LLC37: Early Modern Hispanic Studies
About
This Working Group aims to consolidate a community of scholar-teachers to spark collaborative work and create a space to showcase our research and pedagogical strategies, apart from other academic initiatives in the Early Modern Hispanic field.
Open to New People
Active since: 2021
- Syracuse University
- University of Rochester
- Colgate University
- Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Collaborative Goals
At the outset, we envisioned to reinstitute the community of scholars invested in Early Modern Hispanic Studies in the Central New York Corridor. Our main objective for this year was to bring together as many Early Modern Hispanic Studies specialists in the region as possible and to offer them a space to meet, share their research, and receive feedback, as well as to establish connections for the future. In that way, we would start building a sense of community.
We were pleased to see such an enthusiastic turnout at the one-day event we organized, and we are confident that our newly formed research group will remain strong in the coming years. We could see how the symposium stimulated academic dialogue and developed collegiality. Graduate students who presented papers received feedback for their research projects, and others who attended were able to get involved in the profession and network with junior and senior scholars.
The proposed third annual symposium will continue on this path to encouraging scholars at all levels to share their work and engage in substantive conversations.
Group Organizers
Ana Méndez-Oliver
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Hispanic Literatures and Cultures, Syracuse University
Fernando Rodríguez-Mansilla
Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Group Members
- Rafael Castillo Bejarano, Visiting Assistant Professor, World Languages, Cultures, and Media Department, St. Lawrence University
- Grace Burton, Associate Professor of Spanish, Skidmore College
- Edgar Paiewonsky-Conde, Emeritus Professor, Spanish and Hispanic Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Thomas Devaney, Associate Professor of History, University of Rochester
- Elena Rodriguez Guridi, Associate Professor, World Languages, Le Moyne College
- Catherine Piñón-Juárez, Graduate Student, Syracuse University
- Chenyun (Montse) Li, Graduate Student, Cornell University
- Frederick Luciani, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Africana and Latin American Studies, Colgate University
- Giovanni Minicucci, Graduate Student, Syracuse University
- Simone Pinet, Professor of Spanish and Medieval Studies, Cornell University
- Héctor Prieto, Graduate Student, Syracuse University
- Luis Miguel Dos Santos Vicente, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, Hamilton College
- Lisette V. Balabarca-Fataccioli, Professor of Spanish, Siena College
- Henry Berlin, Associate Professor, SUNY Buffalo
- Lori Bernard, Associate Professor of Spanish, SUNY Geneseo
- David Castillo, Professor, SUNY Buffalo
- Sharonah Frederick, Clinical Professor of Spanish and Latin American/Spanish Literature, Western Carolina University
- Chris Gascon, Professor of Spanish, SUNY Cortland
- Sergio Pedro, Assistant Professor, Ithaca College
- Stephanie Schmidt, Assistant Professor, SUNY Buffalo
- Jeff Baron, Graduate Students, University of Rochester
- Claire Becker, Graduate Student, University of Rochester
- Emmarae Stein, Graduate Student, University of Rochester
- Laura Francis, Visiting Lecturer, Cornell University
- Federico Giordano Perla, Graduate Student, Cornell University
Activities
Early Modern Hispanic Studies Symposium
April 12, 2025, 9:30 a.m.
3rd Annual Symposium of the Early Modern Hispanic Studies Working Group (LLC37)
April 13, 2024, 9:30 a.m.
Early Modern Hispanic Studies Symposium
April 1, 2023, 9:30 a.m.
Group Outcomes
Colgate University Hosts the Fourth Annual Early Modern Hispanic Studies Symposium
The symposium featured scholars from Colgate and other universities across New York State who debated the language, literature and culture of the early modern Hispanic world.