Bryzys, Wiktoria
Wiktoria Bryzys
Visiting Lecturer, Spanish Language Program
Wiktoria Bryzys
Ph.D.
Contact
Lyons Hall 307D
Telephone: 617-552-3518
Email: wiktoria.bryzys@bc.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Boston University, Hispanic Language and Literatures
- M.A., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Literary Studies
- B.A., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spanish Language and Literature
Research Interests
Personification and the Poetics of Place; Cities, Ruins, and Memory in Medieval Iberia; Spanish Language and Literature Pedagogy; Spanish Theater and Performance; Literary Translation
Department
Articles and Book Chapters
“La agencia de Sancho IV en la transmisión del saber: Del Libro del tesoro al Lucidario” (in press). Monographic issue on “Orthodoxy in the Age of Sancho IV.” La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Vol. 53, no. 1, 2024.
“Miguel Servet en la tragedia ‘compleja’ de Alfonso Sastre: esperpentización del distanciamiento brechtiano.” Talía: Revista de estudios teatrales, vol. 5, 2023, pp. 5–10.
“Releyendo Fuente Ovejuna en el siglo XXI”. In Fuente Ovejuna (1619-2019):
pervivencia de un mito universal, Javier Huerta Calvo (coord.), IDEA, 2019, pp. 383–390.
TRANSLATIONS
Torres-Bartyzel, Claudia. “Mi vida con Juan Manuel”. Translated by Wiktoria Bryzys. In Obras completas de Juan Manuel Torres. Traducciones y correspondencia, Mónica Braun (coord.), José Luis Nogales Baena (ed.), Nieve de Chamoy, vol. 2, 2020, pp. 339–349.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Consuming the Ruin: The Ethics of Lament in Andalusi City Elegies.” 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies, 14-16 May 2026, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.
“Valencia del Cid y Balansiya de al-Waqqashī: Heterotopía en la Estoria de España.” 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies, 8-10 May 2025, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.“Personified City in ‘Abenámar, Abenámar’ and Arabic Poetry.” Urban and Rural Spaces. 5th Annual Summer Institute 2024 el taller @ kjcc, 24-28 June 2024, NYU Madrid, Spain.
“A Career-Oriented Skill: Development of Presentational Competence in ELE.” Romance Studies Department, 31 August-1 September 2023, Boston University.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Bloom Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Boston University, Spring 2026.
BUCH Graduate Dissertation Fellowship, Center for the Humanities, Boston University, Fall 2025.
Nancy F. Marino Award for Best Essay in Hispanomedieval Studies at the International Congress on
Medieval Studies, La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures & Cultures,
2025.
Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Boston University, 2023.
Robert Fitzgerald Prize in Literary Translation, College of Arts & Sciences, Boston University, 2022.