Juan Gil-Osle
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Mail code: 0202Campus: Tempe
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Juan Pablo Gil-Osle (PhD, University of Chicago) is currently a professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Arizona State University, Tempe, after having held positions at the University of Michigan and Arkansas State University, and his stay as invited researcher at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He has published extensively on Cervantes – Amistades imperfectas: de la tradición a la modernidad con Cervantes (2013), Tirso de Molina – Los cigarrales de la privanza y el mecenazgo en Tirso de Molina(2016), comedia, gender and friendship, Southwest cartography, representations of climate change and globality – Exchanges, Crisis, and Climate: Readings on Early Modern Iberian Globalism (2023). In that vein of literary analysis of globalization, his most recent publications and teaching deal with Sino-Iberian literature and connections in Manila between 1571 and 1625 – “Sangley Poetry, Idolatry and Exchanges: Chinese Manila in the Exequies to Philipp III by Diego de Rueda y Mendoza,” and “‘Que ignores mi idioma no me espanto:’ A Spanish Sonnet in the Bian zhengjiao zhenchuan shilu 辯正教真傳實錄 by Fray Juan Cobo 高母羨.”
- Ph.D. University of Chicago 2007
- M.A. Ohio University 2001
- Accreditation Legal Translator and Interpreter of French and Spanish 1995
- M.B.A. Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain 1993
- B.A. Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain 1993
1. LABERINTO JOURNAL http://laberintojournal.com
Laberinto is a peer-edited journal dedicated to the exploration of interdisciplinary connections among literary and cultural texts, as well as images of the Hispanic areas of influence during the early modern period.
Laberinto is sponsored by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies—ACMRS, affiliated with the Spanish Section at the School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona State University, and published in Tempe, Arizona.
2. EARLY MODERN AND IMAGE SOCIETY http://www.emitsociety.com
The EMIT Society intends to advance the study of images and texts in the Early Modern Period, as well as the theory and praxis that unite the visual and the textual in the creative process of artists. EMIT Society fosters collaborative opportunities between members in the form of bi-annual international, conferences, books, and special issue journals.
3. HISTORY OF EMOTIONS Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence in the History of Emotions (CHE), and the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
4. INTERPLANETARY INITIATIVE https://interplanetary.asu.edu/pilot-projects
Pilot project on "How will humankind react to the discovery of life off Earth?"
Books
2026 Sino-Hispanic Connections of the Early Sinology in Manila (1588-1607). Forthcoming.
2023 Exchanges, Crisis, and Climate: Readings on Early Modern Iberian Globalism. Madrid-Frankfurt am Main: Iberoamericana-Vervuert, 2023. https://www.iberoamericana-vervuert.es/FichaLibro.aspx?P1=227263
Awarded with Provost’s Humanities Fellows Academy 2016.
2019 Faraway Settings: Spanish and Chinese Theaters of the 16th and 17th century. Madrid-Frankfurt am Main: Iberoamericana-Vervuert, 2019
Nominated for the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award.
Awarded with the Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Culture. Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. The American Council of Learned Societies-ACLS.
2016 Los cigarrales de la privanza y el mecenazgo en Tirso de Molina. Biblioteca Áurea Hispánica 110. Madrid-Frankfurt am Main: Universidad de Navarra-Iberoamericana-Vervuert. 2016. 198 pp. ISBN: 978-84-8489-945-7.
2013 Amistades imperfectas: de la tradición a la modernidad con Cervantes. Biblioteca Áurea Hispánica 83. Madrid-Frankfurt am Main: Universidad de Navarra-Iberoamericana-Vervuert. 2013.194 pp. ISBN: 978-84-8489-640-1.
Juan Pablo Gil-Osle (PhD, University of Chicago) is currently a professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Arizona State University, Tempe, after having held positions at the University of Michigan and Arkansas State University, and his stay as invited researcher at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He has published extensively on Cervantes – Amistades imperfectas: de la tradición a la modernidad con Cervantes (2013), Tirso de Molina – Los cigarrales de la privanza y el mecenazgo en Tirso de Molina (2016), comedia, gender and friendship, Southwest cartography, representations of climate change and globality – Exchanges, Crisis, and Climate: Readings on Early Modern Iberian Globalism (2023). In that vein of literary analysis of globalization, his most recent publications and teaching deal with Sino-Iberian literature and connections in Manila between 1571 and 1625 – “Sangley Poetry, Idolatry and Exchanges: Chinese Manila in the Exequies to Philipp III by Diego de Rueda y Mendoza” (2025) and “‘Que ignores mi idioma no me espanto:’ A Spanish Sonnet in the Bian zhengjiao zhenchuan shilu 辯正教真傳實錄 by Fray Juan Cobo 高母羨” (2022).
