Biography

Helena Buffery, BA, MA (Balliol College, University of Oxford), PhD (University of Birmingham)

College Lecturer

I came to UCC in April 2010 after many years at the University of Birmingham, where I completed my PhD in 1997. My main teaching and research interests are in Hispanic Theatre and Performance, Translation Studies and Catalan Studies, but I've taught many other aspects of Hispanic languages and cultures over the years and am particularly drawn to the diverse instances of intercultural contact and cross-cultural transactions that characterise the Hispanic world.  I am currently the research officer in the department at Cork and organise the research seminars.

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COURSES TAUGHT/CO-ORDINATED

As well as teaching on the First and Second Year core culture options, I offer a series of other options and co-ordinate the Catalan Language and Culture courses in Second and Final Year (taught by Núria Massot)

First Year

HS1101 First Year Spanish Language for Beginners (with staff, Department of Hispanic Studies)

HS1102 First Year Spanish Language for Non Beginners (with staff, Department of Hispanic Studies)

Second Year

HS2010 Texts and Contexts in the Hispanic World (with staff, Department of Hispanic Studies)

HS2011 Contemporary Hispanic Theatre

HS2022 Catalonia and the Catalan Language I

HS2023 Catalan Cultural Studies I 

Final Year

HS3001 Final Year Spanish Language (with staff, Department of Hispanic Studies)

HS3010 Stages of Exile in Hispanic Theatre

HS3022 Catalonia and the Catalan Language II

HS3023 Catalan Cultural Studies II

Postgraduate

HS6004 Approaches to Translation (Spanish - English): Theory and Practice

HS6015 Moveable Margins: Gender and Identity in Contemporary Hispanic (Catalan) Culture

I have supervised PhD (11) and Masters dissertations (6) on a wide range of topics, including contemporary women's writing, Spanish Republican exile narrative and theatre, translation reception and applied translation studies.

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