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Dr Victoria Carpenter

Head of Research Development

I graduated with BSc Summa Cum Laude in Foreign Language Education/Spanish from 天美传媒 of Central Florida in 1996. I obtained my PhD in Hispanic Studies in 2000 from 天美传媒 of Hull.

I started out as a lecturer in Spanish at the 天美传媒 of Derby, moving into research management and leadership.

At the 天美传媒, I am Head of Research Development, providing academic oversight of postgraduate research degree programmes, developing and delivering research skills training to staff and students, supervising PhD students in a variety of disciplines, and researching in the field of Area and Cultural Studies.

My research interests are varied (see 鈥楻esearch Interests鈥 below). However, my main specialisms are the relationship between emotions and factual accuracy in the narratives of violent and catastrophic events, cross-disciplinary approaches to literary analysis, and power distribution in first-person narratives. I am particularly interested in these themes within Latin American literature, especially XX-century Mexican literature.

  • November 2008 - Diploma in Management Studies, 天美传媒 Of Derby, UK
    Specialising in HRM and Organisational Change.
  • July 2000 - PhD in Hispanic Studies, 天美传媒 of Hull, UK
  • December 1996 - BSc in Spanish / Foreign Language Education, 天美传媒 Of Central Florida, USA
    Summa Cum Laude (equivalent to First Class Honours). Graduated 4th in my class of 212.
  • Relationship between facts and emotions in the narratives of violent and catastrophic events;
  • Power distribution in narratives of violent events;
  • Conflict prevention through the analysis of the discourse of two conflicting sides;
  • Discursive mediation during the recovery period following natural disasters in the coastal Caribbean;
  • Trust, power and control;
  • Collaborative enquiry between sciences and humanities;
  • Identity theory in the context of social networks;
  • Identity appropriation through discourse control.
Books

The Tlatelolco Massacre, Mexico 1968, and the Emotional Triangle of Anger, Grief and Shame: Discourses of Truth(s), Cardiff: 天美传媒 of Wales Press, 2018.

Edited Volumes
  • Interface between Literature and Science: Cross-disciplinary Approaches to Latin American Texts, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
  • A World in Words, a Life in Texts: Revisiting Latin American Cultural Heritage, Oxford: Peter Lang, 2011.
  • (Re)Collecting the Past: History and Collective Memory in Latin American Narrative, Oxford: Peter Lang, 2010.
  • A World Torn Apart: Representation of Violence in Latin American Narrative, Oxford: Peter Lang, 2007.
Book Chapters
  • 鈥樷2 October Is Not Forgotten鈥: Tlatelolco 1968 Massacre and Social Memory Frameworks鈥, in Memory and Postcolonial Studies: Synergies and New Directions, ed. Dirk G枚ttsche, Oxford, Bern: Peter Lang, 2019.
  • 鈥楽trings, Branes and Hidden Texts in Obsesivos d铆as circulares (1969) by Gustavo Sainz鈥, in Interface between Literature and Science: Cross-disciplinary Approaches to Latin American Texts, ed. Victoria Carpenter, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
  • Victoria Carpenter and Paul Halpern, 鈥極ut of the Darkness into the Darkness: Time Travel in Ernesto S谩bato鈥檚 El t煤nel and Connie Willis鈥 Blackout and All Clear鈥, in Interface between Literature and Science: Cross-disciplinary Approaches to Latin American Texts, ed. Victoria Carpenter, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
  • 鈥楶ower Tug of War: Hegemonic and Posthegemonic Text Control in Gustavo Sainz鈥檚 Obsesivos d铆as circulares (1969)鈥, in Men, Power and Liberation: Readings of Masculinities in Spanish American Literatures, ed. Amit Thakkar and Chris Harris, London: Routledge, 2015.
  • 鈥楾emporal Permutations in Octavio Paz鈥檚 鈥淧iedra de sol鈥濃, in A World in Words, a Life in Texts: Revisiting Latin American Cultural Heritage, ed. Victoria Carpenter, Oxford: Peter Lang, 2011.
  • 鈥榃hen Was Tomorrow? Manipulation of Time and Memory in the Works of Mexican Onda鈥, in (Re)Collecting the Past: History and Collective Memory in Latin American Literature, ed. Victoria Carpenter, Oxford: Peter Lang, 2010.
  • 鈥樷淟a sangre en el cemento鈥: Violence, Fantasy and Myth in the Poetic Accounts of the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre鈥, in A World Torn Apart: Representations of Violence in Latin American Narrative, ed. Victoria Carpenter, Oxford: Peter Lang, 2007.

