Historiography of literature (Early Modern Spanish Literature, Lope de Vega), Drama paedagogics (Ben Jonson, English Renaissance Drama, John Fletcher, John Lyly, Shakespeare), Empires and colonies (Age of Discovery, Colonialism, Early Imperialism, The New World), History of criticism (Poetics), Latin and South America in general (Colonial Latin American Literature, European visions of Latin America), Literary epochs (El Siglo de Oro, Renaissance, The Baroque), Literary genres (Drama, Tragicomedy), Philosophy of law (Francisco de Vitoria, Natural rights, Sovereignty, Utopia)