![]() ![]() A selection of words and phrases, quoted directly from people who know him well, bear out the incongruity. In none of its meanings does the word retirement or any of its variants apply easily to him. There can certainly be no more inappropriate-seeming combination of name and noun than this, especially for those who know David. We would also like to thank Professor Alison Booth, and Jeremy Boggs of the UVA Scholar’s Lab, Lauren Work of UVA’s Simpson Library, along with Kris Shaffer of the University of Mary Washington’s Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies for their guidance on this project.ĭavid T. We would like to to thank all of the contributors to the site, as well as those who responded to a survey to help us collect information for our visualizations. ![]() ![]() We also have mapped his professional networks of colleagues and students, which radiate from Charlottesville across the world.ĭavid’s colleague David Haberly remarked in his post that David “is simultaneously enlightened and romantic in all the best senses of the terms.” He is head and heart, and we hope this site is not only able to give that sense of David Gies, but also to reflect our love and admiration back to him. We use Voyant text analysis tools to compare posts on the site from different categories to reveal his impact in various settings. Lastly, the section “Visualizing David’s Impact” uses some digital humanities tools to look a his career in some different ways. We’ve collected the many photographs submitted into several photo galleries. These contributions of text, images, and video are searchable by various categories: by institutions (Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas for example), by relationships (former students for example), by institutions (University of Virginia for example), and by author. They also document David’s important contributions to the university, his field of of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Peninsular Spanish studies, and to the creation of the strong academic programs of study that the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese offers today. The greetings, memories, and tributes posted from many of David’s colleagues, students, and friends collectively speak to his influence on the University of Virginia, Hispanism, and the Charlottesville community. Thus the impetus for this site, which was coordinated by Jeff Bersett and Betsy Lewis.Ī biographical sketch gives an overview of David’s accomplishments and the many accolades he has earned, while his curriculum vitae gives an even more detailed view of his impressive productivity and contributions to UVA and the profession. He just wanted to hear from his colleagues, students and friends, “on a blog” he suggested. “They’re expensive and no one reads those anyway!” he exclaimed. When we approached David about organizing a festschrift volume in his honor, his response was that he didn’t want one. It does not store any personal data.This site was created in celebration of David Gies, Commonwealth Professor of Spanish, upon his retirement from the University of Virginia, where he has served for almost four decades as professor of Spanish literature and culture academic advisor to countless undergraduate and graduate students Chair of the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese Chair of the Faculty Senate and Dean of Semester at Sea, among many other roles. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. ![]()
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