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Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
- Associate ProfessorFaculty of Arts and Science, Department of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
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- University of Toronto, Northrop Frye Hall, 73 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto, ON, M5S 1K7, Canada
BIO
Yolanda Iglesias is an Associate Professor and the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, and cross-appointed to the Centre for Medieval Studies. She completed her Bachelor's and Master's degree and at University of Western, and her Ph.D. at Boston University.
She studies Medieval Spanish Literatures and Cultures, focusing on Medieval Iberia, including social issues of prostitution, matrimony, violence, death, and law, La Celestina and its derived genre, Siete Partidas and Alphonso X el Sabio, Cantigas de Santa María, El conde Lucanor, and the history of the Spanish language.
She is also the President of the Canadian Association of Hispanists.
She studies Medieval Spanish Literatures and Cultures, focusing on Medieval Iberia, including social issues of prostitution, matrimony, violence, death, and law, La Celestina and its derived genre, Siete Partidas and Alphonso X el Sabio, Cantigas de Santa María, El conde Lucanor, and the history of the Spanish language.
She is also the President of the Canadian Association of Hispanists.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate Professor (with tenure)University of Toronto, Department of Spanish and Portuguese & Centre for Medieval Studies, Toronto, Canada2016 - present
- Associate Chair for Undergraduate StudiesUniversity of Toronto, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Toronto, Canada2018 - 2021
- Assistant Professor (tenure track)University of Toronto, Department of Spanish and Portuguese & Centre for Medieval Studies, Toronto, Canada2011 - 2016
- Assistant Professor (CLTA)University of Toronto, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Toronto, Canada2007 - 2011
- Research AssociateUniversity of Toronto, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Toronto, Canada2006 - 2007
- Teaching FellowBoston University, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, Boston, United States2000 - 2006
- Teaching AssistantWestern University, Deptartment of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, London, Canada1999 - 2000
- InstructorWestern University, Deptartment of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, London, Canada1997 - 1999
DEGREES
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Spanish LiteratureBoston University, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, Boston, United States2007
- Master of Arts (M.A.), Spanish LiteratureWestern University, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, London, Canada2000
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Honors, Spanish LiteratureWestern University, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, London, Canada1999
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), PsychologyWestern University, Department of Psychology, London, Canada1997
AVAILABILITY
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Industry Projects