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Lisa Surwillo serves as Associate Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures and Department Director at Stanford University's School of Humanities and Sciences. She also holds the position of Faculty Director of Introductory Seminars through the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (VPUE) and is a W. Warren Shelden University Fellow in Undergraduate Education.
Her educational background includes a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of California, Berkeley (2002) and a B.A. in Spanish and History from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1994).
Professor Surwillo specializes in 19th-century Iberian literature with research focusing on property, empire, race, and personhood in colonial contexts. Her work examines literary representations of colonial slavery, abolition, and Spanish citizenship, particularly through dramatic literature. Key research areas include transatlantic studies, cultural history, Spanish literatures, theater studies, and race/ethnicity in the global Hispanophone world.
Her publications reveal consistent engagement with Spain's colonial relationship with Cuba, intellectual property in theater, and the cultural impact of the transatlantic slave trade. Both major works analyze how colonial economies shaped modern Spanish identity and cultural production.
- Scientific Awards:
- W. Warren Shelden University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
Professor Surwillo maintains affiliations with multiple interdisciplinary centers including the Stanford Center for Law and History, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the Center for Comparative Studies of Race and Ethnicity. Her current research includes studies of freedom petitions by enslaved Afro-Cuban women and a co-authored project on Cuban-Catalan financial connections. She teaches courses on Iberian literature with emphasis on 19th-century works and directs the department's academic programs while overseeing introductory seminars university-wide.
