Guest Lecture: Dr. Antonio Pedrós‑Gascón

Associate Professor Dr. Antonio Pedrós‑Gascón (Colorado State University), an internationally recognized scholar of Peninsular literature, will deliver a lecture on Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer, one of the key feminist voices of the 19th‑century transatlantic world.

Dr. Pedrós‑Gascón currently leads the scholarly edition of Gimeno de Flaquer’s Complete Works, a major contribution to the recovery of this influential yet underrecognized figure whose writing reached audiences in Mexico, Spain, and Argentina. In addition to this project, he has published widely on 19th‑ and 20th‑century Spanish literature.

Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer—director of El Álbum de la Mujer (Mexico, 1883–1890) and El Álbum Ibero-Americano (Madrid, 1890–1909)—authored more than a dozen books, several novels, and over 1,000 articles. She was also the first person to advocate publicly for feminism at the Ateneo de Madrid.

This lecture will introduce Gimeno de Flaquer’s life and work, highlighting her importance for contemporary conversations in feminism, literary history, and theory.