Distinguished Visitors Talk by Nicholas Jones, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University

Talk on Wednesday, November 20 at 4:30pm (tea at 4:15pm) in LUT 200 

“Cervantine Blackness”

This workshop is an exploration into the depths of Miguel de Cervantes’s portrayal of black Africans and sub-Saharan Africa in Nicholas R. Jones's latest scholarly work Cervantine Blackness (Penn State UP, November 2024). This event stands out for its highly interdisciplinary approach, whereby Jones will chart important new methodological and theoretical terrain, most uniquely problematizing the ways emphasis on agency has stifled and truncated the study of blackness in early modern Spanish cultural and literary production. A rich discussion of María de Zayas y Sotomayor will also compliment Jones's interventions on Cervantes.

Sponsored by the Department of Spanish