Colaboration in other projects

Research Projects and Funded Networks

Team participation in research excellence, ICT-supported educational innovation, and competitive calls funded by the Community of Madrid and UCM.


Project Title and Reference Number Investigator (PI) Budget Duration
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
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
Theater Studies Seminar
Funding: Complutense University of Madrid / Autonomous Community of Madrid
Ref: CCG07-UCM/HUM-2938
Javier Huerta 13,800 € 2007 – 2008
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
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

Chronological record of international scientific stays, research fellowships, and teaching mobility missions.


University of Athens (Greece)

Ethniko Kai Kapodistriako Panepistimio Athinon | 2023 (1 week)

Framework: International Erasmus Convention.

Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski University (Bulgaria)

2023 (10 days) | Framework: “Resilience Transnational Access” (TNA).

University of Iceland (Reykjavík)

2022 (1 week) | Framework: International Agreement non-Erasmus.

University of Carthage (Tunisia)

2022 (1 week) | Framework: International Erasmus Convention.

Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico)

2021 (1 week) | Framework: International Agreement non-Erasmus.

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany)

2018 (1 week) | Framework: Erasmus+: Mobility of teaching staff between program countries.

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany)

2018 (1 week) | Framework: Erasmus+: Mobility of teaching staff between program countries.

University of Durham (UK)

2017 (3 months) | Institute for Advanced Studies – University College (The Castle).

Position: Senior Fellowship.

Université Paul-Valéry (Montpellier, France)

2015 (1 week) | Framework: Erasmus+: Mobility of teaching staff between program countries.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)

2008 (1 week) | Funding: Complutense travel grant.

University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV, France)

2006 (3 weeks) | Funding: Complutense travel grant.

University of Paris-Denis Diderot (Paris VII, France)

2001 (3 weeks) | Funding: Complutense travel grant.

Oxford University (UK)

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.

Université de Montréal (Canada)

Department of Comparative Literature | 1995 (3 months)

Funding: Agence Universitaire pour l’Enseignement de la Langue Française (AUPELF) & FICU.

Harvard University (USA)

Department of Romance Languages and Literatures | 1994 (3 months)

Position: Visiting Scholar.

University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV, France)

1986 – 1990 (5 years) | Academic Framework: PhD Studies.

Research direction

Doctoral Theses Supervision and Advising

List of completed and ongoing doctoral dissertations supervised or co-supervised by team members.

Defended Theses

Juan Carlos Ruiz Alcaide

“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)

Irene Ortiz Rosado

“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)

Séverine Reyrolle

“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)

Marion Munier

“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)

Rosa Fernández Urtasun

“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

Carolina López Fic

“Filomela and Procne: a myth of artistic and literary creation”

Complutense University of Madrid

María del Carmen Lechosa Maldonado

“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

Israel Jiménez Espino

“En alas de la tormenta. The figure of the goddess in the European myth of the wild hunt”

Complutense University of Madrid

Brennan White

“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

Academic supervision academic record of postgraduate research (Master’s dissertations, doctoral research papers, and postdoctoral projects).

Elías Sampayo Snikah (2023-24)

“The power of myth in superheroes: analysis of pop culture heroic figures as new religious idols”

Master in Religious Studies (UCM) | Grade: Pass (6)

Javier Delgado Belmonte (2020-21)

“Las revelaciones del Grial: lo maravilloso medieval en los relatos griálicos como visión mística”

Master in Religious Studies (UCM) | Grade: Notable (8)

Rubén López Verísimo (2019-20)

“The single ring: influences of Norse mythology in Tolkien’s work”

Master in Religious Studies (UCM) | Grade: Outstanding (9.5)

Andrea Bañón Avilés (2018-19)

“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)

Natalia Sampedro Carreño (2018-19)

“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)

Antonio Ferrer Fernández (2018-19)

“La gamification dans l’enseignement des langues”

Master in Teacher Training (Education Faculty UCM) | Grade: (7)

Ester Gómez Esteban (2018-19)

“Environnement numérique dans la classe de FLE pour l’autonomie dans l’apprentissage”

Master in Teacher Training (Education Faculty UCM) | Grade: (6)

Alexandra Samoletnikova (2015-16)

“Est-ce que Carmen est un mythe?”

