Newcastle University

Background

• PhD Hispanic Studies, The University of Nottingham 2007 – 2010
• Master of Arts, The University of Georgia (US) 2003 – 2005
• Filología Inglesa, Universitat de València (Spain) 1998 – 2003

• Filología Hispánica, Universitat de València (Spain) 1996 – 2002
   

  Memberships

• LASA Latin American Studies Assciation 
• SLAS Society for Latin American Studies
• AHGBI Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland

Honours and Awards

2005 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. The University of Georgia (US)

Esteem indicators

•  Reviewer for Bulletin of Latin American Research
•  Reviewer for Vida Hispánica
•  External examiner for European Doctorate with the Universidad Autónoma (Madrid, Spain) 

Languages

Spanish: native
Catalan: native
English: near native
Italian: intermediate

Research Interests

My research has a strong emphasis on cultural history, mainly the Spanish Civil War and the Cuban Revolution. I have approached both periods of change through visual and popular culture (caricature, graphic humour, comic strips and graphic novels). I am equally interested in Latin American cultural studies (mass media, dependency theory).

The other main area of research is Latin American literature, with particular interest in Peru and Cuba.

Other research interests: gender, queer theory, feminism, detective fiction.

Current Work

I am in the early stages of a new research project which aims to re-evaluate representations of Spain and America by well known authors, such as Alejo Carpentier, in dialogue with lesser-known figures, such as Spanish Republican exile playwriter José Ricardo Morales and the Cuban short story writer Lino Novás Calvo through the prism of the experience of exile.

Funding

• 2011 Santander Travel Scheme (Research trip to Chile - April 2011).
• 2009 SLAS Postgraduate Travel Grant (Research trip to Cuba, March – April 2009).
• 2004 Tinker Grant. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (research trip to Peru).
  

Undergraduate modules:

LAS4006:  Latin American Comics: Identity, Politics and Society

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/internal/module-catalogue/mof/2011/LAS4006

SPA4004: Spain after 1975 

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/internal/module-catalogue/mof/2011/SPA4004 

 SPA2025: Representations of Revolution, Dictatorship and Democracy in Spain and Latin America

 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/internal/module-catalogue/mof/2011/SPA2025

SPA4061 : Level D Spanish General Language

 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/internal/module-catalogue/mof/2011/SPA4061

 Postgraduate modules:

LAS8102 : Narratives of Cultural Identity

 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/internal/module-catalogue/mof/2011/LAS8102

 LAS8103 : The Shaping of Latin America II: cultural and historical perspectives

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/internal/module-catalogue/mof/2011/LAS8103 

• Catalá-Carrasco JL. La transgresión de la tradición: La noche es virgen (1997) de Jaime Bayly. TONOS: Revista Electrónica de Estudios Filológicos 2012, 23. In Press.
• Catalá-Carrasco JL. Hulme, Peter (2011). Cuba’s Wild East. A Literary Geography of Oriente. Liverpool University Press (Liverpool). Bulletin of Latin American Research 2012. Submitted.
• Catalá-Carrasco JL. Pérez Firmat, G., 'The Havana Habit', Yale University Press: New Haven, 2010. Bulletin of Latin American Research 2012. In Press.
• Catala-Carrasco J. From Suspicion to Recognition? 50 Years of Comics in Cuba. Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies 2011, 20(2), 139-160.
• Catala-Carrasco J. Cuban Humour Magazines and Comics During the Special Period: An Overview. International Journal of Comic Art 2011, 13(1), 208-234.
• Catala-Carrasco JL. España, Año Cero. La Construcción Simbólica del Franquismo (Zira Box). Vida Hispánica 2011, (43).
• Catala-Carrasco JL. La alteridad sexual en Las dos caras del deseo (1994) de Carmen Ollé. Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana 2009,38 1 .
• Catala-Carrasco JL. Costumbrismo y cubanidad en la historieta ‘José Dolores. La creación criolla’. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Sobre la Historieta 2009,9 33 .
• Catala-Carrasco JL. Costumbrismo and cubanity in Rafael Fornés. International Journal of Comic Art 2008,10 2 495-518.
• Catala-Carrasco JL. El humor gráfico revolucionario en Cuba. El camino hacia un arte militante. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Sobre la Historieta 2008,8 29 .
• Catala-Carrasco JL. Eclecticismo y diversidad en Los mares del Sur: Un texto abierto a varios niveles de lectura. Espéculo 2008,37 .
• Catala-Carrasco JL. “Utilidades prácticas de la historieta en las clases de español como lengua extranjera”. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Sobre la Historieta 2008,8 31 .
• Elvy JC, Catala-Carrasco JL [trans.]. Elpidio Valdés. Un espejo de nacionalismo, identidad y memoria histórica en Cuba. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Sobre la Historieta 2008, 8(30).
• Catala-Carrasco JL. La historieta 13, Rue del Percebe en la clase de E/LE. Foro de Profesores de E/LE, IV 2009.
• Catala-Carrasco JL. El cómic en la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera. Foro de Profesores de E/LE, III 2007,23-32.
• Catala-Carrasco JL. Historias Mínimas. Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana 2003. ,32 2 .