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New Books, Creative Maps, and Literary Art for 2021… plus my optimistic(!) 2020 re-cap
In 2020 I had the lofty goal of posting something new to the blog each month — and while I started out strong in January and February… for obvious global-pandemic-related reasons that pattern did not hold up! I managed 5 … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Feminism, Language, Literature, Pedagogy, Spain
Tagged art, Carmen de Burgos, Don Quijote de la Mancha, Don Quixote, L2 Literature Pedagogy, maps, Maria Sanchez, pedagogy, Quijote, rural, snapchat
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A Century of Gastronomic Maps: From Ramón to Barcelona’s Feria to Iberica
As I’ve mentioned several times before, I’m very much a map nerd — I LOVE reading maps, finding creative interpretations of cities and spaces to display in my office (like my literary map of Madrid and my caricatured map of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Literature, Spain
Tagged Carmen de Burgos, culture, food, gastronomy, maps, Ramon Gomez de la Serna, travel
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Americans in Spain (1820-1920): Traveling Women Artists and their Subjects
Typically some of my favorite things to blog about are trips to art museums and special exhibits that connect to my research and teaching interests on various topics related to Spanish history, culture, and literature. Taking in specially curated collections, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Spain, Women
Tagged 19th century, 20th century, art, art history, books, museo del prado, Spain, travel, velazquez, women, women's history
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Cartographic Narratives: Using Data and Mapping Principles to Teach L2 Literature
One of my main goals in teaching second-language (L2) Spanish Literature courses is to develop non-traditional tasks that demonstrate the value of reading for the development of the target language. Students often perceive literature classes as boring, difficult, or irrelevant – and who can blame them? Literature pedagogy, in either the L1 or the L2 leaves much to be desired… if it exists at all. Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Literature, Modernity, Pedagogy, Spain
Tagged Carmen de Burgos, L2 Literature Pedagogy, La rampa, La Venus mecanica, madrid, maps, spanish literature, urban studies
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Mapping Madrid through Art, Literature, and Creative Cartography
Since this fall semester is clearly “unprecedented”, unpredictable, and a whole host of adjectives that are pretty much ALL stress-inducing, I am taking the opportunity to experiment in my senior-seminar on 20th-century Spain. Last fall I taught a similar course … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Literature, Pedagogy, Spain, Spanish Civil War
Tagged guernica, L2 Literature Pedagogy, madrid, maps, museo reina sofia, Pablo Picasso, pedagogy, poetry, spanish civil war, teaching
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1900s Madrid, in Narrative and a High-Resolution Map
This fall semester I’m teaching three literature classes at K-State, one of which is a seminar I based on a few of my past and current research projects related to early 20th-century Spanish literature. The texts are attentive to the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Literature, Modernity, Spain
Tagged 1920s, books, Carmen de Burgos, digital humanities, La rampa, madrid, maps, modernity, novel, spanish literature
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Maternity and Madrid: Gendered Spaces in La rampa (1917)
I have officially decided that September is the fastest-moving, shortest month of the (academic) year. It flies by quicker than winter break. One day you are rather calmly introducing the course syllabus and getting to know new students… the next … Continue reading
Posted in History, Literature, Modernity, Science and Medicine, Spain, Women
Tagged 1920s, Carmen de Burgos, gender, literature, madrid, maternity, motherhood, Spain, urban studies
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Teaching
On this page you can view a list of courses and syllabuses from my teaching experiences at five different colleges and universities. I have included links to PDFs of the most recent iterations of each syllabus, including those with hyflex or … Continue reading
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I’m often asked: “What exactly does a Spanish (literature) professor research*?” *insert (not so) subtle sarcasm or incredulity here* I created this blog to provide insight into my own research and teaching projects for a broad audience – including but … Continue reading