Rate My Professor Humberto Huergo

Humberto Huergo is Professor of Spanish in the Department of Spanish at Carleton College, where he has served since 1988, progressing from Instructor (1988–1992) to Assistant Professor (1993–1996), Associate Professor (1997–2004), and Full Professor (2005–present). He holds a B.A. magna cum laude in Spanish from Columbia College (1981), an M.A. in Spanish from Columbia University (1983), an M.A. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Princeton University (1986), and a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Princeton University (1992).

Huergo's research centers on the intersections of literature, art, and photography in Spanish Golden Age and modern periods, with particular emphasis on the Baroque poet Luis de Góngora, Flemish painting influences, avant-garde movements, and photographic theory in Spain. Notable publications include 'Algunos lugares oscuros de las Soledades de Góngora: Notas sobre el pasaje de la cetrería' (Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 2010), 'Las Soledades de Góngora: "lienço" de Flandes o "pintura valiente"?' (2001), '“De una encina embebido en lo cóncavo”. Las Soledades y la iconografía eremítica' (2019), 'El zurrón de Polifemo. Naturaleza y alegoría en el Polifemo de Góngora' (2006), 'Madrid como obra de arte. Escritos sobre fotografía en la España de Ramón Gómez de la Serna, 1911–1947' (2023), and the forthcoming 'Madrid / Berlín: Der Querschnitt y la vanguardia española' (Casimiro, Fall 2026). He has received Faculty Development Endowment Grants from Carleton College, including in 1994. Huergo has delivered extensive guest lectures and conference papers internationally, such as 'Ramón y la fotografía' at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid (2023), 'Salvador Dalí’s Theory of Photography' at Kutztown University (2020), and contributions to Góngora symposia in 2027 at the University of Córdoba and the National Library of Spain. He teaches courses including SPAN 331: Spanish Baroque, SPAN 322: Art and Literature in Seventeenth-Century Spain, SPAN 328: The Roaring Twenties: Spain, 1916–1936, and SPAN 349: Four Masters of Spanish Art, and directs the Spanish Studies in Madrid program.