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Visiting Professors (1979-present)

Invited Guests

The Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese has a long history of inviting distinguished scholars and artists to campus. During their residences in Charlottesville, these artists and professors teach graduate seminars, undergraduate courses, creative writing workshops, deliver public lectures, and offer readings of their work, which are free and open to the public. Please find below a list of the many invited guests who have enriched our scholarly community with their intellectual and creative work.

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Visiting Professors

Since 1979, the Department has been able to invite some of the world’s greatest scholars and writers to spend a full semester in residence, teaching undergraduate and graduate students, giving lectures and colloquia, and participating in the life of the Department.

Rosa Angélica Morales Sarabia (Center of Interdisciplinary Investigations in the Sciences and Humanities) Spring 2023

Federico Díaz Granados (Columbian Poet), Fall 2021

Fernando Valverde (Poet and Scholar), Fall 2018

Kemy Oyarzún (Universidad de Chile, Santiago), Spring 2017

José María Pozuelo-Yvancos (Universidad de Murcia, Spain), Spring 2016

Guillermo Martínez (Argentine novelist), Fall 2014

Bernadette Luciano (University of Auckland, New Zealand), Spring 2014

Diana G. Ranson (University of Georgia), Fall 2013

Anna Caballé Masforroll (Universidad de Barcelona, Spain), Fall 2011

Veronica Salles-Reese (Georgetown University), Spring 2011

Ana María Shua (Argentine writer), Spring 2010

Leonardo Romero Tobar (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain), 2009

Brendan Dooley (International University Bremen, Germany), Fall 2009

Roger Wright (University of Liverpool), Spring 2008

Diamela Eltit (writer and scholar, Chile), Spring 2007

Laura Freixas (Spanish writer), Spring 2006

Antonio Skármeta (Chilean novelist), Spring 2006

Konrad Eisenbichler (University of Toronto, Canada), Fall 2002

Mempo Giardinelli (Argentine novelist), 1986, Fall 2002, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, and Spring 2011

Robin Fiddian (Oxford University, England), Spring 2002

Charles A. Longhurst (University of Leeds, England), Spring 2001

Randolph Pope (Washington University), Spring 2000

Manfred Tietz, (University of Bochum, Germany), Spring 2000

Lou Charnon Deutsch (SUNY Stony Brook), 1999

Antonio Cisneros (Peruvian poet), 1996

Peter Armour (University of London, England), Spring 1998, Spring 1995

Andrew Anderson (University of Michigan), Spring 1998

Antonio Cisneros (Peruvian poet), Spring 1996

Rosa Montero (Spanish novelist), Spring 1994

Antonio Muñoz Molina (Spanish novelist), Spring 1993

Guillermo Carnero (scholar and poet, Universidad de Alicante, Spain), 1989

Isabel Allende (Chilean novelist), 1986

Colin C. Smith (Cambridge University, England), 1984

Jean Canavaggio (Université de Rennes, France), 1983

Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Cuban novelist), 1982

Carmen Martín Gaite (Spanish novelist), 1982

Peter E. Russell (Oxford University, England), 1982

Edmund Cros (Université de Montpellier, France), 1981

Ana María Matute (Spanish novelist), 1979

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Distinguished Guest Lecturers Series (a selection)

We take advantage of current trends in scholarship to invite first-rank scholars to Grounds for a one- or two-day visit, culminating in a public lecture that highlights their latest thinking and research. Please see below some of our invited guest speakers:

José Luis Abellán (U Complutense, Madrid). 1998

Rolena Adorno (Yale U). 2004

John J. Allen (U Kentucky). 2005

Carlos Alonso (Emory U). 1997

Joaquín Álvarez Barrientos (CSIC, Madrid). 1998

Pedro Álvarez de Miranda (U Complutense, Madrid). 2008, 2013

Peter Armour (U London). 1999

Pía Barros (Chilean writer). 2007.

