María Jesús Fernández Gil

María Jesús Fernández Gil is an Associate Professor at the Department of Modern Philology at the Universidad de Alcalá. Her research focuses on Holocaust memory studies, translation ethics, cultural reception, and myth criticism. She actively participates in the Research Group on Interdisciplinary Reception Studies, exploring topics like cultural transfers, ideological bias in translation, and the representation of traumatic history.

Her work bridges literature, translation studies, and cultural politics, analyzing how historical traumas like the Holocaust are mediated through language and cultural narratives. Notable projects include leading a 2020 grant on excellence in university teaching and contributing to large-scale research initiatives on myth criticism and cultural transfer. She teaches courses in translation theory and intercultural communication.

Recent research highlights include examining Franco-era censorship of Anne Frank's Diary, analyzing Nazi propaganda's use of Nordic mythology, and exploring the global dimensions of Holocaust memory. Her publications span academic journals like Holocaust Studies and Babel, as well as edited volumes on comparative literature and translation ethics.