Model of the city
Model of the city
Theatre
Calle Colegios
Facade University of Alcalá de Henares
Thanks to the "Giner de los Ríos" fellowship, I can work on my Reading Mickey Project at the ancient university city of Alcalá de Henares, east of Madrid. I'll be doing archival research for my postdoctoral project "Reading Mickey" and preparing my ACLA talk "Distant and Close Reading Mickey Magazines of 1935".
The city is the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes and the home of many, many storks. It boasts a seventeenth-century theatre, older than the Globe, called Corral de Comedias.
Archival research for my postdoctoral project "Reading Mickey"
3 - 4 October 2023 Fondazione Mondadori
October 2023 Biblioteca Centrale Ragazzi
19 October 2023 Interview with Fabio Gadducci
24 October 2023 Biblioteca Marucelliana in Florence
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore with the famous Brunelleschi dome
Entrance of the Biblioteca Marucelliana
The volume containing Topolino of 1939, held at the library.
Reading & Study Room at the Marucelliana library
Research Stay at the International Youth Library in Munich (23 July - 15 September 2023). The library is located in the wonderful Blutenburg Castle to the west of Munich, the library hosts an enormous collection of books, including magnificent pop up books, and has the best librarian on the planet, Nadine Zimmerman (picture above, right). You can learn more about my stay in this interview.