Grete T. Viddal Stone Center for Latin American Studies 917 Washington Ave, Apt D 100 Jones Hall New Orleans, LA 70130 Tulane University (617) 666-1964 New Orleans, LA 70118 EDUCATION PhD African and African American Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, 2014 Dissertation: Vodú Chic: Cuba’s Haitian Heritage, the Folkloric Imaginary, and the State Committee: Ingrid Monson, Michael Herzfeld, Suzanne Blier, Raul Fernandez, Katherine Hagedorn MA Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, 2007 BA International Relations, Tufts University, Medford, 1988 EMPLOYMENT 2015 Zemurray Stone Postdoctoral Fellow at the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University 2014 PLALA Fellow (Program for Latin American Libraries and Archives) a postdoctural appointment at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University PUBLICATIONS Manuscripts in Preparation My book manuscript, Vodú Chic: Cuba’s Haitian Heritage, the Folkloric Imaginary, and the State, is under agreement for publication in “Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World,” a series sponsored by the Mellon Foundation together with the University of Mississippi, University of Illinois, and University of Wisconsin Presses. Peer Reviewed Journals 2012 “Vodú Chic: Haitian Religion and the Role of Folklore in Socialist Cuba.” New West Indian Guide, Vol. 86, No. 3-4, pp. 205-236. 2006 “Sueño de Haití: Danced Identity in Eastern Cuba” in Journal of Haitian Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 50-64. page 2 Viddal – Curriculum Vitae Reprints in Translation 2015 “El Encanto del Vodú: la religión haitiana y el imaginario folklórico en Cuba actual” forthcoming in Del Caribe (Spanish language reprint of “Vodú Chic” first published in NWIG) 2013 “Vodú Chic: Haitiansk religion og folkloristisk fantasi i det socialistiske Cuba” in ARR: Idéhistorisk tidsskrift, Nr.1-2, pp. 47-61. (Norwegian language reprint of “Vodú Chic” first published in NWIG) Edited Volumes 2010 “Haitian Migration and Danced Identity in Eastern Cuba,” in Making Caribbean Dance. Editor Susanna Sloat, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, pp. 83-93. Reviews • Encyclopedia Entries • Other Publications 2015 “Review of Kate Ramsey, The Spirits and the Law: Vodou and Power in Haiti,” in Religion in Society: Advances in Research, forthcoming. 2014 “Haitian Culture in Cuba” in The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC.com) 2007 “Cuba’s Tumba Francesa: Diaspora Dance, Colonial Legacy” in ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America, fall issue, pp. 48-50. 2006 “Review of Karen E. Richman, Migration and Vodou,” H-AfrArts, H-Net Reviews FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2012 Society for Ethnomusicology Nahumck Fellowship for Dance-related Research 2008 Harvard University Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship 2007 TIAA-CREF Ruth Simms Hammond Research Fellowship 2007 Harvard University Philip Hofer Prize 2007 Mellon Foundation Summer Research Fellowship in Latin American History 2005 David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard: Summer Travel Grant 2005 Foreign Language Area Study (FLAS): grant for summer study of Haitian Creole page 3 Viddal – Curriculum Vitae SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2016 (upcoming) Latin American Studies Association Conference (LASA): “From Religion to Folklore: Adapting Spiritual Traditions for the Stage” New York City, 27-30 May. 2015 Florida International University, Cuban Research Institute, conference on Racial Politics in Cuba and the Americans, “Reshaping Revolutionary Citizenship in Cuba,” Miami, FL, 26-28 February. 2014 El Caribe Que Nos Une: “Saint-Domingue y Haití - Dos oleadas migratorias separadas por un siglo: Quiénes llevaron el Vodú a Cuba?” Santiago de Cuba, 4-7 July. 2012 ARR Idéhistorisk tidsskrift conference of the Norwegian Society of Historians of the Idea: “Vodú Chic: Haitian Religion and the Folkloric Imaginary in Cuba,” Havana, Cuba, 15-20 October. El Caribe Que Nos Une: “El Vodú en Boston: fiesta del santo,” Santiago de Cuba, 4-7 July. 2011 Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa, Workshop on New Research in Afro- Cuban Religion: “From el campo to la cuidad: the Evolution of Haitian Vodú in Cuba,” Lisbon, Portugal, 20-21 April. 2010 El Caribe Que Nos Une: “Kouzen Zaka: transculturación, vida agraria, la urbanisazion, y vodú,” Santiago de Cuba, 3-7 July. 2009 Colloquium IX on Haitian Religion (KOSANBA): “Haitian Identity and the Socialist State in Cuba,” Mirebalais, Haiti, 13-17 July. Festival Folklórico Eva Gaspar in Memóriam: “Artes populares de Haití,” Primero de Enero, Cuba, 28 April. Coloquio II Joel James: “Artes populares de Haití,” Santiago de Cuba, 11-13 January. 2008 Bannzil Kiba Kreyol: “Vodú transnacional en Puerto Principe y Boston” Havana, Cuba, 1-3 August. El Caribe Que Nos Une: “Vodú transnacional,” Santiago de Cuba, 3-7 July. Haitian Studies Association: “A Party for the Spirits: Transnational Vodou in Haiti and Boston,” Montrouis, Haiti, 6-9 November. 