Jose Rico-Ferrer
Associate Professor of Spanish
313-577-3002
317 Manoogian Hall
Office hours
- Tuesdays 2.00 - 2.30 p.m. & 3.45 - 4.30 p.m.
- Thursdays 2.00 - 2.30 p.m. & 3.45 - %.00 p,m,
Department
Classical & Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures
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
Winter Term 2025 (future)
- SPA5550 - Spanish Culture and Its Tradition
- SPA8550 - Seminar in Spanish Literature of the Twentieth Century
Fall Term 2024 (current)
Winter Term 2024
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