Moral tales from the past for the present: Kalila wa-Dimna

Rachel holds a BA in Modern and Medieval Languages from the University of Cambridge, an MA in Medieval Studies from King’s College London, and a PhD in Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Studies, also from King’s. She has previously taught undergraduate courses in medieval Spanish literature at King’s and in 2014-2015 was a Lecturer in Medieval Spanish Literature at Queen Mary, University of London, where she also ran the Medieval Hispanic Research Seminar.

Rachel’s research focuses on late medieval and early modern Spanish literary and textual culture. She is particularly interested in intersections between East and West, cultural translation, and the reception of medieval literature in early modern Europe (including outside of Spain, e.g. in Italy and England). Her work considers the way in which the meaning of texts and culture change as they move across time and space and engages with scholarship on the history of the book to consider how material form both creates and reflects reception and significance.