Publishing an Article in Iberian Studies
Featuring presenters Simon Doubleday, Chair (Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, Hofstra), Pedro García-Caro (Periphērica, University of Oregon), Julia Hernández (Bulletin of the Comediantes, Yale), Therese Martin (Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, CSIC), Rosi Song (Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, Durham University)
Friday, November 15, 2024
Fashion in Spain Roundtable
Featuring presenters Francisco Fernández de Alba (Wheaton College, MA), Nick Wolters (Wake Forest University), Inés Corujo Martín (New York City College of Technology, CUNY) and moderator Ameya Tripathi (NYU).
Friday April 12, 2024
The Wolf King Book Conversation
A conversation on The Wolf King: Ibn Mardanish and the Construction of Power in Al-Andalus with author Abigail Balbale (NYU) and Mohamad Ballan (Stony Brook).
Tuesday November 7, 2023
Between Spain and Harlem: A Roundtable on Translation and Race
Panel moderated by Ameya Tripathi (New York University) exploring exchanges between Harlem, Spain, and back again in the 1920s and 1930s featuring Anne Donlon (Independent Scholar), Rocío Cobo-Piñero (Universidad de Sevilla) and Rebecca Pawel (University of Bridgeport / Columbia).
Friday September 29, 2023.
Virtual Book Launch – “Reparative Citizenship for Sephardi Descendants”
Roundtable moderated by Jo Labanyi (New York University) featuring the co-editors of the book, Dalia Kandiyoti and Rina Benmayor along with the following presenters: Alfons Aragoneses, Devin E. Naar , Rita Ender, Michal Rose Friedman, Charles A. McDonald, Uluç Özüyener, and Victor Silverman.
Tuesday February 28, 2023.
Iberian Soundscapes
This event was moderated by Robert Myak (Princeton University) and featured contributions from Ana Fernández Cebrián (Columbia University), Víctor Pueyo (Temple University), Rosi Song (Durham University), and Adam Mahler (Harvard University).
Thursday February 2, 2023
Stories Worth Telling: A Roundtable on Biographical Writing
This event was moderated by Esther Liberman Cuenca (University of Houston-Victoria/Princeton IAS) and featured contributions from Theresa Earenfight (Seattle University), María Americo (St. Peter’s University, Jersey City), and Pura Fernández (CSIC/NYU).
Friday December 2, 2022
José Colmeiro on Transatlantic Connections: Historical Memory and Transnational Justice
This presentation focuses on the transnational aspect of memories in the Hispanic world, with attention to the post-authoritarian transitional processes in Spain and Latin America and the efforts to confront the collective traumas of the past across borders, the building of transatlantic networks of solidarity, and the challenges of obtaining justice under the umbrella of universal jurisdiction. Introduction given by Ameya Tripathi (NYU).
Wednesday October 12, 2022
el taller Summer Institute 2022: Fashioning Iberia
Explorations of the sights, smells, tastes, and textures of the Iberian world, featuring interventions by María Judith Feliciano (Independent Scholar),Tara Zanardi (Hunter), Anya Andreeva (Fellow, The Hispanic Society), and Robert Davidson (U. of Toronto).
Chaired by Louisa Raitt (IFA/NYU), moderated by Abigail Balbale (NYU).
Wednesday, June 8th 2022
el taller Summer Institute 2022: Graphic Iberia
New scholarship on graphic narratives in, around, and about the Iberian Peninsula, featuring short papers by Antonio Córdoba (Manhattan College), Xavier Dapena (Iowa State), Christine Martínez (NYU), and Moisés Hassan (Stony Brook).
Chaired by Víctor Sierra Matute (Baruch College), moderated by Juan Jesús Payán (Lehman College).
Wednesday, June 8th 2022
el taller Summer Institute 2022: el taller Reads Together
Ana Laguna (Rutgers) discusses her book, Cervantes, the Golden Age, and the Battle for Cultural Identity in 20th-Century Spain (Bloomsbury, 2021), in conversation with Nick Jones (Yale) and Christina Lee (Princeton).
Chaired by Jordana Mendelson (NYU).
Tuesday, June 7th 2022
Departure and Return: In Search of the Sephardim of Cuba
Ruth Behar (U Michigan) presents her talk “Departure and Return: In Search of the Sephardim of Cuba.” Introduced by Ronnie Perelis (Yeshiva U), response by Carlos Yebra López (NYU).
Friday, April 8th, 2022
Spanish Diasporas: Affect and Laws of Return
Charles A. McDonald (Northwestern) presents his talk “Sepharad’s Returns: Historical Sensibilities and the Politics of Inclusion,” with responses by Benjamin Hary (NYU Tel Aviv) and Alicia Campos Serrano (UAM/NYU)
Friday, February 11th, 2022
Author Conversation with Joshua Cohen and S.J. Pearce
A conversation between author Joshua Cohen and S.J. Pearce (NYU) on the subject of Cohen’s recently published novel, The Netanyahus.
