New Faculty Lecture Series: Interdisciplinary Dialogues
The Organization of Graduate Students in Comparative Literature (OGSCL) invites you to the third lecture in our fall new faculty lecture series. The lecture by Prof. Julio Velez-Sainz (Spanish and Portuguese) is titled "Philogyny and Its Detractors: The Quarrel About Women in Medieval Culture (A Neomedievalist Approach).
Prof. Julio Velez-Sainz received his Ph.D. from the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago in 2002. His areas of interest are medieval and Renaissance literature and cultural studies. He has been the Director of the Study-Abroad Program in Salamanca since 2002. In 2003, Prof. Velez-Sainz was nominated for a Distinguished Teaching Award. Among his many publications are two books, Francisco de Quevedo (Madrid: Eneida, 2005) and El Parnaso español: Canon, mecenazgo y propaganda en el Siglo de Oro (Madrid: Visor Libros, 2005). His third book is forthcoming, Texto y Concordancias del Libro de las virtuosas & claras mugeres de Alvaro de Luna (New York: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies).
The aims of this lecture series are to foster dialogue across disciplinary boundaries and to enrich graduate interdisciplinary work through exposure to scholarship within and outside one's field. There are several new faculty members at the university, and we look forward to learning from their current research and recent experience as graduate students. Speakers will include practical advice for graduate students on dissertation projects and the job market. An informal reception will follow the lecture.