Dr. Julia Banwell

Lecturer in Hispanic Studies

Julia joined the Department as a Lecturer in September 2012. Her research interests lie generally in the field of Latin American visual cultures, with a specific focus on Mexican photography and contemporary art. She completed her Ph.D in 2009, on the subject of the Mexican contemporary artist Teresa Margolles (b.1963). The thesis considers aspects of Margolles' work such as elements of social commentary, and the use of body parts in artworks, also giving attention to ethical difficulties. Julia is currently developing and updating the thesis for publication as a monograph with the University of Wales Press. She also has a project on the photography of the Mexican Revolution, and an interest in the reporting of injury and death in sports.

Dr. Banwell is the admissions tutor for the Department of Hispanic Studies, her e-mail is j.banwell@sheffield.ac.uk

Publications

Forthcoming  ‘Death and Disruption in the Photography of the Decena Trágica’, in Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos.

Forthcoming  ‘The Broken Body and Spectacle: Looking at Death and Injury in Sport’, in The Power of Death, to be published by Berghahn Books.

2010: ‘Agency and Otherness in Teresa Margolles’ Aesthetic of Death’, in Other Modernities no.4, November 2010 (issue on death and art) url: http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/688