M.A. / Ph.D., Sorbonne University Eloi Grasset is an Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses on modern and contemporary Iberian cultures, examining the relationship between cultural production and politics through literature, cultural studies, and visual media. His work has appeared widely in edited volumes and leading academic journals, including Catalan Review, Estudis Romànics, Romance Notes, Expressions Maghrébines Journal, Tropelías, Feminismo/s, Rassegna Iberística, Revista Estudios Hispánicos, and the Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies. His most recent book, La trama mortal. Pere Gimferrer y la política de la literatura (1962–1985) [The Mortal Plot: Pere Gimferrer and the Politics of Literature] (Renacimiento, 2020), offers the first in-depth analysis of the role of Catalan writer, editor, and translator Pere Gimferrer (b. 1945) in reshaping the cultural field in Spain and Catalonia during the late Franco regime and the democratic transition. His current project, Food Culture and Political Ideologies in 20th-Century Catalonia, examines how culinary practices and discourses helped shape the Catalan national imaginary. His recent courses and seminars include Soccer in the Hispanic World, Almodóvar’s Spain, Barcelona: The Making of an Urban Landscape, Everyday Life in Franco’s Spain, and Food Culture and Politics. Before joining UCSB, he held teaching and research positions at Harvard University and the University of Barcelona. He welcomes inquiries from prospective graduate students interested in any of his fields of specialization. Modern and Contemporary Literatures and Cultures of Spain; Catalan Studies; Food Studies; Intellectual History; Popular Culture; Iberian Cinemas El Pais; La Vanguardia; Revista Letras Libres; Diari Ara, Suplement Llegim; Letra Global; 452ºF Revista de teoría de la literatura y de literatura comparada; El imparcial; Rassegna iberistica; Llengua i Literatura; Catalan Review; Education
B.A., University of Barcelona
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