Silvia Bermúdez

Silvia Bermúdez is a Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on Iberian feminisms, Latin American music studies, Galician women photographers, and contemporary cultural discourses. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California.

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Southern California

Research Interests:

• Contemporary Spanish and Galician literatures
• Feminist studies and intersectionality
• Popular music and migration narratives
• Urban space and cultural geography

Awards:

• 2019 Academic Senate Graduate Mentor Award

Her recent publications include Rocking the Boat: Migration and Race in Contemporary Spanish Music (2018) and co-edited volumes like A New History of Iberian Feminisms (2018) and Cartographies of Madrid (2019). Teaching focuses on modern Iberian cultural history, feminist theory, and poetic discourses.