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David A. Wacks deposited Alfonso X, Cantigas de Santa Maria: “Como Santa Maria ajudou a Emperadriz de Roma”/ “Cómo Santa María ayudó a la emperatriz de Roma” on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months ago
Alfonso X was king of “Castilla, León, Sevilla, Córdoba, Murcia, Jaén, and el Algarbe.” As evidenced by his title, he came to have possession of various kingdoms in Iberia. He was born in Toledo in 1221 and died in Seville in 1284, at 63 years of age. He is called the Learned King because he was an author, poet, musician, and historian, and becaus…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Cantigas de Santa Maria: “Como Santa Maria ajudou a Emperadriz de Roma”/ “How the Virgen Mary Helped the Empress of Rome” on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months ago
Alfonso X was king of “Castilla, León, Sevilla, Córdoba, Murcia, Jaén, and el Algarbe.” As evidenced by his title, he came to have possession of various kingdoms in Iberia. He was born in Toledo in 1221 and died in Seville in 1284, at 63 years of age. He is called the Learned King because he was an author, poet, musician, and historian, and becaus…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Francisco Núñez Muley, Memorial (Granada, 1566) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months ago
Núñez-Muley abstract
The Edict of 1567, or Anti-Morisco Edict, was promulgated by Spanish King Philip II on January 1, after being approved in Madrid on November 17, 1566. Its purpose was to eliminate specific Morisco customs, such as their language, dress, and dances. Núñez Muley’s Petition is an attempt to persuade Christian authorities to de…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Francisco Núñez Muley, Petition (Granada, 1566) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months ago
The Edict of 1567, or Anti-Morisco Edict, was promulgated by Spanish King Philip II on January 1, after being approved in Madrid on November 17, 1566. Its purpose was to eliminate specific Morisco customs, such as their language, dress, and dances. Núñez Muley’s Petition is an attempt to persuade Christian authorities to delay enforcing the 156…[Read more]
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Edwin Culp deposited Superficies de las imágenes: resistencia e imaginación política in the group
Latin American Art on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoLa disputa por las imágenes y la imaginación es uno de los terrenos más vitales en los que se juegan las prácticas de la resistencia política en la actualidad. Los violentos escenarios de precarización y extractivismo de la vida empobrecen la experiencia y dificultan su recuento y visibilización. Las imágenes parecen condenadas a estar al servici…[Read more]
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Edwin Culp deposited Superficies de las imágenes: entre el parecer, el aparecer y el desaparecer in the group
Latin American Art on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoLas imágenes están apresadas en su estrecha relación con aquello a lo que hacen referencia. Buena parte de la tradición crítica y de los estudios de la imagen se abocan en restituir o, incluso, salvar las distancias que las imágenes abren entre el aparecer y el parecer. En ocasiones, esta peligrosa distancia permite a la imagen abrirse a lo falso…[Read more]
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Edwin Culp deposited Superficies de las imágenes: resistencia e imaginación política on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months ago
La disputa por las imágenes y la imaginación es uno de los terrenos más vitales en los que se juegan las prácticas de la resistencia política en la actualidad. Los violentos escenarios de precarización y extractivismo de la vida empobrecen la experiencia y dificultan su recuento y visibilización. Las imágenes parecen condenadas a estar al servici…[Read more]
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Edwin Culp deposited Superficies de las imágenes: entre el parecer, el aparecer y el desaparecer on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months ago
Las imágenes están apresadas en su estrecha relación con aquello a lo que hacen referencia. Buena parte de la tradición crítica y de los estudios de la imagen se abocan en restituir o, incluso, salvar las distancias que las imágenes abren entre el aparecer y el parecer. En ocasiones, esta peligrosa distancia permite a la imagen abrirse a lo falso…[Read more]
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Alberto Ribas-Casasayas started the topic Call for abstracts: Promises and Perils of the Psychedelic Renaissance in the discussion
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoPromises and Perils of the Psychedelic Renaissance: A Critical Perspective from the Humanities
A seminar proposal for the ACLA in Montréal, Canada, March 14th to 17th, 2024. Description below.
