BRIEF CV

PRESENT OCCUPATION:

Chair of: Department of English Studies, Linguistics and Literature

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

EDUCATION:

Ph. D. – English Philology. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Master's in English – Stanford University

Credential of Teaching Aptitude – School of Education, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Bachelor of Arts (Licenciatura) in English Philology. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

RESEARCH:

Research interests:

Contemporary American Poetry
Experimental Literature and the Avant-Garde
Contemporary Fiction
Shakespeare
Power, Ideology and Literature in the Modern Age
Subjectivity and Authorship
Art and Literature
History and Literature
Geopolitics and Literature
Law and Literature

Doctoral Dissertation:

Dissertation: “Traces of Sylvia Plath: The Politics of the Secret and the Poetics of the Ghost.” Director: Félix Martín, English Literature. Deconstructs the image of Plath as a confessional writer, proposing instead new historical readings that relocate Plath’s texts as icons of gothic style that responds to Cold War hysteria and consensus.

PREMIO EXTRAORDINARIO DE DOCTORADO / PhD THESIS AWARD

RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GROUPS:

Director of UCM Research Group: “Literary Contexts of Modernity.” Co-Director: Eduardo Valls. Founder: Dámaso López García.

2024-2028 Research Team Member in Project funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (SPAIN): "Brexit, Nationalism(s) and Post-Empire: Culture Wars and the Politics of Identity in Modern and Contemporary British Narratives — BREX-ID". Dir: Eduardo Valls (Universidad Complutense de Madrid).

2016-2018 Research Team Member in Project funded by Bank of Santander-UCM: “Thought and Literary, Artistic and Digital Representation of the European and Mediterranean Crisis”. Dir. Eduardo Valls Oyarzun, Luis Deltell (Universidad Complutense de Madrid).

2013-2014 Research Team Member in Project funded by Benjamin Franklin Institute of American Studies (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid). "Space, Gender and Identity in American Literature and Visual Arts: Trans-Atlantic Approaches". Dir. Carmen Méndez García.

2007-2010 Research Team Member in Project funded by Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture.

“Contemporary Anthropology of Myth.” Dir. José M. Losada, French Department, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

2007-2008 Research Team Member in Project funded by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Bank of Santander. “Ideology and Literature in the Origins of the Avant-Garde.” Dir. Dámaso López García.

2007-2008 Participant in Research Project funded by Madrid Regional Government. “Content Language Integrated Learning in Higher Education.” Dir. Emma Dafouz, Linguistics.

RESEARCH GRANTS:

Visiting Scholar. Smith College, Massachusetts. Research Grant from EAAS (European Association of American Studies).

Visiting Scholar. Indiana University. Research Grant from EAAS (European Association of American Studies).

Fulbright Scholarship for Graduate Studies. 1997-1999. Master’s at Stanford University.

Master's Thesis: “Secrecy and Absence: The Construction of Sylvia Plath.” Director and Supervisor: Marjorie Perloff.

PUBLICATIONS / LECTURES / CONFERENCE PAPERS:

-Recent and forthcoming editions:

De Lorenzo, E.; Braga, J. (editors). Shakespeare and the Representation of Political Power: Readings for the Twenty-First Century. Edition Reichenberger. Kassel, Germany, forthcoming 2024.
Howe, Susan. Frame Structures. A Selection of Essays. Preface by Marjorie Perloff. Introduction and translation by Eusebio De Lorenzo. Guillermo Escolar Editor, forthcoming 2024.
Durán, I; Gualberto, R.; De Lorenzo, E.; Méndez, C.; Valls, E. (editors). A Critical Gaze from the Old World: Trans-Atlantic Perspectives on American Studies. Peter Lang, 2018. BIANNUAL RESEARCH AWARD 'JAVIER COY' — SAAS TO THE BEST EDITED VOLUME, 2017-18.

-Recent papers:

“Destroying the Body, Building the Work: Denise Levertov vs Robert McNamara”. Williams/Levertov, Levertov/Williams. 1923–2023: Confluences. International Conference. Univ. Complutense de Madrid, 26-27 October 2023.
"Sylvia Plath’s Domestic Macabre as a Site of Subversion". 16th SAAS International Conference: "A Return to (What Never Was) Normal: Discourses of (Ab)normalcy in US Culture, Literature, Arts and Politics. Past, Present, Future." Universidad de Granada, 28-30 March 2023.
"Zaniness and the Avant-Garde: Experimental Fiction as Social Commentary in Isabel Waidner’s Writing”. International Conference: "BrexLit: Writing the British Border in Times of Crisis". Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 6-7 July 2023.
"La tempestad" and "El cuento de invierno". Entries in Diccionario de la recepción teatral en España (DRTE) Dir: Javier Huerta Calvo. Ed. Antígona, 2020.
“El duelo del Holocausto al otro lado del océano: Primo Levi y la literatura de los EE.UU.” Congreso Internacional Primo Levi (1919-2019): Memoria y escritura. Fac. de Filología UCM. 24-25 and 28 October 2019.
“Poesía de vanguardia y cine experimental: diálogo sobre el duelo y el dolor de la guerra”. Seminario "Terror y temblor: variaciones literarias", Fac. de Filología UCM. 6 May 2019.
“Woody Allen”. CONFERENCE PANEL CONVENOR. 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE SPANISH ASSOCIATION FOR AMERICAN STUDIES (SAAS). Universidad de Salamanca, 9-11 April 2019.
“Writing as Trace, Writing as Memory: Susan Howe’s Chris Marker”. 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE SPANISH ASSOCIATION FOR AMERICAN STUDIES (SAAS). Universidad de Salamanca, 9-11 April 2019.

