Background
Karsen, Sonja Petra was born on April 11, 1919 in Berlin. Arrived in the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1945. Daughter of Fritz and Erna (Heidermann) Karsen.
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This first-time translation makes available to English-speaking readers a seminal essay in Latin American thought by one of Latin America's leading intellectuals. Originally published in Mexico in 1957, The Role of the Americas in History explores the meaning of the history of the Americas in relation to universal history. Amy A. Oliver's introduction provides an excellent overview of such major themes in Zea's thought as marginality, humanism, Catholicism and Protestantism, philosophy of history, and liberation.
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American-Spanish literature educator
Karsen, Sonja Petra was born on April 11, 1919 in Berlin. Arrived in the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1945. Daughter of Fritz and Erna (Heidermann) Karsen.
Titulo de Bachiller, Ministerio de Educación Nacional, Bogotá, 1937. Bachelor, Carleton College, 1939. Master of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, 1941.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1950. Attended, National University Bogotá, 1937—1938.
Instructor Spanish, Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio., 1943-1945;
instructor modern languages, U. P.R., 1945-1946;
instructor Spanish, Syracuse University, 1947-1950;
instructor Spanish, Brooklyn College, 1950-1951;
assistant to deputy director general, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1951-1952;
Latin American Desk, technical assistance department, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1952-1953;
member technical assistance mission Costa Rica, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1954;
assistant professor Spanish, Sweet Briar College, Virginia, 1955-1957;
associate professor, department chairman Romance languages, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1957-1961;
department chairman modern languages and literature, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1961-1979;
professor Spanish, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1961-1987;
professor emerita, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1987;
consultant, Hudson-Mohawk Association Colleges Universities, 1990. Faculty research lecturer Skidmore College, 1963. Member of advisory and nominating committee Books Abroad, 1965-1967.
Fulbright lecturer Free U. Berlin, 1968. Lecturer U. Gesamthochschule, Paderborn, Germany, 1995.
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Member of American Society French Academy Palms, Modern Language Association (life. Delegate assembly 1976-1978, Mildenberger medal selection committee 1984-1986), American Association of University Professors (life), American Association of University Women (life), National Association Self-Instrnl. Language Programs (vice president 1981-1982, president 1982-1983), American Association University Women (honorary), American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese (life.
Emerita), El Ateneo Doctor Jaime Torres Bodet (a founding member), United Nations Association United States of America, National Geography Society, Sigma Delta Pi, Phi Sigma Iota.