Mina Garcia

Born in Málaga, Spain, Mina García earned her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology from the Universidad de Málaga.  After completing her undergraduate degree, she continued as a student at the Universidad de Málaga, pursuing doctoral studies in Spanish Philology.  While working on her Spanish dissertation and teaching Spanish language at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA, she realized a growing interest in Trans-Atlantic Studies, and began a second Ph.D. program in the Romance Studies Department at Duke. She holds two Ph.D. degrees: one in Spanish Language and Literature, with an emphasis in Early Modern Literature, from Universidad de Málaga, Spain; and a second one from Duke University with concentration on transatlantic studies during the colonial period in Latin-America. Dr. García’s research interests include the role of literature in the expansion of the Spanish empire, Early Modern Spanish literature, transatlantic studies and Latin American colonial culture and literature with special attention to the role of the Other: conversos, moriscos, and witches. She has authored multiple article and book chapters as well as numerous conference papers. Her first book, entitled Magia, Hechicería y Brujería: Entre La Celestina y Cervantes was published by Editorial Renacimiento (Seville, Spain) in 2010. Her second book, Idolatry and the Construction of the Spanish Empire was published by University of Colorado Press in 2018. Her third book, published in 2021 by the University of Toronto Press, is a collection of original essays and interviews that focuses on the many ways in which early modern Spanish plays engaged their audiences in a dialogue about abuse, injustice, and inequality.