Jose Rico-Ferrer

Jose Rico-Ferrer

A native of Spain, Jose Rico-Ferrer is associate professor of Spanish. His main research interests include early modern Spanish literature, gender studies, cinema, and the intersection of literature and leisure studies. Jose teaches a wide range of Spanish courses, from undergraduate language courses to graduate literature and culture courses as well as seminars on early modern Spanish literature and culture.

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

• Early modern Spanish literature
• Medieval Spanish literature
• Gender studies
• Contemporary Spanish Literature
• Film

Research

Besides his book on courtesy and 'how to' treatises of conduct, Prof. Rico is interested in Gender Studies and Film Studies.

Education

• Baccalaureate: Universidad de Granada (Spain)
• Graduate: M.A. Villanova University
• Ph.D. Emory University

Awards and grants

• Member, Working Group on the Humanities: “Gender Studies in the Early Modern Period.” 2008/2015
• Member, Working Group on the Humanities: “History of the Book.” 2012/2013
• Member, Working Group on the Humanities: “Fairy Tales.” 2017/2018.    
• WSU-Newberry Library Consortium Travel Funds to Chicago (2/22/07 -2/25/07). 
• For. Lang. Tech. Ctr. 2007 Technology Minigrant, “Podcasts on Spanish Baroque Culture.” WSU. 
• NEH Seminar on “The Libro de Buen Amor in Cultural Context,” U of    Virginia, VA, June 9- July 11, 2003
• Grant from the Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and United States Universities, September 2002. $1200
• Saint Mary’s College Summer Travel Grant. July 30, 2002
• Summer Institute in Spanish and Hispanic-American Archival Sciences, Newberry Library, July 1-26, 2002
• Scholarship for study in Salamanca (Spain), Emory University, June 1997
• Honors in Comprehensive Doctoral Exam, Emory University, April 1997

Selected publications

• Los tratadistas ibéricos de conducta áulica: representación, masculinidad y colaboración auriseculares. Vigo (Spain): Academia del Hispanismo, 2011
• Rico-Ferrer, José A. (2005). “‘El más cortés y bien criado caballero que hay en toda la cortesanía:’ Don Quijote y su imaginaria conexión cortesana.” (1605-2005) Don Quixote Across the Centuries. Ed. John P. Gabriele. Madrid/Frankfurt: Iberoamericana, 65-76
• Rico-Ferrer, José A. (2010). “In Earnest and in Jest: Disciplining Masculinity through Narration and Humour in the Spanish Galateo.” The Poetics of Masculinity in Early Modern Italy and Spain. Eds. Jane Tylus & Gerry Milligan. Toronto: CRRS, 2010. 267-291

Courses taught by Jose Rico-Ferrer

Fall Term 2024 (future)

• SPA4610 - Introduction to Early Modern Spanish Literature
• SPA6560 - Cervantes

Winter Term 2024 (current)

• SPA5550 - Spanish Culture and Its Tradition
• SPA8510 - Seminar in the Golden Age

Fall Term 2023

• SPA4620 - Introduction to Modern and Contemporary Spanish Literature
• SPA6470 - The Spanish Novel of the Twentieth Century

Winter Term 2023

• SPA5550 - Spanish Culture and Its Tradition
• SPA7010 - Introduction to Literary Theory
• ITA7010 - Introduction to Literary Theory
• FRE7010 - Introduction to Literary Theory
• GER7010 - Introduction to Literary Theory

Fall Term 2022

• SPA5300 - Advanced Grammar and Stylistics
• SPA6420 - Early Modern Spanish Studies
• SPA8510 - Seminar in the Golden Age

Winter Term 2022

• SPA5550 - Spanish Culture and Its Tradition
• SPA8550 - Seminar in Spanish Literature of the Twentieth Century