2007 Latin American Studies Association Conference (LASA): “Sueño de Haití,” Montreal, Canada, 6-7 September. Congress on Dance Research (CORD): “Sueño de Haití,” New York, NY, 8-11 November. Colloquium VIII on Haitian Religion (KOSANBA): “The Haitian Diaspora in Cuba,” University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, 1-2 November. page 4 Viddal – Curriculum Vitae 2006 Colloquium VII on Haitian Religion (KOSANBA): “Danced Identity in Eastern Cuba,” Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 31 March - 1 April. Caribbean Research on Learning and Education (CRIOLE): “Danced Identity in Eastern Cuba,” Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 17 March. 2005 New Dialogues On Latin American, the Caribbean, and Latino Studies” (CLACLS): “What do Mickey Mouse, a Teletubbie, and Darth Vader have in common? Pop Culture Icons and the Divine in Afro-Atlantic Art,” University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 30 April. INVITED LECTURES 2014 Little Haiti Cultural Center & Museum: “The Haitian-Cuban Connection,” Miami, FL, 18 July. 2013 Eastern Chapter of the Fulbright Alumni Association: “Vodú Chic: Haitian Religion and the Folkloric Imaginary in Socialist Cuba,” Siena College, Albany, NY, 22 January. 2012 Harvard Alumni Association Travel Program: “Caribbean Connections: Ethnicity, Migration, and Regionalism in Cuba” and “Cuentapropistas: the New Entrepreneurs” and “Afro-Cuban Religions, Folk Catholicism, and the Church in Cuba,” Havana, Cuba, 26 January - 2 February. 2011 Fine Arts Center - Pre-Concert Lecture: “The Creole Choir: Cuba’s Haitian Heritage,” University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 12 October. 2009 Consejo Provincial de las Artes Plasticas: “Haiti: artes populares,” Santiago de Cuba, 5 July. CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS 2014 Arts@DRCLAS, sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and the Real Colegio Complutense in honor of International Dance Day: Discussant for “Dance/Transit/Displacement: Perspectives on Cross-Temporal Reenactments, Cosmopolitan Modnerisms, and Diasporic Bodies,” Harvard University, 29 April. 2014 Harvard Cuban Studies Program and the Afro-Latin Research Insitute: “Ethnic Alterity and Political Loyalty: Cuba’s Haitian-Heritage Communities,” Harvard University, 18 April. 2011 African Dance Diaspora: a Symposium on Embodied Knowledge - Panelist: “New Directions: An Open Conversation,” Harvard University, 25-27 March. page 5 Viddal – Curriculum Vitae TEACHING EXPERIENCE Tulane University 2015 “Revolutionary Identities in the Caribbean: Cuba and Haiti.” Teaching Fellow - Harvard University 2014 Senior Thesis Supervisor – The Committee on Folklore Studies The History of the African Americas from the Slave Trade to the Great Migration 2013 From R&B to Neo-Soul: Black Music and Social Change 2011 Sex and Power in Latin American Literature & Film Creole Pop Iconographies 2009 Gender & Performance 2008 American Revolutions in the Atlantic World 2007 African Religion in Africa and the Diaspora Slavery and Slave Trade in Africa and the Americas 2007 Religion and Society in Nigeria Other African Americans African Studies Junior Tutorial – Department of African and African American Studies Senior Thesis Supervisor – Department of African and African American Studies Teaching Fellow - Harvard Divinity School 2007 Christianity, Identity, and Civil Society in Africa Teaching Awards and Fellows Positions 2010 Nominated finalist for the Harvard Undergraduate Council for the “Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize” for exceptional dedication in engaging undergraduate students. 2007 Bok Center Writing Fellow, an interdisciplinary pedagogical fellowship focused on coaching writing skills to enhance student learning in the classroom. SERVICE 2014-2016 Fellowship Review Committee, Society for Ethnomusicology, Nahumck Fellowship 2013-2015 Junior Advisory Committee, KOSANBA, Association for the Study of Haitian Vodou 2012 Peer Reviewer, Latin American Music Review (LAMR) 2007 Assistant Photo Editor, ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America page 6 Viddal – Curriculum Vitae LANGUAGES: Spanish (highly proficient) Haitian Creole (intermediate) Norwegian (fluent heritage speaker) PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: Photography & documentary video Caribbean and African dance Feldenkrais Method™ movement analysis PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: American Anthropological Association Latin American Studies Association Center for Cuban Studies Haitian Studies Association Congress on Dance Research Society for Ethnomusicology American Folklore Society RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Director, Kaplan Educational Center, Amherst, MA, 1998-2004: Revived stagnant business; received company’s