Team

memory & communication: the political uses of the past


miguel vázquez liñán

principal researcher


mvazquez@us.es

He is a tenured professor in the Department of Journalism 1 at the University of Seville. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid and has specialized in the theory and history of propaganda. In recent years, he has worked on the relationships between memory and communication, particularly regarding the political uses of the past in Russia. He directed the Eurasia Observatory from 2004 to 2017 and served as academic secretary of the Interdisciplinary Group for Studies in Communication, Politics, and Social Change (COMPOLITICAS). Between 2016 and 2018, he collaborated with the General Directorate of Democratic Memory of the Andalusian Government.


cora cuenca navarrete

researcher


ccuenca@us.es

She holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Seville. Se holds a degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication and a Master's in Philosophy and Modern Culture from the University of Seville. She enjoyed a University Teacher Training grant (FPU) awarded by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training and is affiliated with the project Critical History of Andalusian Journalism (HICPAN). Her areas of interest include historical memory, visual studies, and the relationship between ethics and aesthetics in film. In relation to this area of study, she has produced two documentaries: Acero y Pólvora (winner of the Suroscopia Award for Best Andalusian Short Film) and Ranilla.


JAVIER GIRÁLDEZ DÍAZ

researcher


giraldez2009@gmail.com

He is a secondary education teacher in the province of Cádiz. He holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary History from the University of Seville and has been an Associate Professor at the University of Huelva (2004-2005). He has worked as an advisor and project coordinator at the Commission for Historical Memory of the Andalusian Government (2008-2012). Later, between 2015 and 2019, he served as the General Director of Democratic Memory for the Andalusian Government. He is involved in several research projects related to the recovery of historical memory and the Francoist repression in Andalusia.

 


jesús delgado baena

researcher


jdelbae@upo.es

He is a researcher and lecturer at various universities, such as Pablo de Olavide University, Open University of Catalonia, International University of Andalusia, and Miguel de Cervantes European University. Social worker and European Doctor in Human Rights and Development from Pablo de Olavide University, he has been a researcher. postdoc at UNIBRASiL (Brazil) and Vancouver Island University (Canada). His research focuses on international cooperation and local development, as well as on the relationship between art, culture, and communication within the framework of critical theories of Human Rights, with an emphasis on cinematography.


raquel almodóvar anaya

researcher


ralmodovar@us.es

She is a lecturer in the Department of Journalism I at the University of Seville, and she has also been a lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Huelva (2017-2019). She holds degrees in Anthropology, Journalism (University of Seville), and Political Science and Sociology (UNED). Currently, she is completing her doctoral thesis on Francoist repression against women in the province of Huelva. Professionally, she stands out for her work as an anthropologist specializing in ethnological and intangible heritage, a role she has held since 2015 for various public institutions, such as the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage. As a result of her work, she also produced a sound documentary for the Cadena Ser titled Zufre, una historia de muerte y supervivencia (2020).


adrián tarín sanz

researcher


artarin@uloyola.es

He is a lecturer in the Department of Communication and Education at Loyola University of Andalusia. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Seville and has specialized in the theory and history of propaganda. In recent years, he has researched the media construction of political identities. He was a tenured professor at Central University (2015-2022) and later served as the TFM director at the International University of La Rioja (2023). He collaborates with community media, such as Kapari or El Salto, he is a member of the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (ARMH) and has worked on the exhumation of the mass grave at San José Cemetery (Cádiz).

collaborating researchers


rubén díaz lópez

collaborating researcher


rubendl@gmail.com

He combines academic research, cultural activism, and his work as a lecturer at the International University Center of Pablo de Olavide University and at Verto Education (University of New Haven). He holds a degree in Communication from the University of Seville and is completing his doctoral thesis on public memory policies. Until 2012, he was one of the coordinators of ZEMOS98, a cooperative for the production of cultural content based on open and collaborative processes. Since then, he has been an independent researcher at institutions such as the European Cultural Foundation and has participated in projects such as Mediactivism or Culture for Solidarity.


victoria césar velázquez

collaborating researcher


viccesvel@gmail.com

She is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Journalism I at the University of Seville. Her research focuses on constructing a social history of the Andalusian memorialist movement (2000-2018) as narrated by its protagonists. A graduate in Journalism from the University of Seville, in 2021, she joined an international volunteer program through a scholarship from the University of Seville's Cooperation Office, which led her to join the team at the Ecuadorian Center for the Promotion and Action of Women (CEPAM) in Quito (Ecuador). She has collaborated on the project 'Critical History of Andalusian Journalism' (HICPAN), on the Guide to Andalusian Journalistic Heritage (2021), with the essay Memoria Histórica. Tras las huellas de Renée Lafont.


salvador leetoy lópez

collaborating researcher


sleetoy@tec.mx

He is a tenured professor in the Department of Media and Digital Culture at the Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico) and a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI, Level I). He holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from the University of Alberta (Canada) and was also a Fulbright professor in the Department of Culture and Society at Drake University (USA), as well as a visiting professor at the universities of California and San Diego (USA), and at the University of Seville. Additionally, he serves as the regional representative for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Association for Cultural Studies. His research focuses on social memory, participatory communication, subaltern studies, and the "technopolitics"..

Contact
meycominfo@gmail.com

School of Communication. University of Seville (Andalusia).