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This is the first volume fully dedicated to Iberoamerican neomedievalisms. It examines “the Middle Ages\" and its uses in Iberoamerica: the Spanish and Portuguese American postcolonies. It is an especially timely topic as scholars in neomedievalism studies become increasingly conscious that the field has different trajectories outside Europe and beyond the English-speaking world. The collection provides needed alternatives to the by-now standardized understanding of neomedievalism as allied to nationalism, nostalgia, xenophobia, origin stories, elitism, and white Christian identity. It dislocates the field from its established trends and finds generative, yet unexplored examples of neomedievalism: political, religious, literary, and gendered. The volume will be of interest to established scholars of neomedievalism studies, to scholars of Latin America, and to the new and growing generation of students and colleagues interested in truly global neomedievalist studies.

This is the first volume fully dedicated to Iberoamerican neomedievalisms. It examines 'The Middle Ages' and its uses in Iberoamerica: the Spanish and Portuguese American postcolonies. It is an especially timely topic as scholars in neomedievalism studies become increasingly conscious that the field has different trajectories outside Europe and beyond the English-speaking world. The collection provides needed alternatives to the by-now standardized understanding of neomedievalism as allied to nationalism, nostalgia, xenophobia, origin stories, elitism, and white Christian identity. It dislocates the field from its established trends and finds generative, yet unexplored examples of neomedievalism: political, religious, literary, and gendered. The volume will be of interest to established scholars of neomedievalism studies, to scholars of Latin America, and to the new and growing generation of students and colleagues interested in truly global neomedievalist studies.

TWENTIETH-CENTURY SCHOLARSHIP ON the Iberian Middle Ages commonly includes references to Latin America, and these references are frequently found in the writings of Spanish scholars. The two most cited Spanish medievalists of the twentieth century are Américo Castro (1885–1972) and Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz (1893–1984). Both explicitly acknowledged that they thought of their projects as being highly relevant for Latin America. This region did not exist in the minds of medieval Iberians, and its place in studies of this era is a product of the controversial positioning of Latin America as a peripheral extension of Spain. Once independence severed the

Twentieth-century scholarship on the Iberian Middle Ages commonly includes references to Latin America, and these references are frequently found in the writings of Spanish scholars. The two most cited Spanish medievalists of the twentieth century are Américo Castro (1885–1972) and Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz (1893–1984). Both explicitly acknowledged that they thought of their projects as being highly relevant for Latin America. This region did not exist in the minds of medieval Iberians, and its place in studies of this era is a product of the controversial positioning of Latin America as a peripheral extension of Spain. Once independence severed the political knot tying Spain with Latin America, some scholars, hispanistas, emphasized and strengthened other forms of bonds that, in their minds, still linked Iberia and Latin America. The central claim of this mentality, hispanismo, is that a common spirit inspires every single nation whose first language is Castilian Spanish. Hispanismo situates Madrid, the metropole, in a privileged position to draw the contours and characteristics of the purportedly great Hispanic spirit. The most visible vector uniting Spain with its former colonies is the Castilian language, which thus becomes the most potent manifestation of an assumed shared legacy and soul. Because of the centrality of the Castilian language to the hispanista project, the Middle Ages, the era in which this common language is born, comes to the fore as a Romanticized origin myth for Spain and, more broadly, for the Hispanic spirit that supposedly continued to thrive in Latin America.When hispanistas write about the Middle Ages, they cast Spain in the role of primus inter pares among the nations of the Spanish-speaking world. Naturally, anti-hispanistas counter this ideology in their writings about the Middle Ages. One such anti-hispanista was Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986). This article will explore how his 1939 story “La busca de Averroes” (Averroes's Search) challenges hispanismo. Although set in twelfth-century al-Andalus, the story alludes to the incipient version of Spanish spoken in the streets of Iberia. The first paragraph notably mentions that “Averroes” feels “Spain.” The mention of Spain and of the Spanish language in a story written in Spanish is far from incidental—an aspect of the tale that has not received the scholarly attention it deserves.This area of study has not been explored in-depth, largely because Latin American approaches to the Iberian Middle Ages themselves have been overlooked.

Purpose Review the literature to update the MASCC guidelines from 2016 for controlling nausea and vomiting with systemic cancer treatment of low and minimal emetic potential. Methods A working group performed a systematic literature review using Medline, Embase, and Scopus databases between June 2015 and January 2023 of the management of antiemetic prophylaxis for anticancer therapy of low or minimal emetic potential. A consensus committee reviewed recommendations and required a consensus of 67% or greater and a change in outcome of at least 10%. Results Of 293 papers identified, 15 had information about managing systemic cancer treatment regimens of low or minimal emetic potential and/or compliance with previous management recommendations. No new evidence was reported that would change the current MASCC recommendations. No antiemetic prophylaxis is recommended for minimal emetic potential therapy, and single agents recommended for low emetic potential chemotherapy for acute emesis, but no prophylaxis is recommended for delayed emesis. Commonly, rescue medication includes antiemetics prescribed for the next higher level of emesis. Conclusion There is insufficient data to change the current guidelines. Future studies should seek to more accurately determine the risk of emesis with LEC beyond the emetogenicity of the chemotherapy to include patient-related risk assessment.

PurposeTo promote nationwide dissemination and implementation of COVID-19 Risk Assessment and Safety Management Operational Guidelines, drawn up by SAMeR Task Force in ART centers in Argentina. Our objective is to prevent and mitigate the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at an institutional level, while reducing the risk of infection among both physicians and patients in the context of a critical scenario in the local and Latin American healthcare system.MethodsSAMeR Executive Committee set up a crisis committee which was made up of specialists in reproductive medicine, embryology, and healthcare management. A critical and updated review of the advances in science, documents, and recommendations released by other societies (ASRM, ESHRE, IFFS, Red LARA, societies of anesthesiologists, infectious diseases, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration—OSHA) was carried out. Likewise, there were joint meetings with the Ministry of Health of Argentina in order to draw up the guidelines. Simultaneously, ongoing medical training was carried out, thus providing added value to them, including two status surveys of the activities of the monovalent and polyvalent centers according to the country’s epidemiological mapping. Four additional recommendations were made, and online training was given to healthcare workers. The aforementioned regulations were first analyzed by the healthcare providers and their practical suggestions were then added to the guidelines.ResultsThe one-off collaborative work and the actions coordinated with the National ART Program of the Ministry of Health of Argentina resulted in the development and implementation of the present COVID-19 Risk Assessment and Safety Management Operational Guidelines at a national level. SAMeR gave recommendations for the implementation of the Management Guidelines for the center reopening, providing new safety criteria against the threat of viral contagion. A new organizational culture was promoted through the awareness of all the healthcare workers and teaching responsibility. We continue working on the compliance with a new “Code of Conduct and Commitment in Healthcare” and with workplace safety measures. We helped with transforming the theoretical knowledge into practical measures for the healthcare workers in different services, with the aim to prevent, mitigate, and/or handle contingencies at the centers/services and gamete banks, in line with the actions agreed upon with the Ministry of Health.ConclusionsAs an extraordinary and uncertain event, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic helped consolidate a volunteer-based and collaborative panel of SAMeR experts who developed the COVID-19 Risk Assessment and Safety Management Operational Guidelines as a new and readily available tool for physicians, patients, and gamete banks care. Their implementation has provided specific guidelines to minimize risk for professionals in ART clinics, as well as guaranteeing patient safety.