Hispanist
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A Hispanist is a scholar specialising in Hispanic studies, that is Spanish or Portuguese language, literature, linguistics, or civilization,[1] and by extension, Basque,[2] Catalan and Galician.[3]
The work carried out by Hispanists includes translations of literature and they may specialise in certain genres, authors or historical periods of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America.
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[edit] Publications
Publications dealing specifically with Hispanic studies include the Hispania quarterly published by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP).
[edit] Leading Hispanists
- Gerald Brenan
- Raymond Carr[4]
- Alan Deyermond (1932-2009[5])
- Ian Gibson
- Guillermo Gómez
- John Huxtable Elliott
- Juan López-Morillas (University of Texas at Austin)[6]
- Gabriel Jackson
- Angus Mackay
- Edward Malefakis
- Erwin Kempton Mapes (University of Iowa)[6]
- Stanley G. Payne
- Edgar Allison Peers
- Geoffrey Parker (historian)
- Paul Preston
- John D. Rutherford
- Dorothy Severin
- Alison Sinclair
- Robert Southey (1774 – 1843)
- Walter Starkie
- John Brande Trend
- Hugh Thomas
- George Ticknor
- Roger L. Utt[7]
- Leslie Walton
[edit] Associations of Hispanists
The Spanish-language portal[8] 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)[9]
- Women in Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin-American Studies (WISPS)
- Asociación de Hispanismo Filosófico (AHF) (Philosophical Hispanism Association)
- Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas (ACH) (Canadian Association of Hispanists)
[edit] References
- ^ merriam-webster.com
- ^ Hispanic Studies at University of Birmingham
- ^ Instituto Cervantes
- ^ Raymond Carr at fundacionprincipedeasturias.org (accessed 25 April 2009)
- ^ Obituary in The Times Online. Retrieved 2009-10-31
- ^ a b in memoriam utexas.edu
- ^ Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (Spanish)
- ^ Instituto Cervantes Portal del hispanismo
- ^ Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland
