Meet Lola Hidalgo-Calle
Professor, Spanish, Languages and Linguistics
Phone: (813) 257-3811
Email: lhidalgocalle@ut.edu
Address: 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33606
Mailbox: R
Building:
SC
Room: 205
Education
1988 University of Alabama, B.A.
1990 University of Alabama, M.A.
1997 University of Alabama, Ph.D.
Courses Taught
Elementary SpanishAdvanced Spanish
Conversational Spanish
Advanced Spanish Conversation through Literature and Film
Hispanic Women Writers
Hispanic Cinema
Spanish Culture and Civilization
Spanish Literature through the Golden Age
Spanish Literature from 19th Century until Today
Spanish for Criminal Justice
Spanish for the Medical Field
Career Specialties
Lola Hidalgo-Calle鈥檚 specialties are in 20th and 21st century peninsular Spanish literature, Spanish poetry and Latin American literature as well as foreign language teaching and Spanish culture. She teaches all levels of Spanish language, culture and literature. She also publishes in the field of literary translation and women's literature.Professional and Community Activities
Hidalgo-Calle's research deals with 20th and 21st century Spanish writers and poets. She has published four books. Her first, Elementos Populares y Existencialistas en la Poes铆a de Rafael Montesinos (Existencial and Popular Elements in the Poetry of Rafael Montesinos) (2006), presents a study of the poetic works of Spanish poet Rafael Montesinos. The second, 脷ltimo Cuerpo de Campanas (The Last Toll of the Bells) (2006), presents a collection of Rafael Montesinos鈥 poems translated from Spanish into English. This was written along with Mark Putnam. A third book, with Putnam, entitled A Study of Twenty-First Century Andalusian Poetry (2016), introduces seven 21st century Spanish women poets, Juana Castro, Rosa Diaz, Paloma Fern谩ndez Gom谩, Mar铆a Rosal, Mar铆a del Valle Rubio, Pilar Sanabria and Mar铆a Sanz, from the region of Andaluc铆a, Spain, and includes representative poems from each poet in Spanish and translated into English. Most recently, with Mark Putnam, Hidalgo-Calle has published More Andalusian Women Poets. The Artistry of Southern Spain (2017). The text presents seven additional 21st century Spanish women poets, Matilde Cabello, Araceli Franco, In茅s Mar铆a Guzm谩n, Mar铆a del Carmen Guzm谩n, Isabel P茅rez Montalb谩n, Balbina Prior and Ana Patricia Santaella from the region of Andaluc铆a and includes representative poems from each poet in Spanish and translated into English.Hidalgo-Calle has also published multiple scholarly articles in the field of Spanish literature and frequently gives presentations at regional and national conferences. She is an ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Certified Oral Proficiency Interview Tester and a member of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and several other professional organizations, including the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) and SCOLT (Southern Conference on Language Teaching), where she is an advisory council member. She is also a member of the editorial board of the prestigious Revista Literaria Baquiana.