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 Filología, (1988)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Daas, M. M. "The National Endowment for the Humanities Technology Grant" $1,200. 2007 - 2008
Daas, M. M. "Old ֱ University Summer Research Grant" $5,000. Old ֱ University. - 2006
Daas, M. M. "Old ֱ University, University-wide Summer Research Grant" $4,500. Old ֱ University. - 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). “From Holy Hostess to Dragon Tamer, the Anomaly of Saint Martha” . Literature and Theology: An International Journal of Theory and Criticism 22 (1) , pp. 1-15.
Daas, M. M. (2007). “The Radical Mary: Gonzalo de Berceo’s re-interpretation of the Miracles of Our Lady”. Medieval Translator 10.
Daas, M. M. (2007). “Re-inventing Alexander: From Christian Warrior to Pagan Saint”. Lemir 11 , pp. 25-34.
Daas, M. M. (2005). “The Sly Text: Contradiction and Parody in the Libro de buen amor” . Romance Studies 23 (3) , pp. 165-173.

Book Chapters

Daas, M. M. (2011). Ian Fleming’s 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’s Milagros de Nuestra Señora 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’s re-interpretation of the Miracles of Our Lady Seventh Cardiff Conference on the Theory and Practice of Translation in the Middle Ages, Université 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’s ‘Romería pagana’ 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’s Milagros de Nuestra Señora 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 Calderón de la Barca's innovative wife-murder play, El médico 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’s Milagros de Nuestra Señora Colloquium of the Spanish and Portuguese Department of the University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX.
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