Education
| 1988 | Ph.D. Spanish, USC |
| 1978 | B.A. Spanish and French, UM |
Professional Experience
| 2013 - | Editorial Board, Cuban Studies |
| 2013 - 2014 | Co-Chair, Latin American Studies Association, Section on Cuba |
| 2012 - 2013 | Chair, Latin American Studies Association, Performance Track |
| 2014 - | Co-Chair, Caribbean Performativites Research Group, Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics |
| 2013 - 2014 | Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Governance, Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics |
| 2011 - | Board Member, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics |
Honors & Acknowledgements
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities.”
Coral Gables Cultural Development Board. 2011-12.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 2009, 2011, 2013.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 2011.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. “Planning Grant for the University of Miami Cuban Theater Digital Archive.”
National Endowment for the Humanities, Workshop participant, “Cuban Music in the Humanities Context.”
Center for the Humanities Interdisciplinary Research Group “Digital Humanities.” 2014-15.
Center for Latin American Studies/Cuban Heritage Collection Grant for Course Revision in Support of Undergraduate Research. 2013-14
Provost’s Research Award. Summer 2013
Center for Latin American Studies Travel Grant. 2013
Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship. 2011-12
University of Miami Provost Office, Faculty Learning Community Fellow. 2011.
Center for Latin American Studies Interdisciplinary Research Group “New Technologies in the Caribbean.” 2010.
Latin American and Latino/a cultures | Performance studies | Gender studies | Literature and the visual arts
Research Projects
Dramaturgy and Literary Advisor
Anna in the Tropics (Nilo Cruz and Carlos Díaz). October-November 2013, Teatro Trianon, Havana and Colony Theater, Miami Beach.
Huevos (Ulises Rodríguez Febles and Alberto Sarraín). November 2013, Akuara Teatro, Miami.
Contigo, pan y cebolla (Héctor Quintero and Alberto Sarraín). April 2013, Akuara Teatro, Miami.
Cartas de amor a Stalin (Juan Mayorga and Alberto Sarraín). April 2012, Teatro Abanico, Miami.
Chamaco (Abel Gonzalez Melo and Alberto Sarraín). October 2009, Latin Quarter Cultural Center, Miami.
Parece Blanca (Abelardo Estorino and Alberto Sarraín). September 2002, Havana’s Teatro Nacional, La Macagua’s Teatro Escambray, Santa Clara’s Teatro de la Caridad, and Matanza’s Teatro Sauto. First Miami-Havana theatrical co-production. Staged by Miami’s La Ma Teodora and Cuba’s National Performing Arts Council, with the collaboration of Miami Light Project, and UM Center for Latin American Studies. (Play and event received over 30 international press reviews and articles.)
Publications
"Cincuenta y cinco años de teatro en La Gran Cuba" 4 (La Gaceta de Cuba. 2014).
Manzor, Lillian and Alberto Sarraín, eds Teatro venezolano del siglo XX. La Habana: Editorial Alarcos, Colección Clásicos del Siglo XX (2008).
Manzor, Lillian and Jaime Gómez Triana El Ciervo Encantado: An Altar in the Mangroves ( Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics Tome Press. 2015).
Manzor, Lillian and Alberto Sarraín Teatro cubano actual: Dramaturgia escrita en Estados Unidos (2005).
Arrizón, Alicia and Lillian Manzo Latinas on Stage ( Berkeley: Third Woman Press. 2000).
Manzor-Coats, Lillian Borges/Escher, Cobra/CoBrA: Un encuentro postmoderno (1996).
Lilian Manzor Viajo siempre con la isla en peso Encuentros en la Gran Cuba9-25 (La Habana and Miami: Ediciones Alarcos y Ediciones CTDA. 2019).
Lilian Manzor Ser Cuba Imaginarios cubanos de Melinda López5-13 (2018).
Lilian Manzor Foreign Bodies: Performing Exile Theatre, Reconciliation, and the American Dream in Greater Cuba39-58 (Bristol and Chicago: Intellect Books. 2017).
Lilian Manzor Keywords for Latina/o Studies Latino/a Theater232-235 (2017).
Lilian Manzor El Ciervo Encantado: performance, espacio y lo político11.2 (2014).
