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B.A., Baylor University (Spanish and Great Texts)

MSt, The Queen's College, Oxford (Medieval and Modern Languages--Spanish)

I am currently Stipendiary Lecturer of Spanish at St Anne's College Oxford. I am reading for the DPhil in Medieval and Modern Languages (Spanish) at Wolfson College with a thesis title of: 'Iconographic Strength: Female Agency through Immaculist Devotion in Calderón’s Marian Autos Sacramentales'. My thesis elucidates early modern feminism and female agency. My thesis argues that iconography of Mary's Immaculate Conception positions women as exemplars of strength and virtue for both sexes. My primary research interests lie in Mariology; conceptions of mind and body in early modern literature; women and gender representations in early modern literature; early modern sensory perception.

Teaching:

I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2024).

This year (2024-2025), I am teaching FHS Papers II, VI, IX and Prelims Paper II, III, IV at St Anne's. My teaching portfolio includes:

  • Medieval/Early Modern Spanish Unseen Translation (FHS Paper III)
  • Modern Spanish Unseen Translation (FHS Paper II; Prelims Paper II)
  • Period of Literature to 1499 (FHS Paper VI)
  • Introduction to Hispanic Prose (Prelims Paper III)
  • Introduction to Hispanic Poetry and Drama (Prelims Paper IV)
  • Golden Age Prescribed Authors (FHS Paper X)
  • Spanish Golden Age tutorials (OxNet Summer School at Pembroke, UNIQ Summer School - MML Faculty)
  • Medieval Spanish lyric in translation (English FHS Paper III for Oxford English Faculty)
  • Contemporary Latin American film (UNIQ Summer School - MML Faculty)
  • Spanish Graduate Teaching Assistant (Prelims Papers III and IV), Lincoln College (2022-2024)

Publications:

Levinson, Katerina J. 2024. "Allegorical Vision: The Promotion of the Senses and the Vision of the Entendimiento in Calderón’s El cubo de la Almudena" Humanities 13, no. 3: 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/h13030072

Awards

I have been awarded the Hesse Award for 'Best Graduate Presentation' from the Association of Hispanic Classical Theater, along with several grants to present at conferences such as the RSA and MLA. Prior to my graduate studies, I was awarded a Fulbright Grant through the U.S. State Department and Spanish government to work as an English Teaching Assistant in Spain.  

University Service:

Co-convener of the Oxford Golden Age Spanish Symposium, 2023 and 2024

Member of the editorial board for the peer-reviewed journal, IDS. Revista de Jóvenes Humanistas (Universidad de Navarra).

 Elected Graduate Member of the Wolfson College General Purposes Committee (College Governance)

Public Engagement:

I am involved with public engagement projects to increase access and appreciation of Hispanic theatre through the UCLA working group, 'Diversifying the Classics',  and its podcast, 'Radio Comedia'. I am involved in Modern Languages outreach as a Graduate Ambassador for the MML Faculty at Oxford, a volunteer for the Queen’s College Translation Exchange, and as a tutor/lecturer at Pembroke's OxNet Summer School and the MML Faculty's UNIQ Summer School.