Ryan Giles
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
1115 E. 58th Street.
Chicago, IL 60637
Office: Classics 118
Phone: 773/702-7408
Email: rgiles@uchicago.edu
Assistant Professor, Spanish Literatures
Ryan Giles focuses his research on the intersection of sanctity and humor in late medieval and Renaissance Spanish literature. He has received a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Humanities, and is the author of recent studies published and forthcoming in La Corónica and the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies on the role of festive culture in the Libro de buen amor and the Arcipreste de Talavera o Corbacho. Professor Giles is currently revising articles on Los milagros de Nuestra Señora and the Retrato de la Lozana andaluza, and completing a book entitled The Laughter of the Saints: Parodies of Holiness in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain. He earned his doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Education
- M.A. in Hispanic Literature, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2002
- Ph.D. in Spanish Literature, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2005
Awards, Honors, and Professional Experience
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 2003
Selected Courses Taught
Ave-Eva: la santidad en la literatura medieval española, Introducción a la novela picaresca, Mester de clerecía: 1200-1400, Sentencia y equivocatio: El conde Lucanor y el Libro de buen amor, Teatro y teatralidad medieval y prelopista, Literatura hispánica: textos clásicos, Readings in World Literature II and III.