Aitana Guia
Degrees:
London School of Economics, London, UK (M.Sc. Nationalism and Ethnicity)
University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain (B.A. History)
University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain (LL.B.)
Current Position:
PhD Candidate, Year 6
(Graduate Programe in History, York University
Thesis in progress:
Deepening Democracy: Muslim Immigration in Spain since 1975
Fields:
Muslim Migration in Europe
Social History
Mediterranean History
Papers and Publications:
Selected Publications:
Books:
- A. Guia, Nadie es extranjero (No One is a Foreigner), Valencia: Abisal, 2007 [with an first edition in Catalan: A. Guia, Aquí ningú no és estranger, Valencia: El Bullent, 2004 and a forthcoming edition in Arabic for 2011]
- A. Guia, La llengua negociada. El manteniment del conflicte polític sobre la llengua (The Bargained Language: Maintaining Political Conflict on Catalan Language), Valencia: Tres i Quatre, 2001
Book Chapters:
- A. Guia, "Prostitutas, esposas adúlteras e hijas rebeldes. Escritores inmigrantes musulmanes cuestionan estereotipos de género en España" ("Prostitutes, Adulteresses, and Rebel Daughters: Muslim Writers Question Gender in Spain"), in A. Zamora and E. Raventós Pons (eds.), Letra e Imagen, España en el siglo XXI (forthcoming in 2011)
Refereed Articles:
- A. Guia, "De lenguas y horizontes. Europa vista por sus escritores inmigrantes de cultura islámica" ("Of Languages and Horizons: Europe seen by its Muslim Writers") Extravío. Revista electrónica de literatura comparada, No.5 (2010) at: http://www.uv.es/extravio/extravio_web.html
- A. Guia, "Molts mons, una sola llengua. La narrativa en català escrita per immigrants" ("Many Worlds, One Language: Catalan Literature Written by Immigrants"), Quaderns de Filologia. Estudis literaris, No. 12 "Cruzando la Frontera" (2007):229-248
- A. Guia, "Globalization of Borders: International Migrations in the Twenty-First Century," Transfer. Journal of Contemporary Culture, Vol. 2. (Spring 2007):75-90
- A. Guia, "Les migracions internacionals al segle XXI. Una globalització farcida de fronteres" ("Globalization of Borders: International Migration in the 21st Century"), L’Espill, No. 23 (Fall 2005):74-83
- A. Guia, "Som i serem terra de pas" ("We Are and Will Be People of a Migrant Land"), Diàlegs. Revista d'estudis politics i socials, Vol. 7, No. 25 (2004):11-27
Other Articles:
- A. Guia., "Catalonia," The World Book Students (forthcoming 2011)
- A. Guia, "Els tombants de la història. Entrevista amb Natalie Z. Davis" ("Twists and Turns of History: An Interview with Natalie Z. Davis"), El Contemporani, No. 35-36 (2008):43-64
- A. Guia, "Les Casernes de Sant Andreu. El Fòrum de les Cultures de 2002?" ("The Sant Andreu Barracks: The 2002 Forum of Cultures?"), Serra d’Or, No. 522 (June 2003):34-38
- A. Guia, "Els Països Catalans… globalitzats i poliètnics?" ("Catalonia…Globalised and Polyethnic?"), Revista del Centre de Lectura de Reus, No. 4 (2002):14-20
Creative Writing:
- A. Guia, "Mare" ("Mother"), La lluna en un Cove, No. 2, February 2009:73-78
- A. Guia, "Desaparegudes" ("Missing Women"), El Castell de Foss i altres contes, Tremp: Garsineu Edicions, 2005:79-100
- A. Guia, "Cuir, cervesa i antiglobalització" ("Leather, Beer, and Antiglobalization"), Històries de viatges, Tarragona: Silva Editorial, 2004:97-104
Selected Papers and Presentations
Juried Conferences:
- " Virgins Defeat Mohammed: Sacred Rituals in Spain's Festivals of Moors and Christians," Poster accepted for the 2011 AHA Annual Meeting, Boston, Jan. 6-9, 2011
- "A Sense of Belonging: How Muslim Immigrants are Rewriting Europe," Europe in its Own Eyes / Europe in the Eyes of the Other. European Identities Conference, University of Guelph, Canada, Oct. 1-3, 2010
- "Regularizing Undocumented Migrants and Building Community in Spain, 1985-2005," European Social Science History Conference, Ghent, Belgium, April 13-16, 2010
- "Prostitutas, esposas adúlteras e hijas rebeldes. Escritores inmigrantes musulmanes cuestioonana estereotipos de género en España," Letra e Imagen Colloquium, Glendon College-York University, Sept. 25-26, 2009
- "Molts mons, una sola llengua. La Literatura en català escrita per immigrants," North American Catalan Association Conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, May 11-13, 2007
Invited Presentations:
- "Why Europe needs its Muslims," Department of History, Trent University, Peterborough, Nov. 2010
- "The 'Islam in Europe' Debate," European Studies MA, School of Language and Literature, University of Guelph, March 22, 2010
- "Rethinking the Modern Europe Survey," TA panel, York University, October 30, 2009
Courses taught recently:
2005/7 History 1010, War, Revolution and Society in the 20th Century (Teaching Assistant)
2009/11 History 2300, Modern Europe (Teaching Assistant)
2009/11 Contemporary World: Undergraduate Research Thesis (
Undergraduate Thesis Adviser at the Open University of Catalonia)
Research Interests:
Human rights and the detention of refugees and migrants
- Islam in Europe: conflicts and accommodation, gender and sexuality, and migrant literature
- Modern transnational migrations in the Mediterranean
- Politics of Spanish identity, culture, and regional diversity
Awards/Grants:
2010: Graduate Development Fund ($1,000)
2010: Spring 2010 Research Cost Fund ($350)
2010: 2010 - 2011 Fieldwork Cost Fund ($1,500)
2007: Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000)
2005: European University Institute travel and accommodation