Libros del Meridiano

Books Published in This Series

SERIES DIRECTOR

José Ramón González

— Identification and Contact Information

José Ramón González

Departamento de Literatura Española y Teoría de la Literatura y Literatura Comparada

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras

Universidad de Valladolid

Plaza del Campus Universitario s/n

47011 Valladolid (Spain)

Phone: +34 983 423000, ext. 4178

Email: ramon.gonzalez@uva.es

— Academic Position

Full Professor (Catedrático de Universidad).

Holder of a BA in Hispanic Philology (Linguistics specialization) from the Complutense University of Madrid (1982), he completed his MA and PhD at the University of California, Davis, obtaining his doctorate in 1989. That same year, he joined the University of Valladolid through a Postdoctoral Fellowship for Returning Researchers funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, and in 1993 he secured a permanent position as Associate Professor. He has taught Spanish and Latin American literature at all academic levels (BA, MA, PhD) and supervised 23 doctoral theses (21 at the University of Valladolid and 2 in international cotutelle agreements with the University of California-Davis and the University of Algiers 2). He has been a visiting professor at the University of California (Davis, Fall 2002) and California State University (Sacramento, Summer 2013). In November 2012, he delivered a seminar (15 hours) titled "From Realism to Afterpop: Four Lectures on the Contemporary Spanish Short Story" at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas (Montevideo). He has also been invited to speak at universities including Yale, Arizona State, Missouri, University of Arizona, City University of New York, University of California, Providence University (Taiwan), University of Warsaw, University of Ostrava (Czech Republic), Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), University of La Plata, Universidad de la República (Uruguay), University of Mar del Plata, University of Alicante, Complutense University of Madrid, University of Vigo, University of Oviedo, University of Neuchâtel, and University of Toulouse-Le Mirail, among others.

— Previous Academic and Administrative Roles

  • Vice-Rector for Internationalization and Language Policy (2016–2018) 

  • Vice-Rector for International Relations and University Extension (2014–2016) 

  • Head of the Department of Spanish Literature and Literary Theory (2007–2014)

  • Coordinator of the Doctoral Program "Literary and Literary Theory Studies" (2002–2007)

  • Secretary of the Miguel Delibes Chair (since its establishment in 2003), sponsored by the Regional Government of Castilla y León, the University of Valladolid, and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

  • Secretary of the University of Valladolid's Foreign Student Programs (1991–1997)

  • Secretary of the Department of Spanish Philology (Literature) (1993–1996)

— Research and Scholarly Activities

Recent Publications

González, José Ramón. “Memoria de los lugares/Lugares de la memoria. Sobre la narrativa rural de Miguel Delibes”, en Josep Pla y Miguel Delibes. El escritor y su territorio, ed. de Xavier Pla y Francisco Fuster. Madrid, Editorial Sílex, 2018, 163-172. [ISBN: 978-84-7737-688-0]

–––. “Sobre la consolidación del aforismo español actual: recuento y balance”. Ínsula 863 (2018), 18-21.

–––. “Entre lo micro y lo macro: hacia una tipología empírica del libro de aforismos como género de discurso”. Microtextualidades 3 (2018), 97-107.

–––. “Refracciones discursivas: Tres periodistas hispanos en los campos de batalla de Flandes (Abril de 1916)”. Anuario del IEHS 33.1 (2018), 159-176.

–––. “La guerra lejana: el viaje de Vicente Vera al Transvaal”, en Testimonios del desastre: periodistas y escritores en los campos de batalla, ed. de José Ramón González. Virginia Martín, Susana Gil-Albarellos y Alejandro Alonso Nogueira. Gijón, Trea, 2016, págs. 69-77. [ISBN: 978-84-9704-946-7]

–––. “Visions/Versions of the War: Ramón Pérez de Ayala and Juan Pujol on the Italian Front”. Journal of Modern Italian Studies 21:2 (2016), págs. 271-283.

–––. “Towards a pro-ally colective imagination: Spanish writers in the face of the Great War”, en A Civil War of Words. The Cultural Impact of the Great War in Catalonia, Spain, Europe and a Glance at Latin America, ed. de Xavier Pla, Francesc Montero y Maximiliano Fuentes. Berna, Peter Lang, 2016, págs. 285-298. [ISBN: 978-3-0353-9590-7]

–––. “Voz, mirada y creación de mundo: una nota al margen sobre la cuentística de Eloy Tizón y sus secretas afinidades”. Versants 62:3 (2015), págs. 135-146.

–––. “Eduardo Zamacois, testigo (lejano) de la Gran Guerra” [Número monográfico “La Primera Guerra Mundial y el acontecer literario en España: 1914]. Monteagudo 19 (2014), págs. 49-72.

–––. “Perspectiva, horizonte y circunstancia: la literatura y el ensayo en la Generación del 14”, en Intelectuales y reformistas. La Generación de 1914 en España y América, ed. de Francisco José Martín. Madrid, Biblioteca Nueva, 2014, págs. 163-179. [ISBN: 978-84-16095-46-9]

González, José Ramón y Jordi Amat Fusté, coordinadores. Ínsula 804 (2013). Las palabras de la guerra. La guerra de las palabras (1914-1918) [número monográfico]

González, José Ramón. “Las palabras de la guerra/La guerra de las palabras: escritores españoles en los campos de batalla (1914-1918)”. Ínsula 804 (2013), págs. 4-7

––– . “Fragmentos de razón: el aforismo español en la primera mitad del siglo XX”. Ínsula 801 (2013), págs. 10-12.

