Isidro J. Rivera
@isriv.bsky.social
From the DR to Barna and Pucela. Medievalist. Passion for early printed texts during the 15th century. Teach so that students can become critical thinkers.
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Delighted to have been given the chance to review ‘Don’t burn anyone at the stake today’ the new and thought-provoking book from @naomialderman.bsky.social (published by Penguin/FigTree) in today’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Delighted to have been given the chance to review ‘Don’t burn anyone at the stake today’ the new and thought-provoking book from @naomialderman.bsky.social (published by Penguin/FigTree) in today’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social
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Kentucky Foreign Language Conference has extended the submission period until Saturday, Nov. 22nd, 2025, 11:59 PM Eastern time. If you're still working on your abstract, there's still time to send proposals. CFP for Ibero-Medieval Studies at KFLC: lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
CFP Hispanic Studies: Medieval at KFLC 2026 - La corónica Commons
Sessions organized by La corónica for the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC) at the University of Kentucky Location: Lexington, KY and online Date: 16 April 2026 (online) and 17-18 April 2026...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference has extended the submission period until Saturday, Nov. 22nd, 2025, 11:59 PM Eastern time. If you're still working on your abstract, there's still time to send proposals. CFP for Ibero-Medieval Studies at KFLC: lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
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Mañana, DM y te mando el enlace
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Mañana, DM y te mando el enlace
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CFP Hispanic Stuides - Medieval at Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference, 16-19 Apr. 2026.
For more information, contact Christina Ivers (civers@udallas.edu) or Isidro Rivera (ijrivera@ku.edu) or click on the following link:
lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
For more information, contact Christina Ivers (civers@udallas.edu) or Isidro Rivera (ijrivera@ku.edu) or click on the following link:
lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
CFP Hispanic Studies: Medieval at KFLC 2026 - La corónica Commons
Sessions organized by La corónica for the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC) at the University of Kentucky Location: Lexington, KY and online Date: 16 April 2026 (online) and 17-18 April 2026...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
CFP Hispanic Stuides - Medieval at Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference, 16-19 Apr. 2026.
For more information, contact Christina Ivers (civers@udallas.edu) or Isidro Rivera (ijrivera@ku.edu) or click on the following link:
lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
For more information, contact Christina Ivers (civers@udallas.edu) or Isidro Rivera (ijrivera@ku.edu) or click on the following link:
lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
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REMINDER -- CFP Hispanic Studies - Medieval, Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference, 16-19 Apr. 2026. For more information, contact Christina Ivers (civers@udallas.edu) or Isidro Rivera (ijrivera@ku.edu) or click on the following link: lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
CFP Hispanic Studies: Medieval at KFLC 2026 - La corónica Commons
Sessions organized by La corónica for the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC) at the University of Kentucky Location: Lexington, KY and online Date: 16 April 2026 (online) and 17-18 April 2026...
