Jorge Santander Serrano

Jorge Santander is originally from Argentina and Spain. He grew up in different countries (Venezuela, Singapore, Egypt, and Morocco), and has experience teaching Spanish in the US and in Spain. He is currently writing his Ph.D. dissertation, focusing on medieval and early modern Iberian texts. His research focuses on the virtues attributed to precious stones in medieval lapidaries and other Iberian texts. He is interested in learning how these objects were used, and how these objects might have influenced the people that used them.

Teaching and Research Interests

• Medieval Iberia
• Early Modern Spain
• Medieval Lapidaries
• Magic, Astrology, and Medicine in Medieval Iberian Literature
• Love and Violence in Medieval and Early Modern Literature
• Transatlantic Studies: Latin America & Iberia

Courses Taught at Miami

• SPN 351 Cultural History of Spain I
• SPN 201 Second-Year Spanish

Selected Publications

Articles

• “Sueños y Miedos Cristalizados: ¿Qué nos dicen Las piedras preciosas del Lapidario de Alfonso X el Sabio?” LACIS Review. 2022.
• “Argumentar Legitimidad Utilizando Textos Prohibidos: La Historia General de López de Gómara y un Manuscrito de the Lilly Library en Bloomington, Indiana.” Colección Científica UNI-COM. Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora. 2021.

Publications in the Media

• “It's a ‘rougeur’ nation? The mystery behind Indiana's favorite nickname.” Indiana Daily Student. Indiana, USA. 2016.
• “Nationality should not define who we are.” Washington Square News, New York, USA. 2013.

Creative Work

• “El Alephsito.” El Cid. Academic Journal. The Citadel (The Military College of South Carolina, USA). 2018.
• “Don Quijote vs Don Quijote.” Short Film (6 parts). 2016.

Awards, Honors, and Grants

New York University

• Recipient of the Graduate School of Arts and Science scholarship, 2012-2013

Indiana University Bloomington

• Recognition of Associate Instructors with High Distinction, Spring 2015
• Recognition of Associate Instructors with High Distinction, Fall 2015
• Recognition of Associate Instructors with High Distinction, Spring 2016
• Recognition of Associate Instructors with Distinction, Fall 2016
• Recognition of Associate Instructors with Distinction, Spring 2017

Languages

• Spanish: Native
• English: Near Native
• French: Advanced
• Catalan: Basic

Education

• Ph.D. candidate, Spanish Literature, Indiana University Bloomington, 2014-Present.
• M.A., Spanish and Latin American Literary & Cultural Studies, New York University, 2013
• B.A., Journalism, Universidad de Palermo, Argentina, 2011