Biography
I was born in Montevideo in 1956 and continued my education in the UK, gaining a BA in Linguistics and Spanish at Nottingham University (1st Class, 1985), and a PhD at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1990), supervised by Steven Boldy. I spent my whole academic career (1989-2022) in the Spanish Department at ϳԹ, teaching language and literature from Spain and Latin America at all levels. My main research has been on the literature and culture of Uruguay.
in Tala, Uruguay, at the house of José Alonso y Trelles (Ribadeo, 1857 - Montevideo, 1924), of two editions of his work that came out in the centenary of his death, one in Galicia, the other in Uruguay (10 December 2024)
at the inauguration of an exhibition of José Enrique Rodó's materials held at the Museo Histórico Nacional, Montevideo (28 October 2021)
on José Enrique Rodó at the Museo Histórico Nacional, Montevideo (18 October 2021)
of José Enrique Rodó: una biografía intelectual, Biblioteca Nacional, Montevideo, on the 150th anniversary of the birth of the author, with the presence of national cultural authorities (15 July 2021)
at Cervantes Institute and Institute of Modern Language Research, London, of Special Issue of Journal of Romance Studies on (February 2021)
at Instituto Cervantes, London (June 2019)
, En perspectiva, Montevideo (August 2018)
, Director and protagonist of Mal día para pescar and Mr Kaplan Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (October 2016)
, Spain (February 2016)
photo credit: Oli Walker
Selected publications
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San Roman, G., 13 Dec 2024, Montevideo : Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Uruguay.
Research output: Other contribution
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Open access
San Roman, G., Chapela, D. (Translator) & Senín, B. (Translator), 28 Jul 2024, Galicia: Xunta de Galicia. 227 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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San Roman, G., 15 Oct 2024, Montevideo: Fin de Siglo / Ministerio de Educación y Cultura / Dirección Nacional de Cultura / Instituto Nacional de Artes Escénicas. 215 p. (Colección Teatro (Instituto Nacional de Artes Escénicas))
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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San Roman, G. & Averbach, M. (Translator), 8 Jul 2021, Montevideo: Planeta. 604 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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San Roman, G., 1 Dec 2021, Online : Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
Research output: Other contribution
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Open access
San Roman, G., 3 Oct 2021, In: Revista del Patrimonio. 21, p. 8-12 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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San Roman, G., 23 Sept 2021, La Mañana, p. 15 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Open access
San Roman, G., 17 Nov 2021, In: Páginas de Educación. 14, 2, p. 132-140
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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San Roman, G. F., 1 Feb 2020, Jorge Luis Borges in Context. Fiddian, R. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 18-25 7 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
San Roman, G., 1 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Romance Studies. 20, 3, p. 461-488 28 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review