Jorge Rodríguez Durán holds a BA in English Studies (2015) and a MA in Advanced English Studies (2016) from the University of Santiago de Compostela. Rodríguez Durán has also participated in an ERASMUS programme, studying at the University of Birmingham, UK. Jorge Rodríguez Durán participates, actively, in the university community, organising language exchange activities as well as lecture series on English Studies and Popular Culture. He is currently working on his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Manuela Palacios González. Entitled Literary Cartographies of Northern Irish Urban Landscapes, the dissertation analyses the way in which Irish female writers have represented and imagined the North of Ireland and its partition. Rodríguez Durán’s main research interests include contemporary Irish literature, ecocriticism, with a particular focus on landscape studies, and the relationship between culture, literature and the visual arts.
“‘Shall Only Our Rivers Run Free’: Natural and Urban Landscapes in Women’s Tales about the North of Ireland.” Paper presented at the International Seminar ‘Eco-Fictions’, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15 December 2016.
“Urban Tales: Women’s Imaginaries in Short Fiction about the Troubles.” Paper presented at the AEDEAN Conference 2016. University of Zaragoza, 9-11 November 2016.
“Speaking Walls: Urban Architecture and Creativity in Northern Ireland.” Paper presented at the AEDEAN Conference 2016, University of Zaragoza, 9-11 November 2016.
“How Media Narratives Affect Our Minds: Vampire Narratives at the Turn of the 21st Century.” Paper presented at the Conference ‘Popular Culture and Hegemony: Representation in the Mass Media’, University of A Coruña, 19-21October 2016.
“Reading and Disassembling Northern Irish Walls in Fiona Barr’s ‘The Wall Reader.’” Paper presented at the Conference ‘The Region, Nation, and Literature Association,’ University of A Coruña, 15-18 June 2016.
“Work in Progress: Women’s Imaginaries in Short Fiction about the Troubles”. Paper presented at the Seminar ‘Irish Studies in Galicia,’ University of Santiago de Compostela, 8 June 2016.
“Mirroring a Nation: Margaret Thatcher in the Harry Potter saga.” Paper presented at the Lecture Series English Studies and Popular Culture, University of Santiago de Compostela, from 2 February to 8 March 2016.
