Hoping many members will participate in the convo on new group structure to replace current divisions and discussion groups: http://groupsdiscussion.mla.hcommons-staging.org/

Thanks to Linde Brocato @linde4duende for starting a blog for those teaching Hispanomedieval literature and culture! http://hispanomedieval.mla.hcommons-staging.org/

Please participate in the discussion on revised Divisional Structure! http://groupsdiscussion.mla.hcommons-staging.org/

Two University Press books out in 2013:

Disability Studies and Spanish Culture: Films, Novels, the Comic and the Public Exhibition (Liverpool UP)
http://www.amazon.com/Disability-Studies-Spanish-Culture-Representations/dp/184631870X/

Understanding Juan Benet: New Perspectives (U South Carolina…[Read more]

Podcast series on the culture of cities launched with 5 conversational scholarly interviews at urbanculturalstudies.wordpress.com .
Cities discussed run from Madrid to Tokyo to LA/Hollywood to Valencia/Barcelona/Bilbao, and more.

Click there on the Urbanculturalstudies Podcasts page or look for us on iTunes and Internet Archive. More to follow!

I’ve just started a series of podcasts at:
UrbanCulturalStudies Podcasts
The first one is a conversational interview inspired by scholar Stephen Vilaseca’s recent article “From Graffiti to Street Art: How Urban Artists Are Democratizing Spanish City Centers and Streets,” originally published in the journal Trans…[Read more]

Glad to see so many members joining the Commons!

I’m at 4Cs in Las Vegas. Are we gambling on hier ed’s future? You bet!