Courses
2025 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 592 | Research |
SPA 493 | Honors Thesis |
SPA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 784 | Internship |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
SPA 484 | Internship |
SPA 325 | Intro to Hispanic Literature |
SPA 325 | Intro to Hispanic Literature |
SPA 494 | Special Topics |
SPA 598 | Special Topics |
SLC 598 | Special Topics |
2025 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 325 | Intro to Hispanic Literature |
SPA 592 | Research |
SPA 484 | Internship |
SPA 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SPA 493 | Honors Thesis |
SPA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
SPA 325 | Intro to Hispanic Literature |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 325 | Intro to Hispanic Literature |
SPA 792 | Research |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 592 | Research |
SPA 493 | Honors Thesis |
SPA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 784 | Internship |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
SPA 484 | Internship |
SLC 194 | Special Topics |
SPA 194 | Special Topics |
SLC 194 | Special Topics |
SPA 194 | Special Topics |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 325 | Intro to Hispanic Literature |
SPA 484 | Internship |
SPA 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SPA 493 | Honors Thesis |
SPA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
SPA 325 | Intro to Hispanic Literature |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 325 | Intro to Hispanic Literature |
SPA 194 | Special Topics |
SLC 194 | Special Topics |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 592 | Research |
SPA 493 | Honors Thesis |
SPA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 784 | Internship |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
SPA 484 | Internship |
SLC 194 | Special Topics |
SPA 194 | Special Topics |
CHI 598 | Special Topics |
SPA 598 | Special Topics |
SPA 494 | Special Topics |
CHI 494 | Special Topics |
SLC 494 | Special Topics |
SLC 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
SPA 592 | Research |
SPA 484 | Internship |
SPA 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SPA 493 | Honors Thesis |
SPA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 592 | Research |
SPA 493 | Honors Thesis |
SPA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 599 | Thesis |
SPA 784 | Internship |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
SPA 484 | Internship |
SPA 598 | Special Topics |
SPA 494 | Special Topics |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
SPA 592 | Research |
SPA 484 | Internship |
SPA 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 194 | Special Topics |
SLC 194 | Special Topics |
ENG 194 | Special Topics |
SGS 194 | Special Topics |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 592 | Research |
SPA 493 | Honors Thesis |
SPA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 599 | Thesis |
SPA 784 | Internship |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
SPA 598 | Special Topics |
SPA 494 | Special Topics |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
SPA 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SPA 695 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 784 | Internship |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
SPA 599 | Thesis |
SPA 325 | Intro to Hispanic Literature |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SLC 598 | Special Topics |
SPA 598 | Special Topics |
Teaching Bio
Arizona State University 2012-to present
Graduate Seminars:
- Global Connections: Spies, Pirates, & Travelers
- Global Spanish Drama
- Cervantes
- Pax Hispanica, Valimiento, and Globality (1598-1621)
- Renaissance Women and Friendship Theory
- Spanish Drama of Golden Age: Transatlantic Plays
- Visual Representations of Don Quixote
Undergraduate Courses:
- Don Quixote
- The Southwest before the U.S.
