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Claire Taylor

Professor Claire Taylor
BA Hons, MPhil, PhD

Gilmour Chair of Spanish and Professor in Hispanic Studies
Languages, Cultures and Film
Part of
School of Histories, Languages and Cultures
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Contact

C.L.Taylor@liverpool.ac.uk

+44 (0)151 794 2776

Professional Activities

Editorial Roles:

2010 to date Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Liverpool University Press
2008 to date General Editor, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
2005 to date Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Film and Film Culture
2003 to date Member of Editorial Board, New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film

Current Advisory Board Roles on External Grants:
Advisory Board member on AHRC-funded OWRI grant, Language Acts and Worldmaking, led by PI at KCL. 2017-2020.
Advisory Board member on AHRC-funded Global Challenges Research Fund grant on Precarious Publishing in Latin America, led by PI at Surrey.
Advisory Board member on jointly funded AHRC, Newton and Colciencias grant on Bringing Memories from the Margins: Inclusive Transitional Justice and Creative Memory Processes for Reconciliation in Colombia, led by PI at Bristol. 2018-2019.

Selected External Examining of Doctoral Theses:
2018 Oxford University, Late Twentieth Century Chilean Poetry (Vicuña, Juan Luis Martínez, Rodrigo Lira) in Comparison to Brazilian Concretista Poetry.
2015 University of Cambridge, Modernity’s Rebel Daughters: Feminism, Writing and Conflict in Contemporary Colombia
2012 University of St Andrews, Creation and Marginalization in Women’s Writing in Mid-Twentieth Century Uruguay: The Case of Concepción Silva Bélinzon’s Poetry.
2011 University of Cambridge, Mapping the Control Society: Science Fiction Tropes and Digital Technologies in Argentine and Brazilian Narrative.
2009 Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, The Work of Flora Tristán.
2008 University College, Dublin, Los Bildungsromane femeninos de Carmen Boullosa and Sandra Cisneros: Lectura Comparativa.
2007 University of Edinburgh, Gendering the Marvellous: Strategies of Response in Remedios Varo, Elena Garro and Carmen Boullosa.
2007 University College Cork, Representations of Madness in Mexican and Chicana writers; Elena Garro, Susana Pagano, Ana Castillo and Maria Amparo Escandon.

Conference Roles

  • Invitation to sit on advisory board and chair panel, Software Sustainability, Oxford June 2018., by Invitation (Software Sustainability, 2018)
  • Invitation to speak on ‘Cyberliterature and Digital Genres’ , by Invitation (ACLAIIR, 2014)
  • Invitation to speak on ‘Digital World Cultures’ , by Invitation (N8 Digital North, 2013)
  • Invitation to speak on ‘Latin(o) American net.art’, by Invitation (University of East Anglia, 2011)
  • Invitation to speak on Latin American cyberculture, by Invitation (UNAM, 2011)
  • Invitation to speak on ‘Acercamientos a la cibercultura latinoamericana’, by Invitation (REDIAL, 2011)
  • Invitation to speak on Latin American Cyberculture, by Invitation (University of Southampton, 2010)
  • Invitation to speak on Latin American cyberculture, by Invitation (King's College, London, 2010)
  • Invitation to speak on Latin American Cyberculture, by Invitation (Cornell University, 2010)
  • Invitation to speak on Latin American Cyberculture , by Invitation (Casa de América, Madrid, 2008)
  • Latin America and Postcolonial Studies, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Westminster, 2008)
  • Latin American Cyberculture, by Invitation (Liverpool John Moores University, 2008)

Editorships

  • Liverpool University Press (Advisory Board Member, 2010 - present)
  • Publications of the Modern Language Association (Peer reviewer, 2007 - present)
  • Mosaic: a journal for the interdisciplinary study of literature (Peer reviewer, 2006 - present)
  • Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (General Editor, 2005 - present)
  • Film and Film Culture: The Irish Journal of International Film Studies (Advisory Board Member, 2005 - present)
  • Bulletin of Spanish Studies (Peer reviewer, 2003 - present)
  • New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film (Co-Editor, 2003 - present)

Examination Roles

  • Oxford University, PhD (2018)
  • University College London (University of London), BA (UG, 2011)
  • University of Cambridge, PhD (2011)
  • University of St Andrews, PhD (2011)
  • University of Cambridge, BA (UG, 2011)
  • Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, PhD (2009)
  • University College Cork (National University of Ireland), MPhil (2007)
  • University College Dublin, PhD (2007)
  • University of Edinburgh, PhD (2007)
  • University College Cork (National University of Ireland), PhD (2006)

Professional Body Memberships

  • Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (President, 2018)
  • UKRI Global Challenges Strategic Advisory Group (Member, 2018 - present)
  • Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (President, 2018 - present)
  • Arts and Humanities Research Council (Chair of Digital Transformations Theme Advisory Group, 2014 - present)
  • Arts and Humanities Research Council (Advisor Board Member, 2013 - present)
  • Arts and Humanities Research Council (Expert Reviewer, BGP2 Scheme, 2013 - present)
  • Arts and Humanities Research Council (Member of Peer review College, 2010 - 2013)
  • Women in Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin-American Studies (WISPS) (Member, 2003 - present)