Raúl Álvarez Moreno

Raúl Álvarez Moreno is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and the Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies. He has taught Medieval and Early Modern Spanish literature, culture, and language since joining UBC in 2009, with expertise in historical Spanish linguistics and business Spanish. His academic work bridges literary analysis with economic thought, focusing on Iberian cultural history.

• Education: Ph.D. from Michigan State University, B.A./R.S. from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Research interests center on intersections of literature and economic theory in medieval Spain, language-ideology dynamics, visual culture, and travel literature. His work reinterprets scholastic economic frameworks through texts like Celestina and Cervantes, while examining how medieval spatial practices inform modern cultural studies.

Recent publications highlight trends in economic discourse, intertextuality (e.g., Aesop-Cervantes connections), and the re-functionalization of medieval motifs in Latin American contexts. His scholarship spans annotated editions, specialized journal articles, and collaborations with editorial boards like Celestinesca and Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos, where he serves as Book Review Editor.

Current projects include a monograph on Spanish scholastic economic thought and co-editing a special issue on literature-economy interplay (2023). He actively supervises graduate students in Hispanic Studies, emphasizing rigorous engagement with primary sources and interdisciplinary methodologies.