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Dr José Igor Prieto Arranz

Dr José Igor Prieto Arranz
Senior lecturer
English Philology
Centre for Postgraduate Studies (deputy director)
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Curriculum

Brief CV

Dr J. Igor Prieto-Arranz is senior lecturer in English at the University of the Balearic Islands' Department of Modern and Classical Languages, where he teaches courses on British history and culture, English language and critical theory at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. He holds a European PhD in English from the University of Oviedo (2002). He has researched in the fields of SLA, translation and, most especially, cultural studies, his main interest being the expression and representation of identity.
He has (co-) authored or (co-)edited various volumes including A (Dis)United Kingdom: The Discourse of British Tourist Promotion and its Translation into Spanish (Oviedo UP, 2005), Commenting on Texts. Literature, History, the Media (UIB Press, 2006), A Comparison of Popular TV in English and Spanish Speaking Societies: Soaps, Sci-Fi, Sitcoms, Adult Cartoons, and Cult Series (Edwin Mellen, 2010) and De-Centring Cultural Studies: Past, Present and Future of Popular Culture. Spaces and Contexts (Cambridge Scholars, 2013).
He has contributed several chapters to volumes published by Springer, John Benjamins or Multilingual Matters, and his articles have been published in prestigious international journals like the Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, the Journal of Popular Culture, Language, Culture and Curriculum, the Bulletin of Spanish Studies, the Journal of Language, Identity & Education, CLIO: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History and Textual Practice.

Dr Prieto-Arranz has been exchange coordinator for English Studies (2009-2012), Deputy Head of the University of the Balearic Islands' Doctoral School (EDUIB, 2015-2018) and the University of the Balearic Islands' Director of International Development (2018-2021).

Teaching

Teaching, 5 previous years

Subject Information
11154 - To Be or Not to Be: An Analysis of Written Expressions of Identity from a Cultural Studies Perspective
  • Master's Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures2020-21
  • Master's in Modern Languages and Literatures2018-19, 2019-20
21804 - Cultural Insights into the English-Speaking World I
21829 - Final Degree Project
21842 - British Cultural Studies: A Practical Approach

Research

Research groups

Group Membership type
British and comparative cultural studies: identities and representation (BRICCS) Main researcher
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