Roberto Viereck Salinas

Roberto Viereck Salinas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics at Concordia University. He holds a PhD in Hispanic Philology (2003) from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Before joining Concordia in 2008, he taught at Saint Thomas University (2003) and Queen’s University (2004-2008). His research focuses on translation, Spanish American Colonial Literature, and contemporary indigenous poetry, particularly Mapuche aesthetics. He has led international projects funded by institutions like FQRSC and Spain’s MICINN, and his work bridges philology with modern cultural studies.

Education:

• PhD in Hispanic Philology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2003

Research Interests:

• Translation theory and practice
• Colonial chronicles (e.g., Guaman Poma, Garcilaso de la Vega)
• Orality and writing in Spanish America
• Mapuche literary and cultural studies

Grants & Projects:

• FQRSC-funded research (2010)
• International projects: Diccionario histórico de la traducción en Hispanoamérica (MICINN, Spain), ICLA-sponsored comparative literature initiatives (2016), Routledge and Cambridge Press publications (2020-2021)

Labs/Teams: Collaborator in interdisciplinary teams exploring historical translation and indigenous literary aesthetics across Iberoamerica.