Hazel Gold

Hazel Gold is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Emory University with joint appointments at the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies and Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies. She earned her B.A. in Spanish summa cum laude from Mount Holyoke College and M.A./Ph.D. in Romance Languages from the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she taught at Columbia University and Northwestern University.

Her research focuses on 19th-21st century Spanish peninsular literature and culture, narrative theory, urban imaginary, and Sephardic/Latin American Jewish studies. She examines how cultural discourses mediate understandings of nationalism, human rights, and memory.

Professional leadership includes:

• President, Asociación Internacional de Galdosistas
• Vice President, Sociedad de Literatura Española del Siglo XIX
• Member, PMLA Advisory Committee

Awards:

• American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship