Mercedes Arriaga Flórez facts for kids

Mercedes Arriaga Flórez was born in Oviedo, Spain, on July 29, 1960. She is a Spanish expert in languages and literature, known as a philologist.

Mercedes Arriaga is a full professor of Italian philology at the University of Seville. This means she is a top-level teacher and researcher in the study of the Italian language and its literature.

Her Education and Studies

Mercedes Arriaga studied at several universities to become an expert in languages.

• In 1984, she earned her degree in Italian philology from the University of Salamanca.
• In 1989, she studied modern and contemporary Italian writings at the University of Bari in Italy.
• She completed her first PhD (a very high university degree) at the University of Seville in 1993.
• Her second PhD was in language sciences and the theory of signs from the University of Bari in 1995.

Important Roles and Groups

Mercedes Arriaga holds important positions in academic groups.

• She has a special role, called a chair, at the Asociación Universitaria de Estudios de las Mujeres (AUDEM). This group focuses on studies about women.
• Since 2012, she has also been a member of the board of the Sociedad Española de Italianistas (SEI). This is a group for Spanish experts in Italian studies.

Her Work at the University

Mercedes Arriaga Flórez is very active in teaching and research.

Teaching and Research at Seville

Currently, Mercedes Arriaga is a lecturer in a special master's program at the University of Seville. This program is about Gender Studies and Professional Development. A lecturer is a university teacher.

She is also a leading researcher for a university group called "Escritoras y Escrituras". This group studies women writers.

Research Projects

As a leading researcher, Mercedes Arriaga works on important projects. These projects include:

• "Ausencias: Escritoras Italianas Inéditas (en la Querella de las Mujeres)"
• "Escritoras y pensadoras europeas."

These projects help to discover and understand the works of women writers and thinkers from Europe, especially those whose works might not be well-known.

See also

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