Faculty Profile

Cristina Sanchez-Conejero

Title
Professor
Department
Spanish
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 2003. 
Major: Hispanic Languages and Literatures (Specialization in 20th-21st Century Spanish Film and Narrative)
Degree Specialization: 20th-21st Century Spanish Film and Narrative
MA, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 2000. 
Major: Degree in Spanish and Latin American Literature
BA, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain, 1998. 
Major: Degree in English, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
No current or future courses scheduled.


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    SPAN 3110.001, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4451.001, Women in Contemporary Spanish Cinema, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5206.001, Spanishness in Contemporary Spanish Peninsular Literature and Cinema, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4453.001, The Movida Cinema, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 1020.010, Elementary Spanish, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 3110.001, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5225.001, Post Franco Spanish Novel, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4451.001, Women in Contemporary Spanish Cinema, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 1020.010, Elementary Spanish, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 3110.001, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5205.001, Post Civil War Spanish Novel, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 3110.001, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5206.001, Spanishness in Contemporary Spanish Peninsular Literature and Cinema, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 3110.001, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4450.002, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5950.001, Master's Thesis, Fall 2018 
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5950.703, Master's Thesis, Spring 2018 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.002, Seminar in Spanish, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5950.702, Master's Thesis, Fall 2017 
                    

                    SPAN 5950.705, Master's Thesis, Fall 2017 
                    

                    SPAN 4430.001, Sexualities in Contemporary Spanish Cinema, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5950.701, Master's Thesis, Spring 2017 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.002, Seminar in Spanish, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5950.701, Master's Thesis, Fall 2016 
                    

                    SPAN 4330.001, Post Franco Spainish Culture, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5206.001, Spanishness in Contemporary Spanish Peninsular Literature and Cinema, Summer 10W 2016  SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5950.705, Master's Thesis, Spring 2016 
                    

                    SPAN 4900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2016 
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 3110.001, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4430.001, Sexualities in Contemporary Spanish Cinema, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5200.002, Seminar in Spanish, Spring 2015 
                    

                    SPAN 5900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2015 
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 3110.004, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.705, Master's Thesis, Fall 2014 
                    

                    SPAN 4330.001, Post Franco Spainish Culture, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 4450.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5205.001, Post Civil War Spanish Novel, Spring 2014 
                    

                    SPAN 3060.006, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 4330.001, Post Franco Spainish Culture, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 4430.001, Sexualities in Contemporary Spanish Cinema, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5200.001, Seminar in Spanish, Summer 5W1 2013 
                    

                    SPAN 4970.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.706, Master's Thesis, Spring 2013 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.001, Seminar in Spanish, Summer 5W1 2012 
                    

                    SPAN 4900.706, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2012 
                    

                    SPAN 3070.006, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, Spring 2012 
                    

                    SPAN 5206.001, Spanishness in Contemporary Spanish Peninsular Literature and Cinema, Spring 2012 
                    

                    SPAN 4900.706, Special Problems, Spring 2012 
                    

                    SPAN 3070.002, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.706, Master's Thesis, Summer 5W1 2011 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.001, Seminar in Spanish, Summer 5W1 2011 
                    

                    SPAN 4900.706, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2011 
                    

                    SPAN 4970.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.706, Master's Thesis, Spring 2011 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.002, Seminar in Spanish, Spring 2011 
                    

                    SPAN 4430.001, Sexualities in Contemporary Spanish Cinema, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5200.001, Seminar in Spanish, Summer 5W1 2010 
                    

                    SPAN 4970.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Spring 2010 
                    

                    SPAN 5205.001, Post Civil War Spanish Novel, Fall 2009 
                    

                    SPAN 4330.001, Post Franco Spain: Literature and Culture, Fall 2009 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.002, Seminar in Spanish, Summer 5W1 2009 
                    

                    SPAN 4970.001, Contemporary Spanish Culture Through Cinema, Spring 2009 
                    

                    SPAN 3060.004, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, Fall 2008 
                    

                    SPAN 4330.001, Post Franco Spain: Literature and Culture, Fall 2008 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.003, Seminar in Spanish, Fall 2008 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.002, Seminar in Spanish, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    SPAN 3070.003, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, Spring 2008 
                    

                    SPAN 4980.004, Experimental Course, Spring 2008 
                    

                    SPAN 4980.004, Experimental Course, Fall 2007 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.004, Seminar in Spanish, Fall 2007 
                    

                    SPAN 3070.003, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, Spring 2007 
                    

                    SPAN 3110.001, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Spring 2007 
                    

                    SPAN 5900.700, Special Problems, Spring 2007 
                    

                    SPAN 3060.004, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, Fall 2006 
                    

                    SPAN 4330.001, Post Franco Spain: Literature and Culture, Fall 2006 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.004, Seminar in Spanish, Fall 2006 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.002, Seminar in Spanish, Summer 5W1 2006 
                    

                    SPAN 3070.003, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, Spring 2006 
                    

                    SPAN 3150.003, Spanish Culture and Civilization, Spring 2006 
                    

                    SPAN 2050.003, Intermediate Spanish, Fall 2005 
                    

                    SPAN 4330.001, Post Franco Spain: Literature and Culture, Fall 2005 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.002, Seminar in Spanish, Fall 2005 

          


