Tamesis and the Thames
November 23, 2023
Guest post by Stephen M. Hart who joined UCL in 1998 and was invited to take up the post of General Editor of Tamesis the following year. He is UCL’s… READ MORE
Category: Hispanic Studies
Spain’s Planet King
November 22, 2023
Guest post written by Alexander W. Samson, Reader in Early Modern Studies at University College London. If Philip IV was a dumbfounded king, as he is dubbed by Imanol Uribe’s… READ MORE
To Live As If The Two Worlds Are One
November 9, 2023
Guest post written by ANNE-MARIE STORRS, the author of The Spiritual Consciousness of Carmen Martín Gaite. Reading Carmen Martín Gaite’s novel Nubosidad variable shortly after it was published in 1992,… READ MORE
The Spanish Romantics and the memory of Al-Andalus
November 6, 2023
Guest post written by Daniel Muñoz Sempere, a Ramón y Cajal postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cádiz. The fights over memory that often dominate the headlines in Spanish politics… READ MORE
Epic Histories of the Spanish Americas
September 26, 2023
True political success lies not so much in obtaining great power as in being able to keep it. This, at least, was the musing of Hieronymite friar Jerónimo de Román… READ MORE
Life And Legacy Of María Félix: The Mexican Icon Who Inspired A Generation Of Women
September 22, 2023
As a researcher and author when a book project is finished you always know that there is potential that you’ve missed something. For many projects, this is a source of… READ MORE
Books to look out for in August 2023
August 4, 2023
New for August we have the first in Nat Rubner’s two volume set exploring a pivotal moment in the history of the African continent; the first biography of Gérard Grisey… READ MORE
A Companion to Spanish Environmental Cultural Studies
April 17, 2023
Numerous scientific reports clearly describe the drastically declining health of species and ecosystems worldwide, but most of them fail to emphasize the cultural narratives, power relations, and historical dynamics that… READ MORE
Reading María de Zayas: Why and How
December 13, 2022
Why read the stories of María de Zayas y Sotomayor? That’s easy to answer. She wrote page-turning stories of desire, love, and disillusion; and published them in Spain nearly 400… READ MORE
Ecuadorian Literature: Three Crucial Moments to Understand It Today
November 22, 2022
Ecuadorian literature is among the most exciting Latin American writing today. Authors like Mónica Ojeda (Guayaquil, 1988), María Fernanda Ampuero (Guayaquil, 1976) and Gabriela Alemán (1968) are winning and being shortlisted for international prizes, and their… READ MORE
Tamesis and the Thames