Bio

Dr Rhiannon McGlade is Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Strathclyde and General Editor of the Journal of Catalan Studies. Prior to this, she held positions at the University of Cambridge —where she was also a Fellow of Christ’s and Robinson Colleges— and Queen Mary London, as Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Catalan Studies. Rhiannon has published and presented broadly across Spanish and Catalan cultures, history and politics, focusing on comics, the satirical press and humour, including her book, Catalan Cartoons: A cultural and political history (2016). Her current project explores visual print media and gender and sexual-identity politics in Spain’s countercultural scene.

Project

This research time will support the writing of the monograph, In Visible Ink, on the subjects of Visual Print Media, Feminism, and Sexual-Identity Politics in twentieth-century Spain. In particular, it will involve the preparation of a chapter which focusses on Catalonia and its underground scenes, looking beyond Barcelona to include material such as Cau Còmic/Helter Skelter and Llibre de la Selva from the surrounding areas of Girona.