Corporate Communication/Spanish major, Erin Sanislo, will present her research on the Camino de Santiago in a convocation program Monday, November 6, in JAAC 1034.

The Camino de Santiago is the crown jewel of modern-day pilgrimage experiences. Pilgrims from across the world journey to the north of Spain to seek miracles, faith, personal transformation, and recreation on this iconic route dating back to the ninth century.

Sanislo spent five months researching the Camino de Santiago on-site at its terminus in Santiago de Compostelan. As part of the research, she walked a 116-kilometer section of the pilgrimage. Her thesis, “The Making of the Modern Pilgrim,” uses a dialectical lens to explore contemporary motives of pilgrims that relate to personal and cultural identity development, and pilgrims’ perceptions of authenticity on the Camino.