Erik Ekman

Erik Ekman received his Ph. D. from the University of Michigan in 1998 with a thesis on the intersection between narrative and exegesis in the General estoria. He is Professor of Spanish at Oklahoma State University where he teaches Spanish language, literature, and culture. He has held academic positions at Michigan State University, SUNY New Paltz, and Drew University previously. His research focuses on the use of Biblical and Classical sources in the General estoria to create a Latin Christian cultural tradition in Iberia following the Castilian conquests of the 13th century. He also works on fifteenth-century humanist historiography and has written on the Libro de buen amor.