Colaboration in other projects
Research Projects and Funded Networks
| Project Title and Reference Number | Investigator (PI) | Budget | Duration |
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TEI-WIKI for Intercultural Studies through Comparative Teaching of Literature and Art Funding: Complutense University of Madrid and Autonomous Community of Madrid Ref: CCG08-UCM/HUM-3851 |
Asunción López-Varela | 13,950 € | 2008 – 2009 |
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The Europe of Writing: Interdisciplinary and International Research Group on the Relationships Between Writing and Image Funding: Complutense University of Madrid / Autonomous Community of Madrid Ref: CCG07-UCM/HUM-2748 |
Ana María Leyra | 10,000 € | 2007 – 2009 |
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Theater Studies Seminar Funding: Complutense University of Madrid / Autonomous Community of Madrid Ref: CCG07-UCM/HUM-2938 |
Javier Huerta | 13,800 € | 2007 – 2008 |
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Foreign Theater on the Madrid Stage (1975-2005): Reception and Performance Funding: Complutense University of Madrid and Autonomous Community of Madrid Ref: 930128 |
Javier Huerta Calvo | 9,140 € | 2006 – 2007 |
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Project to Enhance the Support for Students of Philology Through Communications Technology and Virtual Campus Funding: Vice-Rectorate for Informatics and Communications (UCM) Ref: PIMCD 2006/655 |
Dámaso López | 4,800 € | 2006 – 2007 |
Stays overseas
Research Stays and Academic Mobility
Ethniko Kai Kapodistriako Panepistimio Athinon | 2023 (1 week)
Framework: International Erasmus Convention.
2023 (10 days) | Framework: “Resilience Transnational Access” (TNA).
2022 (1 week) | Framework: International Agreement non-Erasmus.
2022 (1 week) | Framework: International Erasmus Convention.
2021 (1 week) | Framework: International Agreement non-Erasmus.
2018 (1 week) | Framework: Erasmus+: Mobility of teaching staff between program countries.
2018 (1 week) | Framework: Erasmus+: Mobility of teaching staff between program countries.
2017 (3 months) | Institute for Advanced Studies – University College (The Castle).
Position: Senior Fellowship.
2015 (1 week) | Framework: Erasmus+: Mobility of teaching staff between program countries.
2008 (1 week) | Funding: Complutense travel grant.
2006 (3 weeks) | Funding: Complutense travel grant.
2001 (3 weeks) | Funding: Complutense travel grant.
1996 – 1998 (2.5 years) | Faculty of English & Saint-John’s College
Position: Visiting Fellow (Faculty of English) and SCR (Senior Common Room) Member at Saint-John’s College.
Department of Comparative Literature | 1995 (3 months)
Funding: Agence Universitaire pour l’Enseignement de la Langue Française (AUPELF) & FICU.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures | 1994 (3 months)
Position: Visiting Scholar.
1986 – 1990 (5 years) | Academic Framework: PhD Studies.
Research direction
Doctoral Theses Supervision and Advising
Defended Theses
“Aproximación mitocrítica a Crónica del asesino de reyes de Patrick Rothfuss”
UCM | Co-direction: M. Á. Mateos-Aparicio | Grade: Outstanding cum laude (10/10/2023)
“La recepción de las comedias ballet de Molière en los sainetes de Ramón de la Cruz”
UCM | Co-direction: Prof. Esther Borrego Gutiérrez | Grade: Outstanding (03/05/2023)
“Théâtres à leur miroir (XVIIe et XXe siècles). Facettes françaises et francophiles d’un procédé à l’espagnole”
U. of Paris X Nanterre / UCM (European Joint Supervision) | Co-direction: Prof. Liliane Picciola | Grade: Outstanding cum laude unanimously with the congratulations of the jury | Extraordinary Doctorate Award 2015 (26/06/14)
“La courtisane dans la littérature française et espagnole des XVIe et XVIIe siècles”
U. of Dijon / UCM (European Joint Supervision) | Co-direction: Prof. Didier Souiller | Grade: Très Honorable / Excellent cum laude (13/03/09)
“Vicente Aleixandre o la realización de un proyecto surrealista”
University of Navarra (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters) | Grade: Outstanding cum laude unanimously (06/1996)
Theses in Progress
“Filomela and Procne: a myth of artistic and literary creation”
Complutense University of Madrid
“Rewriting the Passion in the work of Alejandro Sawa (1862-1909): the bohemian face of Christ in fin-de-siècle literature”
Complutense University of Madrid
“En alas de la tormenta. The figure of the goddess in the European myth of the wild hunt”
Complutense University of Madrid
“Out of Plato’s Cave: A study of the nature and purpose of myth without the influence of Plato’s Forms”
Complutense University of Madrid
Master’s Theses and Research Dissertations
“The power of myth in superheroes: analysis of pop culture heroic figures as new religious idols”
Master in Religious Studies (UCM) | Grade: Pass (6)
“Las revelaciones del Grial: lo maravilloso medieval en los relatos griálicos como visión mística”
Master in Religious Studies (UCM) | Grade: Notable (8)
“The single ring: influences of Norse mythology in Tolkien’s work”
Master in Religious Studies (UCM) | Grade: Outstanding (9.5)
“Maupassant fantastique: les contes fantastiques de Maupassant appliqués a l’enseignement dans la classe de FLE”
Master in Teacher Training (Education Faculty UCM) | Grade: Pass (6.75)
“Análisis de la reescritura de los mitos en la obra La Cité des Dames de Christine de Pizan”
Master in Religious Studies (UCM) | Grade: (9.5)
“La gamification dans l’enseignement des langues”
Master in Teacher Training (Education Faculty UCM) | Grade: (7)
“Environnement numérique dans la classe de FLE pour l’autonomie dans l’apprentissage”
Master in Teacher Training (Education Faculty UCM) | Grade: (6)
“Est-ce que Carmen est un mythe?”
