Eva María Rodrigo Gómez

Eva María Rodrigo Gómez obtained her PhD in Christian and Classical Literature from San Dámaso University (Madrid, Spain) in 2022. Her doctoral dissertation Edition, translation, and study of memre 56 and 81 by Narsai of Nisibis features a critical edition of two Christological metrical homilies (memre) of Narsai of Nisibis, complemented by a philological and theological study. […]

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, […]

Ricardo Pichel

Ricardo Pichel is an assistant professor in the Department of Spanish Literature and Literary Theory at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) and a researcher at the Instituto da Lingua Galega (University of Santiago de Compostela). His research focuses on the editing and study of medieval Iberian texts (13th–15th centuries), medieval Galician‑Portuguese language […]

Marianna Leite

Mariana Leite obtained her PhD in Literature from the University of Porto in 2013, with a thesis on the Portuguese reception of the General Estoria of Alfonso X of Castile, followed by a postdoctoral research project on the presence of Pedro Comestor’s Historia Scholastica in Portugal. She was a Portuguese language and literature teacher at […]

Leonardo Funes

He holds a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and is currently a Senior Researcher at CONICET and Professor Emeritus at the University of Buenos Aires. He is a member of IIBICRIT/SECRIT, a CONICET institute of which he served as Director from 2014 to 2022. He also served as editor-in-chief of […]

Joana Matos Gomes

Joana Matos Gomes has been a contracted researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Porto since 2019. Her work has primarily focused on the field of Iberian medieval historiography (12th-14th centuries), investigating the role and representation of women in historiographical texts, historiographical translation in the medieval context, and textual criticism, areas in […]

Javier Rubiera

J. Rubiera has been principal investigator in three projects funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC): The Construction of Theatrical Space in the Spanish Golden Age “Comedia” (2002–2006); Diabolical Illusions on Stage: The Devil Character in 17th‑Century Spanish Comedy (2009–2013); and Theatre and the Encounter of Iberian and Japanese Cultures […]

João Silva 

After finishing a bachelor’s in History in the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, I enrolled in a Master’s in Medieval Studies within the same institution – where I am currently writing my thesis on the General Estoria’s portrayal of Athens within Alfonso X’s broader concept of urbanism.

Carmen Blanco Valdés

Professor of Italian Philology. University of Cordoba. Doctorate in Italian Philology from the University of Santiago de Compostela (1992), with a thesis on the Dolce Stil Novo school of poetry. She has held various management positions at the University of Cordoba, including Director General of Culture and Vice Rector for Students and Culture. She directs […]

Cármen Benítez Guerrero

She is Associate Professor (Profesora Contratada Doctora) of Medieval History at the University of Seville. Her main line of research focuses on 14th century Castilian historiography, especially on the study of manuscript traditions, the analysis of the production and reception of texts and the discourse of power. She has carried out research stays in Madrid, […]