SRBHP

MISSION

The SRBHP is dedicated to promoting scholarship and scholarly exchange about the poetic production of the early modern Hispanic world—broadly speaking, Spain and the Spanish speaking parts of colonial Latin America. It fulfills this objective through sponsorship of a biennial conference, publication of the journal Calíope, maintenance of the official SRBHP website, and other actions deemed appropriate by the membership. The Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry is an Associate Organization of the Renaissance Society of America. Membership in the Society is open to scholars and students who are interested in and committed to advancing the knowledge of Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic poetry and poetics. You can also follow us on Twitter. SRBHP-Calíope @CaliopeSrbhp.

HISTORY

The Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry (SRBHP) was founded in 1993 to promote scholarly conversations about lyric and epic poetry from the Spanish-speaking world. Hallmarks of its identity since its foundation are the conviviality of its meetings and the commitment to promoting the study and teaching of poetry at the highest level of academic rigor. The mainstays of its scholarly community since have been the biennial conferences, which members of the Society have organized on a voluntary basis, and its semiannual journal, Calíope. More recently, the Society has expanded its regular activities by organizing sessions in our capacity as an Associate Organization of the Renaissance Society of America and promoting the study of poetry on our social media platforms (YouTube, Calíope SRBHP; Twitter, @CaliopeSrbhp).

INAUGURAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS*

• Emilie L. Bergmann (University of California, Berkeley)
• Anne J. Cruz (University of Illinois, Chicago)
• Olympia González (Loyola University, Chicago)
• Robert ter Horst (University of Rochester)
• Ted McVay (Texas Tech University)
• Ignacio Navarrete (University of California, Berkeley)
• Julián Olivares (University of Houston)
• Diana de Armas Wilson (University of Denver)

*Complete lists of Boards of Directors since the SRBHPs foundations are available in back issues through Project Muse.

SOCIETY PRESIDENTS

• Robert ter Horst (1994–1997)
• Ted McVay (1998–2001)
• Adrienne Martin (2002–2005)
• Anne J. Cruz (2006–2009)
• Ignacio Navarrete (2010–2013)
• Elizabeth Davis (2014–2017)
• Leah Middlebrook (2018–2021)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT

• Felipe Valencia
  Utah State University

ELECTED MEMBERS

• Rafael Castillo Bejarano
  Saint Lawrence University
• Nicole Legnani
  Princeton University
• Anna More
  Universidade de Brasília
• Pedro Ruiz Pérez
  Universidad de Córdoba
• Isabel Torres
  Queen’s University Belfast
• Elizabeth R. Wright
  University of Georgia

16TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

• Rosilie Hernández
  University of Illinois Chicago
• Anne J. Cruz
  University of Miami

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

• Javier Lorenzo
  East Carolina University
  (Secretary/Treasurer)
• Noemí Martín Santo
  Central Connecticut State University
  (Social Media Officer)
• Fernando Rodríguez Mansilla
  Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  (Editor of Calíope)

FRIENDS

• AISO. Asociacion Internacional Siglo de Oro
  The Asociación Internacional Siglo de Oro has the goal of creating and strengthening existing links between scholars all over the world who study the literature, language, art, history, culture, and civilization of the Hispanic world in the period known as the Golden Age [Siglo de Oro].
• AHCT. Association for Hispanic Classical Theater
  The Association for Hispanic Classical Theater, Inc. was chartered as a non-profit organization in 1984 to promote and foster greater appreciation for Spain’s classical drama in production. An international organization, the Association counts among its members literary scholars, theatrical directors and producers, teachers, and other aficionados of Spain’s Golden Age of Theater.
• CSA. Cervantes Society of America
  Founded in 1978, the Cervantes Society of America advances the study of Miguel de Cervantes, his literary works, and his place in the early modern world and our own time.
• GEMELA: Grupo de Estudios sobre la Mujer en España y las Américas (pre-1800)
  GEMELA strives to unite scholars across traditional disciplinary boundaries through its focus on women’s cultural production in medieval and early modern Spain and colonial Latin America through 1800.
• Grupo P.A.S.O. Poesía Andaluza del Siglo de Oro
  PASO is composed of professors, researchers and doctoral students from the Universities of Córdoba, Huelva and Seville…. Its foundation derived from an initial work plan that, around the systematic analysis of Spanish poetic genres during the Golden Age, has expanded with regular continuity, in two-year periods, which include the gathering of materials and their interpretation, the celebration since 1990 of the Encuentros Internacionales sobre Poesía del Siglo de Oro (where the Group’s research meets the scholarship of relevant Hispanists invited on each occasion) and the preparation at the end of an edited volume that gathers the papers delivered at the Encuentros.
• MLA. Modern Language Association
  Founded in 1883 by teachers and scholars, the Modern Language Association (MLA) promotes the study and teaching of language and literature.
• RSA. Renaissance Society of America
  The Renaissance Society of America is the largest international academic society devoted to the study of the era 1300–1700. Founded in 1954, the RSA has thousands of members around the country and the world.