Master in Applied French Language (UCM) | Grade: Pass (6.5)

Cristina Fernández Fernández (2011-12)

“Ionesco: philosophy and language”

Master in Theatre and Performing Arts (UCM) | Grade: Outstanding (9)

Maria Angela Silva Cappucci (2010-11)

“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)

Blanca I. López Tejada (2010-11)

“La máscara de Molière”

Doctoral dissertation in Theatre History (UCM) | Grade: Outstanding (9)

Teresa Sánchez Carmona (2010-11)

“Vicente Huidobro: Transferencias poéticas de vanguardia”

Doctoral dissertation in Religious Studies (UCM) | Grade: Outstanding (9)

Erea Fernández Folgueiras (2009-10)

“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

Laetitia Gañán Martínez (2008-09)

“Breve estudio sobre la presencia del miedo en los cuentos”

Master in Literary Studies (UCM) | Grade: Notable (8)

Susana García Hiernaux (2008-09)

“El ballet en las vanguardias europeas: un arte en expansión”

Master in Literary Studies (UCM) | Grade: Outstanding (9)

Sara Baró Vivancos (2008-09)

“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

Institutional management, editorial boards, and memberships in national and international scientific committees.

Academic Positions and Memberships

Vice Dean of Research and PhD Studies

Faculty of Philology, Complutense University of Madrid (2022-).

Head of Department

Department of French Philology, Complutense University of Madrid (2012-2017).

General Coordinator and Quality Committee Chairman

Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Philology, UCM (2011-2013).

Vice President of ADIREL

Association pour la Diffusion de la Recherche en Littérature, Paris (2015-).

Member of UCM Research Institutes

Institute of Religious Sciences (2017-) and
Madrid Theatre Institute (2007-).

Société d’Histoire littéraire de la France

Member by academic appointment, Paris (2007-). Website

Scientific Evaluation Committees

ANECA Evaluator

“Salvador de Madariaga” and “José Castillejo” excellence programs (Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, 2018-).

HCÉRES Expert Evaluator (France)

Haut Conseil de l’évaluation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur (2017-). Website

ANEP / State Research Agency Evaluator

Expert evaluator for the Ministry of Economy, Competitiveness, and Innovation (2012-).


Editorial Boards and Scientific Journals

Management, editorship, and scientific committees in international high-impact journals and publishing collections.

Founder and Editor of Reference Organs in Myth Criticism:

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

“Perspectives comparatistes” Collection

Classiques Garnier publishing house, Paris (2008-). Link

Travaux de Littérature

Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal, Paris (2009-). Éditions Droz

Comparative Literature and Culture

Peer-reviewed journal, Purdue University, USA (1997-).

“Problemata Literaria” Collection

Reichenberger publishing house, Kassel, Germany (1995-).

Ação Midiática

Studies in Communication, Society and Culture, Curitiba, Brazil (2015-).

Other Editorial Advisory Boards

“& 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

Direction and artistic curation of cultural transfer events based on classical and contemporary mythology.

“El Jardín de las Hespérides” by Luis Priego (2022)

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:

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:

I Contest (2014)

Exhibition at Fundación Pons (Madrid).

II Contest (2016)

Exhibition Hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts, UCM.

III Contest (2019)

Exhibition at Espacio Cultural Volturno (Madrid).

IV Contest (2021)

Exhibition at the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions, C.C. La Corrala.

V Contest (2023)

Curated exhibition at El Silo de Hortaleza (Madrid).

VI Contest (2025)

Sala Maruja Mallo, Centro Cultural Daoíz y Velarde (Madrid).


International Awards and Honors

Distinctions, decorations, and scientific prizes awarded throughout the research career.

Honorable Visitor (2024)

Official proclamation of congratulations and declaration of Honorable Visitor granted by the Municipality of Bayamón and the University of Puerto Rico (10/30/2024).

Aristotle International Prize (2024)

International Award for Thought and Essay granted unanimously by the prestigious Grupo Editorial Sial Pygmalion (02/28/2024).

Resilience TNA Programme Grant (2023)

Awarded the “Resilience Transnational Access Programme” fellowship at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria (10/04/2023).

Senior Fellowship (2017)

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).

“Giovi – Città di Salerno” International Research Award (2011)

Highest academic distinction awarded jointly by the Senate of the Italian Republic and the Associazione Culturale Demoetnoantropologica “I Castellani” (12/07/2011).