Early Modern science, medicine, and literature
Currently teaching:
HS2006 Culture of the Spanish Golden Age
HS2015 Gender in the Spanish Golden Age
HS3028 Love and Sex in the Spanish Golden Age
HS3029 The Body and Senses in the Spanish Golden Age
HS3001 Final Year Spanish Language
Also collaborating in:
HS1030 Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies
HS5011 Landmarks in Spanish and Latin American Literature
LL2108 Crossing Borders: Cultures, and Societies
LL2003 Aspects of the Classical Tradition
Biography
Dr. Arroyo obtained her Bachelor degree in English Philology at the University of Granada, Spain (1998), and completed her Master's and her PhD at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA (2003-2011). Her area of specialization is the Spanish Golden Age. Research Interests
Dr Arroyo's research focuses on Spanish Golden Age literature and science, with an interest in topics such as:- Early modern medicine
- Scientific allegories in literature
- Baroque theatre or "comedia nueva"
- Early Modern astrology and astronomy
- The body as depicted in both literature and science
- Monstrosity
- Sensory perception (mainly the visual)
- Gender, the representation of women in Early Modern literature.
Publications
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | 'The Vagina, the Ear, and the Eye: Bodily Orifices and Sight in Miguel de Cervantes's 'El celoso extremeño'' Silvia Arroyo (2023) 'The Vagina, the Ear, and the Eye: Bodily Orifices and Sight in Miguel de Cervantes's 'El celoso extremeño'' In: Silvia Arroyo (eds). The Eye in Spanish Golden Age Medicine, Anatomy, and Literature (Special Issue). Basel, Switzerland: Humanities. [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2020) | '“‘Giving Birth to Science:’ Oliva Sabuco and Her Intrusions into the Male Episteme”' Silvia Arroyo (2020) '“‘Giving Birth to Science:’ Oliva Sabuco and Her Intrusions into the Male Episteme”' In: Brian Phillips and Emily Colbert Cairns (eds). Confined Women: Emparedadas, Malcasadas and the Walls of Female Space in Inquisitorial Spain. Minneapolis, MN: Hispanic Issues On Line, Vol. 25. [Details] |
Edited Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | The Eye in Spanish Golden Age Medicine, Anatomy, and Literature (Special Issue) Silvia Arroyo (Ed.). (2023) The Eye in Spanish Golden Age Medicine, Anatomy, and Literature (Special Issue) Basel, Switzerland: Humanities. [Details] | |
| (2018) | Displacement in Language, Literatures, and Cultures: Selected Proceedings from the I CMLL Symposium Silvia Arroyo and Karina Zelaya (Ed.). (2018) Displacement in Language, Literatures, and Cultures: Selected Proceedings from the I CMLL Symposium Torre del Mar, Málaga: EDA. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2022) | '“Breaking the Vitreous Eye: Sight and Blindness in Valor, agravio y mujer by Ana Caro' Silvia Arroyo (2022) '“Breaking the Vitreous Eye: Sight and Blindness in Valor, agravio y mujer by Ana Caro'. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (University of Liverpool), 99 (7):663-682 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2017) | '“‘Eres sol con muchos rayos’: la subversión heliocéntrica en Valor, agravio y mujer de Ana Caro.”' Silvia Arroyo (2017) '“‘Eres sol con muchos rayos’: la subversión heliocéntrica en Valor, agravio y mujer de Ana Caro.”'. eHumanista 36 :410-431 [Details] | |
| (2014) | '“La retórica de la peste: imaginería apocalíptica en los tratados de peste del Renacimiento peninsular”' Silvia Arroyo (2014) '“La retórica de la peste: imaginería apocalíptica en los tratados de peste del Renacimiento peninsular”'. Symposium 68 (2):57-70 [Details] | |
| (2011) | '“El gobierno del cuerpo: Baltasar del Alcázar y los regímenes sanitarios del Renacimiento”' Silvia Arroyo (2011) '“El gobierno del cuerpo: Baltasar del Alcázar y los regímenes sanitarios del Renacimiento”'. Romance Quarterly, 58 (3):183-198 [Details] | |
