The Restoration Comedy Project

THE RESTORATION TEAM

(This information was last updated on 8 March 2008)

THE TEAM

Rafael Portillo is Professor of English Studies at the University of Sevilla, Spain, where he was first appointed as junior lecturer in 1978. He was previously a member of staff at the universities of Salamanca, Spain (1972-75) and Edinburgh, Scotland (1975-78). His main fields of research are Theory and Practice of Theatre and Drama; Medieval, Renaissance and Restoration Drama; Shakespeare Studies. He has directed and/or acted in numerous amateur university theatre productions, and has written several short plays for teenagers.

email: rafport@us.es

Juan A. Prieto-Pablos is Associate Professor of English Studies at the University of Sevilla, Spain, since 1980, where he teaches Text Analysis and Renaissance Literature. His main fields of research are Stylistics and Literary Theory, Renaissance and Restoration Literature.

email: ppablos@us.es

Manuel J. Gómez-Lara is Associate Professor of English Studies at the University of Sevilla, Spain, where he was first appointed as junior lecturer in 1980. He has also taught at the departments of Communication Studies in the Universities of Northwestern (1991) and Seattle (1998). His main fields of research are Stylistics; Medieval, Renaissance and Restoration Drama; public ceremonies and the Rhetoric of Cities; and popular Spanish music.

email: mjlara@us.es

María José Mora is Associate Professor of English Studies at the University of Sevilla, Spain, since 1987, where she teaches Medieval and Renaissance Literature, which are also her main fields of research.

email: sena@us.es

Juan Carlos Hidalgo is Associate Professor of English Studies at the University of Sevilla, Spain, since 1989. He has taught courses on Renaissance Literature, English and American Culture, and Cinema. His main fields of of interest besides the Renaissance are Contemporary Literature and Feminist and Queer Theory.

email: jhidalgo@siff.us.es

Rafael Vélez Núñez is Associate Professor of English Studies at the University of Cádiz, Spain, where he was first appointed as junior lecturer in 1992. His main fields of research are Renaissance and Restoration poetry and drama; courtly festivals; literature and music; gender studies.

email: rafael.velez@uca.es

Mercedes Salvador is Associate Professor of English Studies at the University of Sevilla Spain, where she started teaching in 1993. His main fields of research are Anglo-Saxon and Renaissance literature.

email: msalvador@siff.us.es

THE HELPING TEAM

Other people have kindly contributed in the development of the Restoration Comedy Database. These are their names:

Pilar Cuder, Assoc. Prof., Univ. Huelva; Sonia Villegas, Assoc. Prof., Univ. Huelva; Monica Gil, Graduate Student, Univ. Seville; Jean Lambert, Research Assistant, Anglia Polytechnic Univ. (Cambridge); Nuria Falla; José Enrique Gª Sevillano; Antonio Marchena; Ana Mª Marquez; A. Pereira; Ana Isabel Cabezas; David Cruz; Isabel Mª Mayorga; Carmen Camacho; Ana Asuero; Allende del Mar del Pino; Concha Fernández; Irene Ramos.

RESEARCH ON RESTORATION STUDIES

Research Projects

"Recuperación de textos dramáticos del periodo de la Restauración Inglesa (1660-1700)".
M.E.C., Progr. Sectorial de Promoción General del Conocimiento. 1997-2000.
Members: Juan A. Prieto Pablos, MªJ. Mora Sena, Rafael Portillo García, Manuel J. Gómez Lara.

"Comedia de la Restauración Inglesa (1660-1700): Catalogación y edición".
M.C. y T., Progr. Sectorial de Promoción General del Conocimiento. 2000-2003.
Members: Juan A. Prieto Pablos, MªJ. Mora Sena, Rafael Portillo García, Manuel J. Gómez Lara, Mercedes Salvador Bello, Juan Carlos Hidalgo Ciudad, Rafael Vélez Núñez.

"Comedia de la Restauración Inglesa (1660-1700): Edición y base de datos".
M.E.C., Progr. Sectorial de Promoción General del Conocimiento. 2004-2007.
Members: Juan A. Prieto Pablos, MªJ. Mora Sena, Rafael Portillo García, Manuel J. Gómez Lara, Rafael Vélez Núñez.

“Comedia de la Restauración inglesa: edición de textos y base de datos”.
M.E.C., Progr. Sectorial de Promoción General del Conocimiento. 2007- 2010.
Junta de Andalucía/P.A.I. Incentivos a Proyectos de Investigación de Excelencia.
Members: Juan A. Prieto Pablos, MªJ. Mora Sena, Rafael Portillo García, Manuel J. Gómez Lara, Rafael Vélez Núñez.

Postgraduate Courses

1987-89
Hacia una estilística del discurso amoroso en el drama inglés del siglo XVII (M.J. Gómez-Lara)

1993-94
Espectador público/Espectador privado en la literatura de la Restauración, 1660-1700 (M.J. Gómez-Lara, M.J. Mora, J.A. Prieto-Pablos)

1998-99
Restoration Tragedy (M.J. Gómez-Lara, M.J. Mora, J.A. Prieto-Pablos)

1999-2002
Restoration Comedy (M.J. Gómez-Lara, M.J. Mora, J.A. Prieto-Pablos)

2000-01
The Siege of Rhodes and English Musical Drama (R. Vélez)

2002-08
Restoration Comedy: a practical course on critical editions (M.J. Gómez-Lara, M.J. Mora, J.A. Prieto-Pablos)

Printed Research

Manuel J. Gomez Lara

"Discurso irónico en The Country Wife"

Actas del VI Congreso de AEDEAN (1984). 155-164.