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María Piqueras Pérez is a PhD candidate at the Department of English Studies at the University of Murcia. She is the recipient of a Séneca Foundation doctoral grant, given by the Regional Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology. She holds a BA in English Studies from the University of Murcia (2018), with end-of-degree Extraordinary Award mention, and an M. A. on ESL also from the University of Murcia (2019), which was also distinguished with an award from the Rotary Club given to talented Master’s degree students. She has been a Visiting Researcher at the University of Westminster, London (September 2021-January 2022), at King’s College London (August-December 2022) and the University of Liverpool (August- December 2023).She regularly presents her ongoing research at national and international conferences and symposia.
Maria’s research focuses on Afro-British audiovisual culture from the Thatcher era to the end of the millennium as explored through the lenses of memory, identity, and experimental and activist media practice. She’s specifically studying the production of independent black filmmakers from such collectives as Black Audio Film Collective (BAFC), Sankofa and Ceddo. Her methodological approach combines Cultural Studies, Memory Studies, Film Studies and Postcolonialism.
Selected Publications
Piqueras Pérez, María. “Mixed-identity in the Liverpudlian Black 25 Community as Represented in John Akomfrah’s Documentary A Touch of the Tar Brush:
a new English Identity “ in Narratives of Displacement. Ed. Miriam Sette. Milano: Biblion Edizioni, 2021, pp 25-50. ISBN: 978-88-3383-217-3
Piqueras Pérez, María. 2020. “The Power of Social Protests: Black Lives Matter and the Washington R*Dskins Football Team.” PopMeC Research Blog. Published December 15. https://popmec.hypotheses.org/3509
Other Research Activity
Organizing Committee. Queer Temporalities in Literature, Cinema, and Video Games International Conference. University of Murcia. December 2-4, 2021.