Olga Bezhanova
Description
Olga Bezhanova is an Associate Professor of Spanish Literature at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Dr. Bezhanova’s research interests include gender, nationalism, literature of crisis, and Basque literature. Her articles have appeared in Romance Quarterly, Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Hispanófila, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos, Letras hispanas, Anales galdosianos, etc. Her book Growing Up in an Inhospitable World: Female Bildungsroman in Spain was awarded the Victoria Urbano Prize for the Best Critical Monograph by the Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica. Dr. Bezhanova’s second book titled Literature of Crisis: Spain’s Engagement with Liquid Capital was published by Bucknell University Press in the Fall of 2017. Her teaching emphasizes the historic achievements of the Basque culture and its contribution to world literature, economy, politics, and visual arts.
Education:
M.A. Hispanic Studies – McGill University, 2003
PhD Spanish and Portuguese – Yale University, 2008