Taylor Leigh | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Taylor Leigh

Modern & Classical Languages Librarian

Taylor is the Modern & Classical Languages Librarian at UK Libraries. He provides library instruction for the departments of Hispanic Studies and Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, conducts outreach to to other campus units and the broader community, and co-manages the Wilson Endowment for Mexicana. He is the co-founder of the Kentucky Hispanic Heritage Project and the lead investigator of the Apoyo KY oral history series.

Contact Information

taylor.c.leigh@uky.edu

2-5 Young Library

Education

Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies (Brown University)
Masters of Library and Information Science (University of Rhode Island)
Master of Arts in Spanish (University of Georgia)
Bachelor of Arts in History and Spanish (University of Georgia)

Affiliations

Hispanic Studies
Modern & Classical Languages Literatures & Cultures
Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
UK Libraries

Selected Publications

Selected Publications:

Leigh, Taylor. "Lecciones de la historia (literaria): la recepción y mediación de la literatura española por parte de George Ticknor." George Ticknor y la fundación del hispanismo en Estados Unidos, edited by José M. del Pino. Madrid: Iberoamericana, 2022, pp. 143-171.

Leigh, Taylor and Adán Griego. "Iberian Studies Librarianship." Handbook for European Studies Librarians, edited by Brian Vetruba and Heidi Madden. Minneapolis: Minnesota Libraries Publishing Services, 2022. (Forthcoming)

Leigh, Taylor. American Cultural Anxiety and the Beginnings of Hispanism: George Ticknor Reads Spanish Literature. 2018. Brown University, Ph.D. Dissertation.