lcclacoronica.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
REMINDER -- CFP Hispanic Studies - Medieval, Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference, 16-19 Apr. 2026. For more information, contact Christina Ivers (civers@udallas.edu) or Isidro Rivera (ijrivera@ku.edu) or click on the following link: lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
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At the conference "Europe After Decolonisation" at the Universitat Konstanz, German. Will present my paper, "Can Art Repair the Irreparable?" today. Program below www.uni-konstanz.de/en/post-euro... #slaveryarchive
October 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
At the conference "Europe After Decolonisation" at the Universitat Konstanz, German. Will present my paper, "Can Art Repair the Irreparable?" today. Program below www.uni-konstanz.de/en/post-euro... #slaveryarchive
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We are looking forward to tomorrow's #Slaveryarchive Book Club with dear historian Marcus Rediker on his great new book Freedom Ship. This is a rare opportunity to be in conversation with the world-class historian of the Atlantic slave trade. REGISTER HERE us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We are looking forward to tomorrow's #Slaveryarchive Book Club with dear historian Marcus Rediker on his great new book Freedom Ship. This is a rare opportunity to be in conversation with the world-class historian of the Atlantic slave trade. REGISTER HERE us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Atlantic Voices in Colonial Newport, lecture sponsored by the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, 29 Oct. 2025, 5:00-6:00 p.m. EST, 518 Bellevue Ave, Newport , RI 02840
For more information and online registration, see lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
For more information and online registration, see lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
Lecture: Atlantic Voices in Colonial Newport - La corónica Commons
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 5pm to 6pm Lecture sponsored by Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy DATE: 5:00-6:00 p.m. EST 29 Oct. 2025 LOCATION: in person (518 Bellevue Ave, Newp...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Atlantic Voices in Colonial Newport, lecture sponsored by the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, 29 Oct. 2025, 5:00-6:00 p.m. EST, 518 Bellevue Ave, Newport , RI 02840
For more information and online registration, see lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
For more information and online registration, see lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
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In sincerity I did log on for a reason. A new issue of the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is out, edited by colleague/friend Marcel Elias. It's about how to do postcolonial medieval studies bigger and better. You'll like it. (I'm in there). Go read.
read.dukeupress.edu/jmems/issue/...
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Volume 55 Issue 3 | Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies | Duke University Press
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October 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In sincerity I did log on for a reason. A new issue of the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is out, edited by colleague/friend Marcel Elias. It's about how to do postcolonial medieval studies bigger and better. You'll like it. (I'm in there). Go read.
read.dukeupress.edu/jmems/issue/...
read.dukeupress.edu/jmems/issue/...
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New issue of International Journal of the Classical Tradition Vol. 32, No. 3 (2025) link.springer.com/journal/1213...
International Journal of the Classical Tradition
International Journal of the Classical Tradition examines the reception of Greek and Roman antiquity from ancient to modern times. Focuses on the creative ...
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August 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
New issue of International Journal of the Classical Tradition Vol. 32, No. 3 (2025) link.springer.com/journal/1213...
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La corónica invites book reviews for the following books. Contact David Arbesú, (see
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Books Available for Review - La corónica Commons
Books Received La corónica invites book reviews for the following books: Books for Review: Bower, Robin M. In the Doorway of All Worlds: Gonzalo de Berceo’s Translation of the Saints. U of Toronto P, ...
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August 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
La corónica invites book reviews for the following books. Contact David Arbesú, (see
lcclacoronica.org/journal/book... )
lcclacoronica.org/journal/book... )
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🌎🖼️ Call for Papers! 🖼️🌎
Art, Ecology & Empire in the Iberian World
RSA 2026
#CFP #ArtHistory #EarlyModern #IberianWorld
1/5
Art, Ecology & Empire in the Iberian World
RSA 2026
#CFP #ArtHistory #EarlyModern #IberianWorld
1/5
July 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🌎🖼️ Call for Papers! 🖼️🌎
Art, Ecology & Empire in the Iberian World
RSA 2026
#CFP #ArtHistory #EarlyModern #IberianWorld
1/5
Art, Ecology & Empire in the Iberian World
RSA 2026
#CFP #ArtHistory #EarlyModern #IberianWorld
1/5
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CFP: 44th Annual Medieval Studies Conference
Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham University
February 27-March 1, 2026
Theme: "Boundaries, Crossings, and Crossroads in the Medieval Iberian Worlds (500-1600)."
mvstconference.ace.fordham.edu/iberianworlds/
Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham University
February 27-March 1, 2026
Theme: "Boundaries, Crossings, and Crossroads in the Medieval Iberian Worlds (500-1600)."
mvstconference.ace.fordham.edu/iberianworlds/
July 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
CFP: 44th Annual Medieval Studies Conference
Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham University
February 27-March 1, 2026
Theme: "Boundaries, Crossings, and Crossroads in the Medieval Iberian Worlds (500-1600)."