Mónica Bolufer (U Valencia, Spain). 2007

Marina Brownlee (U Pennsylvania). 1998

Anna Caballé (U Barcelona). 2011

Ermanno Caldera (U Genoa, Italy). 1986

Manuel Camarero Cea (U Michigan). 1999

Richard Cardwell (U Nottingham, UK). 1988

Sara Castro-Klaren (Johns Hopkins U). 1986, 1999, 2007

Mariateresa Cattaneo (U Milan, Italy). 1986

Francisco Caudet (U Complutense, Madrid). 1997

Francisco Javier Cevallos (U Massachusetts). 1997

Maxime Chevalier (U Bordeaux, France). 1981

Andrew Debicki (U Kansas). 1980, 1988

María Delgado (Queen Mary, U London). 2011

Steven N. Dworkin (U Michigan). 1999, 2008

Ruth El Saffar (U Illinois). 1981

Javier Escudero (Penn State U). 2002

Robert Folger (U Heidelberg). 2003

E. Inman Fox (Northwestern U). 1993

Ana María Freire López (UNED, Madrid). 2010

Mary Gaylord (Harvard U). 1999, 2014

Luis Manuel Girón Negrón (Harvard U). 1999

Roland Greene (Stanford U). 2007

George Greenia (William and Mary). 2013

Rebecca Haidt (Ohio State U). 2008

Regina Harrison (Bates College). 1993

Gregory Hutcheson (U Illinois-Chicago). 1999

Gwen Kirkpatrick (Georgetown U). 2005

Susan Kirkpatrick (U California, San Diego). 1985

Jo Labanyi (New York U). 2015

Paul Lloyd (U Pennsylvania). 2001

Ángel López (U Valencia). 2002, 2012

Ignacio Javier López (U Pennsylvania). 2012

Consuelo López-Morillas (U. Indiana). 1983

Alfred J. MacAdam (Barnard College). 1992

Jesús Maestro (U Vigo, Spain). 2002

Nancy Marino (Michigan State U). 2009

Francisco Márquez Villanueva (Harvard U). 1992

Francine Masiello (U California, Berkeley). 2014

Franco Meregalli (U Venecia). 1980

Walter Mignolo (Duke U). 2016

Sylvia Molloy (New York U). 2004

James Monroe (U California, Berkeley). 2005

Gonzalo Navajas (U California, Irvine). 2006

Geraldine Nichols (U Florida). 1988

David Nirenberg (U Chicago). 2004

Paul Olson (Johns Hopkins U). 1984

Victor Ouimette (McGill U, Canada). 1984

Gustavo Pérez Firmat (Columbia U). 2000

Jesús Pérez Magallón (McGill U, Montreal). 2008

Robert Pring-Mill (Oxford U). 1981

Enrique Pupo Walker (Vanderbilt U). 1984

Diana L. Ranson (U Georgia). 2013

Geoffrey Ribbans (Brown U). 1979

E. C. Riley (Edinburgh U). 1983

Evangelina Rodríguez (U Valencia). 1997

Jesús Rodríguez Velasco (Columbia U). 2002

Enrique Rubio (U Alicante, Spain). 1985

Peter E. Russell (Oxford U). 1986

Agustín Sánchez Vidal (U Zaragoza, Spain). 1986

José Saval (U Edinburgh, Scotland). 2005

Ivan Schulman (U California). 2003

Russell P. Sebold (U Pennsylvania). 1981

Gustav Siebenmann (St. Gall U, Switzerland). 1983

Harry Sieber (Johns Hopkins U). 1981

Paul Julian Smith (Cambridge U). 1993, 2009

Diana Sorensen (Harvard U). 2003

Andrés Soria Olmedo (U Granada, Spain). 2011

Saúl Sosnowsky (U Maryland). 1997

Karen Stolley (Emory U). 2004

Jenaro Talens (U Valencia, Spain). 1988

María Tausiet (Madrid, Spain). 2014, 2017

Harriet Turner (Oberlin U). 1983

José Luis Varela (U Complutense, Madrid). 1985

John Varey (U London). 1981

Bruce Wardropper (Duke U). 1983

Barbara Weissberger (Old Dominion U). 1995

Nicolás Wey-Gómez (California IT). 2015

Roger Wright (U Liverpool). 1999, 2008

 

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Writers and Artists Series

Writers and Artists from Spain, Latin America, and the US have come to Grounds to give readings from their latest works, and to offer students a new way of thinking about literature.

Isabel Allende (Chilean novelist). 2002

Homero Aridjis (Mexican poet). 2012

Sergio Arlandis (Spanish poet). 2015

Francisco Ayala (Real Academia Española, Madrid). 1986

Pía Barros (Chilean writer). 2010

Juan Benet (Spanish novelist). 1986

José M. Calvo (Director, El País Internacional). 2003

Javier Cercas (Spanish novelist). 2003, 2012

Antonio Cisneros (Peruvian poet). 1996

José Donoso (Chilean novelist). 1987

Roberto G. Fernández (Cuban-American novelist). 2004

Medardo Fraile (Spanish writer). 1983

Mempo Giardinelli (Argentine novelist). 1994, 2005, 2008, 2009

Luis Goytisolo (Spanish novelist). 1987

Ana Guillot (Argentine poet). 2014

Liliana Heker (Argentine novelist). 2009

Anthony Kerrigan (writer and translator). 1987

José Kozer (Cuban-American poet). 2016

Carmen Laforet (Spanish novelist). 1987

Luis Landero (Spanish novelist). 1994

Elvira Lindo (Spanish novelist). 2002

María Rosa Lojo (Argentine novelist). 2011

Carmen Martín Gaite (Spanish novelist). 1994

Guillermo Martínez (Argentine novelist). 2002

Lina Meruane (Chilean novelist). 2013.

Rosa Montero (Spanish novelist). 2008, 2013

Antonio Muñoz Molina (Spanish novelist). 1992, 2002

José Ovejero (Spanish novelist). 2007

José Antonio Ponte (Cuban-American poet). 2016

Rafael Ramírez Heredia (Mexican novelist). 1998

Alistair Reed (Writer and translator). 1982

Cristina Rivera Garza (Mexican novelist). 2013

David Roas (Spanish novelist). 2015

Reina Roffé (Argentine novelist). 1999

Ana María Shúa (Argentine story writer). 2002

Antonio Skármeta (Chilean novelist). 2003, 2008

Mario Vargas Llosa (Peruvian novelist). 1980