| (2006) | '“Don Álvaro: mestizo, monstruo, bárbaro, salvaje”' Silvia Arroyo (2006) '“Don Álvaro: mestizo, monstruo, bárbaro, salvaje”'. The Colorado Review of Hispanic Studies 4 :97-110 [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2022) | Juan Ruiz, Arcipreste de Hita y el Libro de buen amor: Mujer, saber y heterodoxia Silvia Arroyo (2022) “El Libro de buen amor en la tradición de los Remedia amoris o el fracaso curativo del Arcipreste de Hita” . In: Ayuntamiento de Alcalá la Real, Spain eds. Juan Ruiz, Arcipreste de Hita y el Libro de buen amor: Mujer, saber y heterodoxia Alcalá la Real, Jaén, Spain, , pp.27-32 [Details] | |
| (2015) | X Estudios de Frontera Fronteras Multiculturales” Silvia Arroyo (2015) “Fronteras raciales: la amenaza del mestizaje en El valiente negro en Flandes (1612) de Andrés de Claramonte . In: Ayuntamiento de Alcalá la Real, Spain eds. X Estudios de Frontera Fronteras Multiculturales” Alcalá la Real, Jaén, Spain, , pp.21-28 [Details] |
Professional Activities
Professional Associations
| Association | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AISO (International Association of Golden Age Studies) | Member | / | |
| ALDEEU – Asociación de Licenciados y Doctores en Estados Unidos | Member | / | |
| Mississippi Foreign Language Association (MFLA) | Member | / | |
| Sigma Delta Phi – Honor Society | Member | / | |
| Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI) | Member | 01-MAR-21 / |
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | “To Eat or Not to Eat, That is the Question: Lazarillo de Tormes and Anamorphic Gluttony”, Silvia Arroyo (2023) UCC Spanish Golden Age Symposium. [Oral Presentation], “To Eat or Not to Eat, That is the Question: Lazarillo de Tormes and Anamorphic Gluttony”, University College Cork , 24-NOV-23 - 26-NOV-23. [Details] | |
| (2023) | UCC Spanish Golden Age Symposium, Silvia Arroyo (2023) Organization of Conference. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], UCC Spanish Golden Age Symposium, University College Cork . [Details] | |
| (2022) | “Aumentando la interactividad en los cursos de literatura: presentaciones de Genially in el contexto asíncrono, Silvia Arroyo (2022) Symposium On Distance Learning of Literature in Higher Education (DigiPhiLit) (hybrid symposium). [Invited Lectures (Conference)], “Aumentando la interactividad en los cursos de literatura: presentaciones de Genially in el contexto asíncrono, University of Antwerp, Antwerp . [Details] | |
| (2022) | “Deseo disectivo: la mujer fragmentada en la poesía del Renacimiento español”, Silvia Arroyo (2022) Congreso eros, ágapes y parafilias en las literaturas hispánicas (hybrid conference). [Oral Presentation], “Deseo disectivo: la mujer fragmentada en la poesía del Renacimiento español”, Mc Gill University and Universitas Castellae, Valladolid, Spain , 30-JUN-22 - 02-AUG-22. [Details] | |
| (2022) | Moderation of session Ladrones de tinta by Alfonso Mateo-Sagasta, Silvia Arroyo (2022) Event within the Cork World Book Festival. [Chair Sessions at Symposia], Moderation of session Ladrones de tinta by Alfonso Mateo-Sagasta, Cork , 23-APR-22. [Details] | |
| (2022) | Deseo disectivo: la mujer fragmentada en la poesía del Renacimiento español, Silvia Arroyo (2022) Conferencia Eros, ágapes y parafilias en las literaturas hispánicas”. [Oral Presentation], Deseo disectivo: la mujer fragmentada en la poesía del Renacimiento español, Valladolid, Spain , 30-JUN-22 - 02-JUL-22. [Details] | |
| (2021) | UCC Spanish Golden Age Symposium, Silvia Arroyo (2021) Biannual conference. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], UCC Spanish Golden Age Symposium, Cork , 26-NOV-21 - 28-NOV-21. [Details] | |
| (2021) | “El Libro de buen amor en la tradición de los Remedia amoris”, Silvia Arroyo (2021) Conferencia 6 Juan Ruiz, Arcipreste de Hita: Mujer, saber y hetorodoxia. [Oral Presentation], “El Libro de buen amor en la tradición de los Remedia amoris”, Alcalá la Real, Jaén, Spain . [Details] | |
| (2021) | “Breaking the Vitreous Eye: Sight and Blindness in Valor, agravio y mujer by Ana Caro”, Silvia Arroyo (2021) Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI), Virtual conference. [Oral Presentation], “Breaking the Vitreous Eye: Sight and Blindness in Valor, agravio y mujer by Ana Caro”, Dublin . [Details] | |
| (2021) | “Astrological Symbolism and Gender in Luis Vélez’s La luna de la sierra”, Silvia Arroyo (2021) Oral presentation, virtual event. [Oral Presentation], “Astrological Symbolism and Gender in Luis Vélez’s La luna de la sierra”, Cork , 26-NOV-21 - 28-NOV-21. [Details] | |
