David D. Navarro is a Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, USA. David completed his PhD. in Hispanic Studies at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. His doctoral dissertation 'Interacciones narrativas árabe, cristiana y judía: convivencia literaria en el Medievo peninsular' [English Title: 'Arabic, Christian and Jewish Narrative Interactions: Literary Co-Habitation in Medieval Iberia'] focused on identity theory, inter-group relations, and social discourse of cultural relations between these three religious communities. Additionally it examined their respective roles in the origins of Spanish nationhood as reflected in four texts written during the medieval period, from the eleventh to the fourteenth century. David holds a B.A and M.A in English Studies at the University of Valladolid, Spain and University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. His field of research concentrates on religious minorities in Medieval Iberian Peninsula literature, Modern Spanish Literature, Sephardic Diaspora and multiculturalism. David is member of the Association of Canadian Hispanists (ACH) since 2008.
Books
Contributions to Books
"Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz y el Convento de San Jerónimo: amparo social, retiro espiritual y recreación literaria", Forthcoming in Mujeres en el arte y en la historia hispanoamericana. (2013)
"El mundo de la frontera: cambio de religión y choque cultural de los personajes moriscos del Quijote.", Visiones y revisiones cervantinas; Actas selectas del VII Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Cervantistas (2011)
Articles
"Presencia del diablo y conspiración judía en el Medievo peninsular: una mirada particular al Milagro de Teófilo de Gonzalo de Berceo.", Forthcoming in Medievalia (2013)
“Bankeres i ombres de finanzas djudios en el Imperio Otomano del siglo XVI.”, Aki Yerushalayim: Revista Kulturala Djudeo-Espanyola (2012)
"Saint John of the Cross’ Spiritual Canticle: A Christian Perspective of a Jewish Love Affair.", Letras Hispanas: Revista de Literatura y Cultura (2012)
"Interacción cultural de al-Ándalus en el Cancionero de Ibn Quzmān y la Risāla fī-l-qaḍā’ wa-l-ḥisba de Ibn ‘Abdūn: dos ideas en conflicto.", eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies (2011)
“De Yerushalayim a Roma: Cantar de los Cantares e hipertextualidad cristiana en Cántico Espiritual de San Juan de la Cruz.”, LEMIR (2011)
Presentations
“Relaciones sociales cristiano-hebreas como modelo de contacto de grupos en cuatro exemplos de 'Conde Lucanor'”, XLIX Congress of the Association of Canadian Hispanists. University of Victoria (2013)
“Ausencia y presencia judía en Conde Lucanor: recurso narrativo frente a conciencia social?”, Congreso Internacional XIV Jornadas Medievales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico DF, Mexico) [Proposal Accepted] (2013)
“Spanish and Portuguese Marranos in Seventeenth Century Amsterdam: Faith, Venture and Economic Impact.”, [Proposal Accepted] 2013 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies (2013)
"Interacción cultural y represión social andalusí: dos ideas enfrentadas en el Dīwān de Ibn Quzmān y la Risāla fī-l-qaḍā’ wa-l-ḥisba de Ibn ‘Abdūn.", XLVIII Congress of the Association of Canadian Hispanists. Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo (2012)
“‘Belzebud lo guïava en todos sus oficios’: Brujería, magia y conspiración judía en el Milagro de Teófilo de Gonzalo de Berceo.”, XII Graduate Student Conference. Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Western Ontario (2012)
Working Papers