Margarita María Birriel Salcedo facts for kids

Margarita M. Birriel Salcedo, born on January 26, 1953, is a respected professor at the University of Granada in Spain. She is an expert in studying the history of women and topics related to women's lives and experiences.

Early Life and Education

Growing Up and School

Margarita María Birriel Salcedo was born in Madrid, Spain, on January 26, 1953. Her mother was Spanish, and her father was from Puerto Rico. When she was a child and teenager, her family often traveled across the Atlantic Ocean. These trips helped shape her early education and gave her a broad view of the world.

She went to primary school in both Puerto Rico and Spain. She started high school in Almuñécar, a town in the Province of Granada, where her family settled. She finished her high school studies in Granada.

University Studies

In 1976, Margarita graduated from the University of Granada with a degree in Philosophy and Literature, focusing on History. After finishing her special project for her degree, she started teaching in the Department of Modern and American History in 1977.

In 1987, she earned her doctorate degree. Her research was about "The repopulation of the land of Almuñécar after the expulsion of the Moriscos." This work was later published as a book.

Student and Union Work

During the time of the Franco dictatorship, Margarita was a student representative. This meant she spoke up for other students. Later, when Spain was changing to a democracy, she was a leader and spokesperson for a neighborhood association. She also became a representative for the Workers' Commissions, a trade union, at her university. She even joined a European committee for higher education unions.

Career and Research

Becoming a Professor

Margarita Birriel received a special scholarship to study further in Paris, France. Since 1989, she has been a full professor of Modern History at the University of Granada. She also received more training at universities in the United States and the United Kingdom.

She has taught special classes and advanced courses as a visiting professor at many universities. These include universities in Spain, Finland, and Argentina.

Supporting Women's Studies

Margarita was part of a group of teachers who helped create the "University Association of Women's Studies" (AUDEM). She was the president of this association from 1993 to 1996. AUDEM helped bring together different research projects about women's studies.

She is also a member of the "Spanish Association of Women's History" (AEIHM). She has been on many scientific committees. Margarita has also advised several scientific magazines, including those focused on modern history and women's history.

Leading an Institute

From 1996 to 2000, she was the director of the "Institute of Women's Studies" at the University of Granada. This institute is now called the "University Research Institute for Women and Gender Studies." In this role, she helped manage research about gender through history. She also helped move the institute to a new location and promoted its work internationally, especially in Europe and Latin America.

Current Research and Teaching

Margarita Birriel is part of a research group that studies women and gender. This group includes experts from different fields. She teaches in a special doctoral program at the University of Granada called "Women's Studies, Discourses and Gender Practices."

She is also a professor for a European master's degree program called "Máster GEMMA in Women and Gender Studies." In this program, she teaches about "Feminist Historiography," which is the study of how history has been written from a feminist point of view.

Selected Works

• "Construyendo historia: estudios en torno a Juan Luis Castellano". Granada, Universidad, 2013.
• "La tierra de Almuñécar en tiempo de Felipe II: expulsión de moriscos y repoblación". Granada, Universidad, 1989.
• "La repoblación de la tierra de Almuñécar después de la expulsión de los moriscos". Granada, Universidad, 1987.
• "Las mujeres en la historia: itinerarios por la provincia de Granada". Granada, Universidad, 2012.
• "Género y espacio doméstico: la casa rural en el siglo XVIII", in Arquitectura y mujeres en la historia, 2015, pp. 305–339.
• "Clasificando el mundo. Los libros de trajes en la Europa del siglo XVI", in Cultura material y vida cotidiana moderna: escenarios, 2013, pp. 261–278.
• "Las mujeres en la frontera del poniente granadino", in Las mujeres en la historia: itinerarios por la provincia de Granada, 2012, pp. 139–181.
• "Negaciones, asedios y violencias", in Cuerpos de mujeres: miradas, representaciones e identidades, 2007, pp. 243–244.
• "A propósito de Clío: miradas feministas", in Miradas desde la perspectiva de género: estudios de las mujeres, 2005, pp. 49–62.
• "Mujeres del Reino de Granada: historia y género", in La historia del reino de Granada a debate: viejos y nuevos temas: perspectivas de estudio, 2004, pp. 485–502.

See also

In Spanish: Margarita María Birriel Salcedo para niños