mvstconference.ace.fordham.edu/iberianworlds/
Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham University
February 27-March 1, 2026
Theme: "Boundaries, Crossings, and Crossroads in the Medieval Iberian Worlds (500-1600)."
mvstconference.ace.fordham.edu/iberianworlds/
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CFP: Feeling Other: Emotions and Difference in Medieval Iberia (In-person)
61st ICMS, Kalamazoo, MI
May 14-16, 2026
Organizer: Roberto A. Talavera Pagán
Sponsors: Ibero-Medieval Association of North America (IMANA), Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
61st ICMS, Kalamazoo, MI
May 14-16, 2026
Organizer: Roberto A. Talavera Pagán
Sponsors: Ibero-Medieval Association of North America (IMANA), Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
July 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
CFP: Feeling Other: Emotions and Difference in Medieval Iberia (In-person)
61st ICMS, Kalamazoo, MI
May 14-16, 2026
Organizer: Roberto A. Talavera Pagán
Sponsors: Ibero-Medieval Association of North America (IMANA), Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
61st ICMS, Kalamazoo, MI
May 14-16, 2026
Organizer: Roberto A. Talavera Pagán
Sponsors: Ibero-Medieval Association of North America (IMANA), Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
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CFP -- Between Flesh and Faith: Reimagining Sex, Sexuality, and Gender in Medieval Iberia, at ICMS #Kzoo2026, May 14-16 2026. For more information, contact Alexander Korte (akorte@cord.edu) or Felipe Rojas (felipe.rojas@westliberty.edu). Abstracts by 15 Sept. 2025:
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July 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
CFP -- Between Flesh and Faith: Reimagining Sex, Sexuality, and Gender in Medieval Iberia, at ICMS #Kzoo2026, May 14-16 2026. For more information, contact Alexander Korte (akorte@cord.edu) or Felipe Rojas (felipe.rojas@westliberty.edu). Abstracts by 15 Sept. 2025:
icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr...
icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr...
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This extraordinary piece is entitled "Allegory of the Transience of Life," c.1480. It’s an engraving printed on vellum, with hand-colouring, by Master I. A. M. of Zwolle - an Dutch goldsmith and engraver. It’s currently housed at the British Museum.
July 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This extraordinary piece is entitled "Allegory of the Transience of Life," c.1480. It’s an engraving printed on vellum, with hand-colouring, by Master I. A. M. of Zwolle - an Dutch goldsmith and engraver. It’s currently housed at the British Museum.
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CFP -- Consumption and Consumables in Medieval Iberia and the Mediterranean, organized by Christi Ivers and Isidro Rivera for ICMS #Kzoo2026, May 14-16 2026. Please consider submitting an abstract. For more information, contact Christi Ivers (civers@udallas.edu) and Isidro Rivera (ijrivera@ku.edu)
July 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
CFP -- Consumption and Consumables in Medieval Iberia and the Mediterranean, organized by Christi Ivers and Isidro Rivera for ICMS #Kzoo2026, May 14-16 2026. Please consider submitting an abstract. For more information, contact Christi Ivers (civers@udallas.edu) and Isidro Rivera (ijrivera@ku.edu)
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Vol. 52.1 is now available. Featuring essays by Jones, Pearce, Savo, Patton, Duque, Mahler, Blanco Mourelle, Romero, Blackmore, and Franke. For TOC see lcclacoronica.org/journal/volu...
Volume 52.1Table of Contents - La corónica Commons
CONTENTS FROM THE EDITOR Michelle M. Hamilton DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cor.2023.a961706 FROM THE GUEST EDITOR Black Bibliophiles, Black Collectors: Or, How to Write about Blackness in Medieval Ibe...
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July 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Vol. 52.1 is now available. Featuring essays by Jones, Pearce, Savo, Patton, Duque, Mahler, Blanco Mourelle, Romero, Blackmore, and Franke. For TOC see lcclacoronica.org/journal/volu...