Master in Applied French Language (UCM) | Grade: Pass (6.5)
“Ionesco: philosophy and language”
Master in Theatre and Performing Arts (UCM) | Grade: Outstanding (9)
“A Mitocrítica na nova geopoética do Caribe como fonte para a narrativa histórica do século XX”
Post-Doctoral Research Project (UCM / U. of Brasilia, PEHPHAM) | Grade: Outstanding (9.5)
“La máscara de Molière”
Doctoral dissertation in Theatre History (UCM) | Grade: Outstanding (9)
“Vicente Huidobro: Transferencias poéticas de vanguardia”
Doctoral dissertation in Religious Studies (UCM) | Grade: Outstanding (9)
“Poetics of the fragment. Aproximación a la experiencia del sentido en La Vie mode d’emploi de Georges Perec”
Master in Literary Studies (UCM) | Grade: Outstanding
“Breve estudio sobre la presencia del miedo en los cuentos”
Master in Literary Studies (UCM) | Grade: Notable (8)
“El ballet en las vanguardias europeas: un arte en expansión”
Master in Literary Studies (UCM) | Grade: Outstanding (9)
“Análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo de la percepción musical y literaria y su interrelación”
Master in Literary Studies (UCM) | Grade: Outstanding (9)
Other merits
Academic Positions, Committees, and Associations
Academic Positions and Memberships
Faculty of Philology, Complutense University of Madrid (2022-).
Department of French Philology, Complutense University of Madrid (2012-2017).
Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Philology, UCM (2011-2013).
Association pour la Diffusion de la Recherche en Littérature, Paris (2015-).
Institute of Religious Sciences (2017-) and
Madrid Theatre Institute (2007-).
Member by academic appointment, Paris (2007-). Website
Scientific Evaluation Committees
“Salvador de Madariaga” and “José Castillejo” excellence programs (Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, 2018-).
Haut Conseil de l’évaluation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur (2017-). Website
Expert evaluator for the Ministry of Economy, Competitiveness, and Innovation (2012-).
Editorial Boards and Scientific Journals
Amaltea. Journal of Myth Criticism (Madrid, 2008-; ISSN 1989-1709). General Editor. Indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), ESCI (Web of Science), LLBA, MLA, Latindex, CIRC, Dialnet, DICE, ISOC, MIAR, RESH, and REDIB. Awarded the FECYT Quality Seal (2021-). Access to the UCM Portal
Asteria. International Association of Mythcriticism (Madrid, 2010-). Founder and President. Official Website
Classiques Garnier publishing house, Paris (2008-). Link
Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal, Paris (2009-). Éditions Droz
Peer-reviewed journal, Purdue University, USA (1997-).
Reichenberger publishing house, Kassel, Germany (1995-).
Studies in Communication, Society and Culture, Curitiba, Brazil (2015-).
“& Oltre collana” Series (Levante Editori, Bari, 2015-); Pygmalion Journal (Madrid, 2008-); Bibliographie internationale de l’Humanisme et de la Renaissance (Droz, Geneva, 2001-2004).
Exhibition Curatorship and Art Contests
Exhibition held at the c arte c (Centro de Arte Complutense), Madrid. Organized by the UCM Vice-Rectorate for Culture, Sport and University Extension, in collaboration with L’Oréal and the Asteria Association.
Media Coverage and Press Archive:
TVE1 TV Feature (España Directo)
TVE2 Monographic Feature (Testimonios)
RNE Radio Interview (Artesfera)
Print Press: Special feature in ABC Newspaper (11/02/2022, p. 55).
“Asteria Visual Arts and Mythology” Contests
Organizer and permanent curator of the official art contests, coordinated ex aequo alongside professors Elena Blanch and Pedro Terrón:
Exhibition at Fundación Pons (Madrid).
Exhibition Hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts, UCM.
Exhibition at Espacio Cultural Volturno (Madrid).
Exhibition at the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions, C.C. La Corrala.
Curated exhibition at El Silo de Hortaleza (Madrid).
Sala Maruja Mallo, Centro Cultural Daoíz y Velarde (Madrid).
International Awards and Honors
Official proclamation of congratulations and declaration of Honorable Visitor granted by the Municipality of Bayamón and the University of Puerto Rico (10/30/2024).
International Award for Thought and Essay granted unanimously by the prestigious Grupo Editorial Sial Pygmalion (02/28/2024).
Awarded the “Resilience Transnational Access Programme” fellowship at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria (10/04/2023).
Competitive grant from the Institute of Advanced Study and the European Social Fund, seconded to University College as a Visiting Professor, UK (09/05/2017).
Highest academic distinction awarded jointly by the Senate of the Italian Republic and the Associazione Culturale Demoetnoantropologica “I Castellani” (12/07/2011).