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Dr. Luis M. Girón-Negrón is the Interim Chair (2025-2026) of the Committee on the Study of Religion and the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. He has been teaching since 1997, specializing in medieval Iberian literature and the cultural intersections of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions.
His research focuses on the formative impact of interfaith relations on premodern Ibero-Romance, Arabo-Andalusian, and Hispano-Jewish literatures. Key areas include mysticism, lyric poetry, historical linguistics, medieval translation practices, and multilingual aesthetics.
Publications include Visión Deleytable (2001) and Las Coplas de Yosef (2006, co-authored). Current projects involve an annotated edition of the 15th-century Arragel Bible, supported by an ACLS Collaborative Fellowship. He holds affiliations with the Committee on Medieval Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and Center for Jewish Studies.
- Awards: ACLS Collaborative Fellowship
- Grants: ACLS funding for Arragel Bible project
His interdisciplinary work bridges literary analysis with religious history, oral poetics, and comparative philology, reflecting a commitment to multilingual and multicultural approaches in premodern studies.