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CFP: Aljamiado Afterlives
61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS)
Kalamazoo, MI, May 14-16, 2026
HYBRID session
Sponsor: IMANA (Ibero-Medieval Association of North America)
61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS)
Kalamazoo, MI, May 14-16, 2026
HYBRID session
Sponsor: IMANA (Ibero-Medieval Association of North America)
July 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
CFP: Aljamiado Afterlives
61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS)
Kalamazoo, MI, May 14-16, 2026
HYBRID session
Sponsor: IMANA (Ibero-Medieval Association of North America)
61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS)
Kalamazoo, MI, May 14-16, 2026
HYBRID session
Sponsor: IMANA (Ibero-Medieval Association of North America)
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It doesn't happen that often that one identifies a #manuscript #fragment as part of a volume for #CatherineofAragon in England
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No todos los días se identifica un #fragmento de #manuscrito hecho para #CatalinadeAragon en Inglaterra 🧐
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It doesn't happen that often that one identifies a #manuscript #fragment as part of a volume for #CatherineofAragon in England
#anglospanish
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No todos los días se identifica un #fragmento de #manuscrito hecho para #CatalinadeAragon en Inglaterra 🧐
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La segunda vida de dos folios recuperados del manuscrito escurialense de la Historia de Inglaterra de Cuero
| Revista de Literatura Medieval
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June 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Thanks!
It doesn't happen that often that one identifies a #manuscript #fragment as part of a volume for #CatherineofAragon in England
#anglospanish
¤~¤
No todos los días se identifica un #fragmento de #manuscrito hecho para #CatalinadeAragon en Inglaterra 🧐
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/RL...
It doesn't happen that often that one identifies a #manuscript #fragment as part of a volume for #CatherineofAragon in England
#anglospanish
¤~¤
No todos los días se identifica un #fragmento de #manuscrito hecho para #CatalinadeAragon en Inglaterra 🧐
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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New volume of Revista de Literatura Medieval Vol. 37 (2025) recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/RL... #openaccess @uahes.bsky.social
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June 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
New volume of Revista de Literatura Medieval Vol. 37 (2025) recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/RL... #openaccess @uahes.bsky.social
@shnuska.bsky.social
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We're thrilled to announce a new fellowship opportunity: The BSA-Pine Tree Foundation Fellowship in Hispanic Ephemera! This $3,000 fellowship supports the bibliographical study of printed Spanish-language ephemeral items printed prior to 1850. More info on the BSA website.
June 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We're thrilled to announce a new fellowship opportunity: The BSA-Pine Tree Foundation Fellowship in Hispanic Ephemera! This $3,000 fellowship supports the bibliographical study of printed Spanish-language ephemeral items printed prior to 1850. More info on the BSA website.
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Got typos? Blame Titivillus, the "medieval demon of typos" boingboing.net/2025/06/11/g...
Got typos? Blame Titivillus, the "medieval demon of typos"
Titivillus is a medieval demon who inspired the phrase "the devil is in the details," and has been blamed for writing mistakes and typos.
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June 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Got typos? Blame Titivillus, the "medieval demon of typos" boingboing.net/2025/06/11/g...
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La corónica Vol. 52.1, a special volume on "Black Timescapes” assembled by guest editor Nicholas R. Jones, Yale Univ., is open access on Project Muse at muse.jhu.edu/issue/54962.
@projectmuse.bsky.social. TOC available at lcclacoronica.org/journal/volu...
@projectmuse.bsky.social. TOC available at lcclacoronica.org/journal/volu...
Project MUSE - La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures-Volume 52, Number 1, Fall 2023
muse.jhu.edu
June 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
La corónica Vol. 52.1, a special volume on "Black Timescapes” assembled by guest editor Nicholas R. Jones, Yale Univ., is open access on Project Muse at muse.jhu.edu/issue/54962.
@projectmuse.bsky.social. TOC available at lcclacoronica.org/journal/volu...
@projectmuse.bsky.social. TOC available at lcclacoronica.org/journal/volu...