-Other publications and conference papers 2001-2019 on the following topics:

Shakespeare
Marlowe
P. B. Shelley
Authorship construction
Mythologized authors
Contemporary American poetry
Confessional poetry
Sylvia Plath
Poetic Avant-Garde
Susan Howe

MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARDS:

Assitant Editor of journal Estudios de Traducción (2015-2017). e-ISSN 2254-1756 | ISSN-L 2174-047X
Editorial Board: Thélème: Revista de Estudios Franceses. e-ISSN 1989-8193 | ISSN-L 1139-9368
Editorial Board: Amaltea: Revista de Mitocrítica. e-ISSN 1989-1709/ISSN-L 1989-1709.

BRIEF CV

BRIEF CV

PRESENT OCCUPATION:

Chair of: Department of English Studies, Linguistics and Literature

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

EDUCATION:

Ph. D. – English Philology. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Master's in English – Stanford University

Credential of Teaching Aptitude – School of Education, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Bachelor of Arts (Licenciatura) in English Philology. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

RESEARCH:

Research interests:

Doctoral Dissertation:

PREMIO EXTRAORDINARIO DE DOCTORADO / PhD THESIS AWARD

RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GROUPS:

Director of UCM Research Group: “Literary Contexts of Modernity.” Co-Director: Eduardo Valls. Founder: Dámaso López García.

2016-2018 Research Team Member in Project funded by Bank of Santander-UCM: “Thought and Literary, Artistic and Digital Representation of the European and Mediterranean Crisis”. Dir. Eduardo Valls Oyarzun, Luis Deltell (Universidad Complutense de Madrid).

2013-2014 Research Team Member in Project funded by Benjamin Franklin Institute of American Studies (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid). "Space, Gender and Identity in American Literature and Visual Arts: Trans-Atlantic Approaches". Dir. Carmen Méndez García.

2007-2010 Research Team Member in Project funded by Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture.

“Contemporary Anthropology of Myth.” Dir. José M. Losada, French Department, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

2007-2008 Research Team Member in Project funded by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Bank of Santander. “Ideology and Literature in the Origins of the Avant-Garde.” Dir. Dámaso López García.

2007-2008 Participant in Research Project funded by Madrid Regional Government. “Content Language Integrated Learning in Higher Education.” Dir. Emma Dafouz, Linguistics.

RESEARCH GRANTS:

Visiting Scholar. Smith College, Massachusetts. Research Grant from EAAS (European Association of American Studies).

Visiting Scholar. Indiana University. Research Grant from EAAS (European Association of American Studies).

Fulbright Scholarship for Graduate Studies. 1997-1999. Master’s at Stanford University.

Master's Thesis: “Secrecy and Absence: The Construction of Sylvia Plath.” Director and Supervisor: Marjorie Perloff.

PUBLICATIONS / LECTURES / CONFERENCE PAPERS:

-Recent and forthcoming editions:

-Recent papers:

“Destroying the Body, Building the Work: Denise Levertov vs Robert McNamara”. Williams/Levertov, Levertov/Williams. 1923–2023: Confluences. International Conference. Univ. Complutense de Madrid, 26-27 October 2023.

"Sylvia Plath’s Domestic Macabre as a Site of Subversion". 16th SAAS International Conference: "A Return to (What Never Was) Normal: Discourses of (Ab)normalcy in US Culture, Literature, Arts and Politics. Past, Present, Future." Universidad de Granada, 28-30 March 2023.

"Zaniness and the Avant-Garde: Experimental Fiction as Social Commentary in Isabel Waidner’s Writing”. International Conference: "BrexLit: Writing the British Border in Times of Crisis". Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 6-7 July 2023.

"La tempestad" and "El cuento de invierno". Entries in Diccionario de la recepción teatral en España (DRTE) Dir: Javier Huerta Calvo. Ed. Antígona, 2020.

“El duelo del Holocausto al otro lado del océano: Primo Levi y la literatura de los EE.UU.” Congreso Internacional Primo Levi (1919-2019): Memoria y escritura. Fac. de Filología UCM. 24-25 and 28 October 2019.

“Poesía de vanguardia y cine experimental: diálogo sobre el duelo y el dolor de la guerra”. Seminario "Terror y temblor: variaciones literarias", Fac. de Filología UCM. 6 May 2019.

“Woody Allen”. CONFERENCE PANEL CONVENOR. 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE SPANISH ASSOCIATION FOR AMERICAN STUDIES (SAAS). Universidad de Salamanca, 9-11 April 2019.

“Writing as Trace, Writing as Memory: Susan Howe’s Chris Marker”. 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE SPANISH ASSOCIATION FOR AMERICAN STUDIES (SAAS). Universidad de Salamanca, 9-11 April 2019.

-Other publications and conference papers 2001-2019 on the following topics:

MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARDS:

“El duelo del Holocausto al otro lado del océano: Primo Levi y la literatura de los EE.UU.” Congreso Internacional Primo Levi (1919-2019): Memoria y escritura. Fac. de Filología UCM. 24-25 and 28 October 2019.

“Poesía de vanguardia y cine experimental: diálogo sobre el duelo y el dolor de la guerra”. Seminario "Terror y temblor: variaciones literarias", Fac. de Filología UCM. 6 May 2019.