Dr. Vicente Perez De Leon

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Biography

Professor Vicente Perez De Leon specializes in Spanish Comparative Literature at the University of Glasgow. He previously held associate professorships at Oberlin College from 2000 to 2010 and the University of Melbourne from 2010 to 2017, with an honorary fellowship from 2018 to 2021. A two-time fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities, he has served on the editorial boards of several journals including Anuario de Estudios Cervantinos and the Cincinnati Romance Review. Professor De Leon is an active peer reviewer for various prestigious journals and organizations, contributing to the discourse on Early Modern Spanish literature, science, and culture through over eighty essays and monographs. His recent work includes a trilogy titled 'Cervantes' Science', discussing the intersections of science and literature in Cervantes' works. He has delivered invited lectures across institutions, engaging in critical discussions surrounding the cultural and historical contexts of Spanish literature during the Early Modern period. Presently, he is working on his fifth monograph, 'Baroque Controversies', anticipated for 2026.

Research Interests

Courses

Spanish Junior Honours Picaresque Narratives Cervantes and Hollywood Survey of Early Modern Peninsular Literature Introduction to Hispanic Cinema