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Dr Beatriz Caballero Rodriguez

School of Languages and Cultures; Spanish

Fields of Research

  • History of Ideas in Spain during the Franco Regime and the Transition.
  • Exile
  • Existentialism, Religion, and Spirituality.
  • Neo-Marxism, Critical Theory, and Psychoanalysis.
  • Translation Studies.

Researcher Summary

My area of specialization is 20th and 21st century History of Ideas in Spain and in exile. My research explores what is understood by reason and rationality and it searches for alternatives to mainstream views. I am particularly interested in the experience of emigration and exile and their impact on the literary, cultural, political, and philosophical production during the period which expands from the Spanish Civil War to the Transition to democracy. I am also engaged in the analysis of film as a cultural product, in particular with regards to the representation of discourses on memory, trauma, and identity. Other interests include Critical Theory, Spirituality, Psychoanalysis, and Translation.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Research Projects

Key Methodologies

  • My methodological framework is that of the History of Ideas and it is largely informed by Quentin Skinner’s approach

Affiliations

Prizes and Awards

  • Muriel Smith Award. A competitive scholarship awarded annually to suitably qualified female Scots (or resident in Scotland) applicants for postgraduate study of the French and Spanish languages as spoken in Europe. (2003-2005)

Research Service

  • Assistant supervisor for Tim Bowron's MA Thesis on the influence of German Romanticism and the French Decadent School on Huidobro's poetry. (2010-present)
  • Senior supervisor for Andrew Miller's MA Thesis which consists of a case study to examine the role of Skopos Theory in Translation. (2010-present)
  • College of Arts Internal Teaching Grant. Grant title: Learning Translation through Technology. (2009)
  • Contestable Research Funding from the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. University of Canterbury. (2009-2010)

Publications

(Selected outputs for 2002-present)

