The Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature is honored to announce that two of our doctoral students, Beatriz Solla Vilas and Jesús Jiménez Valdés, have been awarded the Edward Guiliano ‘78 Fellowship, which supports research for Stony Brook University graduate students.  The fellowships will be used this spring 23 for research travel in South America towards the generation of publishable articles and the advancement of their dissertations.

Beatriz Solla Vilas, a native from Galicia, Spain, presented a research project titled “Becoming Travesti: Self-narrative and activism in transgender Brazilian literature.” Thanks to the Guiliano fellowship, Beatriz will travel to Rio de Janeiro to do research at the National Library and National Archive and to Salvador de Bahia to visit the archives and galleries of the Museu Transgênero de História e Arte (MUTHA).

Jesús Jiménez Valdés, born in Seville, Spain, presented a research plan on “Local archives and imperial Texts: Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa’s scientific writing in the 18^th century,” which will take him to Lima, Perú, to do research at local archives, the National Library and museums, as well to establish contact with city universities and local academics.

The Edward Guiliano ‘78, PhD, Global Fellowship Program, “provides students with the opportunity to broaden their perspectives by engaging with the world beyond Stony Brook University and their local communities.” The ultimate goal of this prestigious fellowship program is to provide graduate students at Stony Brook with the opportunities to have a transformational educational experience.