Organized by Alberto Ribas-Casasayas (Santa Clara University) and Ana Luengo (San Francisco State University)
Inquiries: a…[Read more]
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Alberto Ribas-Casasayas started the topic Call for abstracts: Promises and Perils of the Psychedelic Renaissance in the discussion
American Literature on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoPromises and Perils of the Psychedelic Renaissance: A Critical Perspective from the Humanities
A seminar proposal for the ACLA in Montréal, Canada, March 14th to 17th, 2024. Description below.
Organized by Alberto Ribas-Casasayas (Santa Clara University) and Ana Luengo (San Francisco State University)
Inquiries: a…[Read more]
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Alberto Ribas-Casasayas started the topic Call for abstracts: Promises and Perils of the Psychedelic Renaissance in the discussion
Latin American Literature on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoPromises and Perils of the Psychedelic Renaissance: A Critical Perspective from the Humanities
A seminar proposal for the ACLA in Montréal, Canada, March 14th to 17th, 2024. Description below.
Organized by Alberto Ribas-Casasayas (Santa Clara University) and Ana Luengo (San Francisco State University)
Inquiries: aribascasasayas@scu.edu
To s…[Read more]
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Danny Barreto started the topic CFP: COUNTERDISCOURSES OF FAMILY: UNDOING (THE) TIES in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 2 years, 4 months agoIn this thematic issue of Journal 2i we explore the images and the discourses of the family that circulate in literature and cultural production. The articles in this volume, therefore, will offer a broad vision of non-normative families, past or present. Some of the topics to be explored in this issue include:
- Representations of chosen…
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Alberto Ribas-Casasayas started the topic CfP ACLA seminar “Promises and Perils of the Psychedelic Renaissance” in the discussion
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 2 years, 5 months agoFor distribution among scholars in: Comparative Literature, English, Cultural Studies, Communications, Spanish/Portuguese, Latin American Studies, Medical Humanities.
Ana Luengo (San Francisco State U) and Alberto Ribas (Santa Clara University) are organizing a seminar for the American Comparative Literature Association conference in Montréal,…[Read more]
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Alberto Ribas-Casasayas started the topic CfP, “Promises and Perils of the Psychedelic Renaissance” – ACLA Montréal in the discussion
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoFor distribution among scholars in: Comparative Literature, English, Cultural Studies, Communications, Spanish/Portuguese, Latin American Studies, Medical Humanities.
Ana Luengo (San Francisco State U) and I Alberto Ribas (Santa Clara University) are organizing a seminar for the American Comparative Literature Association conference in Montréal,…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks posted an update on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months ago
[blog post] Moses Arragel’s vernacular rabbinics in the ‘Biblia de Alba’ (Castile, ca. 1420) https://blogs.uoregon.edu/davidwacks/2023/07/23/arragel/
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David A. Wacks started the topic Deadline extended to Mar 15: CFPs MLA 2024 (Medieval Iberian Studies) in the discussion
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThe Medieval Iberian Forum of the MLA announces the following calls for papers for the 2024 MLA Convention (Philadelphia, Jan 4-7). Please note that presenters must be members of the MLA before registering for the conference (but not in order to submit an abstract).
New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies (in person) The LLC Medieval I…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks started the topic Deadline extended to Mar 15: CFPs MLA 2024 (Medieval Iberian Studies) in the discussion
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThe Medieval Iberian Forum of the MLA announces the following calls for papers for the 2024 MLA Convention (Philadelphia, Jan 4-7). Please note that presenters must be members of the MLA before registering for the conference (but not in order to submit an abstract).
New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies (in person) The LLC Medieval Iberian F…[Read more]
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Edwin Culp's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
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David A. Wacks deposited Aljamiado retellings of the Hebrew Bible in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoStories from the Hebrew Bible were popular among the Iberian Peninsula’s Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Beginning in the 14th century, Muslims and Moriscos retold these stories in Aljamiado texts in Spanish or Aragonese written in Arabic characters. These fictionalized retellings drew on vernacular language and literary forms common to C…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Aljamiado retellings of the Hebrew Bible in the group
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoStories from the Hebrew Bible were popular among the Iberian Peninsula’s Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Beginning in the 14th century, Muslims and Moriscos retold these stories in Aljamiado texts in Spanish or Aragonese written in Arabic characters. These fictionalized retellings drew on vernacular language and literary forms common to C…[Read more]
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