Esther Gimeno Ugalde


A PhD from the University of Vienna, I am currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher (Univ. Assist.) at the Department of Romance Studies at the same university and a member of the cluster DIIA (Iberian and Ibero-American Dialogues) at the Universidade de Lisboa (Centre for Comparative Studies), where I coordinate the project IberTRANSLATIO.

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Research fields / interests

  • Iberian Studies
  • Visual Culture (Hispanic, Lusophone and Catalan Cinema)
  • Aesthetics of Multilingualism in Film and Literature
  • Interliterary and Cultural Relations in Contemporary Iberia
  • Translation Studies

More about my projects here.

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Book launch

Book lauch of El legado cinematográfico de Bigas Luna (Tirant lo Blanch, 2020), edited by Santiago Fouz Hernández (Durham University). Live broadcast on YouTube (June 4, 2020): Esther Gimeno Ugalde (University of Vienna) in conversation with the book editor, and 10 of the contributors: Ralf Junkerjürgen (U. Regensburg), Antonio Lázaro Reboll (U. Kent), Abigail Loxham (U. Liverpool), Alfredo Martínez Expósito (U. Melbourne), Alejandro Melero (U. Carlos III Madrid), Gonzalo M Pavés (U. La Laguna), Jorge Pérez (U. Texas at Austin), Carolina Sanabria (U. Costa Rica) and H Rosi Song (U. Durham).

Watch recording of the 90-min event.

Sesión matinal de cine and Bigas Luna Tribute Vienna

May 15 2019 – Sesión matinal de cine at the University of Vienna (9:15am-12:45pm). Guest speakers: Santiago Fouz (Durham University) and Rafael Acosta (Universidad de La Habana)

May 16 2019 – Bigas Luna Tribute Vienna at the Instituto Cervantes in Vienna (7 pm). Screening BigasxBigas (S. Garrido 2017) with presentation by Santiago Fouz and Santiago Garrido. Q&A after the screening

New book review

Representaciones del mundo indígena en el cine hispanoamericano has been recently reviewed by Bértold Salas Murillo (REVISTA ACADÉMICA ESTESIS, # 5, 83-88). Link.