Tabea Alexa Linhard

Tabea Alexa Linhard is a Professor of Global Studies and Spanish at Washington University in St. Louis, with courtesy appointments in Comparative Literature. She holds a PhD from Duke University and serves as Director of Global Studies. Her affiliations include the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the McDonnell International Scholars Academy (as Ambassador for Universidad de Chile).

Her research focuses on displacement, migration, and cultural memory, particularly in Spanish, Mexican, and Mediterranean contexts. Key themes include Jewish diaspora, Holocaust narratives, and the intersection of gender with historical conflicts. Linhard teaches courses such as 'War, Migration, and Human Rights,' 'The Holocaust in the Sephardic World,' and 'Displacement and Asylum in World Literature.' Her recent work explores gender and espionage during the Spanish Civil War and WWII.

Linhard has authored several books, including Unexpected Routes: Refugee Writers in Mexico (2023) and Jewish Spain: A Mediterranean Memory (2014). She co-leads initiatives like Moving Stories and contributed to the Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition. She is a founding member of the Genealogías de Sefarad Research Collective.