I am hiring two graduate research assistants to work with me in a project titled “La Literatura Electrónica en Puerto Rico: Divulgando el Futuro de la Palabra.” Both Graduate Research Assistantships are for 300 hours of work during this 2016-17 academic year, divided into 10 hours/week for 15 weeks each semester. The assistantships pay $12… Continue reading Now Hiring: Two Graduate Research Assistants: Programming and Translation
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New Grant: “La Literatura Electrónica en Puerto Rico: Divulgando el Futuro de la Palabra”
I am pleased to announce that I have won a grant from the Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (FPH: Puerto Rico’s National Endowment for the Humanities branch) and the University of Puerto Rico: Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) for a project titled “La Literatura Electrónica en Puerto Rico: Divulgando el Futuro de la Palabra.” This public humanities… Continue reading New Grant: “La Literatura Electrónica en Puerto Rico: Divulgando el Futuro de la Palabra”
Publicaciones y Entrevistas en Español
La mayoría de mi trabajo académico es en inglés ya que soy profesor de Inglés y mi preparación es en las tradiciones literarias angloparlantes. Pero eso no significa que no me apasione la literatura– tanto tradicional como electrónica– en español y en otros idiomas. Los temas que atiende la literatura electrónica cruzan barreras de… Continue reading Publicaciones y Entrevistas en Español
I ♥ E-Poetry Impact Report
Every so often, I need to explain that single line in my Curriculum Vitae dedicated to I ♥ E-Poetry (listed under Blogs), because it is likely to be overlooked by proposal reviewers. Digital publications, especially self-published blogs are seldom valued in traditional academic settings, after all. So I have put together a brief report based… Continue reading I ♥ E-Poetry Impact Report
Fall 2015 Presentations
Here are some of my upcoming presentations for the Fall: “Cómics digitales” UPRM, Oct. 2, 2015. “Translating Computational Literature” American Literary Translation Association Conference, Oct. 30, 2015. (see slideshow and video) “Se levanta un (ro)bot puertorriqueño: Hostos Bot” Magna Feria Internacional del Libro Eugenio María de Hostos, November 5, 2015. “Looking for a Home: Publishing… Continue reading Fall 2015 Presentations
Now Recruiting: Bot Makers for HackPR 2015
I’m interested in assembling a team for HackPR 2015 (Sept. 19-20) to create the Hostos Bot 2.0 – a software robot that uses the writings of Eugenio María de Hostos to generate new texts and publish them in social media. Last semester, my Digital Humanities Internship course created Hostos Bot 1.0, a program that draws… Continue reading Now Recruiting: Bot Makers for HackPR 2015
Leonardo Flores: Full Professor
I am pleased to announce that I have been promoted to Full Professor. The promotion became effective on July 1, 2015. It should have begun on July 1, 2014, but the UPR didn’t have the budget available to give the salary raise that comes with the promotion. For the past 5+ years all promotions have… Continue reading Leonardo Flores: Full Professor
Se levanta un bot puertorriqueño: Hostos Bot
Es con gran placer que anuncio el lanzamiento del primer “bot” puertorriqueño: Hostos Bot. ¿Qué es un bot? Un bot es un programa de computadora (o conjunto de programas) diseñado para ser un agente autónomo en un entorno digital. Los bots son construidos enteramente con programación y texto, distinto a sus contrapartes físicas, los robots.… Continue reading Se levanta un bot puertorriqueño: Hostos Bot
Soy #ProductoUPR
En estos momentos de dificultad presupuestaria para Puerto Rico y su Universidad, deseo unir mi voz a la campaña #ProductoUPR (en Facebook y Twitter) para ayudar a crear conciencia y orgullo en los estudiantes y profesionales que se forman en sus 11 recintos. Soy hijo de dos Colegiales de pura sepa, Leonardo Flores Flores y… Continue reading Soy #ProductoUPR
DH Lightning Short Talk @ ASA
Here are links to the two projects I will be highlighting: I ♥ E-Poetry The Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 3 Here’s a downloadable, printable version of the I ♥ E-Poetry brochure I’ll be handing out. I will also be presenting at the following panel: Caucus: Digital Humanities: Scripting the Reader in Electronic Literature Friday, November… Continue reading DH Lightning Short Talk @ ASA