Mapping Iberian Studies - (Foro Hispánico) (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This volume aims to 'map' the current situation of Iberian Studies and the way in which the field has been adapted and adopted in different geographic and academic spaces. In the first section, it analyses the cases of success in implementing Iberian Studies, but also the obstacles and resistances it has faced. Then, in the second part of the volume, it examines the fruitful, but also sometimes controversial, crossings between Iberian Studies and other academic fields, such as Hispanism, Catalan, Galician or Basque Studies, Transatlantic Studies, Island Studies, Mediterranean Studies or World Literature.

About the Author

Santiago Pérez Isasi is Assistant Lecturer at the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Lisbon, Director of the Programme for Comparative Studies and vice-director of the Centre for Comparative Studies at this institution. His main areas of research include Iberian Studies, literary historiography, and Digital Humanities.

Esther Gimeno Ugalde is Assistant Professor in Translation Studies at Pompeu Fabra University. Her main research areas include Translation Studies and Iberian Studies. She currently serves as Secretary of the Association of Contemporary Iberian Studies and leads the IberTranslatio research group at the Centre for Comparative Studies at the University of Lisbon.

Mario Santana is Associate Professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Chicago, where he is also the faculty coordinator for the Basque and Catalan Studies programs. His teaching and research focus on contemporary Iberian literatures, with an emphasis on narrative, translation, and visual culture. His most recent publications include essays on media and memory in Catalan television, the fiction of Jaume Cabré, the institutionalization of Iberian Studies in the United States, and the role of translation in Iberian interliterary relations.