Las redes intelectuales de la hispanista Amelia Agostini de del Río

María Nieves Verdugo Álvez

doi:10.31637/epsir-2024-1168

Authors

María Nieves Verdugo Álvez University of Huelva https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8957-4075

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-1168

Keywords:

Amelia Agostini de del Río, Hispanism, Intellectual networks, Colleges, Academy, Friendship, Puerto Rico, New York

Abstract

Introduction: After the reestablishment of relations between Spain and the United States, and within the period characterized by the resurgence of cultural and academic Hispanism at the beginning of the 20th century, we meet the figure of Amelia Agostini de del Río, Puerto Rican professor and writer. Methodology: Our main source work is the book Rosa de los Vientos, published in 1980 by Agostini, in which she writes about her personal and professional life, although other types of documents will also be used, such as private letters or historical press. With this we intend to approach a character little studied, and her relationship with other hispanist intellectuals. Results: After a brief review of her early life and academic and intellectual journey, we have focused on the relationships that Agostini developed with two intellectuals, on the one hand, with José de Diego, a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer, and on the other with Susan Huntington Vernon, a North American professor and Hispanist. Conclusions: Both intellectuals were determinant for Amelia Agostini de del Río’s academic life, being de Diego her first referent in poetry, while Huntington helped the Puerto Rican author to get a job in the United States.

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Author Biography

María Nieves Verdugo Álvez, University of Huelva

Degree in History; Official Master's Degree in Gender, Identity and Citizenship; Official Master's Degree in Historical Analysis of the Modern World, University of Huelva. Enrolled in the PhD programme at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where she is working on her doctoral thesis. She is a temporary lecturer in the area of Contemporary History in the Department of History, Geography and Anthropology at the University of Huelva. She has participated in international conferences, symposiums and history conferences related to Spain-America relations. She has published book chapters and articles related to the line of research on cultural relations between Spain and America.

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