Biography
Dr Djurdjevic-Flatley joined the Department of Hispanic Studies in 2022, having previously taught in University College Dublin for over twelve years. She holds a B.Ed. in Spanish Philology from University of Belgrade, an MA in Spanish Language and a PhD in the area of Mexican literature and culture. Both postgraduate degrees were awarded by University College Dublin. Dr Djurdjevic-Flatley is a teaching fellow with an extensive expertise in curriculum development. Currently, she is language coordinator in Department of Hispanic Studies. She teaches on a range of Freshman and Sophister language and content modules including Senior Freshman Spanish Language, Senior Sophister Spanish Language, Senior Freshman module Hispanic Texts 2 and Senior Sophister module Dissident Voices: Indigenous Activism and Cultural Politics in Contemporary Mexico. She has also taught a number of Junior Freshman modules including Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Literature and Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Cinema.
Research Expertise
Her research focuses on the cultural identity of Latin American indigenous groups and the place they occupy historically within different Latin American states, based on their indigenous ethnicity. Areas of special interest include the representations of indigenous people in contemporary Latin American literature and film and their more recent self-representations within literature written in indigenous languages (la literatura en las lenguas originarias), the strategies used by the indigenous cultures to engage the dominant societies in dialogue, such as indigenous organising, indigenous feminist activism and the indigenous claim on usocostumbrismo. Dr Djurdjevic-Flatley welcomes research proposals from prospective students interested in exploring minority cultures, an intersectional approach to gender and cultural identity, and the relationship between the traditionally marginalised groups and the hegemonic societies within the Hispanic context.