EDUCATION

PhD in English Studies / Universidad de Valladolid and Universidad de Salamanca.
Proficiency with a Specialization in Collections Cataloguing & Description / Rare Book School at the University of Virginia.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• British and American History, Antiquarianism and Old English Scholarship, Anglo-Spanish Relations
• History of the Book, Bibliography, Textual Criticism
• Also: Literature and Art, Jacques Lacan, James Joyce

RECENT PAPERS

• ‘Early Stuart Books at the University of Valladolid,’ SEDERI 29, Universidad de Alcalá, May 2018.
• ‘The Real Copyist of the Stannington Diploma,’ BSECS 47, St Hugh´s College, University of Oxford, Jan 2018.
• ‘The Irish Book of Common Prayer at the Library of Santa Cruz,’ SEDERI 28, Universidad de Vigo, May 2017.
• ‘The Anglo-Saxon Books at the UVa Library in the Founding Period,’ SELIM 28, Universidad de Vigo, Sept 2016.
• ‘The Study of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Virginia, 1848‒96,’ SELIM 27, Universidad de Granada, Sept 2015.
• ‘James M Garnett’s Beowulf,’ Old and Middle English Studies: Texts and Sources, Institute of English Studies, University of London, Sept 2014.

BOOKS

Philip Perry’s Sketch of the Ancient British History: A Critical Edition, coed. with María José Carrera, et al. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009). Pp. 206. ISBN 9781443804486.

The Irish Knot: Essays on Imaginary/Real Ireland, coed. with María José Carrera, et al. (Valladolid: Publicaciones e Intercambio Editorial, UVA, 2008). Pp. 391. ISBN 9788484484554.

SITES

Yngalaterra, Escoçia, Yrlanda, Estados Unidos. A site with an interest in the historical and cultural links which Spain has maintained with Great Britian, Ireland, and North America throughout history. Available at yngalaterra.omeka.net.

EXHIBITS

Yngalaterra, Escoçia, Yrlanda (Biblioteca Histórica de Santa Cruz, Universidad de Valladolid, 19 Sept-30 Nov 2019). An exhibition of manuscripts, incunabula, and rare books on the historical and cultural relations maintained between Spain and the British Isles, from the Middle Ages to the Peace of Westphalia. Also online.

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Special Collections at the Royal College of St Alban’s, Valladolid, Junta Castilla y León, 2001‒12.

FUNDED EDUCATION PROJECTS

• Realia & Replica: In-class Museums for Students of History, Culture, and Heritage. Proyecto de Innovación Docente de la UVA, 2017-20.
• ETMELS: E-library and Tutorial for Undergraduate Students of British and American History and Culture. With the Dep of Classical Studies and Computing Sciences, UVA.

CONFERENCES

31st International Conference of SELIM (Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature). Universidad de Valladolid, 19-21 September 2019.

Above right: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Saskia seated before a window, c.1635. Brown ink and wash. 162 x 125 mm. Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest. Reproduced by permission.