ISIDRO J. RIVERA
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPT. OF SPANISH & PORTUGUESE
WESCOE HALL, ROOM 2636
1445 JAYHAWK BLVD.
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66045-7590
Research and Teaching Areas
My principal area of research and teaching is the literature of medieval Iberia. I am currently preparing a study of the intersection of print culture and devotional reading during the reign of Isabel de Castilla. My publications have appeared in Journal of Hispanic Philology, Modern Language Notes, Celestinesca, Revista Hispánica Moderna, Essays in Medieval Studies, University of Toronto Quarterly, and Hispanic Review. I am the Managing Editor of La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Spanish Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies and serve on the Editorial Boards of The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World (Brill), Companions to Medieval Literatures (Brill), and Project Muse (Johns Hopkins Press).
RESEARCH AREAS:
- MULTI-CULTURALISM IN 13TH-CENTURY IBERIA
- RACE IN MEDIEVAL IBERIA
- CELESTINA STUDIES
- CULTURA LIBRESCA
- PASSION IMAGERY IN LATE MEDIEVAL IBERIA
- PRINTING IN LATE MEDIEVAL IBERIA
- READING COMMUNITIES IN LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN SPAIN
- DEVOTIONAL READINGS IN LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN SPAIN
- LITERARY PRODUCTION IN THE AGE OF ISABEL OF CASTILE
- THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN LITERATURE
- THE PEDAGOGY OF TEACHING LATE MEDIEVAL CULTURE
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