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Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Timothy Foster

Graduate Student

Tim Foster (Oskaloosa, IA) is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, with research interests in early modern Spanish and colonial literature and culture, the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, and the Digital Humanities. He is currently writing a dissertation directed by Dr. Edward H. Friedman entitled “Dissonant Conquests: Literature, Music, and Empire in Early Modern Spain” that explores musical humanism and discourses of power in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish texts. He has worked as a Graduate Affiliate at the Center for Second Language Studies and at the Center for Teaching, where he led Teaching Assistant Orientation for the foreign languages. He was also a Graduate Fellow at the Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning where he helped connect the Vanderbilt community to educational technology resources.

Selected Publications

Publications

  • “‘Ayre, agua, fuego y tierra’: The Four Elements and Musical Harmony in Calderón’s Celos aun del aire matan.” Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura 30.3 (2015): 86-97.
  • “Apenas el comienzo y no el fin de nada”: La condición humana en La víspera del degüello o El génesis fue mañana por Jorge Díaz.  El Cid: The National Journal of the Tau Iota Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi 22 (2010): xxi-xxix.

Presentations:

  • “Pre-Colombian Counterpoint: Music in the Works of Inca Garcilaso and Guamán Poma.” South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) Conference (31 October–3 November, 2015). Vanderbilt University. Nashville, TN.
  • “Thinking Beyond Translation: Using Wikipedia in the Foreign Language Classroom.” Vanderbilt Graduate Student Modern Language Association Conference (11 April 2015). Vanderbilt University. Nashville, TN.
  • “Miguel Manipulated: Puppet Play in Falla’s ‘Reading’ of Don Quixote.”  Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) Convention (3-6 April 2014).  Susquehanna University.  Harrisburg, PA.
  • “The ‘Textual Iconography’ of the Camino: St. James as Pilgrim in Gonzalo de Berceo’s Miracles of Our Lady.” Symposium for Pilgrimage Studies (5 October 2013).  College of William and Mary.  Williamsburg, VA.
  • “‘The Way’ of the Modern Pilgrim: Analysis of Spanish and U.S. American Newsletters of the Camino de Santiago.”  National Communication Association 98th Annual Convention, Religious Communication Association Pre-Conference (15 November 2012).  Orlando, FL.

Honors

  • Graduate Student Fellowship, Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities (2016-2017)
  • E. Inman Fox Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Spanish and Portuguese (2015)
  • Miguel Enguídanos Award for Excellence in Research, Department of Spanish and Portuguese (2013, 2014)