Jose Ignacio Alvarez-Fernandez

Jose Ignacio Alvarez Fernandez is Associate Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Modern Languages Department at Emmanuel College in Boston. His research interests center on the relationship between literature and history and its intersection with memory and trauma in contemporary Spanish literature. Alvarez Fernandez's scholarly publications include Memory and Trauma in the Testimonies of Franco's Political Prisoners (2007) and Franco's Prisoner: Anarchists in the Struggle Against the...See more

Jose Ignacio Alvarez Fernandez is Associate Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Modern Languages Department at Emmanuel College in Boston. His research interests center on the relationship between literature and history and its intersection with memory and trauma in contemporary Spanish literature. Alvarez Fernandez's scholarly publications include Memory and Trauma in the Testimonies of Franco's Political Prisoners (2007) and Franco's Prisoner: Anarchists in the Struggle Against the Dictatorship (2010). His edition of El crimen de Cuenca , a novel by Alicio Garcitoral, is forthcoming. He has also authored research articles on a variety of subjects and has taught courses on Spanish language and culture, on contemporary Spanish novel and on Hispanic film. See less