Professor of Spanish
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Winner of The Lawrence G. Haggerty Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, 2023
College of Arts and Sciences Scholar of the Year, 2019
Bulletin of Association of Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Editorial Board (2020-)
Anales Galdosianos, Editorial Board (2021-)
Born and raised in Moscow (Russia), Eugenia Afinogu茅nova received the equivalents of B.A. and M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from Moscow State University (a.k.a. MGU), and a Ph.D. in Spanish Peninsular Literature and Cultural Studies from Georgetown University. She joined 向日葵视频 Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures in 1999. She has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in contemporary Spanish literature, culture, and film. She splits her leisure time (when available) between dancing, cooking, and digital scholarship.
Education
PhD: Georgetown University
Equivalents of BA/MA: Moscow State University (MGU)
Courses Taught
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SPAN 6300: Hispanic Cultural Studies
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SPAN 4931/9931: Texts, Arts, and Knowledge on the Camino de Santiago (in Milwaukee and walking the Camino)
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SPAN 4310: Hispanic Film and Society
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SPAN 3710: Spanish for Health Care
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SPAN 3500: Literary Analysis in Spanish
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SPAN 3300: Peoples and Cultures of Spain (鈥渇lipped,鈥� blended online/offline)
Specialization
Museums; Mobilities, Tourism, and Leisure Studies; Film Studies; 19th-21st centuries Iberian Peninsula; Food Studies; Digital Scholarship
Publications
Selected Books:
, 1819-1939. College Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2018.
- Winner of the 2019 Eleanor Tufts Award from the American Society for Hispanic Art Historical Studies
- A 2018 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
- Editor鈥檚 Pick, , February 2018, Reviewed by Louie Dean Valencia-Garc铆a.
- Selected by the Association of University Presses of America for the 2018 Book, Jacket, & Journal Show in the category of 鈥渋llustrated scholarly monograph.鈥�
. An inaugural issue of a new series Vadem茅cum de Hispan贸fila. Afinogu茅nova, Eugenia, Samuel Amago and Kathryn Everly, Hispan贸fila177 (Spring): 2016.
Translated Books:
- (Spanish) El Prado: la cultura y el ocio, 1819-1930. Trad. Pablo Veyrat. Madrid: C谩tedra, 2019
- (Russian) 袩褉邪写芯: 屑褍蟹械泄, 斜褍谢褜胁邪褉 懈 泻邪褉薪邪胁邪谢, 1819-1920. Natalia Nosenko and Eugenia Afinogu茅nova. Moscow: 袗.袛.袙邪褉褎芯谢芯屑械械胁, 2019
Selected Articles and Book Chapters:
- 鈥淪tate of Crucifixion: Tourism, Holy Week, and the Sacred Politics of the Cold War,鈥� in Antonio C贸rdoba and Daniel Garc铆a Donoso (eds.), , Vanderbilt University Press.
- "Importing the Picturesque: Illustrated Travel Books on Spain, 1829-1915" in Brandon Ruud and Corey Piper (eds.), Yale University Press, 2020, 41-74.
- "Las pintoras ante la cr铆tica de arte," Carlos Navarro (coord..), Invitadas, Fragmentos sobre mujeres, ideolog铆a y artes pl谩sticas en Espa帽a (1833-1931), Madrid: Museo del Prado, 2020, 71-99.
- 鈥淒e la carta a la papeleta: el 鈥榤en煤 del d铆a鈥� entre la dictadura y la democracia en Espa帽a, 1964-1981,鈥� Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, special issue on Food Cultural Studies and the Transhispanic World, ed. Lara Anderson and Rebecca Ingram, 2019.
- 鈥淟ooking at Picasso鈥檚 Guernica after the Catalan Revolution: The Transgressive 鈥淟eft鈥� and the End of History,鈥� Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies1 (2019).
- 鈥淕uernica apr猫s la r茅volution catalane鈥� in Guernica, ed. Emilie Bouvard et G茅raldine Mercier. Paris Gallimard/Mus茅e Picasso, 2018.
- 鈥淚nvitados y clientes: el turismo desarrollista en el Museo del Prado,鈥� (2017).
- "Tourism and 鈥楺uality of Life鈥� at the End of Franco鈥檚 Dictatorship,鈥� in ed. Katarzyna Beilin and William Viestenz. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2016.
Digital/Visual Projects:
- 鈥淎rtist Travelers,鈥� designed by Timophey Korolev for , the exhibition at Chrysler Museum or Art/Milwaukee Art Museum.
- App/Digital Audio-guide for the same exhibition, designed by Shiyu Tian.
- (Sala de la Reina Isabel) in 1875-1877: a joint interdisciplinary project with MarVL.
- The Spanish Travelers Project: covered in: (1) 鈥溝蛉湛悠礢panish professor receives Way Klingler Fellowship in the humanities,鈥� (2) Sarah Painter Koziol, 鈥淭raveling Spain, yesterday and today,鈥� (Spring): 27, and (3) .
- Haggerty Museum of Art (with Dr. Pamela Hill Nettleton, Diederich College of Communication): 鈥�,鈥� exhibition and a teaching module held at the Haggerty Museum (September 2014-May 2015). Covered in: Hannah Byron, 鈥淗aggerty鈥檚 Clear Picture exhibit connects across colleges,鈥� , December 3, 2014.
- Liaison with Arab and Muslim Women鈥檚 Research and Resources Institute (AMWRRI) and Milwaukee Public Museum for the exhibit 鈥淏eyond the Veil: Dress, Identity, and Tradition through the Eyes of the Muslim Women of Greater Milwaukee鈥� (May-September 2014, directed by Dr. Enaya Othman, covered in Milwaukee Magazine, May 2014.
Recent Press & Television Appearances:
- Cited in the review of the exhibition "Uninvited Guests. Episodes on Women, Ideology and the Visual Arts in Spain (1833-1931)" on display at the Prado: , November 20, 2020,
- Interviewed for : H茅ctor G. Barn茅s, 鈥淟o come el rico, lo come el pobre. El 茅xito eterno del men煤 del d铆a revela qui茅nes somos de verdad los espa帽oles,鈥� February 10, 2020.
- Interviewed on for 鈥淟a aventura del saber鈥�: November, 2019.
Honors and Awards
- , February 2018.
- Helen Way Klingler Research Fellowship, 2017-2019
- ACLS鈥�2014 (American Council for Learned Societies) Research Fellowship Award
- Excellence in Advising nomination
- Golden Roses Award nomination, honoring women who support diversity and inclusivity throughout Marquette
Dr. Eugenia Afinogu茅nova向日葵视频
