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Alicia Castillo Villanueva

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Alicia Castillo Villanueva is Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Gender at Dublin City University. Prior to joining DCU, she held academic posts at University College Cork and the University of Limerick. She holds a degree in Hispanic Philology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, a Higher Diploma in Education from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, an MA in Hispanic Studies and Literary Translation from UCC, and a PhD in Gender Studies from the University of Limerick.

Alicia has demonstrated sustained leadership and innovation in teaching and learning. A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), she has held key roles such as Chair and Deputy Chair of the BA in Joint Honours (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences), where she led successful curriculum reforms and programme enhancements. She has also served as Teaching and Learning Convenor and currently she is the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Convenor for the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies.

Her commitment to gender equality extends beyond the classroom. Alicia chaired the successful School application for the Athena Swan Bronze Award in November 2023 and was awarded the Aurora Leadership Programme for women in higher education in 2022.

Edited Book

	Year	Publication
	2024	Castillo Villanueva, A. & Bollas, A (Ed.). (2024) HIV/AID in Memory, Culture and Society. Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan,
	2019	Pintado Gutiérrez, L. & Castillo Villanueva, A (Ed.). (2019) New Approaches to Translation, Conflict and Memory. Narratives of the Spanish Civil War and the Dictatorship. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, [Link] [DOI]

Guest Editor

	Year	Publication
	2024	Carbayo Abengozar, M., Vohnsen, M. & Castillo Villanueva, A. (2024) Commemorative Issue for the Association of Women in Spanish, Latin American and Portuguese Studies. GUESTE
	2021	Castillo Villanueva, A. & Pintado Gutiérrez, L. (2021) Special issue in Perspectives, Studies in Translatology: Narrative accounts of the Spanish Civil War and Franco’s dictatorship: translation and memory at a crossroad. GUESTE [Link] https://doi.org/10.1080/0907676X.2020.1724661

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2025	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia; Chakraborty, Arpita (2025) 'Special Issue: Gender-Based Violence and Migration: Political Conflict, Intersectionality, and Contentious politics'. Partecipazione e Conflitto, 1 (18).
	2025	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia; Chakraborty, Arpita (2025) 'Mapping the Intersection of Migration and Gender-Based Violence'. Partecipazione e Conflitto, 1 (18):132-146. [DOI]
	2024	Lucía Pintado Guitiérrez; Alicia Castillo Villanueva (2024) 'Translating memories of violent pasts by Claudia Jünker and Désirée Schyns'. THE TRANSLATOR : STUDIES IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, .
	2024	Carbayo Abengozar, M., Vohnsen, M. & Castillo Villanueva, A (2024) 'Echoes of Empowerment: Women’s Voices across the Latin American, Lusophone and Spanish Cultures'. JOURNAL OF ROMANCE STUDIES, .
	2023	Mohammad Hosseini; Alicia Castillo Villanueva (2023) 'A qualitative analysis of the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on gender biases in an Irish University'. PLoS ONE, (18(9)). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288467
	2023	Villanueva, A.C.; Julián, R.M.S. (2023) ''Being a punter implies taking risks': Misogynistic masculinity of male prostitutors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain'. Revista Espanola de Sociologia, 32 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Castillo Villanueva, A. & Pintado Gutiérrez, L. (2021) 'Narrative accounts of the Spanish Civil War and Franco’s dictatorship: translation and memory at a crossroad'. Perspectives: Studies in Translatology, 29 (1):100-102. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1080/0907676X.2020.1724661
	2021	Castillo Villanueva, A.; Pintado Gutiérrez, L. (2021) 'Translation and transcultural memory in La voz dormida'. Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, 29 . [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2019) 'Por tu bien y Néixer, reflexiones audiovisuales sobre la violencia obstétrica'. Bulletin of Spanish Studies, .
	2015	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2015) 'El cuerpo como espacio de escritura de la subjetividad en Beatriz y los cuerpos celestes (1998) de Lucía Etxebarría. Dossiers Feministes'. 20 :19-31. http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/dossiers/issue/view/151

