Esther Gimeno Ugalde

Esther Gimeno Ugalde is an Assistant Professor (professora lectora) in the Department of Translation and Language Sciences at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. She is also a member of the research group DIIA (Diálogos Ibéricos e Iberoamericanos) at the Centro de Estudos Comparatistas from the University of Lisbon.

Previously, Dr. Gimeno Ugalde was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vienna (2018–2024). She co-edited the International Journal of Iberian Studies and currently serves on its Advisory Board.

Between 2013 and 2018, she was an Assistant Professor at Boston College and previously held a Max Kade Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University (2012-13). After returning to Europe, she worked as an Interim Professor (Vertretungsprofessorin) of Iberian Studies at the Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany.

She co-leads the IStReS (Iberian Studies Reference Site) project alongside Santiago Pérez Isasi and collaborates with Santiago Fouz on Pleibéricos, an initiative dedicated to showcasing new books in Iberian Studies online.

Her research in Iberian Studies focuses on language choice and multilingualism in cinema and literature, examining questions of language and identity. Her current project explores literary (self-)translation in the Iberian Peninsula, leading a new line of research within the DIIA group, titled IberTRANSLATIO – Iberian Studies and Translation Spaces.

Dr. Gimeno Ugalde is also interested in the origins and evolution of Iberian Studies as a discipline.