Biography
Federico obtained a BA degree in French and Spanish from Bristol University in 1986. He went on to complete an MA in Spanish at Leeds University the subsequent year and was awarded a PhD by the same institution in 1992. His first teaching position was at Glasgow University in 1991 and he held positions at Aberdeen University and Hull University after that. He was appointed to King’s in 1998. He is editor of A Companion to Federico García Lorca(Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2007) and author of Federico García Lorca: The Poetics of Self-Consciousness (Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2010).
Research Interests and PhD Supervision
Federico has published on 20th-century Spanish culture, including the poetry of Federico García Lorca and popular Spanish cinema. He is generally interested in metatextual devices and difficulties inherent in creative processes. He is currently working on cultural responses to Spain’s transition from dictatorship to democracy. Federico welcomes PhD proposals on any area of modern and contemporary Spanish culture. He has supervised projects on literature by Moroccans written in Spanish, on women writers during Spain’s transition to Democracy, and on the poetry of Miguel Hernández.
For more details, please see his full research profile.
Teaching
Federico teaches a number of modules on twentieth-century Spanish culture and also teaches on the core Spanish Language programme.
Expertise and Public Engagement
Federico is often asked to talk on the subject of Federico García Lorca and is happy to consider presentations or interviews on this and other aspects of modern Spanish culture.
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Bonaddio, F., 12 Apr 2019, In : BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES. 96, 3, p. 14-15 Research output: Contribution to journal - Book/Film/Article review
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Bonaddio, F., 2 Apr 2019, In : Short Film Studies. 9, 2, p. 211-214 4 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1386/sfs.9.2.211_1
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Bonaddio, F., 1 Apr 2018, In : Short Film Studies. 8, 2, p. 135-138 4 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1386/sfs.8.2.135_1
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Bonaddio, F., 2018, The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Jiménez Murguía, S. & Pinar, A. (eds.). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, p. 25-28, 109-112, 290-292 11 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Bonaddio, F., 29 Jun 2017, Global Genres, Local Films: the Transnational Dimension of Spanish Cinema . Oliete, E., Oria, B. & Tarancón, J. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury, p. 61-72 12 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Bonaddio, F., 3 Apr 2017, The Cultural Legacy of María Zambrano. De Ros, X. & Omlor, D. (eds.). Cambridge: Legenda (MHRA & Maney Publishing), Vol. 24. p. 77-88 12 p. (Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures; no. 24). Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Bonaddio, F., 2016, Patriarchal Moments . London: Bloomsbury, p. 163-169 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Bonaddio, F., 2014, Revisiting the Past: Memory and Trauma in the Postwar Spanish Novel . Leggott, S. & Woods, R. (eds.). Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, p. 115-25 11 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Bonaddio, F., 2014, In : Cuadernos de ALDEEU. 27, 1, p. 111-28 18 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article
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Bonaddio, F., 2012, In : Post Script. 31, 3, p. 21-30 10 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article