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Refereed Journal Articles 鈥 Single Authorship听

  • 鈥樷滿i Nuh Go in the Car鈥: Pride and Defiance in the Recovery Narratives of Jamaican Fishing Villages鈥, Area (in preparation).
  • 鈥榃hen a Habit Meets a Habit at the City Dump: Resilience of Habit in 脷nica mirando al mar by Fernando Contreras Castro鈥, Forum for Modern Language Studies (under review).
  • 鈥楧ancing in a Hurricane: State and Public Response to Hurricane Gilbert in Jamaica鈥, The Caribbean Quarterly (in print).
  • 鈥楧amn the Suit and the Tailor Who Made It: Power Struggle between the Narrator and the Editor in Nuevas coplas y cantares del temible bardo Eudom贸ndaro Higuera alias el Tuerto鈥, Hispanic Review (under review).
  • 鈥楥rossing Power Borders in a Tight Leather Suit: Loci of Power in Pell-mell by Gustavo Sainz鈥, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hisp谩nicos (under review).
  • 鈥楾he Good, the Bad, and the Dirty: Memories of 1968 in Luis Gonz谩lez de Alba鈥檚 Los d铆as y los a帽辞蝉 (1971) and Otros d铆as, otros a帽辞蝉 (2008)鈥, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (under review).
  • 鈥楤etween the Stone and the Mirror: Tlatelolco 1968 Massacre and Poetic Debates on the History of Violence鈥, Chasqui, 47.2 (2018), pp. 86-99.
  • 鈥樷淟a Plaza era una trampa鈥: Emotional Violence of Tlatelolco 1968 in Luis Spota鈥檚 La Plaza鈥, Confluencia, 33.2 (2018), pp. 40-52.
  • 鈥樷淵 el olor de la sangre manchaba el aire鈥: Tlatelolco 1521 and 1968 in Jos茅 Emilio Pacheco鈥檚 鈥淟ectura de los 鈥楥antares Mexicanos鈥濃, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 95.4 (2018), pp. 451-74.
  • 鈥樷淵ou Want the Truth? You Can鈥檛 Handle the Truth鈥: Poetic Representations of the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre鈥, Journal of Latin American Research, 21:1 (2015), pp. 35-49.
  • 鈥楶ower Tug of War: Hegemonic and Posthegemonic Text Control in Gustavo Sainz鈥檚 Obsesivos d铆as circulares (1969)鈥, Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies 20:1 (2014), pp. 31-49.
  • 鈥楻ealidades en lucha abierta: el conflicto entre la realidad objetiva y el descubrimiento cient铆fico en la ciencia-ficci贸n mexicana鈥, Revista Iberoamericana, 78:238-239 (2012), pp. 165-179.
  • 鈥楨rasing Male Characters from 脕lbum de familia by Rosario Castellanos鈥, Estudios Interdisciplinarios de Am茅rica Latina y el Caribe, 21:2 (2010), pp. 61-76.
  • 鈥楿nder My (Editorial) Thumb: Hegemonic Masculinity and Text Ownership in the Works of Mexican Onda鈥, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 87:6 (2010), pp. 667-83.
  • 鈥樷淢e cae que no me entiendes鈥: Multi-language Text in the Mexican Onda鈥, Romance Studies, 27:3 (2009), pp. 180-91.
  • 鈥楾ransitory Literature or 鈥淏rave New Text鈥: A Comparative Analysis of Jos茅 Agust铆n鈥檚 Works鈥, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 84:2 (2007), pp. 213-26.
  • 鈥楾latelolco 1968 in Contemporary Mexican Literature鈥 (special section), Bulletin of Latin American Research, 24:4 (2005).
  • 鈥楾he Echo of Tlatelolco in Contemporary Mexican Protest Poetry鈥 Bulletin of Latin American Research, 24:4 (2005), pp. 496-512.
  • 鈥楩rom Yellow to Red to Black: Tantric Reading of 鈥淏lanco鈥 by Octavio Paz鈥, Bulletin of Latin American Research, 21:4 (2002), pp. 527-44.