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2025	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia; Pintado Gutiérrez, Lucía (2025) 'El traductor como guardián de la memoria en la literatura española contemporánea [The Translator as Guardian of Memory in Contemporary Spanish Literature]' In: Translation and Cultural Sustainability. Challengues and New Avenues. Salamanca : Universidad de Salamanca Press. https://doi.org/10.14201/0AQ03737784
	2024	Castillo Villanueva, A. & Bollas, A. (2024) 'Viral Echoes: Revisiting the Cultural Memory of HIV/AIDS' In: HIV/AID in Memory, Culture and Society. Switzerland : Palgrave MacMillan.
	2023	Castillo Villanueva, A. (2023) 'Educación para el desarrollo sostenible: la literatura t cultura hispánica con perspectiva de género en la universidad' In: El género y su transversalización en la educación (formal y no formal), en la familia y en el deport. Madrid : Dykinson.
	2022	Pintado Gutiérrez, L. & Castillo Villanueva, A. (2022) 'Transcultural counter-memory and translation in contemporary Spanish fiction' In: The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Memory. UK : Routledge. [DOI]
	2019	Castillo Villanueva, A. & Pintado Gutiérrez, L. (2019) 'Emerging Trends in Reassessing Translation, Conflict, and Memory' In: New Approaches to Translation, Conflict and Memory. Narratives of the Spanish Civil War and the Dictatorship. Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan. [Link] [DOI]
	2017	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2017) 'Narratives of Violence and Resistance in Spanish Women Writers' In: Women, Violence and Resistance. Tunisia : Arabesques Editions.
	2017	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2017) 'The recession in contemporary Spanish cinema: Masculinities in transition' In: The Dynamics of Masculinity in Contemporary Spanish Culture. London and New York : Routhledge.
	2015	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2015) 'Cultural change and feminist discourse in the sitcom Media Naranja (1986) by Rosa Montero' In: A New Gaze: Women Creators of Film and Television in Democratic Spain. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholar Publisisng.
	2014	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2014) 'Madrid as a glocal enclave in El Otro Lado: un acercamiento a Lavapiés by Basel Ramsis' In: Toward a Multicultural Configuration of Spain: Local Cities, Global Spaces. Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (Rowman & Littelefield.
	2012	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2012) 'Violencia y empoderamiento en las escritoras españolas: de la Transición al nuevo milenio' In: Más igualdad, redes para la igualdad. Sevilla : Arcibel, Colección Audem.
	2008	Castillo Villanueva (2008) 'Esa imagen que en el espejo se detiene: cuerpo e identidad en las representaciones culturales de la violencia de género' In: Escribir con el cuerpo. Valencia : Colección Tabla Redonda, E Cultura.

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2023	Alicia Castillo Villanueva; et al (2023) Report: Athena Swan Bronze SALIS. SALIS (DCU), .

Recording

	Year	Publication
	2016	Lucia Pintado Gutiérrez; Alicia Castillo Villanueva (2016) In Conversation with Nick Caistor: Women’s Voices beyond National Frontiers. Instituto Cervantes Dublin: REC [Link]

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2016	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia and Pintado Gutiérrez, Lucía (2016) 'In conversation with Nick Caistor: Women´s voices beyond national frontiers' .

