Graduate Student in Spanish
Íñigo Huércanos Esparza researches the intersection of modern Spanish literature and the history of secularism in the Iberian Peninsula, with special attention to the science-and-religion dialectic, the question of religious freedom, the emergence of new spiritualities, and the discourses on religious otherness.
His ongoing dissertation examines how the unprecedented toleration of unbelief shaped the literature and culture of post-1868 Spain. La invención del ateísmo: ficciones sacroprofanas en la modernidad española highlights the long-neglected role of fiction in constructing the image of a modern national atheist, while revealing the contested cultural implications of atheism across the fin de siglo and modernist era. By addressing a significant gap in the literature and tracing the origins of key sociocultural challenges that remain highly relevant today, this work promises to expand our understanding of the complex dynamics of Spanish modernity.
Íñigo’s articles on nineteenth- and twentieth-century topics have appeared in leading journals such as the Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Revista de Literatura (CSIC), Hispanófila, Romance Notes, and Siglo Diecinueve, among others. He has also published several book reviews, contributed chapters to edited volumes, presented at professional conferences, and organized panels. Additionally, he has earned competitive accolades from the Center for the Humanities at Boston University and the Center for Humanities and Information at Penn State University.
An award-winning educator with over eight years of college-level teaching experience, he is currently a Spanish Teaching Fellow in the Department of Romance Studies, where he also serves as Graduate Assistant to the Iberian Modernist Studies Forum.
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