          
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  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2015). Sex and Ethics in Spanish Cinema. 105.  New York: Palgrave MacMillan. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2012). Rain, Bamboo. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2011). Lluvia, bambú. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2010). Una ni ña postfranquista
 Single author. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2009). Novela y cine de ciencia ficción española contemporánea: una reflexión sobre la humanidad. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2007). Spanishness in the Spanish Novel and Cinema of the 20th-21st Century. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2006). ¿Identidades españolas? Literatura y cine de la globalización (1980- 2000). 
Book Chapter
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2007). " Eating Spanishness: Food, Globalization and Cultural Identity in Cruz and Corbacho's Tapas". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2007). " Hooking for Spanishness: Immigration and Prostitution in León de Aranoa's Princesas". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2007). "From Iberianness to Spanishness: Being Spanish in 20th-21st Century Spain". 
Book Review
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2001). In eRAL, eReviews in Applied Linguistics and Language Learning UCSB:-review of Working with Bilingual Children. 
Conference Proceeding
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2005). Inmigración, catalanización y globalización: El amante bilingüe (1990) de Juan Marsé y La teta y la luna (1994) de Bigas Luna". 
Journal Article
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2022). "Literatura, periodismo y posverdad: Mujer en guerra de Maruja Torres” in Cincinnati Romance Review 53: 35-58.. Cincinnati Romance Review. 53, 35-58. https://www.artsci.uc.edu/crr.html
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2021). "Cine, cultura y humanidades digitales: Carmina o revienta (2012) de Paco León". 42(2), 127-150. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2020). “España 9.0: los dioses en Mundo sin dioses” Hispanic Journal 41 (2): 145-166.. 41(2), 145-166. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2019). Cine, modernidad y Marca España: La buena estrella de Ricardo Franco", published in Hispanic Journal. 40(1), 159-184. 
Sánchez-Conejero, C.  (2018). Radiografía de la poscultura española: Ambiciones y reflexiones (2013) de Belén Esteban". Romance Quarterly. 65(3), . Taylor and Francis. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2018). “Orientalismo, feminismo y post-feminismo: Bélver Yin (1981) de Jesús Ferrero". Hispanic Review. 39(1), . 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2016). “Memoria, justicia y “feminismo sexy”: de Las trece rosas a Carta a Eva". Hispanófila. 178, 275-289. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2015). “¡Vaspaña!” Historicismo e identidad nacional en La sombra del águila de Arturo Pérez Reverte". Crítica Hispánica. 37(1), 149-156. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2014). “El silencio de Gaspar Hernández (2009), ejemplo de novela espiritual en la España post-franquista". Crítica Hispánica. 36(2), 97-105. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2010). "Represión, obsesión y marginación: la España de los sesenta y Cinco horas con Mario". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2009). "Spaniwood? English Language Spanish Films Since the 1990s". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2008). " '¡Qué overdose!' Sexual Identities in Pedro Almodóvar's Laberinto de pasiones (1982)". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2008). " Dulce dueño de Emilia Pardo Bazán: una novela postmodernamente anticanónica". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2008). "Entrevista a Javier Negrete". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2007). " 'Con un par de cojones': honor, patria y masculinidad en Un asunto de honor (1995) y Cachito (1995)".. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2006). "Pocahontas ataca de nuevo: Iracema o la importancia de la figura del mestizo en la sociedad brasileña actual". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2005). "Caminhan Otherness Revisited: Quilombo or the Rebellion of Humanist Pacifism.". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2004). "Buenos Aires, ciudad posmoderna en el poemario Ciudad de Fernández Moreno".. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2004). "De la identidad gallega nacional a la identidad gallega global: Galicia, el bonsai atlántico (1989) de Manuel Rivas y Finisterre (1998) de Xavier Villaverde". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2004). "El hombre vasco global: El hombre solo (1994) de Bernardo Atxaga y La muerte de Mikel (1984) de Imanol Uribe". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2004). "Las identidades y culturas de las Autonomías en la Red: un espacio para el pluriculturalismo.". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2003). "A Postmodern and Genealogical Counter-History versus Nineteenth-Century Hi stories of Galicia".. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2003). "De Buñuel a Alejandro González Iñárritu: lo perro en Un perro andaluz y en Amores perros.". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2003). "Lo global en el discurso(s) feminista(s): El silencio de las sirenas(1985) de Adelaida García Morales y Flores de otro mundo (1999) deIcíar Bollaín". 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2003). "Run Lola Run and the Web: Networks of Structuralist Possibilities".. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2002). "A Reliquia, multiplicidad de discursos y revisión histórica: una lectura posmoderna".. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2002). "La soledad como estrategia de poder en Modelos de mujer de Almudena Grandes.". 
Other
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2011). Hispanosophy -film. 
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2006). Translation of poem "El viento en la isla" by Pablo Neruda. Solo 7: 33.. 
Poem
Sanchez-Conejero, C.  (2010). "Fantasía marina", "Serendipia", "Solaris", "Hong Kong", "Los pisos amarillos", "Alburquerque" (selected poems)
 
 Poesía en Villanova. Antología del festival de poesía 2010. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
Awarded Grants



  
  
  	  
          
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Sanchez-Conejero, C., "Department of Spanish research funds," University of North Texas, $500 Funded. (2019 – 2019).
Sanchez-Conejero, C., "SCA," Sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $3282 Funded. (2018 – 2018).
Sanchez-Conejero, C., "Scholarly and Creativity Award, UNT.," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2015 – 2015).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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