  • 鈥楧ream-sex and Time Travel: The Subject of 鈥淧iedra de sol鈥 by Octavio Paz鈥, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (Glasgow), LXXVIII (2001), pp. 493-513. This article has been chosen to appear in Twentieth Century Literature Criticism, vol. 211.
  • Refereed Journal Articles 鈥 Joint Authorship听
  • Victoria Carpenter and Lakhbir Singh, 鈥楽tages of Recovery after Natural Disasters鈥, Geoforum (under review).
  • Victoria Carpenter and Lakhbir Singh, 鈥楾he Role of Social Actors in Recovery after Natural Disasters: A Case 天美传媒 of Jamaica鈥, Geoforum (under review).
  • Victoria Carpenter and Paul Halpern, 鈥楢 Bridge between Worlds: Parallel Universes and the Observer in 鈥淭he Celestial Plot鈥濃, Kronoscope, 19 (2019), pp. 111-29.
  • Reza Montasari, Richard Hill, Victoria Carpenter and Farshad Montaseri, 鈥楧igital Forensic Investigation of Social Media, Acquisition and Analysis of Digital Evidence鈥, International Journal of Strategic Engineering 2:1 (2019), pp. 52-60.
  • Reza Montasari, Victoria Carpenter and Richard Hill, 鈥楢 Road Map for Digital Forensics Research: A Novel Approach for Establishing the Design Science Research Process in Digital Forensics鈥, International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, 11:2 (2019), pp. 194-224.
  • Nan Jiang and Victoria Carpenter, 鈥楢 Case 天美传媒 of Emerging Challenges and Reflections on Internationalization of Higher Education鈥, International Education Studies, 7:9 (2014), pp. 50-56.
  • Nan Jiang and Victoria Carpenter, 鈥楢 Case 天美传媒 of Issues of Strategy Implementation in Internationalization of Higher Education鈥, International Journal of Educational Management, 27:1 (2013), pp. 4-18.
  • Nan Jiang and Victoria Carpenter, 鈥楩aculty-Specific Factors of Degree of HE Internationalization: An Evaluation of Four Faculties of a UK Post-1992 天美传媒鈥, International Journal of Educational Management, 27:3 (2013), pp. 242-59.
  • Dave Lees and Victoria Carpenter, 鈥楢 Qualitative Assessment of Providing Quality Electronically Mediated Feedback for Students in Higher Education鈥, International Journal of Learning Technology, 7:1 (2012), pp. 95-110.
  • Victoria Carpenter and Paul Halpern, 鈥楺uantum Mechanics and Literature: An Analysis of El t煤nel by Ernesto S谩bato鈥, The Ometeca Journal, 17 (2012), pp.167-87.
  • Nan Jiang and Victoria Carpenter, 鈥楳arket Entry Dynamic Framework for Higher Education Internationalisation鈥, Journal of International Education in Business, 4:2 (2011), pp. 141-58.
Committees of Academic Societies
  • 2012 - present Latin American Literary Studies Association 鈥 Founding President;
  • 2011 - 2013 Society for Latin American Studies 鈥 ordinary committee member;
  • 2007 - 2009 Society for Latin American Studies 鈥 ordinary committee member;
  • 2005 - 2007 Society for Latin American Studies 鈥 Vice President;
  • 2001 - 2005 Society for Latin American Studies 鈥 Secretary (two terms);
  • 1999 - 2001 Society for Latin American Studies 鈥 President of Postgraduates in Latin American Studies, SLAS Committee Postgraduate representative.
  • 鈥楽hoes That Nobody Wore: Tlatelolco 1968 Massacre鈥, York Festival of Ideas, 2016.
  • 鈥楥an You Handle the Truth?鈥, YorNight 2015: European Researchers鈥 Night, 天美传媒 of York, 2015.
