David Wacks

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Professor of Medieval Iberian Studies in Cascadia

Medieval Iberian literature and cultures, Relations between Hebrew and Romance literatures of Spain; Sephardic culture, Ladino and Judeo-Spanish literature; Chivalric Romance in the Mediterranean; Narrative and Fictionality; Crusade literature; Pagan mythology

Open-access teaching units on premodern Iberia and Latin America: https://openiberiaamerica.hcommons.org/

Research blog: https://davidwacks.uoregon.edu/

#medievodons

CFP MLA 2024 (Philadelphia Jan 4-7)
Celebration: Joy and Sorrow in Medieval Iberia II (virtual) https://mla.confex.com/mla/2024/webprogrampreliminary/Paper22652.html
Call for Papers: Celebration: Joy and Sorrow in Medieval Iberia II (virtual) (2024 MLA Annual Convention)

CFP MLA 2024 (Philadelphia Jan 4-7)
Celebration: Joy and Sorrow in Medieval Iberia I (in person) https://mla.confex.com/mla/2024/webprogrampreliminary/Paper22651.html
Call for Papers: Celebration: Joy and Sorrow in Medieval Iberia I (2024 MLA Annual Convention)

CFP MLA 2024 (Philadelphia Jan 4-7) New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies (in person) https://mla.confex.com/mla/2024/webprogrampreliminary/Paper22650.html
Call for Papers: New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies (in person) (2024 MLA Annual Convention)

Chivalric Aljamiado Biblical Tales | David A. Wacks

Rex Nielsen from BYU indicates that in surveys its liberal arts majors have the lowest satisfaction 5 years after graduation BUT the highest satisfaction 20 years after graduation. #s61 #mla23
Len Cassuto observes that you can get a lot more credit for writing an article about service than actually doing the service. #s61 #mla23
Canceled ☹️ : MLA LLC Medieval Iberian Social event is canceled ☹️. We'll try again in 2024! Happy New Year and hope to see you at the MLA if you are there.
Canceled: MLA LLC Medieval Iberian Social event is canceled ☹️. We'll try again in 2024! Happy New Year and hope to see you at the MLA if you are there.

My entire family is #Spanish.

Whenever we travel abroad, my parents want to have dinner at least once at a "Spanish" restaurant.

The food is always underseasoned and watered down to cater for the local palate.

Despite that happening dozens of times, my parents *still* insist on doing it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Can someone explain it?

#food #tapas #IfItDoesntHaveGarlicItsNotSpanish

Looking for my fellow prison abolitionists on Mastodon. #abolition