- Foundational Texts of Spain
- Pirates, Travelers and Renegados
- Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory
- Visual Representations of Don Quixote
- Survey on Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Literature
- CLAS Early Start 2015, Division of Humanities
Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Summers 2015, 2016
Western History of the Notion and Practice of Friendship
Spanish Conversation
Arkansas State University 2008-2012
Graduate Seminar:
- National Commemorations
Undergraduate courses:
- Early Modern History of the Novel
- Visual Friendship in Don Quixote
- Great Books
- Survey Latino American Literature
- Reading and Composition
- Introduction to Hispanic Literature
- Conversation I, II
- Intermediate II
University of Michigan 2007-2008
- Religion and Culture in Jewish, Muslim and Christian Narratives: Survey of Spanish Literature I (Spanish 371)
- Traveling to Asia and the Gifts of Empire (Spanish 373)
- Visualizing Don Quijote (Spanish 456)
- The Picaresque Empire: Picaros, Renegados, Pirates, and Travelers (Spanish 458)
- Women’s Virtue and Male Friendship in Early Modern Culture (Spanish 468)
- Women Writers of Early Modern Spain (Spanish 488)
University of Chicago 2002-2007
- Language, History and Culture III (Spanish 203)
- Literatura Hispánica: Textos Españoles Contemporáneos (Spanish 208)
- Basque Language for Reading
- First-year and second-year Spanish courses
University of Scranton 2001-2002
- Writing Spanish (Spanish 311)
- Spanish Civilization and Culture (Spanish 313)
- History of Spanish Literature (Spanish 330)
- Themes in Hispanic Prose (Span 484)
- Culture and Civilization of Modern Spain through Literature (Spanish 396)
- Study-abroad program in Pamplona, Spain.
Ohio University 2000-2001
First-year language series (Spanish 111-112-113)
CSA, Cervantes Society of America
MLA, Modern Language Association of America
RSA, Renaissance Society of America
EMIT SOCIETY, Early Modern Image and Text Society.
Dissertation Director
2014-17 Dr. Daniel Holcombe. https://www.danielholcombe.com
Associate Professor, Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA.
Book (2025), Quixotic Quests: Salvador Dalí's First Illustrated Don Quixote. University of Toronto Press. 2025. In press.
Book (2024), Bodies Beyond Labels: Finding Joy in the Shadows of Imperial Spain. Collection Toronto Iberic, University of Toronto Press. 2024.
Dissertation (2017): “Surreal Classicism: Salvador Dalí Illustrates Don Quixote.”
2015-20 Dr. María José Domínguez.
Faculty and coordinator of Iberian literature and culture courses at Arizona State University (2020-23)
Book (2024), Dulcinea Plural: España en busca de una imagen. Colección Biblioteca Áurea Hispánica, Iberoamericana-Vervuert. 2024,
Dissertation (2020): ‘In Search of Dulcinea: Visual Representation of an Immaterial Character’
2019-25 Dr. Aaron Arizmendi.
Dissertation (2025): “Nonhuman Actors in the New World and Asia: Perspectives on Transoceanic Animal Representation"
In 2024-25, project awarded with Graduate School Completion Fellowship ASU ($25,000).
2019- Morgan McCollough. ABD.
Project “Discourses of Race in the Early Modern”
International Coordinator for Partnership and Exchange Programs in Spain and Latin America, ASU Global Education Office.
2021-22 Andrea Noguera Henao. ABD. Project “Female Autobiography: Colombia in the 21stCentury”
2021-23 Belén Agustina Sánchez. Writing dissertation prospectus. Project “Biosemiotics and Environmental Reading of Climate Fiction”
1. SPANISH IN CHINA INITIATIVE Spanish Initiative in China
Our Spanish Faculty has been cultivating a relationship with various institutions to strengthen the Spanish-Chinese ties. Their efforts are growing across the world and are making an impact on the Spanish-Chinese political, economical, communal, and educational relationships.
ASU, The school of International Letters and Cultures more specifically, Have brought together a variety of Institutions around the world and have created 3 key Conferences:
Sichuan University
- Our partnership began in 2014
- SILC goes to Sichuan University with faculty and Graduate Students to teach courses in Spanish, through this our students landed a job with them.
- The Chair of Spanish in Sichuan University, Dr. Shi Wei (Marisol) will expend 6 months as a Visiting Scholar at Arizona State.
- Through this program, students from Sichuan University relocate to Arizona to attend Arizona State University in the School of International Letters and Cultures
University of Chicago Center, Renmin University
- We celebrated this symposium successfully at the University of Chicago Beijng Center as a way to further relations between Spanish departments at Renmin University, Beijing University, The University of Chicago, and Arizona State in both sides of the Pacific.
Center for Argentinian Studies, Beijing
- We celebrated this symposium as a way to further relations between our Spanish program and the Center for Argentinian Studies.