Dianne Burke Moneypenny

Gastronomy and Otherness in Alfonso X's Works: Food Identities in Cartography, Urbanity, Class, and Religion.  Summary>>

Dissertation Director: Dr. Anibal Biglieri

Matt Feinberg

The Urban Spectacle of Lavapiés, Madrid.  Summary>>

Sandra Martin

Navigating the Crosscurrents of Gendered Migration in Spanish Narrative and Film.  Summary>>

Dissertation Director: Dr. Ana Rueda

Lee Kirven

In my dissertation, I investigate the way that Mexican novels written during the second half of the twentieth century approach the problematic concept of Mexican national identity and comment on the persistence of foundational historical memories. I examine how and to what extent this historical fascination in Mexican literature constitutes an imaginary attempt to reconcile with the past

Dissertation Director: Dr. Enrico Mario Santi

Jose Manuel Canibano

My dissertation explores the historical novel boom that has been invading the literary market in recent years in Spain, specifically novels that have been widely acclaimed by the general audience and that portray a medieval foundational Golden Age for each of the historic nationalities embedded in present day Spain.  I will examine the reconstructions of these medieval societies made by each author and I will put them in contrast with the already nationalistic historical documents of that time, identifying the additions that modern age nationalistic agendas filtrate into this pseudo-historiographic discourse and what implications they have on commenting contemporary/future Spanish society and State.

Dissertation Director: Dr. Anibal Biglieri

Lynn Celdran

Letters as Textual Mirrors: The Construction of "Self" in Epistolary Fiction by Spanish Women Writers, 1986-2006

Dissertation Director: Dr. Ana Rueda