  • Caballero Rodríguez, B. (review)., Panero, L. and Huerta Calvo, J. (ed.). (2013) “Leopoldo Panero a la luz de la historia”, in, by , Cátedra, Madrid, 2011. Reviewed in 5 (2013).. In En lo oscuro Cuadernos Aleph 5: 221-25. Madrid: Cátedra. http://cuadernosdealeph.com/2013/resenyas/resenyas.php. e-journal. (Other)
  • Caballero Rodríguez, Beatriz. (2013) Representation and identity. The cultural Other in Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona. virtual conference (organized by California State University): Third International Symposium On Ideology, Politics And Demands In Spanish Language, Literature And Film: Otherness In Hispanic Culture, 24-26 January. http://www.csub.edu/~tfernandez_ulloa/simposio3/. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Caballero, B. (2012) El concepto de excepcionalismo español en María Zambrano a la luz del capital espiritual de la Segunda República (The Concept of Spanish Exceptionalism in María Zambrano in the Light of the Spiritual Capital of the Spanish Second Republic). Thémata 45(Feb): 85-102. http://institucional.us.es/revistas/themata/45/art_6.pdf. (Journal Article)
  • Caballero Rodríguez, B. (2012) El papel del exilio para el oficio de intelectual de José Luis L. Aranguren. In B. Caballero Rodríguez and L. López Fernández (Ed.), Exilio e identidad en el mundo hispánico: Reflexiones y representaciones: 656-674. Alicante: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. http://tinyurl.com/exilio. (Chapter in Book)
  • Caballero Rodríguez, B. and López-Fernandez, L. (Ed.) (2012) Exilio e identidad en el mundo hispano. Reflexiones y representaciones (Exile and Identity in the Hispanic World during the 20th Century: Reflections and Representations). Alicante: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. 1090pp. http://tinyurl.com/exilio. (Edited Book)
  • Caballero Rodríguez, B. and López Fernández, L. (2012) Introducción. In B. Caballero Rodríguez and L. López Fernández (Ed.), Exilio e identidad en el mundo hispánico: Reflexiones y representaciones: 8-11. Alicante: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. http://tinyurl.com/exilio. (Chapter in Book)
  • Caballero Rodríguez, B. (2012) Jesús Aguirre; Las múltiples facetas de un intelectual (Jesús Aguirre; The Many Facets of an Intellectual). Cuadernos de Babel: Laboratorio de pensamiento: La filosofía española como horizonte 2: 26-31. (Journal Article)
  • Caballero Rodríguez, B. (2012) José Luis López Aranguren; De pensador católico a crítico sociopolítico (José Luis López Aranguren: From Catholic thinker to socio-politic critic). Cuadernos de Babel: Laboratorio de pensamiento: La filosofía española como horizonte 2: 32-38. (Journal Article)
  • Caballero Rodríguez, B. (2012) Zambrano y la reescritura de Antígona. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal: II Congreso Internacional Beta Escritura(S) y Reescritura(S) en el Mundo Hispánico, 28-30 Mar 2012. http://www.asociacionbeta.com/asociacionbeta/congreso2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Caballero Rodriguez, B. (2011) Aranguren's Critical Stand: The Introduction and Impact of Marcuse's Thought into Spain through Aranguren's Voice. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA: Critical Refusals, 27-29 Oct 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Caballero, B. (2011) La Teoría Crítica como género (Critical Theory as genre). Revista Valenciana. Estudios de Filosofía y Letras 4(7): 32-52. (Journal Article)
  • Caballero Rodriguez, B. (2010) El capital espiritual de la Segunda República (The Spiritual Capital of the Spanish Second Republic). Auckland, New Zealand: Historical Crossroads: Spain from the Second Republic to the 21st Century, 18-20 Feb 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Caballero Rodríguez, B. (2010) El papel de la traducción en la enseñanza del español (The Role of Translation in the Teaching of Spanish Language). Manila, Philippines: I Congreso de Español/Le en Asia-Pacífico (CE/LEAP), 21-22 Nov 2009. In El currículo de E/LE en Asia-Pacífico: Selección de artículos del I Congreso de Español como Lengua Extranjera en Asia-Pacífico (CE/LEAP) 339-352. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Lopez Fernandez, L. and Caballero-Rodríguez, B. (2010) Flamenco Performance: History and Representation. Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand: Platform Arts Festival 2010, 20 May 2010. (Oral Presentation)
  • Caballero Rodríguez, B. (2009) Against Instrumental Reason: Spirituality, Neo-Marxism, and Heideggerian Thought in Three Major Spanish Thinkers. PhD, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3608. (Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy)
  • Caballero Rodríguez, B. (2009) Becoming and Consumption. The Contemporary Spanish Novel. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 86(3): 448-49. Book Review. (Other)
  • Caballero Rodriguez, B. (2008) An Introduction to Spanish Critical Theory. Edinburgh, UK: Postgraduate Symposium at University of Edinburgh, 15 Jan 2008. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Caballero Rodriguez, B. (2008) Delirium in the Thought of Maria Zambrano. Lancaster, UK: Invited seminar at Lancaster University, 13 Feb 2008. (Oral Presentation)
  • Caballero, B. (2008) La centralidad del concepto de delirio en el pensamiento de María Zambrano (The Centrality of the Concept of Delirium in the Thought of María Zambrano). Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies 12(3): 93-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hcs.0.0004. (Journal Article)
  • Caballero, B. (2006) Exploring Zambrano's Poetic Reason. St. Andrews University, UK: Women in Spanish: Postgraduate One-Day Conference, 15 Oct 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Caballero Rodríguez, B. (2006) Late 20th century Spanish responses to consumerist society and instrumental reason. London Metropolitan University, UK: Countering Consumerism: Religious and Secular Responses, 20-22 Apr 2006. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Caballero Rodríguez, B. (2006) Neo-Marxist Trends in Franco's Spain: Jesús Aguirre and the Frankfurt School. Cambridge, UK: Third Humanities Conference, 2-5 Aug 2005. In International Journal of the Humanities 3(7) 71-76. http://ijh.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.26/prod.685. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Caballero Rodriguez, B. (2002) An Active Approach to Translation: Connections between Translation and Freudian Psychoanalysis. MSc, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. (Thesis - Master of Science)