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Dr Astrid Marie Schwegler Castañer

Dr Astrid Marie Schwegler Castañer
Assistant lecturer with a PhD
English Philology
  • Despatx BE12primer pisRamon Llull

Curriculum

Brief CV

Astrid Schwegler Castañer has a BA degree in English Philology and an MA degree in Modern Languages and Literatures from the University of the Balearic Islands. In 2016 she obtained a predoctoral research grant with which she completed in 2020 her doctoral thesis on culinary discourses in the work of Asian-Australian authors with the highest distinction.

Her research, focused on the representation of food and discourses on food in literature and visual arts, has been presented at numerous conferences, mostly international, financed with scholarships and travel grants awarded by different associations. Her work has led to publications in international indexed journals such as Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, and Feminist Media Studies. Her research has culminated in the acceptance of a monograph by Brill with publication planned for 2024.

In 2016 she joined the R+D project working team 'The politics, aesthetics and marketing of literary formulae in popular women's fiction: History, Exoticism and Romance' (FFI1206-75130-P) financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness until late 2020. As part of the project, she participated in academic and knowledge transfer activities, in addition to completing an article on the use of food in popular romance that is being reviewed.

In 2022 she joined the R+D project 'Romance for Change: Diversity, Intersectionality and Affective Reparation in Contemporary Romantic Narratives' (PID2021-122249NB-I00) financed by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación until the end of 2025. Along with Dr. Paloma Fresno Calleja, she was the main organizer of the international conference of the European Association for the Study of Australia (EASA) that took place in Palma in September 2023. She is currently working on the connections between romantic relations, diversity and social change in Asian diasporic texts such as Vivian Pham's The Coconut Children and Esther Yi's Y/N.

Teaching

Office Hours

Lecturer Tutorial Times
Start Date End Date Day Start Time End Time Location
01/09/2023 31/07/2024 Wednesday 14.00 16.00 BE12 / Ramon Llull (first floor)

Teaching, 5 previous years

Subject Information
20502 - English I
  • Double degree in Economics and Tourism2021-22
20895 - Comprehension and Interpretation of Academic Texts in English
  • Degree in Spanish Language and Literature2021-22
21145 - Business English
  • Degree in Economics2022-23
  • Double degree in Business Administration and Law2022-23
  • Double degree in Business Administration and Law (2013 syllabus)2022-23
21375 - English for Health and Behavioural Sciences
21800 - Comprehension and Interpretation of Academic Texts in English
21804 - Cultural Insights into the English-Speaking World I
  • Degree in Catalan Language and Literature2020-21
  • Degree in English Studies2020-21
21810 - English Language IV
  • Degree in Catalan Language and Literature2020-21
  • Degree in English Studies2020-21
21818 - Cultural Insights into the English-Speaking World II
21819 - English Language VI
  • Degree in Catalan Language and Literature2020-21
  • Degree in English Studies2020-21
21821 - Literatures of The United States of America
  • Degree in Catalan Language and Literature2022-23
  • Degree in English Studies2022-23
21829 - Final Degree Project
22132 - Final Degree Project in Primary Education
  • Degree in Primary Education2021-22

Research

Research groups

Group Membership type
Contemporary Anglophone Literatures (LITANGLO) Member
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