About

I am a first year PhD student in Translation and Transcultural Studies funded by the Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership. My research is supervised by Dr Olga CastroLink opens in a new window from the School of Modern Languages and Cultures and Professor Maureen FreelyLink opens in a new window from the Warwick Writing Programme.

Research

My practice-based project will translate Maria Teresa León’s (1903–1983) complex memoir Memoria de la Melancolia (1970) and produce a coexisting critical commentary to address the overarching research question of which feminist translation strategies are most fit for the purposes of recovering Spanish lost anti-Francoist women’s voices and presenting the historical context to a new target audience. It will contribute to filling the gaps left in the history of women authors during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and Franco’s dictatorial regime (1939–1975) by using translation to reinstate the León’s anti-Francoist voice which has never been translated into English.

Research Interests

• Transnational feminist translation studies
• Feminist translation strategies
• Practice-based translation research
• Literary translation
• Writing and translating exile
• Memory and/in translation
• Autofiction and life writing

Conferences

“Exploring Memory, Exile and Trauma through the Translation of a Spanish Memoir (1970)” — II Lisbon Spring School of Translation StudiesLink opens in a new window, 3-8 June 2024 (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

"Exploring feminist translation strategies in María Teresa León’s Memory of Melancholia" — International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting 2023Link opens in a new window, 23-24 November 2023 (Heriot-Watt University)

"Translating testimonies of patriarchal violence: Memoria de la melancolía by María Teresa León" — WISPS XXIII Annual Conference Gender + ViolenceLink opens in a new window, 10-11 November 2023 (University of Warwick)

"Translating María Teresa León’s Memory of Melancholy" — Midlands4Cities Research Festival 2023Link opens in a new window, 4 October 2023 (Austin Court, Birmingham)

"Sites of Resistance in the Translation of Spanish Antifascist Autobiographical Writing" — When I Dare To Be Powerful International ConferenceLink opens in a new window, 21 June 2023 (Nottingham Trent University)

Events

Organiser, Lit Translation Workshops which are open to research students and staff interested in literary translation practice (2022 – present). See the programme for 2023/24 hereLink opens in a new window.

Attended Bristol TranslatesLink opens in a new window summer school, 3-7 July 2023 (University of Bristol).

Attended Warwick School of Feminist TranslationLink opens in a new window, 11-12 May 2023 (University of Warwick).

Chaired roundtable "Producing Totalitarism: Fascism in the Cultural Imaginary" — The Culture of Fascism SymposiumLink opens in a new window, 8 March 2023 (University of Warwick).

Teaching

​I have taught seminars and been a first marker for various undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Translation Studies.

Scholarships and Awards

October 2022 — March 2026: Midlands4CitiesLink opens in a new window DTP scholarship (AHRC)

Qualifications

• MA Literary Translation, 2021 (University of Warwick)
• BA Journalism with Education, 2019 (University of Ulster)

Memberships

• Women in Spanish and Portuguese Studies (WISPS)
• Society of Authors and Translators' Association
• Emerging Translators Network
• Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI)
  
• Sensitive Research Group
• ROLES: Sexuality & Gender Studies Network