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2025	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2025) Translation Studies Network of Ireland Conference (TSNI 5) Translation Studies Network of Ireland Conference (TSNI 5) CTTS - DCU, 08/05/2025-08/05/2025.
	2024	Castillo Villanueva, A. (2024) Graphics in Ibero-American Narratives: Utopia, Liminality, and the Anthropocene Memoria multidireccional y violencia de género en la novela gráfica Asylum University of Limerick, 02/05/2024-03/05/2024.
	2024	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2024) WISPS Annual Conference Women in Spanish and Portuguese Studies University of Westminster, London, 01/11/2024-02/11/2024.
	2024	Castillo Villanueva, A. and Pintado Gutiérrez, L. (2024) II Congreso Traducción y sostenibilidad, Salmanaca, 17-19 Abril, 2024 Memory and Resistance in Translation: Contemporary Spanish Literature Universidad de Salamanca, España, .
	2023	Alicia Castillo Villanueva (2023) XXIII ANNUAL CONFERENCE GENDER + VIOLENCE Trata, masculinidad y violencia de género en la novela Si esto es una mujer (2019) de Lorenzo Silva y Noemí Trujillo University of Warwick, 10/11/2023-11/11/2023.
	2023	Castillo Villanueva, A. (2023) III CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE GÉNERO Y EDUCACIÓN: ESCUELA, EDUCACIÓN NO FORMAL, FAMILIA Y DEPORTE Literatura y género en la universidad Universidad de Soria, España, 05/07/2023-07/09/2023.
	2023	Castillo Villanueva, A.; Pintado Gutiérrez, L. (2023) Radical Translation/Translating the Radical, TSNI Memory and TranslationNarratives of the Spanish Civil War and the Dictatorship University College Cork, 27/04/2023-28/04/2023.
	2023	Castillo Villanueva, A; Pintado Gutiérrez, L (2023) Translation at the interplay between cultural and transcultural memory Translation at the interplay between cultural and transcultural memory University College London, 27/03/2023-27/03/2023.
	2022	Alicia Castillo Villanueva (2022) HTN Conference 2022 History and Translation: Multidisciplinary Perspectives 25-28 May 2022, Tallinn Memory and Translation in the Narratives of the Spanish Civil War and the Dictatorship Tallinn University, 25/05/2022-28/05/2022.
	2021	Alicia Castillo (2021) Dublin LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers Plenary: Dr Calogero Giametta, Mapping Homo/Transphobia: The Valorisation of the LGBT Protection Category in the Refugee-Granting System Online - DCU, 09/04/2021-10/04/2021.
	2021	Sarah Meehan, JP. Imbert, Alicia Castillo, Angelos Bollas (2021) Disabilities, Arts and Sexualities https://www.disabilitiesartsexualitiesconf.org/ Online - EROSS, DCU, 11/03/2021-13/03/2021.
	2021	Alicia Castillo (2021) Visual & Queer Deconstructions of Compulsory Able-Bodiedness. Disabilities, Arts and Sexualities https://www.disabilitiesartsexualitiesconf.org/ Online - EROSS, DCU, 11/03/2021-13/03/2021.
	2019	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2019) Representaciones audiovisuales de violencia obstétrica WISPS Annual Conference University of Maynooth, 01/11/2019-02/11/2019.
	2019	Alicia Castillo (2019) HIV/AIDS Then and Now: A World Conference on HIV/AIDS, Culture and Memory Hosted in the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS) at Dublin City University (DCU), this world conference is organised by EROSS (Expressions, Research Orientations: Sexuality Studies). The conference aims to explore the dynamics of cultural memory and its confluence with HIV/AIDS Dublin City University, 14/11/2019-15/05/2020.
	2018	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia and Pintado Gutiérrez, Lucía (2018) Género, poder y memoria en la traducción de La voz dormida (2002) de Dulce Chacón III Symposium on Literary Translation and Contemporary Iberia.Translation, Power and Politics Universidad Católica de Lisboa, 21/11/2018-23/11/2018.
	2017	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia and Pintado Gutiérrez, Lucía (2017) Translation, Conflict and Memory II Symposium on Literary Translation and Contemporary Iberia Co-organiser of the II Symposium on Literary Translation and Contemporary Iberia Dublin City University, .
	2016	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia and Pintado Gutiérrez, Lucía (2016) Translating the experience of Republican women in contemporary Spanish fiction: The Sleeping Voice (2002) Memory and Translatio University College Cork, .
	2016	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia and Pintado Gutiérrez, Lucía (2016) Looking at the Past Through Translation: Story and History in the Sleeping Voice (2002) by Dulce Chacón Translation, conflict and memory University College Cork, .
	2016	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia and Pintado Gutiérrez, Lucía (2016) Reframing Conflict: Memory and Translation of Republican Women Translation and Memory Dublin City University, .
	2016	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia and Pintado Gutiérrez, Lucía (2016) In conversation with Nick Caistor: History, Memory and Translation in Hispanic Literature Guest speaker Nick Caistor Dublin City University, .
	2015	Castillo Villanueva (2015) El cuerpo como espacio de escritura de la subjetividad en Beatriz y los cuerpos celestes Literatura contemporánea Conferencia online, .
	2013	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2013) Women Then and Now in Spanish Theatre, Cinema and Television Women and Television Trinity College, Dublin, .
	2013	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2013) Social and Political Violence against Republican Women in Post-War Spain Spanish Civil War, women, violence University of Leicester, UK, 11/03/2013-14/03/2013.
	2013	Castillo Villanueva (2013) Social change and feminist discourse in the sitcom Media Naraja (1986), by Rosa Montero Women in television, Spanish transition to democracy University Carlos III, Madrid, 12/11/2013-14/11/2013.
	2013	Castillo Villanueva, Alicia (2013) Cambios socio-políticos y representaciones culturales en el postfranquismo: el caso de la Movida Madrileña Arte, música, cambio social, democracia Leicester, 11/03/2013-14/03/2013.

