Welcome to H-Cervantes, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Online. H-Cervantes is a network for scholars and professionals active in studies related to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. It encourages scholarly exchanges on all aspects of the author, his works, his circle, his times, and scholarship on the era, and welcomes participation by scholars/specialists from all disciplines.

Note: No known portrait of Miguel de Cervantes exists; all images purported to be of him, both on this page and elsewhere, are merely artistic recreations.

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Discussion published by Daniel Holcombe on Tuesday, June 9, 2020

CFP: "Themes of Boundaries, Rules, Limits, and Cultural Regulations in the Works of Miguel de Cervantes" - SAMLA Virtual Conference 2020

Call for Papers. Cervantes Society of America Panel:

"Themes of Boundaries, Rules, Limits, and Cultural Regulations in the Works of Miguel de Cervantes."

SAMLA Virtual Conference, "Scandal! Literature and Provocation: Breaking Rules, Making Texts."

November 13-15, 2020. Extended submission deadline: July 15, 2020

Cervantes lived within a cultural environment characterized by social, political, and religious norms that were regularly respected, challenged, or transgressed throughout Spanish early modernity.