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Luis M. Girón-Negrón is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, serving as Interim Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion (2025–2026). He has been at Harvard since receiving his doctoral degree in 1997, specializing in medieval Iberian literatures, with a focus on the interplay of Jewish-Christian-Muslim cultural dynamics.
Research & Affiliations: His work examines how premodern Ibero-Romance, Arabo-Andalusian, and Hispano-Jewish literatures were shaped by religious and linguistic interactions. Affiliations include the Committee on Medieval Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and Center for Jewish Studies. Current projects include an ACLS-funded annotated edition of the 15th-century Arragel Bible.
Research Interests: Mysticism, lyric poetry, comparative philology, oral poetics, and multilingual aesthetics. He explores historical linguistics (Romance and Semitic) and the theory/practice of medieval translation. His scholarship bridges literary history with religious studies, emphasizing cross-cultural exchanges in medieval and early modern Iberia.
Publications: Books include Visión Deleytable (Brill, 2001) and Las Coplas de Yosef (co-authored, 2006). Over three dozen articles and reviews address topics like medieval religious imagination and premodern textual commentary traditions.
Grants & Support: Recipient of an ACLS Collaborative Fellowship for his Arragel Bible project. No scientific awards explicitly listed in available texts.
