Description: Panelists discuss cultural and literary articulations of Spain that dialogued with the status of the different peninsular nations. Early modern Spanish political arrangements often pivoted around differences and particularities, and many of the conflicts during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries had these issues at their core. The configuration of nation(s) in Spain was a far-reaching issue with deep implications in the cultural and literary realms at the time and now.

Speakers

Miguel Martinez, U of Chicago

Alani Hicks-Bartlett, U of California, Berkeley

Leah Wood Middlebrook, U of Oregon

Kelsey Ihinger, U of Wisconsin, Madison

José Villagrana, Bates C

Presider

John Slater, U of California, Davis