Bio

Antonia Amo Sánchez is professor of Hispanic literature XXe and XXIe at the Université d'Avignon (France). Assistant director of the research group ICTT (Identité Culturelle, Texte et Théâtralité), she is also a founding member of the Roswita group (French network of researchers on contemporary Hispanic theater). She has specialized in the relations between history and memory in contemporary Spanish theater and, since her arrival in Avignon in 2009, she is also interested in the dialogue between theatrical languages and heritage sites.

In recent years he has devoted his research to the "theater of democratic memory" and, more recently, to concentrationary theater, directing her research towards contemporary readings of historical trauma. She currently directs the Master ‘Langues et Sociétés : Monde hispanique contemporain’ of the Université d'Avignon.

Project

We will discuss how 21st century theatre reflects contemporary wars and how it can help us to better understand the world today