Professor Lauren Rea

MBE, PhD, SFHEA

School of Languages and Cultures

Professor of Latin American Studies

SLC Lauren Rea
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l.rea@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Lauren Rea
School of Languages and Cultures
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1 Upper Hanover Street
Sheffield
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Profile

Professor Lauren Rea studied Spanish and Portuguese as an undergraduate at King´s College London before completing an MPhil at the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge. She was awarded her PhD from King’s College London in 2009. Lauren joined the School as a Lecturer in September 2008.

Lauren is the author of Argentine Serialised Radio Drama in the Infamous Decade, 1930-1943, published in 2013, and Children’s Culture and Citizenship in Argentina: A History of Billiken Magazine (1919­–2019) which is an Open Access ebook available to download from the White Rose University Press website.

In 2016 Lauren was awarded an AHRC Leadership Fellowship for a research project entitled ‘The Billiken Centenary Project: Children’s Culture and Childhood in Argentina, 1919-2019’. Linked to this project, Lauren co-authored and co-coordinated the illustrated children’s book 100 Grandes Mujeres Latinoamericanas [100 Great Latin American Women] as the flagship commemorative product for the centenary of Billiken magazine. Her book on the history of Billiken magazine is in press with White Rose University Press. 

In 2020, Lauren was awarded follow-on funding to continue the partnership with Billiken under the UKRI GCRF Collective Fund. The Great Latin American Women Project, launched in November 2021, consists of audio-visual and digital educational resources with the aim of fostering greater gender equality amongst primary school children in Latin America. The open access digital educational platform grandesmujeres.lat hosts over 400 resources including downloadable classroom activities, reference material and 21 short animated films.

Lauren is also Principal Investigator on the British Academy GCRF Tackling Global Challenges project “Diverse Childhoods and Educational Inequalities in Argentina”. She works with five Argentine anthropologist co-investigators, leading a wider research team on the consequences of the COVID-19 lockdown on access to education, attainment gap and family economies in five diverse regions of Argentina. One of the project outcomes is a website of downloadable educational resources developed with Indigenous teachers in Argentina which incorporates intercultural perspectives into the teaching of patriotic anniversaries in schools (Efemérides interculturales).

Lauren is currently the Director of Research and Innovation for the School of Languages and Cultures and is on the leadership team of the Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD)

Lauren was appointed MBE for services to education in Latin America and the UK in the King’s 2023 Birthday Honours list.

Research interests

Lauren’s research interests centre on cultural history and contemporary cultural production in Latin America with a particular focus on Childhood Studies, Education, Popular Culture, Print and Digital Cultures, and Gender Studies.

Publications

Books

Journal articles

Chapters

  • Rea L (2013) Argentine Serialised Radio Drama in the Infamous Decade, 1930-1943 Transmitting Nationhood Introduction, ARGENTINE SERIALISED RADIO DRAMA IN THE INFAMOUS DECADE, 1930-1943: TRANSMITTING NATIONHOOD (pp. 1-+). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rea L (2013) Bajo la Santa Federacion: Representations of Rosas's Tyranny, ARGENTINE SERIALISED RADIO DRAMA IN THE INFAMOUS DECADE, 1930-1943: TRANSMITTING NATIONHOOD (pp. 23-47). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rea L (2013) Bajo la Santa Federacion: Heroines of the Rosas Regime, ARGENTINE SERIALISED RADIO DRAMA IN THE INFAMOUS DECADE, 1930-1943: TRANSMITTING NATIONHOOD (pp. 49-73). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rea L (2013) Juan Cuello: El Romantico Rebelde: Race, Gender and the Gaucho Within and Beyond Rosas's Federation, ARGENTINE SERIALISED RADIO DRAMA IN THE INFAMOUS DECADE, 1930-1943: TRANSMITTING NATIONHOOD (pp. 75-98). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rea L (2013) Chispazos de tradicion: Gonzalez Pulido and his 'National Gaucho Factory', ARGENTINE SERIALISED RADIO DRAMA IN THE INFAMOUS DECADE, 1930-1943: TRANSMITTING NATIONHOOD (pp. 99-125). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rea L (2013) Chispazos de tradicion: Integration and Sacrifice, ARGENTINE SERIALISED RADIO DRAMA IN THE INFAMOUS DECADE, 1930-1943: TRANSMITTING NATIONHOOD (pp. 127-156). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rea L (2013) Argentine Serialised Radio Drama in the Infamous Decade, 1930-1943 Transmitting Nationhood Epilogue, ARGENTINE SERIALISED RADIO DRAMA IN THE INFAMOUS DECADE, 1930-1943: TRANSMITTING NATIONHOOD (pp. 157-169). RIS download Bibtex download

Book reviews

  • Smith DJ, Schaffer ME, Domínguez FA, Lipton S, Anchondo LA, De Armas FA, Leahy C, Casal RC, Gerber JS, García Santo-Tomás E , Cruickshank DW et al (2017) Reviews of Books. Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 94(7), 1221-1259. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Poole KR, Barton S, Kahn AM, Villate-Isaza A, Storrs C, Fox D, de Casas CS, Amelang JS, Bravo GG, Smith AE , Noble F et al (2017) Reviews of Books. Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 94(1), 157-182. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rea L (2017) City in Common: Culture and Community in Buenos Aires. BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES, 94(7), 1257-1258. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rea L (2017) Narratives of simulacrum: video culture, technology and literature in Argentina and Uruguay. BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES, 94(1), 181-182. RIS download Bibtex download

Reports

Exhibitions

  • Rea L (2019, November 23) Exhibition: 100 anios de la revista Billiken (Roca version). Museo de Bellas Artes, General Roca. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rea L (2019, November 19) 100 anios de Billiken (Congreso). Congreso de la Nacion Argentina. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rea L (2019, November 2) Great Latin American Women. Festival of Social Science. Sheffield Winter Gardens. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rea L (2019, July 16) Exhibition: 100 anios de la revista Billiken. Facultad de Disenio, Arquitectura y Urbanismo (UBA). RIS download Bibtex download

Website content

  • Rea L Efemerides interculturales. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rea L & Matarozzo E grandesmujeres.lat. RIS download Bibtex download

Other

  • Rea L, Solis R, Kreimer A, Vicente C, Georgietti V & Sanchez J (2021) 400 downloadable educational resources. RIS download Bibtex download
Teaching activities
  • Literature and Culture modules for levels 2 and 3
  • MA Latin American Studies and Directed Reading modules
Professional activities and memberships

Membership of Learned Societies:

  • Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI)
  • Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
  • Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS)
  • Women in Spanish and Portuguese (WISPS)
  • Latin American Studies Literary Studies Association (LALSA)
  • International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL)

External Examining:

  • Latin American Studies (undergraduate and postgraduate) for the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, King’s College London. Appointed 2018.

Professional Qualifications and Recognition

  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2016)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2009)
  • PGCAP (Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice), King’s College London (2008)
  • Diploma in Translation (DipTrans) Spanish to English, Chartered Institute of Linguists (2005)

External Positions Currently Held:

  • Member of the Academic Council for the Erasmus MUNDUS Masters Programme, Crossways in Cultural Narratives. Consortium QA lead.
  • Trustee, Grimm & Co. Children’s literacy charity in Rotherham, South Yorkshire