Professor in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University
Santiago Fouz Hernández is Professor of Iberian Studies and Film Studies at Durham University. His research explores issues of gender, the body, sexualities and national identities in contemporary Spanish cinema. He is the author of Cuerpos de cine (Bellaterra, 2013), co-author (with Alfredo Martínez-Expósito) of Live Flesh: The Male Body in Contemporary Spanish Cinema (I. B. Tauris, 2007) and editor of five books including Spanish Erotic Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2017) and Mysterious Skin. Male Bodies in Contemporary Cinema (I. B. Tauris, 2009).
Since 2015 he coordinates (with Betty Bigas) ‘The Bigas Luna Tribute’, a series of retrospectives, exhibitions and other events to help promote internationally the work of the late Spanish filmmaker. He also produces and co-presents the podcast 'El legado cinematográfico de Bigas Luna', title of the book he edited in 2020 for Tirant lo Blanch publishers. He is currently completing a monograph on filmmaker Bigas Luna for Manchester University Press.
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