Prof. Yohanan Bar Yafe Szemiñski (Jan Szemiñski) is an Ethno-historian, specialized in Andean (Inca) oral tradition, history of the Inca Empire, and colonial history of the Inca. His current research includes the geographical limits of the Inca world, the use of Andean languages as a historical source for cultural changes from the 15th to the 20th century, and the construction of a colonial Quechua database (at the present it includes 102,000 items).

Research Interests: Contemporary Latin American Literature and Literary Theory.

Research Interests: Brazilian literature, Spanish literature, Portuguese language

Ruth Fine is Salomon and Victoria Cohen Professor in Iberian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her fields of expertise are semiotics, literary theory and Iberian literatures and cultures, areas in which she has published books and articles.

Research Interests: Comparative Politics and Political Economy of Latin America, Federalism and Decentralization, Political Representation, Institutional Design, Clientelism and Patronage, European Union-Latin American Relations.

Research Interests: Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature; Literature and Medicine; Cultural Representations of Madness; The Semitic Heritage of the Iberian Peninsula in Early Modernity; Converso and Morisco Literature.

Research Interests: Middle Eastern Migration to Latin America, History of Colombia, Diplomatic History, Cultural Diplomacy.
Scholarship: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Scholarship Program 2021-2022.
Supervisor: Dr. Claudia Kedar

Research Interests: The works of Cervantes; Iberian frontier literature during the Middle Ages; the symbiosis of Counter Reformation art and Spanish Golden Age drama; Comparative Baroque literature; Heterodox and converso thought and literature
Supervisor: Prof. Ruth Fine