Juan Maura
Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Philology
BIO
Juan Francisco Maura (b. 1956) is Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Philology at the University of Vermont. His scholarship focuses on the historical chronicles, cartography, travel narratives, and cultural history of the early Spanish and Portuguese expansion across the Atlantic, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
Current Book Projects
Maura is currently completing two major book-length studies:
Spanish and Portuguese Women in the Exploration and Settlement of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific (1493–1612)
Approx. 600 pages; under consideration.
This study examines the often-overlooked roles of Spanish and Portuguese women in the exploration, settlement, and development of territories in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Drawing on historical chronicles and archival sources, it considers women as travelers, settlers, translators, educators, religious figures, family and community founders, and active participants in the formation of Iberian societies overseas.
“¿Flaco y mujeril entendimiento?”: The Philosophy of Oliva Sabuco and Other Women
Approx. 300 pages; under consideration.
This study explores the philosophical and intellectual contributions of Oliva Sabuco and other early modern women, with particular attention to the ways in which women's intellectual work has been represented, transmitted, and evaluated in the history of ideas.
Publications
Bio
Juan Francisco Maura (b. 1956) is Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Philology at the University of Vermont. His scholarship focuses on the historical chronicles, cartography, travel narratives, and cultural history of the early Spanish and Portuguese expansion across the Atlantic, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
Current Book Projects
Maura is currently completing two major book-length studies:
Spanish and Portuguese Women in the Exploration and Settlement of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific (1493–1612)
Approx. 600 pages; under consideration.
This study examines the often-overlooked roles of Spanish and Portuguese women in the exploration, settlement, and development of territories in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Drawing on historical chronicles and archival sources, it considers women as travelers, settlers, translators, educators, religious figures, family and community founders, and active participants in the formation of Iberian societies overseas.
“¿Flaco y mujeril entendimiento?”: The Philosophy of Oliva Sabuco and Other Women
Approx. 300 pages; under consideration.
This study explores the philosophical and intellectual contributions of Oliva Sabuco and other early modern women, with particular attention to the ways in which women's intellectual work has been represented, transmitted, and evaluated in the history of ideas.