After receiving his DPhil at Oxford (1984), Professor Weiss held positions at the Universities of Liverpool, Virginia, and Oregon (where he was Head of Romance Languages), and was appointed to King’s in 2001. An associated staff member of the Programme in Comparative Literature, Julian is also member of the international research group Seminario de Poética Europea del Renacimiento, based at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He is on the editorial or advisory boards of several international journals and publishers (such as Tamesis), and between 2007-10, served as Director of the Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies, King’s College London (2007-10), and continues to be general editor of the Centre’s publication series, King´s College London Medieval Studies.
My contribution to the Iberian Connections workshop is about the connections that are made between times, places and peoples through the medium of the printed book.