About the Journal

Focus and scope

Founded in 2002 by Jenaro Talens (Université de Genève), the Boletín Hispánico Helvético (BHH) journal is the official publication of the Sociedad Suiza de Estudios Hispánicos (SSEH). For twenty years (2002-2022), in addition to providing information on the activities carried out within Swiss Hispanism, the Boletín Hispánico Helvético offered a space for the diffusion of Hispanism in its various theoretical, methodological and hermeneutic trends, representing its multiple fields of interest (literary, linguistic, historical and cultural research). It also served as a publication platform for young Hispanists, encouraging them in their research work.

From 2011 to 2022 Marco Kunz (Université de Lausanne) took over the editorship of the journal, before handing it over to Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr (Universität Basel) and Bénédicte Vauthier (Universität Bern).

In 2024, after a one-year break, the BHHD resumes its journey in digital format only. The journal will be published annually in the fall. To better respond to the new expectations and needs of Hispanism – both Swiss and international - the journal has been restructured around four sections:

  1. "Encounters of Swiss Hispanism"
  2. "Thematic Dossier"
  3. "Young Hispanists in Switzerland"
  4. "Varia".

Each issue has its own table of contents..

The first section,  "Encounters of Swiss Hispanism," will continue to publish articles presented in Switzerland during the annual scientific meeting—"Jornada"—supported by the SSEH and the SAGW/ASSH (Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften/ Académie suisse des sciences humaines et sociales).

The second section will feature a "Thematic Dossier" with 4 to 8 contributions on linguistics or Hispanic literatures and cultures.

The third section, dedicated to "Young Hispanists in Switzerland", will highlight the work of young researchers representing Hispanism in Switzerland. It will present concise summaries of excellent master's theses and unpublished contributions by doctoral and postdoctoral students.

Although the Boletín Hispánico Helvético remains a subsidiary body of the SSEH, the fourth and last section, "Varia", will continue to welcome works by Hispanists from other areas of the world, as long as they are unpublished and written in Spanish.