| (2019) | “Teaching Tone in Spanish Advanced Composition Classes”, Silvia Arroyo (2019) Mississippi Foreign Language Association (MFLA). [Oral Presentation], “Teaching Tone in Spanish Advanced Composition Classes”, Starkville, MS . [Details] | |
| (2018) | “Teaching Monstrosity in Spanish Early Modernity”, Silvia Arroyo (2018) 2018 CMLL Symposium. [Oral Presentation], “Teaching Monstrosity in Spanish Early Modernity”, Starkville, MS . [Details] | |
| (2018) | “Eres sol con muchos rayos”: la subversión heliocéntrica en Valor, agravio y mujer de Ana Caro, Silvia Arroyo (2018) Kentucky Foreign Language Association (KFLC): The Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Conference. [Oral Presentation], “Eres sol con muchos rayos”: la subversión heliocéntrica en Valor, agravio y mujer de Ana Caro, Lexington, Kentucky . [Details] | |
| (2017) | “Simbología astrológica en la comedia áurea: la metáfora del rey-Sol”, “Simbología astrológica en la comedia áurea: la metáfora del rey-Sol” (2017) Science and Science of the Unknown in Early Modern Iberian Literature – International Colloquium. [Conference Organising Committee Member], “Simbología astrológica en la comedia áurea: la metáfora del rey-Sol”, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana . [Details] | |
| (2017) | “Metáforas astrológicas e inversiones genéricas en El perro del hortelano de Lope”, Silvia Arroyo (2017) XI Congreso Internacional de AISO (International Association of Golden Age Studies). [Oral Presentation], “Metáforas astrológicas e inversiones genéricas en El perro del hortelano de Lope”, Madrid, Spain . [Details] | |
| (2016) | “A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words?: Displacement of Language in the Anatomical Discourse of Spanish Renaissance”, Silvia Arroyo (2016) 2016 CMLL Symposium on Language, Literatures, and Cultures. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], “A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words?: Displacement of Language in the Anatomical Discourse of Spanish Renaissance”, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi . [Details] | |
| (2015) | “Preparing Students for Literary Analysis: Critical Vocabulary”, Silvia Arroyo (2015) Mississippi Foreign Language Association Conference (MFLA). [Oral Presentation], “Preparing Students for Literary Analysis: Critical Vocabulary”, Starkville, MS . [Details] | |
| (2015) | “Metáforas celestes y travestismo intelectual en Valor, agravio y mujer de Ana Caro”, Silvia Arroyo (2015) Fifth Alabama Modern Languages Conference. [Oral Presentation], “Metáforas celestes y travestismo intelectual en Valor, agravio y mujer de Ana Caro”, Tuscaloosa, Alabama . [Details] | |
| (2015) | “Fronteras raciales: la amenaza del mestizaje en El valiente negro en Flandes (1612) de Andrés de Claramonte.”, Silvia Arroyo (2015) X Estudios de Frontera Fronteras Multiculturales”. [Oral Presentation], “Fronteras raciales: la amenaza del mestizaje en El valiente negro en Flandes (1612) de Andrés de Claramonte.”, Alcalá la Real, Jaén, Spain . [Details] | |
| (2015) | “'Murmurad a Narciso, que no sabe amar': inversiones genéricas en 'El castigo de la miseria' de María de Zayas”, Silvia Arroyo (2015) South Central Modern Language Association, 72nd Annual Conference. [Oral Presentation], “'Murmurad a Narciso, que no sabe amar': inversiones genéricas en 'El castigo de la miseria' de María de Zayas”, Nashville, Tennessee . [Details] | |
| (2014) | “Mujeres escritoras del Renacimiento español: Oliva Sabuco y su Nueva filosofía de la naturaleza del hombre (1587)”, Silvia Arroyo (2014) 22nd Annual NAAAS & Affiliates National Conference. [Oral Presentation], “Mujeres escritoras del Renacimiento español: Oliva Sabuco y su Nueva filosofía de la naturaleza del hombre (1587)”, Baton Rouge, Louisiana . [Details] | |
| (2014) | “Horizontalidad, espectacularidad y especularidad: la ciudad corporal de Luis Vélez de Guevara en El diablo cojuelo”, Silvia Arroyo (2014) XXIX Biennial Lousiana Conference on Hispanic Language and Literature. [Oral Presentation], “Horizontalidad, espectacularidad y especularidad: la ciudad corporal de Luis Vélez de Guevara en El diablo cojuelo”, Baton Rouge, Louisiana . [Details] | |
