Hispanist

A Hispanist is a scholar specializing in Hispanic studies, that is Spanish language, literature, linguistics, history, or civilization by foreigners (i.e., non-Spaniards).[1] It was used in the title of a publication by Miguel de Unamuno in 1906 and discussed at length for the U.S. by Hispanist Richard L. Kagan of Johns Hopkins University.[2]

The work carried out by Hispanists includes translations of literature and they may specialize in certain genres, authors or historical periods of the Iberian Peninsula and Hispanic America.

Publications

Publications dealing specifically with Hispanic studies include the Hispania quarterly published by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). Richard L. Kagan has edited a volume on Hispanism in the United States[3] and Hispanist historian J.H. Elliot has discussed it in his volume History in the Making. [4]

Leading Hispanists

Associations of Hispanists

The Spanish-language portal[9] run by the Instituto Cervantes lists over 60 associations of Hispanists around the world, including the following:

  • Asociación Hispánica de Literatura Medieval (Hispanic Association of Medieval Literature)
  • Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas (International Association of Hispanists)
  • Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI)[10]
  • Women in Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin-American Studies (WiSPS) [11]
  • Asociación de Hispanismo Filosófico (AHF) (Philosophical Hispanism Association)
  • Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas (ACH) (Canadian Association of Hispanists)

See also

References

  1. ↑ J.H. Elliott, History in the Making, New Haven: Yale University Press 2012, p. 220 fn. 20.
  2. ↑ Richard L. Kagan, ed. Spain in America: The Origins of Hispanism in the United States. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press 2002.
  3. ↑ Kagan, Spain in America: The Origins of Hispanism in United States
  4. ↑ J.H. Elliott, History in the Making. New Haven: Yale University Press 2012.
  5. ↑ Raymond Carr Archived 2008-08-29 at the Wayback Machine. at fundacionprincipedeasturias.org (accessed 25 April 2009)
  6. ↑ Obituary in The Times Online. Retrieved 2009-10-31
  7. ↑ Publications Instituto Cervantes Portal del hispanismo. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  8. 1 2 in memoriam utexas.edu
  9. ↑ Instituto Cervantes Portal del hispanismo
  10. ↑ Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland
  11. ↑ Women in Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin-American Studies
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