Michael Kidd

Professor,
Languages
Dir., Medieval Studies

CB 99
612-330-1206
kidd@augsburg.edu

¡Hola! Et salve!

Before coming to Augsburg in 2008, I taught at St. Olaf, Macalester, Carleton, and the University of New Mexico. I love Augsburg’s urban location, its emphasis on global citizenship, and its unique Medieval Studies program.

With academic training in Romance Studies and Classics, I teach a broad array of courses in European literature, Latin, and Spanish. My research interests range across the medieval and early modern periods. I am currently focused on the transition from late antique to early medieval culture, particularly the writings of Boethius, Cassiodorus, and Isidore of Seville.

In addition to my positions in Languages and Cross-Cultural Studies and Medieval Studies, I collaborate closely with the Departments of English and Theater, with the M.F.A. program, and with the Center for Global Education. I am also a literary translator and creative writer. Feel free to follow me on Twitter @prof_kidd!

Education

  • B.A. magna cum laude, Pomona College, 1990
  • Ph.D., Cornell University, 1995

Honors and Distinctions

  • Colorado Endowment for the Humanities Publication Prize, 2004
  • American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, 2001
  • Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities, 1990-95
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1990

Courses

  • ENL 360: The Classical Tradition
  • ENL 361: The Medieval World
  • HUM 120: Medieval Life in 12th-Century Europe (a.k.a. “Medieval Connections”)
  • LAT 101-102: Beginning Latin I & II
  • SPA 111-112: Beginning Spanish I & II
  • SPA 211-212: Intermediate Spanish I & II
  • SPA 248: Spanish and Latin American Culture through Film
  • SPA 295: Translation Theory and Practice
  • SPA 311: Spanish Conversation and Composition
  • SPA 312: Spanish Expression
  • SPA 331: Spanish Civilization and Culture
  • SPA 352-353: Survey of Spanish Literature I & II
  • SPA 354: Representative Hispanic Authors
  • SPA 356: Latin American Literature

Selected Publications

BOOKS

ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Favorite literary Quotes

Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt.

—Virgil

Rapiebant me spectacula theatrica, plena imaginibus miserarium mearum et fomitibus ignis mei.

—St. Augustine

Quid igitur, O mortales, extra petitis intra vos positam felicitatem?

—Boethius

De los sos ojos tan fuertemientre llorando, tornava la cabeça e estávalos catando.

—Poem of the Cid

¿Qué pasado bien no es sueño?

—Pedro Calderón de la Barca

La puerta del teatro no se cierra nunca.

—Federico García Lorca

Take one of my courses to learn more, or follow me on Twitter @prof_kidd!