el mundo. Eds. Madeline Cámara and Luis Pablo Ortega. Letras femeninas 39.1 (Summer 2013): 191–92.
Review of Squaring the Circle: Esther Tusquets’ Novelistic Tetralogy (A Jungian Analysis), by Stacey Dolgin Casado. Hispanófila 145 (September 2005): 80–82.
Invited Presentations and Interviews
“Working for a College or University.” Panelist. Virtual Alumni Panel. University of Virginia. April 12, 2021.
“Mindfulness with Carmen García Armero from Lebanon Valley College.” ABC27’s Good Day PA, March 31, 2021.
“Ethics and Feminism in the Filmography of Isabel Coixet.” [“Ética y feminismo en la obra cinematográfica de Isabel Coixet.”] Gettysburg College. October 1, 2018
“Exploring Representations of Trauma and the Intergenerational Transmission of Traumatic Memories in Contemporary Spanish Culture: En la Ciudad sin límites (The City of no Limits) by Antonio Hernández.” University of North Carolina Greensboro. October 24, 2014.
“The Spanish Experience of Trauma as seen through the Film En la ciudad sin límites (The City of No Limits) by Antonio Hernández.” Reel Thinking Series. Alliance for Psychoanalytic Thought of Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia. February 16, 2014.
Recent Conference Presentations
“Migration and Institutional Racism: The Discrimination against the ‘Invisible’ in Las lágrimas de África by Amparo Climent and Idrissa by Xavier Artigas.” [“Migración y racismo institucional: La discriminación de los ‘invisibles’ en Las lágrimas de África de Amparo Climent e Idrissa de Xavier Artigas.”] XI International Congress of the Hispanic Association of the Humanities, Tarragona, Spain. June 2024. International Conference.
“Political Projects of Social Transformation: Xavier Artigas’ Documentary Filmmaking.” [“Proyectos políticos de transformación social: El cine documental de Xavier Artigas.”] LIX Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists, Ottawa, Canada. June 2023. International Conference.
“Trauma, Violence, and Gender in Brava by Roser Aguilar.” [“Trauma, violencia y género en Brava de Roser Aguilar”] III International Conference: “Female Creations in Literary and Intercultural Education” (CICELI), Valencia, Spain. July 2022. Virtual International Conference.
Historical Memory, Trauma, and Reparation: The City of No Limits (2002).” [“Des/Memoria histórica, trauma y reparación: En la ciudad sin límites (2002).”] XXVII International Congress of Hispanic Studies and Literature, Special Virtual Edition. March 2021. International Conference.
“The Filmography of Isabel Coixet and its Relevance in Educating Against Gender Inequality.” [“La obra cinematográfica de Isabel Coixet y su relevancia en la educación contra la desigualdad de género.”] II International Conference: “Female Creations in Literary and Intercultural Education” (CICELI), Valencia, Spain. July 2020. Virtual International Conference.
“Against the Normalization of Violence: The Filmography of Isabel Coixet.” [“Contra la normalización de la violencia: La obra cinematográfica de Isabel Coixet.”] XXVI International Congress of Hispanic Studies and Literature, Special Virtual Edition. June 2020. International Conference.
- SPA 201: Intermediate Spanish: Language & Culture
- SPA 323: Spanish for Healthcare professionals I
- FYE 112 H: Art & Science of Human Flourishing
- IME 150: Resilient Well-being/ Mindful
- SPA 101Elementary Spanish
- SPA 324: Spanish for Healthcare professionals II