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Elena Cueto-Asín serves as Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Bowdoin College, with cross-affiliations in Hispanic Studies and Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies. Based in Copeland House since joining the faculty in 2000, she teaches foundational language courses alongside advanced seminars in Spanish and English on topics including Spanish Civil War cinema, Contemporary Spanish Theater, and Hispanic Cities on Screen.
Her educational background includes a BA from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, complemented by MA and PhD degrees from Purdue University. These qualifications underpin her scholarly authority in transnational Spanish cultural studies.
Professor Cueto-Asín's research interrogates the intersection of historical memory and media representation, particularly examining how Spanish Civil War narratives manifest across literature, film, theater, and television. She investigates the global circulation of Spain's cultural production and analyzes how literary texts interact with other media to construct national heritage. Her methodology emphasizes interdisciplinary connections between historical events and contemporary cultural forms.
Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2011-2023) reveals consistent thematic focus on Guernica's cultural legacy, Galdós adaptations, and memory politics in Spanish media. Key trends include the commodification of historical trauma, transmedia storytelling techniques, and the reconfiguration of national identity through visual culture – particularly evident in her examinations of Netflix productions and television dramas like El Ministerio del Tiempo.
While no formal advising relationships or grant funding are documented in the provided materials, her editorial work demonstrates significant scholarly leadership, including co-editing The Graphic Past: Comic and History in 21st-Century Spain (2023) and Historias de la pequeña pantalla (2009).
