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Edward A. Riedinger, Adjunct Professor

Office Information
322 B Main Library, 1858 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH, 43210

Phone: 614-688-8797
Fax: 614-292-1918

Office Hours:
Professor and Head, Latin American Library Collection. Address: LAT/Thompson Library; 1858 Neil Ave., No. 322 B. By appointment.

Personal URL(s):
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/riedinger4/
and: library.osu.edu/sites/latinamerica/indxclas_0_tblcontnts.htm

Recipient from OSU Libraries of the 2005 Tiefel Achievement Award in Teaching "in recognition of continuing contributions to exemplary and innovative teaching."

INSTRUCTION OFFERED:

For the Spanish and Portuguese Department: PORT 330 (five credits), Introduction to Brazilian Culture (GEC) offered winter quarter each year; and reading/independent study courses, PORT 693, 893 (varying credit).
For the History Department (graduate faculty-M): HIST 791 (varying credit) Reading/independent study courses on Brazilian history, especially modern political and cultural aspects.
For the College of Arts and Sciences: A&S 138 (one credit), Amazon River and Rainforest: Exploring through Research, freshman seminar offered autumn quarter.
For University Libraries: Classes and individual instruction (non-credit) in use of library research materials for Latin American studies, Spanish, and Portuguese.
In the Center for Latin American Studies, Ohio University-Athens: INST 525 (five credits), Development of Modern Brazil (graduate seminar), usually offered first summer session.

For a general syllabus describing courses offered by Prof. Riedinger related to Brazilian culture and history, or to Brazilian and Latin American bibliography, please see web site at: http://library.osu.edu/sites/latinamerica/indxclas_0_tblcontnts.htm

For information on his background and experience, see: http://library.osu.edu/sites/latinamerica/CVEdwardARiedinger.htm

CURRENT RESEARCH AND WRITING:

Visiting Research Associate, Centre for Brazilian Studies, Oxford University, Michaelmas term (autumn) 2006, Trinity term (spring) 2007; Senior Associate Member, St. Antony's College, Oxford University, Trinity term 2007.
Article entries on Brazil, Portugal, and other Lusophone regions for the series Great Events in History and Great Lives in History (Salem Press)
Tropical Domain: Brazil, The History of an Afro-Mediterranean World in the Southern Atlantic
Renaissance in the Tropics: Brazilian Culture from the Week of Modern Art to the Inauguration of Brasilia (1922-1960)
History Editor, brazilink.org (London) at: http://www.brazilink.org/
Administrator, e-brasref, Online Library Reference Collection for Brazilian Studies, at: http://library.osu.edu/sites/latinamerica/OnlineRefLibraryBrazStuds.htm
Full-text retrieval of Bibliography of the Rise of the West available at: http://library.osu.edu/sites/latinamerica/BibliographyRiseofWest.htm