Friday, December 3rd, 2021
“Women as Cultural Mediators between Spain and the U.S.”
Presentations and conversations with Evelyn Scaramella (Manhattan College), Leslie Harkema (Baylor University), Ameya Tripathi (Columbia University), and James D. Fernández (NYU). Moderated by Anne Donlon (MLA)
Thursday, November 4th 2021
“Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. The Specters of History in the Films of Pedro Costa”
A conversation from our 2021 Summer Institute with Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa and film scholar Glòria Salvadó-Corretger (Universitat Pompeu Fabra). Organized and Introduced by Sara Nadal-Melsió (NYU). Moderated by Francisco Quinteiro Pires (NYU).
Thursday, July 22nd, 2021
Writing, Filming, and Thinking Rural Spain
Roundtable from our 2021 Summer Institute. Chaired by Vicente Rubio Pueyo (Fordham/NYU Urban Democracy Lab). Featuring Natalia Castro Picón (Princeton), Luis Moreno Caballud (UPenn), Christine Martinez (NYU), and Alba Solà-Garcia (UPenn)
Thursday, July 22nd, 2021
Spain, North Africa, Migration and Cultural Exchange
Panel from our 2021 Summer Institute. Chaired by Justin Stearns (NYU Abu Dhabi). Featuring Abigail Balbale (NYU), Hisham Aidi (Columbia), and Susan Martin-Márquez (Rutgers). Moderated by Farah Dih (NYU)
Wendesday, July 21st, 2021
“Traveling Libraries: The Arabic Manuscripts of Muley Zidan and the Escorial Library”
with Daniel Hershenzon (UConn). Discussion led by Sarah Pearce (NYU).
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
“What They Saw: Women’s Exposure to and in Visual Culture in Nineteenth-Century Spain”
with Lou Charnon-Deutsch (Stony Brook). Discussion led by Jordana Mendelson (NYU).
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
“Migration and Genealogies of Rupture in the Work of Najat El Hachmi”
with N. Michelle Murray (Vanderbilt). Discussion led by Victor Sierra Matute (NYU).
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
Showcase: Graduate Student Research
Moderated by Jordana Mendelson (NYU). Breakout discussions led by Antonio Cordoba (Manhattan), Seth Kimmel (Columbia), Evelyn Scaramella (Manhattan), and Katy Vernon (Stony Brook)
Tuesday July 20th, 2021
Islands: Beyond Peninsular Thinking
Keynote Panel from our 2021 Summer Institute. Chaired by Victor Sierra Matute (NYU). Featuring Thenesoya Martín (Duke/Harvard), Lena Burgos-Lafuente (Stony Brook), and Francisco Hernández-Adrián (Durham). Moderated by Matthew Nicdao (NYU).
Tuesday July 20th, 2021
Race and Global Peninsular Studies
Introduced and moderated by Nicholas R. Jones (Bucknell University). With the participation of Josiah Blackmore (Harvard University), Rosalía Cornejo-Parriego (University of Ottawa), Mary Kate Donovan (Skidmore University), Thomas Franke (UC Santa Barbara), Michelle Murray (Vanderblit University), and Gabriel Rocha (Brown University).
Friday, April 9, 2021.
Decentering the Archive: Black Bodies in Performance and Translation in Iberia and the Iberian Atlantic World
Introduced and Moderated by Rafael César (NYU) and Eva Woods (Vassar College). Panelists: Larissa Brewer-García (University of Chicago), Jeffrey K. Coleman (Marquette University), and K. Meira Goldberg (FIT and the Foundation for Iberian Music at the CUNY Graduate Center).
Thursday, December 20, 2020.
“Set the Farm on Fire: Rethinking Rural Cinema in a Postnational Context“
Q&A with filmmaker Oliver Laxe and screenwriter Santiago Fillol, moderated by Sara Nadal-Melsió (NYU).
Thursday, July 23, 2020.
Global Iberia
Roundtable from our 2020 Summer Institute. Panelists: Mohamad Ballan (Stony Brook U.), Christina Lee (Princeton U.), Benita Sampedro (Hofstra U.) Moderator: Víctor Sierra Matute (NYU).
Tuesday, July 21, 2020.
What is Peninsular Studies?
Keynote Roundtable from our 2020 Summer Institute. Panelists:
Eric Calderwood (UIUC), Nick Jones (Bucknell U.), Susan Larson (Texas Tech U.) Moderator: Jordana Mendelson (NYU).
Monday, July 20, 2020.