alison dot menezes at warwick dot ac dot uk

Alison Ribeiro de Menezes is Professor of Hispanic Studies at Warwick. Her research focuses on questions of cultural memory after dictatorship. She is currently PI, working with CI Prof. John King, on the AHRC-funded project, 'Chilean Exiles and World University Service'. The project focuses on UK support for Chileans exiled after the 1973 golpe de estado and involves a close collaboration with the Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos in Santiago. She is also beginning work on the role of applied theatre for conflict transformation in Colombia with Dr María Estrada-Fuentes.

Keywords: memory, dictatorship, exile, literature, film, Chile