Staff in Hispanic Studies
Lecturer in Catalan Studies
A native of Barcelona, I studied Hispanic Philology and completed the doctorate courses in Catalan Philology at the University of Barcelona. I arrived at the University of Birmingham in 2001 where I completed my doctoral thesis entitled ‘Intertextual dynamics in Gabriel Ferrater’s work: the role of English poetry’. I taught all levels of Catalan Language and content ...
Portuguese Language Instructor
Fátima Candé joined the department in January 2010.
Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
Dr Shelley Godsland is Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies and joined the department in April 2007. She previously worked at the University of Liverpool, Royal Holloway University of London, and Manchester Metropolitan University where she established and directed the Crime Fictions Research Centre and founded and managed the Crime Fictions Research Series of monographs and edited ...
Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
Conrad James teaches a range of courses on the literature, culture and social history of the Spanish Caribbean and its diasporas. His work focuses mainly on Cuban, Dominican and Dominican-American writers.
Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
I came to the University of Birmingham in September 2007. I previously worked at Michigan State University, The University of New Hampshire and The University of North Texas.
Galician Language and Culture Teaching Fellow
I came to the University of Birmingham with the aim of promoting the language, literature and culture of Galicia. I feel very fortunate that my work consists of sharing my own culture.
Professor of Hispanic Studies
My main teaching and research interests are in 20th and 21st century Spanish literature and cinema, although I have also an interest in the works of Jose Saramago, Felisberto Hernandez and the Spanish philosopher María Zambrano. Currently I am working on Spanish Republican Exile and the literature of the Spanish Civil War.
Spanish Language Tutor
Scholarly interests include the teaching and learning of Spanish as a foreign language, the design of Enquiry Based Learning activities, Blended Learning, the use of technology to promote teaching and learning, and the promotion of autonomous learning.
I have also published articles on Hispanic women writers in academic journals including Wadabagei, New Mango Season and
Assistant Language Tutor Basque Studies
Since September 2012, I am in charge of the position created at the University of Birmingham and funded by the Etxepare Basque Institute to promote Basque language and culture.
Assistant Language Tutor in Catalan and Spanish
Raquel Navas joined the Department in September 2010 as an assistant language tutor in Spanish and Catalan. She took her degree in Hispanic Philology at the University Autònoma de Barcelona and she successfully completed the Post-graduate courses in Spanish and Catalan as foreign languages.
Honorary Research Fellow in Hispanic Studies
I taught Spanish, Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature at the University of Birmingham for 31 years, retiring in 1998.
Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies and Director of the Cátedra Gil Vicente
Dr. Patricia Odber de Baubeta is Director of Portuguese Studies and Director of the Cátedra Gil Vicente in the Hispanic Studies section of the Department of Modern Languages.
Birmingham Fellow
Dr. Ryan joined the University of Birmingham in January 2012.
Lecturer in Latin American Cultural Studies
I have been at Birmingham since 2005. I teach Latin American culture, literature and intellectual history as well as Spanish language and translation.
Spanish Language Intructor
Teaching Spanish language for undergraduates has been both a challenge and a pleasure for the past seven years. I sincerely hope to continue doing so for many coming years.
Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
I have been a lecturer in the Department of Hispanic Studies since 1994. I teach medieval Spanish literature and Spanish language and linguistics. My research interests lie in the fields of medieval Spanish history and historiography, textual editing, diachronic phonology and syntax.
Lecturer
I am an enthusiastic teacher and student of Hispanic Literature and Culture and especially that of the Spanish Golden Age, an era that originated many of the most compelling, sophisticated and influential works in Hispanic literature and art. I also have a long-standing interest in translation, having translated (independently and in collaboration) several golden-age comedias, a quantity ...