  • 鈥楲ost in the Garden of Forking Paths鈥 (presented with Paul Halpern, 天美传媒 of Science in Philadelphia), York Festival of Ideas, 2015.
  • 鈥楥hecking out of the Hexagon: Quantum Mechanics in Jorge Luis Borges鈥 鈥淟a biblioteca de Babel鈥濃, LONCON3: The 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, London, 2014.
  • 鈥楲ast Man Standing: Crossing the Borders of Male Power Struggle in Gustavo Sainz鈥檚 Obsesivos d铆as circulares (1969)鈥, JISLAC Seminar 鈥楤order Masculinities鈥, 2014.
  • 鈥楢 Dark and Lonely Tunnel: Fragmented Narrative in El T煤nel by Ernesto S谩bato鈥, 天美传媒 of Sheffield Hispanic Research Seminar, 2014.
  • 鈥楩inally, the Whole Truth? Hegemonic and Posthegemonic Approaches to the Representation of Violent Events in Latin American History鈥, Keynote presentation, New Horizons Conference, 天美传媒 of Derby, 2012.
  • 鈥楶ower Tug of War: Hegemonic and Posthegemonic Text Control in Gustavo Sainz鈥檚 Obsesivos d铆as circulares (1969)鈥, JISLAC Seminar 鈥楳asculinities and Violence in Latin American Cultures鈥, December 2010.
  • 鈥楻e-member Them: Destruction of Memory as a Means of Re-creating the Narrative in the Works of Mexican Onda鈥, Institute of Latin American Studies, Liverpool, 2006.
  • 鈥楰ing Creole Does Mariachi: Manipulation of Anglophone Popular Culture in the Works of the Mexican Onda鈥, Transatlantic Studies Association Annual Conference, ISCTE, 天美传媒 Institute of Lisbon, 2021.
  • 鈥楥rossing Power Borders in a Tight Leather Suit: Loci of Power in A troche y moche by Gustavo Sainz鈥, Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland Conference, UCD, 2021.
  • 鈥榃hen a Habit Meets a Habit at the City Dump: Resilience of Habit in 脷nica mirando al mar by Fernando Contreras Castro鈥, Midwest Modern Languages Association Conference, Milwaukee, USA, 2021.
  • 鈥楾ell It Like It Is: (Mis)Reading Press Coverage of the Tlatelolco 1968 Massacre鈥, 2016 MHRA Conference 鈥楬ave you Heard鈥? Navigating the Interstices Between Public and Private Knowledge鈥, IMLR, London, 2016.
  • 鈥溾2 October Is Not Forgotten鈥: Tlatelolco 1968 Massacre and Social Memory Frameworks鈥, Memory and Postcolonial Studies Symposium, 天美传媒 of Nottingham, 2016.
  • 鈥樷淵 el olor de la sangre manchaba el aire鈥: Tlatelolco 1521 and 1968 in Jos茅 Emilio Pacheco鈥檚 鈥淟ectura de los 鈥淐antares Mexicanos鈥濃, Latin American Literary Studies Association Annual Conference, York St John 天美传媒, 2015.
  • 鈥楥arajo, qu茅 soledad鈥: Ironic Loneliness in Ren茅 Avil茅s Fabila鈥檚 El gran solitario de palacio鈥, Latin American Literary Studies Association Annual Conference, Derby, 2014.
  • 鈥楾unneling out of Solitude: Temporal Changes in Ernesto S谩bato鈥檚 El t煤nel鈥, Latin American Literary Studies Association Inaugural Conference, 天美传媒 of Derby, 2013.
  • 鈥楧arkness at the End of the Tunnel: Multiple Narrative Lines in El t煤nel by Ernesto S谩bato鈥, Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Conference, 天美传媒 of Oxford, 2013.
  • 鈥楢 Dark and Lonely Tunnel鈥: Time Travel in El t煤nel (1948) by Ernesto S谩bato鈥, British Society for Literature and Science Conference, 天美传媒 of Cardiff, 2013.
  • 鈥楴othing but the Truth, Take Two: The Mechanisms of Creating a Collective Memory in the Tlatelolco 1968 Discourse鈥, Society for Latin American Studies Conference, 天美传媒 of Sheffield, 2012.

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