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Research Interests
Translation Studies from the Middle Ages to the present.
Translation, ideology and social movements.
The construction of class, gender, national and cultural identities.
Comparative cultural studies.
Medieval and early modern European literature with an emphasis in Scottish and Catalan literature.
Current Research Interests
The main focus of my research concerns the social and political dimension of culture and the construction of class, gender, national and cultural identities with a particular emphasis on Translation Studies and comparative cultural studies. I have also paid special attention to the conflictive intercultural relationships between minority/minorised languages and cultures and hegemonic cultures (Catalan-Spanish and Scots-English).
Education/Academic qualification
Medieval Studies, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The Scottish Romance Tradition within the European Context c. 1375 – c. 1550, University of Edinburgh
1 Oct 2001 → 15 Mar 2004
Award Date: 30 Mar 2004
Medieval Studies, Master in Science, A Comparison of Barbour’s Bruce and John the Minstrel’s Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal as National Paradigms of Heroic-Chivalric Biographies, University of Edinburgh
1 Oct 2000 → 30 Sept 2001
Award Date: 30 Sept 2001
English Literature and Language, Bachelor of Arts, BA in Anglo-Germanic Philology, Univ Autonoma Barcelona
1 Oct 1991 → 30 Jun 1997
Award Date: 30 Jun 1997
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Introduction: Iberian Mobilities
Mainer, S., Buffery, H., Miranda, D. & Veiga, M., 1 Apr 2022, Here and Beyond: Narratives of Mobility in Iberian Culture. Mainer , S., Miranda-Barreiro, D. & Veiga , M. (eds.). Lit Verlag, p. 9-27 (Hispanic Transnational Studies; vol. 3).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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An anarchist's guide to the galaxy: Felip Cortiella's El plor de l'auba
Mainer, S., 2022, Here and Beyond: Narratives of Travel and Mobility in Iberian Culture. Zurich: Lit Verlag, p. 47-62 (Hispanic Transnational Studies; vol. 3).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Here and Beyond: Narratives of Travel and Mobility in Contemporary Iberian Culture
Mainer, S., Buffery, H., Miranda, D. & Veiga, M., 2022, Zurich: Lit Verlag. 306 p. (Hispanic Transnational Studies; vol. 3)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Introduction: Self-translating, from minorisation to empowerment
Mainer, S., Castro, O. & Page, S., 10 Sept 2017, Self-Translation and Power: Negotiating identities in Multilingual European Contexts. Castro, O., Mainer, S. & Page, S. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-22 22 p. (Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Self-Translation and Power: Negotiating Identities in European Multilingual Contexts
Castro, O. (Editor), Mainer, S. (Editor) & Page, S. (Editor), 10 Sept 2017, Palgrave Macmillan. 322 p. (Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting)Research output: Book/Report › Book