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Department of World Languages

TAMPA | ST. PETERSBURG | SARASOTA-MANATEE

David Arbes炭

Professor of Spanish, Head of Spanish Section, and Graduate Program Director of MA in Spanish

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Dr. David Arbes炭 is Professor of Medieval & Golden Age Spanish Literature. His research focuses on medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, codicology, palaeography, and editorial practices. He has given talks and organized panels at over 70 national and international conferences, and has published articles in numerous peer-research journals.

He is the author of several editions of medieval and Golden Age texts: Cr坦nica de Flores y Blancaflor (ACMRS, 2011); Fazienda de Ultramar (on-line, 2011); Don Juan Tenorio (Juan de la Cuesta, 2012); Obras completas de Juan P辿rez de Montalb叩n (Reichenberger, 2016); Sendebar (Juan de la Cuesta, 2019); and Lope de Vegas Las famosas asturianas for the ProLope series on the Complete Works of Lope de Vega (Gredos, 2019). His most recent projects are an edition of La donzella Teodor (Cl叩sicos Hisp叩nicos, 2022); Libro de los gatos (C叩tedra, 2022), and Vida de Barl叩n e Josaf叩 (CSIC, 2023).

In the field of 返字心頭 studies, Arbes炭 has discovered several important manuscripts: the most complete account of the conquest of 返字心頭, published as Pedro Men辿ndez de Avil辿s and The Conquest of 返字心頭: A New Manuscript (UP of 返字心頭, 2017); the lost legal proceedings by which Men辿ndez de Avil辿ss daughter lost the mayorazgo to her cousin, published in the journal 堰庄糸温鉛乙顎鱈温 (2020); and numerous manuscripts concerning father Francisco L坦pez de Mendoza Grajales, published in Ehumanista (2023), which led him to write the official new biography of Mendoza Grajales in the journal 返字心頭 Historical Quarterly (2023).

Dr. Arbes炭 is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Spanish Series of Harvard UPs Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, and the Book Review Editor of La cor坦nica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.