David George
David R. George Jr
Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
Associations
Hispanic Studies
Roger Williams Hall, Room 305
European Studies
Roger Williams Hall, Room 305
Asian Studies
About
David R. George, Jr., received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 2003, and has been Lecturer in Spanish at Bates College since 2000. In addition to language, he teaches courses on Spanish literature and film, Catalan culture, Iberian integration in Europe, and Hispano-Asian connections. David has published more than 25 articles and book chapters on a variety of aspects of nineteenth and twentieth-century Spanish literature, film and television, including on issues of cultural exchange and travel between Spain and Asia. He is co-editor of the volumes Historias de la pequeña pantalla. Representaciones históricas en la televisión de la España democrática (Iberoamericana 2009), and Televising Restoration Spain: History and Fiction in Twenty-First Century Costume Dramas (Palgrave-Macmillan 2018). He is also author of annotated editions of Leopoldo Ala’s Doña Berta (LinguaText 2008) and Benito Pérez Galdós’s Tormento (LinguaText 2012). His current research deals with the influence of Japanese culture in Spain from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century.Expertise
Current Courses
Winter Semester 2022
ASHS 303
Phillippine Literature in Spanish
HISP 210
Writing Spanish
HISP 458
Senior Thesis