| (2014) | “De Babel, la catástrofe lingüística y el Libro de Alexandre”, Silvia Arroyo (2014) 2014 Kentucky Foreign Language Conference: The Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Conference. [Oral Presentation], “De Babel, la catástrofe lingüística y el Libro de Alexandre”, Lexington, Kentucky . [Details] | |
| (2014) | “'Si alma tengo, y fue criada para el cielo, no soy fiera': las mujeres salvajes de El animal de Hungría de Lope de Vega”, Silvia Arroyo (2014) SAMLA 86: Sustainability and the Humanities. [Oral Presentation], “'Si alma tengo, y fue criada para el cielo, no soy fiera': las mujeres salvajes de El animal de Hungría de Lope de Vega”, Atlanta, Georgia . [Details] | |
| (2013) | “Este cuerpo que nos gobierna: binarismos organicistas en República original sacada del cuerpo humano de Jerónimo de Merola”, Silvia Arroyo (2013) Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Sixty-Seventh Annual Convention. [Oral Presentation], “Este cuerpo que nos gobierna: binarismos organicistas en República original sacada del cuerpo humano de Jerónimo de Merola”, Vancouver, Washington . [Details] | |
| (2013) | “La mentira bajo sospecha en La verdad sospechosa de Juan Ruiz de Alarcón”, Silvia Arroyo (2013) 2013 AHCT Symposium on Golden Age Theatre. [Oral Presentation], “La mentira bajo sospecha en La verdad sospechosa de Juan Ruiz de Alarcón”, El Paso, Texas . [Details] | |
| (2012) | “‘El nombre y oficio de médico, sancto y amable es’: construcción y legitimación del profesional médico en el Renacimiento español”, Silvia Arroyo (2012) Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Sixty-Sixth Annual Convention. [Oral Presentation], “‘El nombre y oficio de médico, sancto y amable es’: construcción y legitimación del profesional médico en el Renacimiento español”, Boulder, Colorado . [Details] |
Employment
| Employer | Position | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| University College Cork | Lecturer | 03-JAN-20 / | |
| Mississippi State University | Associate Professor | 15-AUG-18 / 15-DEC-19 | |
| Mississippi State University | Assitant Professor | 15-AUG-12 / 15-AUG-18 | |
| University of Colorado at Boulder | Visiting Lecturer | 15-AUG-11 / 15-MAY-12 |
Education
| Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | PhD - Spanish Literature | Spanish Golden Age | |
| 2005 | University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | MA - Spanish Literature | Spanish Literature | |
| 1998 | Universidad de Granada, Spain | BA - English Philology | English |
Languages
| Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
| English | Fluent | Fluent | Functional |
Other Activities
| Description | |
|---|---|
Coordinator of the BCOMM HS programme Responsibilities: organizing informative sessions, serving as liaison between students and UCC International Office, assisting students in filling forms for their Study Abroad, communicating with host institutions abroad, acting as academic advisor for students abroad, managing the compulsory year abroad for Third-Year students. | |
Organizer of the UCC Spanish Golden Age Symposium The UCC Spanish Golden Age Symposium is a biannual academic event that provides a forum for the exchange of high quality research and facilitates the renewal of research networks in Golden Age Studies in Ireland, the UK and beyond. Link to the website | |
Library Representative for SPLAS Responsibilities: managing the Library budget and acquisitions. |
Teaching Activities
Teaching Interests
Spanish Golden Age literature and cultureEarly Modern science, medicine, and literature
Currently teaching:
HS2006 Culture of the Spanish Golden Age
HS2015 Gender in the Spanish Golden Age
HS3028 Love and Sex in the Spanish Golden Age
HS3029 The Body and Senses in the Spanish Golden Age
HS3001 Final Year Spanish Language
Also collaborating in:
HS1030 Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies
HS5011 Landmarks in Spanish and Latin American Literature
LL2108 Crossing Borders: Cultures, and Societies
LL2003 Aspects of the Classical Tradition