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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I
forgot to mention. At UCSD, where I got my PhD, I only knew John Sullivan who
was interested in <span class=SpellE>Náhuatl</span>. I believe he had a very
hard time convincing his professors there could be a specialty in <span
class=SpellE>Náhuatl</span> or at least a graduate student working in a
doctoral dissertation in <span class=SpellE>Náhuatl</span>. Beyond that there
was not an interest in American Languages at all. I am speaking for the field
of Cultural Studies and Literature. In linguistics the interest died. In my
times Linguistics was into the Natural Approach, with massive offerings in
Spanish and less in French, German, Italian and Russian. <span class=GramE>Again,
little Mandarin and Japanese.</span> Those who specialized in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Mexico</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
did it on interesting fields, like Jewish Mexican Literature and other aspects
of culture having little to do with Old Mexico. As a <span class=SpellE>Mexicanist</span>,
I felt sad the majority of advisors suggested and even induced students to
focus on Modern Mexico and literatures gravitating around <span class=SpellE>Octavio</span>
Paz, Carlos Fuentes and José Emilio Pacheco (if lucky). <span class=GramE>So <span
class=SpellE>Náhuatl</span>, totally out of the question.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Maria Bolivar</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>"We
don´t see things as they are,</span></font><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>We
see things as we are."</span></font><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'>Anais Nin</span></font><span
lang=ES-MX style='mso-ansi-language:ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. María Dolores Bolívar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="mailto:MBOLIVAR@san.rr.com"><span lang=ES-MX style='mso-ansi-language:
ES-MX'>MBOLIVAR@san.rr.com</span></a></span></font><span lang=ES-MX
style='mso-ansi-language:ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="http://geografiaserrantes.com/laruda/"><span lang=ES-MX style='mso-ansi-language:
ES-MX'>http://geografiaserrantes.com/laruda/</span></a></span></font><span
lang=ES-MX style='mso-ansi-language:ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="http://geografiaserrantes.com/imaginomios/">http://geografiaserrantes.com/imaginomios/</a></span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=FR style='mso-ansi-language:FR;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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