Associate Prof & Assoc Dean
World Languages & Cultures

Martha Daas

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Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature, The University of Texas at Austin, (2002)

M.A. in Spanish Literature, The University of Texas at Austin, (1997)

B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature, University of Michigan, (1990)

in , Universidad de Sevilla, Facultad de Filolog铆a, (1988)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Daas, M. M. "The National Endowment for the Humanities Technology Grant" $1,200. 2007 - 2008
Daas, M. M. "麻豆传媒 Summer Research Grant" $5,000. 麻豆传媒. - 2006
Daas, M. M. "麻豆传媒, University-wide Summer Research Grant" $4,500. 麻豆传媒. - 2004
Daas, M. M. "The National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar" $3,200. - 2003
Daas, M. M. "Carrie Lee Kennedy Fellowship" $2,500. - 2001
Daas, M. M. "Continuing Tuition Fellowship" $5,000. 1999 - 2000
Daas, M. M. "Austin Summer Tuition Fellowship" $2,500. - 1999

Articles

Daas, M. M. (2013). Food for the Soul: Feasting and Fasting in the Spanish Middle Ages. eHumanista 25 , pp. 65-74.
Daas, M. M. (2008). The Shepherd Goes to War: Santo Domingo Revisited . eHumanista 11 , pp. 158-171.
Daas, M. M. (2008). 鈥淔rom Holy Hostess to Dragon Tamer, the Anomaly of Saint Martha鈥 . Literature and Theology: An International Journal of Theory and Criticism 22 (1) , pp. 1-15.
Daas, M. M. (2007). 鈥淭he Radical Mary: Gonzalo de Berceo鈥檚 re-interpretation of the Miracles of Our Lady鈥. Medieval Translator 10.
Daas, M. M. (2007). 鈥淩e-inventing Alexander: From Christian Warrior to Pagan Saint鈥. Lemir 11 , pp. 25-34.
Daas, M. M. (2005). 鈥淭he Sly Text: Contradiction and Parody in the Libro de buen amor鈥 . Romance Studies 23 (3) , pp. 165-173.

Book Chapters

Daas, M. M. (2011). Ian Fleming鈥檚 Solitaire: The Voodoo Virgin Dethroned James Bond in World and Popular Culture: The Films are Not Enough (pp. Robert G. Weiner, B. Lynn Whitfield and Jack Becker) Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Press.

Presentations

Daas, M. M. (February , 2009). The Salvation Diet Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 15th Annual Conference Tempe, AZ.
Daas, M. M. (May , 2008). The Spectacle of Ritual in Medieval Spain International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI.
Daas, M. M. (May , 2006). Sexual Education in La Celestina: A Sanctioned Transgression International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI.
Daas, M. M. (April , 2006). The Power of the People: Popular Spirituality as Reflected in the Literature of Medieval Spain Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, University of the South Sewanee, TN.
Daas, M. M. (May , 2005). An Ideological Battleground: A New View of Gonzalo de Berceo鈥檚 Milagros de Nuestra Se帽ora International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI.
Daas, M. M. (October , 2004). Unholy Celebrations: A post-Lenten Respite in the Book of Good Love Celebration!, Romance Studies Colloquium Jersey City, NJ.
Daas, M. M. (July , 2004). The Spanish Life of Alexander: A Failed Mirror of Princes International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds Leeds, England.
Daas, M. M. (July , 2004). The Radical Mary: Gonzalo de Berceo鈥檚 re-interpretation of the Miracles of Our Lady Seventh Cardiff Conference on the Theory and Practice of Translation in the Middle Ages, Universit茅 de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris, France.
Daas, M. M. (April , 2004). Escaping the Confines of Corporeality: the Anomaly of Saint Martha Medieval Colloquium, University of the South Sewanee, TN.
Daas, M. M. (December , 2003). Alexander鈥檚 鈥楻omer铆a pagana鈥 in the Libro de Alexandre MLA Annual Convention San Diego, CA.
Daas, M. M. (May , 2003). From Holy Hostess to Dragon Tamer: the Anomaly of Saint Martha International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI.
Daas, M. M. (February , 2000). Myth and Mythogenesis in Gonzalo de Berceo鈥檚 Milagros de Nuestra Se帽ora Conference on Ibero-American Culture and Society, University of New Mexico in Albuquerque Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Daas, M. M. (April , 1998). Verging on a 20th Century Theory of Tragedy: Pedro Calder贸n de la Barca's innovative wife-murder play, El m茅dico de su honra Colloquium of the Spanish and Portuguese Department of the University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX.
Daas, M. M. (April , 1997). The role of the Virgin Mary in Medieval Poetry The Feminist Forum at the University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX.
Daas, M. M. (April , 1996). The myth and the cult of the Virgin Mary in Gonzalo de Berceo鈥檚 Milagros de Nuestra Se帽ora Colloquium of the Spanish and Portuguese Department of the University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX.
  • 1993: The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism,

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