The expansive contours of the Iberian world in the 16th and 17th centuries, expressed in the imperial motto plus ultra or “further beyond,” can at times obscure the aporias (of ecologies, ethnicities, and epistemologies) at its fringes. Recent scholarship on the material cultures, political economies, and discourses of gender of imperial Spain has…[Read more]

Sunday, Jan. 8 – Noon – 1:15 p.m.
Franklin 10, Philadelphia Marriott

Presiding: John Slater, U.C. Davis

Abstracts:

“Poetry and Espionage During the Spanish Armada and the Anglo-Spanish War” – Jesus- David Jerez-Gomez, C.S. San Bernardino

This paper will explore how the religious and political tensions originating from the conflict between…[Read more]

Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 , Noon – 1:15 p.m.
Franklin 3, Philadelphia Marriott

Presiding: Leah Middlebrook, Univ. of Oregon

Matters pertinent to culture, translational and translated, in early modern Iberia. Our participants will present prepared remarks, after which we invite vigorous discussion :

Lucia Binotti, UNC Chapel Hill – “Translation,…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

My name is Felipe Valencia, and I would like to introduce myself as the new delegate of this forum at the MLA Delegate Assembly starting next convention, in 2017, until the 2019 convention. I urge you to please contact me at felipe.valencia@usu.edu or through MLA Commons if you would like to share your thoughts on any of the…[Read more]