Silvia Berger
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Neilson 4/03
(413) 585-3517
sberger2@email.smith.edu

Education
Ph.D. (2001), M.A. (1998), University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Areas of Specialization and Interest
Spanish Language, Latin American Literature, Latin American Jewish Literatures

Smith Courses
SPN 280  Life Stories by Latin American Jewish writers (in English)
SPN 260 and SPN 261: Surveys on Latin American Literature from the Colonial period to the present
SPN 246  Latin American Jewish Literature (in Spanish)
SPN 244  Intensive Writing / Advanced Composition
SPN 220  Latin American Social and Political  Issues in Literature
SPN 200  Intermediate Grammar

I was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina where I studied Music and Literature.  Upon arriving in the United States in 1989, I went back to school to continue advanced study of literature. I have been at Smith College since 1993. Aside from my interests in Latin American literature, I am very interested in film, Jewish history, and the history and politics of Argentina. My book on autobiographical writings from Latin America, Cuatro Textos Autobiográficos Latinoamericanos, was published in 2004 by Peter Lang Publishing Co.