Cristina Alsina Rísquez

Co-Director
Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat
Cristina ALSINA RÍSQUEZ is a senior lecturer in American literature at the Universitat de Barcelona (Serra Hunter Fellow) and a researcher in ADHUC—Research Center for Theory, Gender and Sexuality. Her main area of research is 20th century US literature with a special interest in Vietnam War literature and Willa Cather. She is a researcher of the Project, funded by the Spanish government, “Troubling Houses: Dwelllings, Materiality, and the Self in American Literature" (FFI2017-82682-P). She presently co-directs the journal Lectora: Revista de Dones i Textualitat and is board member of AEDEAN (Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos) and EAAs (European Association for American Studies).
Research Areas
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary US literature; Vietnam War Literature; Willa Cather; Domestic Studies
ADHUC—Centre de Recerca Teoria, Gènere, Sexualitat: investigadora / researcher ( 16/06/2016 -)
Càtedra UNESCO Dones, desenvolupament i cultures: investigadora / researcher ( -)
Centre Dona i Literatura, Universitat de Barcelona: investigadora / researcher ( - 15/06/2016)
Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat: codirectora / co-director (2011 -)