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Centre fort Translation and Textual Studies (CTTS). SALIS, Dublin City University	Member	-
	WISPS Women in Spanish and Portuguese Studies	Member	-

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Chair of the Bachelor of Arts (Joint Honours)		01/09/2021 - 01/09/2023
	Deputy Chair of the Bachelor of Arts (Joint Honours)		01/09/2019 - 31/08/2021

Employment

Employer	Position	From / To
University College Cork	College Teacher of Spanish	-
Saint Nessans National School	Teacher of Spanish	-
School of Language and Intercultural Studies	Assistant Professor	-
University of Limerick	Teaching Assistant in Spanish	-

Education

	Start date	Institution	Qualification	Subject
		University College Cork	Master of Arts
		Complutense University Madrid	H.Dip. in Ed. (Post grad Diploma in Further and Higher Education)
		University of Limerick	PhD

Reviews

	Journal	Role
	Revista de Humanidades	Reviewer
	Bulletin of Spanish Studies	Reviewer
	Oceanide	Reviewer

Media

	Title	Year	Type	Authors
	Why past events like the Spanish Civil War still resonate with us today	2019	Newspaper article (online)	Alicia Castillo & Lucía Pintado
	In Conversation with Nick Caistor: Women’s Voices beyond National Frontiers	2016	Television interview/panel discussion	Alicia Castillo & Lucía Pintado

Research Interests

Alicia’s research centres on the intersections of memory, conflict, gender-based violence, migration, and translation. She explores how violence—particularly against women—is remembered, represented, and mediated across cultures and languages, especially in contexts shaped by authoritarian regimes, forced displacement, and post-conflict transitions. Her work engages with literature, film, and visual culture, highlighting feminist and intersectional perspectives.

She is particularly interested in how translation functions not only as a linguistic act but as a political and ethical tool for shaping collective memory and enabling cross-cultural dialogues about trauma and justice. Alicia’s current projects include a monograph on violence against women in contemporary Spanish literature, a co-authored book on music and feminicide, and collaborative research on graphic novels and gendered memory. Core Research Areas: - Memory, conflict, gender-based violence, and feminicide - Migration, displacement, and border violence - Translation, trauma, and cross-cultural memory - Feminist cultural narratives: literature, film, and graphic novels

- Intersectionality and social justice

Research Projects

	Title	Role	Description	Start date	End date
	Tranlating the Spanish Civil War and Dictatorship in the 21st Century Literature	Principal Investigator		01/01/2016

Current Postgraduate Students

Student Name	Degree	Supervision
O'Mullane,David	PhD	Supervisor
Almufarih,Haifa	PhD-track	Supervisor
Almuhawiss,Hind	PhD-track	Supervisor
Borpujari,Priyanka	PhD	Supervisor

Internal Collaborators

	Type	Name	Company	Role
	Internal	Dr Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez	DCU	Academic

External Collaborators

Type	Name	Company	Role
External	Professor Ellen Mayock	Washington and Lee University	Academic
External	Dr Lorraine Ryan	The University of Birmingham	Academic
External	Dr Marta Giralt	University of Limerick	Academic
External	Dr María Isabel Menéndez	Burgos University	Academic
External	Dr Concepción Cascajosa Virino	Carlos III University	Academic
External	Dr Ana Corbalán	The University of Alabama	Academic

Teaching Interests

Narratives of the Transition to democracy and post-Transition in Spain.
Memory and trauma in contemporary Spanish literature.
Gender and sexuality studies.
Intercultural studies: transnational immigration and globalization.
Film and visual arts.