About Me
Vincent Barletta is a writer and tenured Stanford University associate professor of Comparative Literature and Iberian and Latin American Cultures. He is also an associate faculty member of the Center for African Studies, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, as well as a research associate at the university's Europe Center.
Barletta's principal research and teaching interests are medieval and early modern Iberian literature, Iberian Islam, Portuguese literature, literature and linguistic anthropology, as well as literature and philosophy.
Barletta has authored multiple novels. His recent book is titled Rhythm: Form and Disposition (Chicago, 2020). The book examines rhythm across three historical periods, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Other books include Covert Gestures, Crypto-Islamic Literature as Cultural Practice in Early Modern Spain (University of Minnesota, 2005) and Death in Babylon: Alexander the Great and the Iberian Empire in the Muslim Orient (University of California Press, 2007). (Chicago, 2010). Covert Gestures won the La corónica book prize in 2007.
Vincent Barletta is a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the Kay Philips Award for Outstanding Adult Ally, Youth Community Service for 2019-2020. He has also obtained various scholarships for research and instructional collaboration.
Vincent Barletta finished his postdoctoral studies in the Anthropology Department at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2001. In 1998, he earned a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures.
Between 1989 and 1990, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco, teaching English as a Second Language to Moroccan Arabic and French speakers. He graduated with honors from St. Mary's College of California with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
Since 2013, Barletta has taught in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Department of Iberian and Latin American Cultures at Stanford University. In addition, he has taught at Stanford's Department of Religious Studies, Program in Jewish Studies, Program in African Studies, and Department of Art History.
Prior to joining Stanford University, Professor Barletta was an assistant professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 2001 to 2006.
Vincent Barletta, who has a passion for languages, is fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. In addition to being proficient in French and Italian, he has spent years studying Hebrew, Latin, Classical Greek, and Arabic in the course of his research. His capacity to acquire new languages is outstanding, and he continues to advance his education through study.
In terms of achievements, Vincent Barletta is most pleased with the fellowship he got from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2021. In the same year, he was awarded the Stanford Enhanced Sabbatical Fellowship in Humanities and Arts. He has received the Stanford DLCL Collaborative Teaching Grant and the Stanford DLCL Research Grant on many occasions, most recently in 2019 for the "South of the South" project.
Professor Barletta earned the Kay Philips Award for Outstanding Adult Ally, Youth Community Service (a community service organization in the San Francisco Bay Area) in 2020, and he was on the Fulbright Specialist Program in American Studies faculty roster from 2016 and 2018. He has vast experience in both teaching and publishing. His writing may be found all around the world, and he is constantly seeking new ways to contribute.
Barletta delivers considerable expertise, commitment, and professionalism to the students he teaches and mentors as a university professor. He believes in advocating for college freshmen and underrepresented minorities. In addition, he is dedicated to establishing connections between the humanities (particularly the study of literature) and the environment. Climate change is a concern that will affect the lives of today's youth, and he recognizes the significance of continuing to raise awareness about the issue.
Vincent Barletta devotes his time and energy to improving the lives of employees when he is not teaching, and he is a dedicated advocate for policies that defend workers' rights. Safe working conditions are crucial to everyone's health and wellbeing, and he advocates for those without a voice.
Barletta's love of languages led him to poetry, which he enjoys reading and writing in his spare time. Additionally, he is a lifetime jazz enthusiast who shares his passion with others.
Vincent Barletta is an instructor, mentor, and prolific author. His work spans decades and is available internationally on a vast array of subjects. His contributions to linguistics and literature are extensive and have been published in numerous languages. Barletta is involved in his neighborhood, and he is always looking for opportunities to introduce others to books and the wider world.
Barletta's principal research and teaching interests are medieval and early modern Iberian literature, Iberian Islam, Portuguese literature, literature and linguistic anthropology, as well as literature and philosophy.
Barletta has authored multiple novels. His recent book is titled Rhythm: Form and Disposition (Chicago, 2020). The book examines rhythm across three historical periods, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Other books include Covert Gestures, Crypto-Islamic Literature as Cultural Practice in Early Modern Spain (University of Minnesota, 2005) and Death in Babylon: Alexander the Great and the Iberian Empire in the Muslim Orient (University of California Press, 2007). (Chicago, 2010). Covert Gestures won the La corónica book prize in 2007.
Vincent Barletta is a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the Kay Philips Award for Outstanding Adult Ally, Youth Community Service for 2019-2020. He has also obtained various scholarships for research and instructional collaboration.
Vincent Barletta finished his postdoctoral studies in the Anthropology Department at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2001. In 1998, he earned a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures.
Between 1989 and 1990, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco, teaching English as a Second Language to Moroccan Arabic and French speakers. He graduated with honors from St. Mary's College of California with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
Since 2013, Barletta has taught in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Department of Iberian and Latin American Cultures at Stanford University. In addition, he has taught at Stanford's Department of Religious Studies, Program in Jewish Studies, Program in African Studies, and Department of Art History.
Prior to joining Stanford University, Professor Barletta was an assistant professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 2001 to 2006.
Vincent Barletta, who has a passion for languages, is fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. In addition to being proficient in French and Italian, he has spent years studying Hebrew, Latin, Classical Greek, and Arabic in the course of his research. His capacity to acquire new languages is outstanding, and he continues to advance his education through study.
In terms of achievements, Vincent Barletta is most pleased with the fellowship he got from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2021. In the same year, he was awarded the Stanford Enhanced Sabbatical Fellowship in Humanities and Arts. He has received the Stanford DLCL Collaborative Teaching Grant and the Stanford DLCL Research Grant on many occasions, most recently in 2019 for the "South of the South" project.
Professor Barletta earned the Kay Philips Award for Outstanding Adult Ally, Youth Community Service (a community service organization in the San Francisco Bay Area) in 2020, and he was on the Fulbright Specialist Program in American Studies faculty roster from 2016 and 2018. He has vast experience in both teaching and publishing. His writing may be found all around the world, and he is constantly seeking new ways to contribute.
Barletta delivers considerable expertise, commitment, and professionalism to the students he teaches and mentors as a university professor. He believes in advocating for college freshmen and underrepresented minorities. In addition, he is dedicated to establishing connections between the humanities (particularly the study of literature) and the environment. Climate change is a concern that will affect the lives of today's youth, and he recognizes the significance of continuing to raise awareness about the issue.
Vincent Barletta devotes his time and energy to improving the lives of employees when he is not teaching, and he is a dedicated advocate for policies that defend workers' rights. Safe working conditions are crucial to everyone's health and wellbeing, and he advocates for those without a voice.
Barletta's love of languages led him to poetry, which he enjoys reading and writing in his spare time. Additionally, he is a lifetime jazz enthusiast who shares his passion with others.
Vincent Barletta is an instructor, mentor, and prolific author. His work spans decades and is available internationally on a vast array of subjects. His contributions to linguistics and literature are extensive and have been published in numerous languages. Barletta is involved in his neighborhood, and he is always looking for opportunities to introduce others to books and the wider world.
