Maria Luz Suarez Castiñeira

Maria Luz Suarez Castiñeira is a Professor at the University of Deusto's Department of Modern Languages. She has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including in the Erasmus Mundus Master Programme Euroculture, and directed the Institute of European Studies (2010-2015). She currently contributes to the interdisciplinary journal Cuadernos Europeos de Deusto.

• Education: PhD in Comparative European Literature (University of the Basque Country, 1992, Cum Laude by Unanimity), BA in English and German Philology (Free University of Brussels)

Her research focuses on the cultural dimensions of European integration, particularly:

• Cultural policies and their role in European integration
• Securitization discourses and political/cultural identity construction
• European identity formation through inter- and transcultural dialogue
• Multilingualism and its relationship with European citizenship

She has directed 7 doctoral theses and numerous master theses, participated in 6 European projects, and contributed to institutional leadership through her directorship of the Institute of European Studies.