Hispanist

A Hispanist is a scholar specializing in Hispanic studies, that is Spanish language, literature, linguistics, history, or civilization by foreigners (i.e., non-Spaniards).[1] It was used in an article by Miguel de Unamuno in 1908[2] referring to 'el hispanista italiano Farinelli', and was discussed at length for the U.S. by Hispanist Richard L. Kagan of Johns Hopkins University.[3]

The work carried out by Hispanists includes translations of literature and they may specialize in certain genres, authors or historical periods of the Iberian Peninsula, Hispanic America, and the Spanish Philippines.

Publications

Publications dealing specifically with Hispanic studies include the Hispania quarterly published by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). Richard L. Kagan has edited a volume on Hispanism in the United States[4] and Hispanist historian J.H. Elliot has discussed it in his volume History in the Making. [5]

Leading Hispanists

Associations of Hispanists

The Spanish-language portal[10] run by the Instituto Cervantes lists over 60 associations of Hispanists around the world, including the following:

  • Asociación Hispánica de Literatura Medieval (Hispanic Association of Medieval Literature)
  • Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas (International Association of Hispanists)
  • Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI)[11]
  • Women in Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin-American Studies (WiSPS) [12]
  • Asociación de Hispanismo Filosófico (AHF) (Philosophical Hispanism Association)
  • Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas (ACH) (Canadian Association of Hispanists)

See also

References
  1. J.H. Elliott, History in the Making, New Haven: Yale University Press 2012, p. 220 fn. 20.
  2. Miguel de Unamuno, 'Sobre Don Juan Tenorio', La Nación (Buenos Aires), 24/02/1908. Reproduced in Miguel de Unamuno, Mi religión y otros ensayos breves, 4ª ed. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1964, p. 99.
  3. Richard L. Kagan, ed. Spain in America: The Origins of Hispanism in the United States. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press 2002.
  4. Kagan, Spain in America: The Origins of Hispanism in United States
  5. J.H. Elliott, History in the Making. New Haven: Yale University Press 2012.
  6. Raymond Carr Archived 2008-08-29 at the Wayback Machine at fundacionprincipedeasturias.org (accessed 25 April 2009)
  7. Obituary in The Times Online. Retrieved 2009-10-31
  8. Publications Instituto Cervantes Portal del hispanismo. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  9. in memoriam utexas.edu
  10. Instituto Cervantes Portal del hispanismo
  11. Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland
  12. Women in Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin-American Studies
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