TUSCANY AND THE IBERIAN EMPIRES: Migration and Knowledge Transmission in the Early Modern Period In the early modern period (c. 1500-1700), Iberian religious refugees, scholars, merchants, and diplomats took up residence in Tuscany. In search of protection or fame, they weaved a network that linked Iberia, Tuscany, and wider imperial territories. New Christians, Moriscos, and […]
The first enrollment period for a Master’s Degree in Nationalism and National Identities Studies (Complutense University of Madrid) will be open from January 28 to February 20, 2026. This is a unique, interdisciplinary postgraduate degree taught in Spanish (in person) and English (online). See the below links for more detail: https://www.ucm.es/estudiosnacionalismoeidentidadesnacionales https://www.ucm.es/masterinnationalismstudies/ https://www.ucm.es/proceso-de-admision-masteres
Applications are open through January 15th, 2026 for Folger Institute Short-Term Fellowships! Each year the Folger Institute awards research fellowships to create a high-powered, multidisciplinary community of inquiry. This community of researchers may come from different fields, and their projects may find different kinds of expression. But our researchers share cognate interests in the history […]
The Premodern Spanish History Association of the Midwest (PSHAM) invites proposals for its annual meeting, which will be held in Chicago on March 7, 2026. As usual, we’ll meet at noon for a working lunch and then discuss three pre-circulated works in progress. If you are interested in presenting at PSHAM, please send a brief […]
The Vagantes Board is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 25th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies, to be hosted by The University of Rochester in Rochester, New York from April 9-11, 2026. Established in 2002 by graduate students from Harvard University and the University of Toronto, Vagantes has grown to become the […]
The final enrollment period for a Master’s Degree in Nationalism and National Identities Studies (Complutense University of Madrid) will be open from September 1 to 5, 2025. This is a unique, interdisciplinary postgraduate degree taught in Spanish (in person) and English (online). See the below links for more detail: https://www.ucm.es/estudiosnacionalismoeidentidadesnacionales https://www.ucm.es/masterinnationalismstudies/
The Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies invites submissions for the ASPHS Best Dissertation Prize. Doctoral dissertations in Iberian historical studies approved between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024 are eligible. Submissions may be in English, Portuguese, or Spanish. The deadline is September 20, 2025. Authors must be current members of the ASPHS. […]
Jodi Bilinkoff, “Fathers, Friars, Sons, and Saint-Makers: John of the Cross and His Earliest Discipulos,” in Making Saints in a “Glocal” Religion: Practices of Holiness in Early Modern Catholicism, ed. Birgit Emich, Daniel Sidler, Samuel Weber, and Christian Windler. Leiden: Bohlau/Brill, 2024, pp. 201-225. Jodi Bilinkoff, “John of the Cross: The Long Road to Sainthood,” […]
Pitzer College invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Spanish. The field of specialization is open. The successful candidate will be joining the Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (MLLC) field group, a multidisciplinary academic department that offers courses in Spanish, Portuguese, and French languages and cultures, and houses programs in writing and English […]
Donation Offered of Large Library on Iberian History to Colleges or Universities James W. Cortada I am offering a collection of some 9,000 items dealing with all facets of Iberian history, with primary strengths in Spanish, Catalan, and international affairs as a gift to any American university or college that wishes to accept it. I […]
