Alison Ribeiro de Menezes

Professor Alison Ribeiro de Menezes is a leading Hispanist at the University of Warwick's Faculty of Arts, Department of Hispanic Studies. She previously served as Head of Department (2012-15), Head of School (2016-19), and currently holds the position of Deputy Chair (Research) for 2024-27. With academic roots in St Anne's College Oxford (DPhil in Spanish) and University College Dublin (lecturer 1995-2012), she specializes in cultural memory across Hispanic and Lusophone worlds.

• Doctorate from University of Oxford
• Lecturer at University College Dublin (1995-2012)
• Established Hispanic Studies department at Warwick (2012)

Her research bridges literary analysis with cultural memory studies, focusing on:

• Memory debates in post-Franco Spain
• Transnational memory of enforced disappearances
• Relationship between memory and humanitarian history
• Cultural responses to dictatorship legacies
• Public humanities and virtual memory projects
• Memory as performative, embodied practice

Recent publications and projects examine:

• Patricio Guzmán's documentary memory practices
• Chilean exile in British humanitarian contexts
• Colombian conflict transformation
• Spanish Civil War digital archiving
• Memory transmission across generations
• Memory's intersection with sustainability

Scientific recognition includes:

• AHRC Research Development Fellowship
• Leverhulme Trust awards
• Canadian SSHRC grants
• European Union research support
• Foundational REWIND award recipient

As a dedicated advisor, she has supervised:

• 11 current and completed PhD students
• Postdoctoral researchers in Latin American and Iberian studies
• Collaborative projects with global institutions

She leads:

• Warwick's Connecting Cultures Global Research Priority
• Virtual Spanish Civil War Project
• Journal of Romance Studies special issues
• Collaborative work with Museum of Memory and Human Rights (Santiago, Chile)
• International partnerships in memory studies