I am a DPhil candidate researching the works of twentieth-century writers Salvadora Medina Onrubia from Argentina and Patrícia Galvão from Brazil. Both were novelists, poets, and journalists, whose writing influenced, and was heavily influenced by, their political involvement in the Anarchist and Communist movements of their respective countries. The comparative focus of this project will reveal the transnational nature of women’s involvement in left-wing political praxis during the twentieth century.
My research is generously funded by the AHRC Oxford-Open-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership, the Clarendon Fund, and the OOC AHRC DTP2 - Merton College Scholarship.
Prior to beginning my doctoral study, I completed a BA in Modern Languages (Spanish and Portuguese) (2017–2021) and an MPhil in Modern Languages (Spanish and Portuguese) (2021–2023), both at Lincoln College, Oxford. My research interests include Latin American literature, women's writing, and life-writing.
I am a member of the Organising Committee for the Oxford Latin American Graduate Network, Portuguese Sub-faculty Graduate Representative (2022-), and Modern Humanities Research Association Postgraduate Editor (2024-).
Teaching
- Stipendiary Lecturer at Lincoln College, Oxford (Michaelmas Term 2023)
Papers Taught:
- Translation from Spanish to English (Paper II)
- Introduction to Hispanic Prose (Paper III)
- Introduction to Hispanic Poetry and Drama (Paper IV)
- Prose by Spanish American Women Writers, Nineteenth Century to the Present (Paper XII)
Peer-reviewed Publications
‘The Function of Space in Patrícia Galvão’s Parque Industrial’, Portuguese Studies, 39 (2023), 176–191.
Selected Conference Papers
"Life-writing as a Method of Surviving Gendered Violence in Salvadora Medina Onrubia’s Mil claveles colorados and Patrícia Galvão’s Paixão Pagu: A autobiografia precoce de Patrícia Galvão", AHGBI 69th Annual Conference, University of Birmingham, 25-26th March 2024