María Losada Friend

María Losada Friend is a Full Professor in the Department of English Philology at Pablo de Olavide University's Faculty of Philology and Translation in Seville, Spain. She serves as a Faculty Member within the HUM-857 Research Group focused on Interlinguistic Communication and Intercultural Interpretation: Identity Representations in Spain.

Her research interests span English Philology, Irish Studies, Women's Representation in Literature, 18th-Century Literature, Translation Studies, Travel Writing, Gender Studies, and Spanish-British Cultural Relations. She has made significant contributions to understanding women's representation in historical contexts, particularly examining how foreign writers depicted Spanish women during critical periods like the Primo de Rivera dictatorship. Her work frequently explores the intersection of gender, national identity, and cultural representation in travel literature and historical texts.

Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on women's travel writing about Spain, Irish studies in the Spanish context, and historical perspectives on female education. She has extensively analyzed texts by writers like Jenny Ballou, Lady Tenison, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, uncovering nuanced representations of Spanish society and gender roles.

As an academic leader, she has contributed to doctoral programs in Philological, Translation and Cultural Studies and has supervised research in these fields. Her work connects historical literary analysis with contemporary cultural studies, creating important bridges between past representations and current understandings of cultural identity.