Dr. José Eduardo Villalobos Graillet
Assistant Professor, Spanish
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2022
José Eduardo Villalobos Graillet is an Assistant Professor of Spanish who specializes in Modern Peninsular Literature and Culture, with a focus on visual culture (film and television). He has authored the book La Celestina y el cine. Censura y recepción (1969-1996) (Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2023). His current research includes studying the international film and televisual adaptations of La Celestina; the censorship and reception of the Spanish film Las melancólicas (1971) directed by Rafael Moreno Alba; and the representation of cannibalistic gastronomy in La semana del asesino (1972), directed by Eloy de la Iglesia and The Horror of Dolores Roach (2023) directed by Aaron Mark.
At Idaho State University, Dr. Villalobos Graillet teaches various courses for the Spanish undergraduate program, including Elementary Spanish, Spanish for Heritage Speakers, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, and Survey of Spanish Literature and Culture. For the graduate program in Spanish, he teaches courses such as Film and Franquismo, The Cinema of Almodóvar, Gastronomy in Hispanic Film and Literature, Spain’s Contemporary History through Graphic Novels, Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Film Adaptation, Rural Spain, Spain in Eurovision, and Contemporary Spanish Cinema.
Dr. Villalobos Graillet’s website: https://hispanismo.cervantes.es/hispanistas/284495/villalobos-graillet-jose-eduardo