CSSAN - Cultural Studies, Society, and Alternative Narratives

CSSAN - Cultural Studies, Society, and Alternative Narratives

Cultural Studies, Society, and Alternative Narratives (CSSAN-UDC)

Permanent Seminar on Critical & Cultural Theory, Alternative Narratives and Society. Study of Cultural Studies and the articulation of power, hegemony, and ideology within discursive and narrative artifacts. Cultural performances of race, nation, gender, and sexuality in film, television, video games, contemporary literature, and the arts.

Prof. Dr. Eduardo Barros Grela

Director

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Graduate Assistants

Noelia López Fernández (PhD)

Silvia Vázquez Lorenzo (PhD)

Events and activities (updated September 2025):

Conferences

VI CONFERENCE ON ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES AND CULTURAL STUDIES (Technocultures III, forthcoming in 2026)

V CONFERENCE ON ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES AND CULTURAL STUDIES (Technocultures II, 2025)

IV CONFERENCE ON ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES AND CULTURAL STUDIES (Technocultures, 2024)

III CONFERENCE ON ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES AND CULTURAL STUDIES (2019)

II CONFERENCE ON ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES AND CULTURAL STUDIES (2018)

I CONFERENCE ON ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES AND CULTURAL STUDIES (2017)

Seminars

VIII CULTURAL STUDIES SEMINAR (2026): "Queer Visualities III"

VII CULTURAL STUDIES SEMINAR (2025): "Queer Visualities II"

VI CULTURAL STUDIES SEMINAR (2024): "Intersectional Technologies"

V CULTURAL STUDIES SEMINAR (2023): "Popular Culture"

IV CULTURAL STUDIES SEMINAR (2022)

III CULTURAL STUDIES SEMINAR (2021)

II CULTURAL STUDIES SEMINAR (2020)

I CULTURAL STUDIES SEMINAR (2019)

2019: 9, 10, 11

2018: 5, 6, 7, 8

2017: 1, 2, 3, 4

Workshops

IV Workshop on Career Opportunities for English and Irish Studies Majors (2025)

III Workshop on Career Opportunities for English and Irish Studies Majors (2024)

II Workshop on Career Opportunities for English and Irish Studies Majors (2023)

I Workshop on Career Opportunities for English and Irish Studies Majors (2022)