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Emily Colbert Cairns is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Salve Regina University specializing in early modern Iberian literature and culture. Her academic work bridges Spanish literature, Jewish studies, and gender studies with particular focus on converso and crypto-Jewish identity during the early modern period.
Her research interests include:
- Gender dynamics in early modern Spain
- Converso and crypto-Jewish identity formation
- Sephardic diaspora studies
- Biblical reception history in Iberian contexts
- Early modern women's spaces and experiences
Dr. Colbert Cairns has conducted significant archival research at the Archivo de la Diputación de Sevilla, focusing on breastfeeding practices in the early modern period. Her publications reveal a consistent scholarly interest in how marginalized groups, particularly women and conversos, navigated religious and social constraints through cultural and literary expression. Her work demonstrates how biblical narratives like Esther were reinterpreted across religious communities in early modern Iberia.
She has published in prominent journals including eHumanista, Chasqui, Cervantes Journal, and Hispanófila, establishing herself as a significant voice in early modern Hispanic studies with interdisciplinary reach into Jewish studies and gender scholarship.
