Christina Hyo-Jung Lee is a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Acting Director of the Humanities Council for the academic year 2025-26.
Her research focuses on the literary, social, and cultural productions of Iberian Spain and the Spanish Transpacific during the early modern period. Her most recent book, “Saints of Resistance: Devotions in the Philippines under Early Spanish Rule,” examines the lives and interactions of popular saints and their devotees in the Spanish Philippines from the 16th to the early 18th century.
She is also the author of “The Anxiety of Sameness in Early Modern Spain” and editor of the collection of essays “Western Visions of the Far East in a Transpacific Age.” She is co-editor of the two volumes of “The Spanish Pacific, 1521-1815: A Reader of Primary Sources,” “Reading and Writing Subjects in Medieval and Golden Age Spain,” and co-editor of the global history book series “Connected Histories in the Early Modern World.”
Read her full biography on the Department of Spanish and Portuguese website.