González, José Ramón, ed. Pensar por lo breve. Aforística española de entresiglos. Antología [1980-2012]. Gijón, Trea, 2013. [ISBN: 978-84-9704-711-1]

González, José Ramón. “Miguel Delibes, un novelista de la transculturación”, en Miguel Delibes. Nuevas lecturas críticas de su obra, coord. por María Pilar Celma y Mª José Rodríguez Sánchez de León. Salamanca, Universidad de Salamanca / Fundación Miguel Delibes, 2013, págs. 33-57. [ISBN: 978-84-9012-229-7]. Trabajo traducido al portugués.

–––. “Las inquietudes de Shanti Andía, de Pío Baroja: una relectura en clave modernista”. Journal of Hispanic Modernism 3/4 (2012/2013), págs. 125-134.

–––. “Hacia una historia externa del cuento español desde la Transición”, en El relato de la Transición / La Transición como relato, ed. de José Luis Calvo Carilla, Carmen Peña Ardid, Mª Ángeles Naval, Juan Carlos Ara Torralba y Antonio Anson. Zaragoza, Universidad de Zaragoza, 2013, págs. 53-79. [ISBN: 978-84-15538-85-1]

–––. “Trascender la apariencia: la mirada epifánica en algunos relatos de Cristina Cerrada”, en En breve: Cuentos de escritoras españolas (1975-2010), ed. de Ángeles Encinar y Carmen Valcárcel. Madrid, Biblioteca Nueva, 2012, págs. 157-172. [ISBN: 978-84-994-0425-7]

–––. “Texto, retórica e ideología en Herman encadenado: Ramón Pérez de Ayala, cronista de guerra”. Moenia 18 (2012), págs. 151-174.

––– . “¿Un realista anómalo? Algunas observaciones sobre el realismo en los relatos de Ignacio Aldecoa”, en Ignacio Aldecoa. Maestro del cuento, ed. de Ángeles Encinar y Carmen Valcárcel. Madrid, EDAF, 2011, págs. 124-141. [ISBN: 978-84-414-2697-9]

–––. “Un teatro para la Polis: sobre Tocarnos la cara, de Belén Gopegui”, en La narrativa en el teatro / El teatro en la narrativa. Convergencias transgenéricas en la literatura hispánica actual, ed. de Carlos Dimeo y José Ramón González. Lublin (Polonia), La Campana Sumergida, 2012, págs. 109-128. [ISBN: 978-83-933218-1-0]

— Research Management Experience

He has participated in five national R&D projects, one as principal investigator (PI), and in two regional projects.

— Editorial Board Memberships

  • Ciberletras (Yale University / CUNY)
  • Aula Lírica (Northern Illinois University / Trinity University)
  • Letras Hispanas (Texas State University)
  • Hermes Criollo (Montevideo)
  • Secretary of Siglo XXI. Literatura y Cultura Españolas
  • Editorial board member of the series Lecturas españolas contemporáneas, co-published by the Miguel Delibes Chair and Iberoamericana/Vervuert

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

  • Alejandro Alonso Nogueira (Brooklyn College, USA)

  • Hebert Benítez Pezzolano (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

  • Eduardo Becerra (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)

  • Agustín Cuadrado (Texas State University, USA)

  • Epicteto Díaz Navarro (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)

  • Carlos Dimeo Álvarez (University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland)

  • Carlos Frühbeck Moreno (University of Enna Kore, Italy)

  • Carlos Javier García (Arizona State University, USA)

  • Javier García Rodríguez (University of Oviedo, Spain)

  • Raquel Macciuci (National University of La Plata, Argentina)

  • Luis Martín-Estudillo (University of Iowa, USA)

The Scientific Committee plays an active role in managing the collection. Its responsibilities include conducting preliminary evaluations of books proposed for publication, suggesting potential external reviewers, and identifying promising works for consideration that fall within the scope of the series. Committee members may also collaborate in the editorial process of volumes published in the collection.

EDITORIAL POLICY

Libros del Meridiano is committed to publishing and disseminating academic research on contemporary Spanish and Latin American literature. Playing on the notion of a meridian as both a real and imaginary dividing line, the series seeks to cross disciplinary boundaries and become a space for intellectual exchange and critical debate. It welcomes works of diverse methodological orientations, provided they share a few key traits: novelty, academic rigor, seriousness, and originality. Particular preference will be given to studies that traverse disciplinary boundaries and foster dialogue between different academic territories and conceptual frameworks.

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

General instructions for submitting manuscripts, as well as information regarding the evaluation process and communication of decisions, are available in the "Publication proposals" section of the Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid (EdUVa) website.

Authors must clearly indicate that they are requesting publication within the Libros del Meridiano series. Each proposal undergoes an initial evaluation by two members of the Scientific Committee. Subsequently, two external expert reviewers are appointed.

CODE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT

This book series adheres to the Code of Ethics established in the Guide to Good Practices of Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid, which in turn follows the principles set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The guide defines ethical conduct for authors, editorial committees, and peer reviewers. All parties are expected to follow the relevant guidelines applicable to their role.