Adriana Rodriguez Alfonso

Dr. Adriana Rodriguez Alfonso is a Research Associate in Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Tübingen's Romance Studies Department. Her work bridges digital humanities with 19th-20th century Iberian and Latin American literature, focusing on intellectual networks, cultural magazines, and intersections between medical discourse and aesthetic philosophy.

She holds a doctorate (2022) and Master's (2018) from Universidad de Salamanca, preceded by a BA (2017) from Universidad de La Habana. Current research examines fin de siècle representations of insanity in Iberian cultural fields using AI-driven analysis of large literary corpora.

• Principal Investigator: Interdisciplinary project combining literary theory, cultural sociology, and medical history
• Methodology: Close/distant reading, LLM techniques, network visualization
• Grants: Athene Grant 2024/2025, DAAD Postdoc-Programm, Global Encounters Fellowship

Key publications include monographs on literary networks in Argentina, computational analyses of Global South book markets, and AI-driven explorations of madness imaginaries. Her 2024 De Gruyter monograph maps transnational editorial ecosystems.

Scientific awards include multiple DAAD grants for international collaboration, the 2022/2023 Universidad de Salamanca prize for outstanding research, and LASA travel grants.

Teaching focuses on Medienbildung: Digital Humanities and Fin de Siècle Spanish Literature. She maintains active research collaborations with institutions in Germany, Spain, and Latin America.