Hispanic Research Centre (HRC)

The Centre brings together scholars working with and across a wide variety of Hispanic texts, including film and television, dictionaries, translation, oral history and autobiography. The research we carry out is strongly interdisciplinary and international, covering much of Spain and its historical nationalities (eg the Basque Country and Catalonia), as well as parts of Latin America (especially Cuba) and Africa (especially the Western Sahara). 

Our specialist areas include:
Spanish cinema DVD covers
Nationalism
Transnationalism
Postcolonialism
Rthnicity and migration
Gender and sexuality
Cultural memory
Film studies
Audiovisual translation (dubbing and subtitling)
Accessibility to the media.

Role of the HRC

The Centre supports research undertaken by staff and students, and promotes research links and collaborative initiatives. Our members are currently involved in a number of international research networks, and are open to further contacts with other researchers and institutions in the UK and abroad, particularly in the Spanish-speaking world. Our activities include a regular seminar series (with papers in both Spanish and English), conferences, study days and colloquia. These events have attracted the participation of scholars from all over the world.