As part of the Nelson Lectures on Southeast Asia the East Asia Center will be joined by Rocío Ortuño Casanova, professor of Spanish literature at UNED (Spanish Open University) and director of the Laboratory of Innovation in Digital Humanities at the same university, based in Madrid, Spain. Professor Casanova will discuss "Digital Approaches to Philippine Literature in Spanish."

Rocío Ortuño Casanova is a professor of Spanish literature at UNED (Spanish Open University) and director of the Laboratory of Innovation in Digital Humanities at the same university, based in Madrid, Spain. Her main line of research focuses on the study of literary and cultural contacts between the Philippines and the global Hispanophone between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On this topic, she has co-edited three books: The Challenge of Modernity in Phil-Hispanic Literature (1885-1935) (Brill 2022); Transnational Philippines: Cultural Encounters in Philippine Literature in Spanish (University of Michigan Press, 2024); and Introduction to Phil-Hispanic Literature (Routledge 2024). 

This online event will held on Zoom; to register please use the link here.