Cristina Casado Presa

Faculty
  • Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies

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Cristina Casado Presa

 

Office Hours Spring 2022

M, W, F 1:30 -2:20 and by appointment

2019 缅北强奸 Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award

Education

  • B.A. Filolog铆a Moderna: Ingl茅s.  Universidad de Le贸n, Spain, 2000.
  • Master in Spanish Language and Literature.  State University of New York at Buffalo, 2002.
  • Ph. D in Romance Languages and Literatures: Literatures, Languages and

    Cultures of the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008.

Areas of Research

  • Representations of Witchcraft in Contemporary literature, cinema and culture
  • The Fantastic
  • Ecogothic
  • Comparative Literature
  • Gender Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • Literary and cultural studies from a posthuman perspective

LATEST PUBLICATIONS:

EDITED VOLUMES

Co-editor with Dr. Imelda Mart铆n-Junquera, University of Le贸n, Spain: 鈥淭he Ecogothic as a Catalyst of Climate Emergency: The Impact of Monstrosity鈥. Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses. (Forthcoming 2024)

Guest editor: Volume 43 (2021) of Estudios Human铆sticos. Filolog铆a: "Aproximaciones a lo monstruoso y lo femenino: de lo 鈥渉umano鈥 a lo posthumano"/"Approaches to the Monstrous and the Feminine: from 鈥淗uman鈥 to  Posthuman":

ARTICLES

"La reconceptualizaci贸n de la bruja como hero铆na en las novelas de Maite Carranza". Estudios Human铆sticos. Filolog铆a : "Aproximaciones a lo monstruoso y lo femenino: de lo 鈥渉umano鈥 a lo posthumano" Vol.  43 (Diciembre 2021) 123-137.

no vivieron felices para siempre: la reescritura del cuento de hadas y la problem谩tica de la subjetividad femenina en Nueva historia de la princesa y el drag贸n de Carmen Resino鈥. Dramaturgia femenina actual. De 1986 a 2016. Feminismo/s, 30 (diciembre 2017): 31-46.

鈥淟a bruja como paradigma de poder femenino en dos dramas espa帽oles contempor谩neos鈥. Monographic Review/Revista Monogr谩fica XXVII: Lo oculto en la literatura Hisp谩nica (2012):85-100. 

鈥淓l silencio como conflicto en un drama de Pilar Pombo鈥. Letras Femeninas, vol. 36 (2010):277-293. Print

BOOK CHAPTERS

鈥淟a imperecedera fascinaci贸n por la brujer铆a: una exploraci贸n del universo  gr谩fico de Historias de brujas de Manuel Mota鈥. Folclore y G贸tico: Entornos y   presencias sobrenaturales en Europa y las 础尘茅谤颈肠补蝉.  Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch. (Forthcoming 2024)

鈥淢onsters, Women, and Magic: Intersecting Hierarchies of Gender and Religion in The WitchCulture Wars and Horror Movies: Gender Debates in Contemporary  Cinema. London: Springer Nature. (Forthcoming 04/10/2024)

鈥淢other -Daughter Relationships in Contemporary Spanish Theater鈥. Trotman, Tiffany. Ed. TheChanging Spanish Family: Essays on New Views in Literature, Cinema and Theater. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press, 2011. 198-214. 

BOOK REVIEWS:

Alarc贸n Arana, Esther Ma. (Coord).  El reflejo de Medusa: Representaciones  medi谩ticas contempor谩neas de las mujeres. Sevilla: Advook, 2023.   Forthcoming in 贬颈蝉辫补苍贸蹿颈濒补 201, 2024.

Romero-Gonza虂lez, Da虂maris, Israel Mun虄oz Gallarte, y G. Laguna Mariscal (eds.), Visitors from Beyond the Grave: Ghosts in World Literature, Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade da Coimbra, 2019, 300 pp. Estudios Human铆sticos. Filolog铆a : "Aproximaciones a lo monstruoso y lo femenino: de lo 鈥渉umano鈥 a lo posthumano" Vol. 43 (Diciembre 2021) 199-201.

Amend, Tracie. The Adulteress on the Spanish StageGender and Modernity in 19th Century Romantic Drama. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. 贬颈蝉辫补苍贸蹿颈濒补 178,(2015)  103 - 105.

Corbal谩n V茅lez, Ana M. El cuerpo transgresor en la narrativa espa帽ola contempor谩nea. Madrid: Libertarias, 2009. Nueva revista de literatura hisp谩nica 13, 247-249. 

Booth, Stephanie and Tolz, Vera, Ed. Nation and gender in contemporary Europe. Manchester University Press, 2005. 贬颈蝉辫补苍贸蹿颈濒补 150 (2005) 103-105. 

  • RESEARCH GROUP:

GEHUMECO: Grupo de Investigaci贸n posthumanista en temas de g茅nero y Humanidades ambientales.

Aims of the group: Posthumanist research on Gender and Ecocriticism.

Affiliation entity: Universidad de Le贸n, Spain.

Courses Taught at 缅北强奸

  • All levels of Spanish Language.
  • Introduction to the Literature of Spain.
  • Culture of Spain through Cinema.
  •  I am no Angel: Post-Franco Literature by Women.
  • Occult Worlds: The Fantastic in the Literature and Culture of Spain.
  •  Contemporary Spanish Theater.
  •  Perspectives on the Spanish Civil War.
  • Witches, Ghosts, and Vampires: Reflections on Strangeness and Otherness.
  • Monstrous Creatures and Haunted Landscapes: A Comparative Analysis of the Gothic, Fantastic, and Horror.

Professional experience

Associate Professor of Spanish. Department of World Languages and Cultures, 缅北强奸 College. Spring 2014-Present.

Associate Chair, Department of World Languages and Cultures, 缅北强奸. Fall 2016-Spring 2017 and Fall 2020-Spring 2023.

Chair, Department of World Languages and Cultures, 缅北强奸. 2017-2020.

Director of the Gender Studies Program. 缅北强奸. Fall 2013-Spring 2019.

Assistant Professor of Spanish. Department of World Languages and Cultures, 缅北强奸 College. Fall 2008-Spring 2014.       

Course coordinator for SPAN 255 (Conversational Spanish). Department of Romance Languages, UNC-Chapel Hill, fall 2007-Spring 2008.

Teaching Fellow. Department of Romance Languages, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2003-2008.

Teaching Fellow. Department of Romance Languages, SUNY-Buffalo, 2000-2002.