The project “Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Spanish presence in the territory of the current United States (1512-1821)” consists in research and information gathering to develop an encyclopedia of the Spanish presence in the United States, bringing together all Spanish historical figures, and other events or actions that have been relevant in the current territories of the United States between the years 1512-1821.
Development of a web page that hosts the inputs that will result from the project.
Contact with experts from different Spanish and American universities to present the project and invite them to participate with author entries.
Establish an inter and multidisciplinary international collaborative network of experts in the field, based in Spain, where they can investigate the characters with relevance in the United States.
Create an own Espausa writing team, which is dedicated to provide basic content to the web, to analyze history textbooks and literature related to important figures of the relationship between Spain and the US.
“Recover” a historical period that both Spain and the United States have traditionally ignored.
Develop a publication (online) that can be used as a resource in schools and for the general public.
José Antonio Gurpegui Palacios (josea.gurpegui@uah.es) is director of the Instituto Franklin-UAH. Professor of North American Studies in the Department of Modern Philology at Universidad de Alcalá. He holds a PhD in English Philology from the Universidad Complutense and a PhD in Law from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, both in Madrid. He was a visiting professor at Harvard University between 1994 and 1996, and a member of the Matthiessen Room at the same university. Previously, he was director of the Franklin-UAH Institute between 2003 and 2013. He is president of HispaUSA (Association for the Study of the Hispanic Population in the U.S.), honorary rector of UNADE (American University of Europe), and member of the Board of Editorial Advisors of the "Recovery Project" of the US Hispanic Literary Heritage from Houston University. He has published and edited some thirty books and is the author of the novels Dejar de recordar no puedo (Huerga y Fierro, 2018) and Ninguna mujer llorará por mí (Ediciones B, 2021).
Manuel Broncano, Texas A&M International University
Lawrence Clayton, University of Alabama
Pilar San Pío, Museo Naval
Jorge Cañizares Esguerra, University of Texas at Austin
Institution that grants it: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
Reference: FFI2013-45114-R
Scholarship € 20,570.00
Duration: 2 years (01/01/2014 – 31/12/2015)
Lead researcher: José Antonio Gurpegui
Research team:
José Ramón Urquijo Goitia
Francisco Moreno Fernández