Helen Rawlings
Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Director of Spanish Studies
BA, MPhil (Liverpool), PGCE (York)
Contact Details
- Email: hr14@le.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)116 252 2660
- Office: 1105
- Subject: Spanish
Research Summary
Helen Rawlings’ research focuses on the religious culture of Spain in the early modern period and the phenomenon of Spain's seventeenth-century decline. Her approach is inter-disciplinary and incorporates historical, literary and artistic sources of evidence. She has written three books: one on the role of the Church in shaping Spanish society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (2002), another on the historical legacy of the Spanish Inquisition (2005) and a third on the historical discourse that has informed the debate on the decline of Spain from the sixteenth century to the present day (2012).
Teaching and Administration
Helen Rawlings is Director of Studies in Spanish.
Teaching:
- Spanish Literature & Film (SP1041)
- A History of Spain (SP1051)
- The Spanish Civil War (SP2023)
- Federico García Lorca (SP2030)
- Spanish Language 5/6 (SP3110/3111)
- The Spanish Picaresque (SP3132)
- Art and Society in Spain (SP3149)
Administration:
- Director of Studies in Spanish
- Coordinator for Joint Degrees in Modern Languages and English
Recent Publications:
The debate on the decline of Spain. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012 (forthcoming).
