Antonio Rubio Martínez is a PhD student in the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese Department at Penn State University. He holds a degree in Literature and Creative Writing from the Universidad de Navarra (2018-2022), where he also studied History. He then completed the Spanish M.A. at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2022-2024) and in Penn State University (2024-2026). In 2026, he participated in the scholarly program, A Folder Orientation to the Research Methods and Agendas at the Folger Institute where he developed bibliographical and book-description skills, digital image practices, and understanding of texts, sources, collections, and access tools. He will focus his doctoral thesis research on the interplay of the Spanish Golden Age theater and the Spanish Medieval history. Specifically, he is interested in the portrayal of succession conflicts in historical comedias and how these events are used to discuss political ideas concerning monarchy and the role of royalty in seventeenth century societies.