Elena Peña-Argüeso
Education
M.A. in Romance Studies (Spanish), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2019.
M.A. in Teaching Methodologies of a Foreign Language (English), University of Seville (Spain). 2014.
M.A. in English Studies (Early Modern English Literature), University of Seville (Spain). 2013.
About Elena
Elena is a PhD student specializing in 16th- and 17th-century Spanish literature. Her interests include theatre, flamenco, lives of saints, “relaciones de sucesos” (news pamphlets), nation building, the construction of cultural identities, and European expansions and exchanges between Catholic Spain and the Protestant world. She is particularly interested in the study of cross-national perceptions and images as expressed in literary discourse.
Publications
COLLABORATIONS
2019: ANDA Curso Elemental by Audrey L. Heining-Boynton, Glynis S. Cowell, Sonia S. Torres-Quinones.
ARTICLE-REVISED AND RESUBMITTED
2022: "Hibridación genérica en La Vida de San Pedro Nolasco de Lope de Vega” Bulletin of the Comediantes.
BOOK REVIEWS
2018 Aracil Varón, Beatriz. “Yo, don Hernán Cortés.” Reflexiones en torno a la escritura cortesiana. Iberoamericana/Vervuert, 2016.
https://americasinnombre.ua.es/article/view/2018-n23-beatriz-aracil-varon-yo-don-hernando-cortesConferences
Panel Chair
2022 “Lyric as Power: Narratives of Spanish Music.” Carolina Conference for Romance Studies. UNC-Chapel Hill
INVITED TALKS
Andalucía: History and Culture of Muslim Spain
2020: “Contemporary Connections: Issues of in(migration) in Contemporary Spain.” The Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, UNC Center for European Studies, and National Humanities Center
PAPERS PRESENTED
2023 “Tricks in La vida de Estebanillo González, hombre de buen humor (1646).” MLA, San Francisco
2022 “Comedy-news or dramatized news pamphlets?” The Performance of Genre across Renaissance Europe and Beyond, MEMS conference. UNC-Chapel Hill
2020: “Expansión transoceánica de la Iberia católica y su representación en La conquista de México (1668) de Antonio Enríquez Gómez.” Asociación Internacional Siglo de Oro. ONLINE
2019 “Catarismo, redenciones y milagros en La vida de San Pedro Nolasco de Lope de Vega.” Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas. Hebrew University, Israel
2018 “War and the Supernatural: Shaping Sainthood in La vida de San Pedro Nolasco (1629).” Carolina Conference for Romance Studies. UNC-Chapel Hill
2014: “The Actress and her Character: The Prologues and Epilogues of Charlotte Butler (1680-1693).” 25 International SEDERI Conference. University of Oviedo, Spain
Awards & Honors
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS & AWARDS – UNC-CHAPEL HILL
2023 Travel Grant, Romance Studies department
2022 Dana B. Drake Summer Fellowship, Romance Studies department
2021 The Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship
2020 GPSF Travel Award, Graduate and Professional Student Government
2020 Gutherie Summer Award, Romance Studies department
2019 The Graduate Student Transportation Grant, Graduate School
2019 GPSF Excellence in Mentoring Graduate Students Award
EXTERNAL GRANTS
2023 MLA Convention Grant
Typical Courses Taught
SPAN 101: Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 105: Spanish for High Beginners
SPAN 203: Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 255: Spanish Conversation
SPAN 261: Advanced Spanish in Context
SPAN 321: Spanish for Medical Professions
SPAN 329: Spanish for Professional and Community Engagement
PUBH 613: Intermediate Spanish for Health Care
TEACHING ASSISTANT
SPAN 371: Love and Conflict in Spanish Literature