Ryan Giles
Assistant Professor of Spanish Literature
Office: Classics 118
rgiles@uchicago.edu
Professor Giles has focused his research on the intersection of sanctity and humor, as well as the role of myth and ritual in late medieval and Renaissance Spanish literature. He has received awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a fellowship from the Franke Institute for the Humanities, and is the author of book chapters and scholarly articles on the Libro de buen amor, the Arcipreste de Talavera o Corbacho, and other works from the period. In 2008, he received the John K. Walsh Award from the MLA Division on Medieval Spanish Language and Literature for most outstanding article published in La corónica. Professor Giles has recently authored studies on the Liber Sancti Jacobi, Poema de mío Cid, Milagros de Nuestra Señora, and the Retrato de la Lozana andaluza. He has also completed a book entitled The Laughter of the Saints: Parodies of Holiness in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain (University of Toronto Press, 2009). His current book-length project deals with uses of prayer and incantation in medieval and early modern satire.
Education
- MA in Hispanic Literature, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2002
- PhD in Spanish Literature, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2005
Awards, Honors, and Professional Experience
- Residential Fellowship, Franke Institute for the Humanities, 2009-2010
- John K. Walsh Award, MLA Division on Medieval Spanish Language and Literature, 2008
- National Endowment for the Humanities Awards, 2003, 2009
Selected Courses Taught
- Tradiciones épicas de la Edad Media
- Ave-Eva: la santidad en la literatura medieval española
- Introducción a la novela picaresca
- Mester de clerecía: 1200-1400
- Sentencia y equivocation: El conde Lucanor y el Libro de buen amor
- Literatura hispánica: textos clásicos
- Human Being and Citizen II
- Readings in World Literature II and III