[2][3] Many of her books and articles present for discussion the mystical literature and religious practices of Spain, renaissance and medieval (including al-Andalus), i.e., both Christian and Muslim.
Evidently, this trail continues on, eventually leading also to the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
Professor Luce López-Baralt received her Bachelor of Arts in Hispanic Studies from the Universidad de Puerto Rico, her Masters in Romance Literature from New York University, and her Doctorate in Romance Literature from Harvard University.
In 2014 she was honored by Felipe VI, who made her Commander by Number of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, which grants her the distinction of using the honorary prefix "Her Most Illustrious Lord".
The investiture ceremony, presided by the consul-general Tomás Rodríguez-Pantoja Márquez, and was held at Casa de España on October 31.