Fernando Rodríguez-Mansilla

Fernando Rodríguez-Mansilla is a Professor in the Department of Spanish, Latin American, and Bilingual Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He has been a member of the faculty since 2010 and holds a Ph.D. in Spanish Philology from the Universidad de Navarra, Spain.

• Ph.D. in Spanish Philology, Universidad de Navarra, Spain

His scholarly interests focus on the literary and cultural landscape of the Early Modern Hispanic world. He specializes in Golden Age narrative and poetry, the picaresque novel, the works of Miguel de Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, and the transatlantic connections between Spain and its colonies. His research also extends to contemporary Peninsular and Southern Cone literature, with a particular attraction to topics such as animal studies, narrative devices in fiction, and the novella cortesana.

His recent publications demonstrate a consistent trend in analyzing canonical and lesser-known texts from the Spanish Golden Age, often through the lenses of cultural interpretation, satire, and identity. His work frequently appears in leading journals in the field of Hispanic studies.

He is an active member of several prominent academic societies:

• Associate Member of GRISO (Golden Age Research Group), University of Navarra
• Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry (SRBHP)
• Asociacion Internacional Siglo de Oro (AISO)
• Asociacion de Cervantistas (AC)
• Cervantes Society of America (CSA)
• Renaissance Society of America (RSA)

Professor Rodríguez-Mansilla has taught courses such as Don Quijote, La España del Siglo de Oro, and In the Shadow of Dulcinea: Love and Women in Golden Age Spain, reflecting his deep expertise in the period. His personal statement emphasizes a philological approach to texts, grounded in cultural interpretative methods, with the goal of demonstrating the enduring relevance of Early Modern Spain to modern Hispanic culture.