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PhD in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies
Justification of the title
Recent research has shown that in many fields of scientific knowledge, from the humanities to medicine, social sciences and engineering, the variables of sex and gender are insufficiently considered. Stereotypes and biases persist in research and technological developments, which
They often construct as a universal standard the realities, experiences and expectations of a group of people, mostly men, mostly white and of a certain economic level, and consider the realities of other people as deviations from the norm. Science, like any other field of activity,
Humanity is not free from the cultural and social conditions of its time. Gender stereotypes and the lower social value that women receive are often translated into a stereotyped and lesser consideration of their specific realities, whether social or biological, in research.
In recent decades, gender studies have contributed to revealing and understanding areas of reality that were previously unexplored and also to reducing biases and errors in concepts and theories. In some cases, notably in the social sciences and humanities, they have contributed to important reformulations of the disciplinary foundations of some fields of knowledge. In other areas, there is still much to be done and, in order to move forward, it is necessary to foster a fertile crossover between gender studies and the rest of the fields of knowledge. Gender is, therefore, a clear area of innovation in science and technology.
Following the signing of the Amsterdam Treaty in 1959, which established equality between men and women as a specific task of the European Community and as a cross-cutting objective affecting all Community tasks, the European Commission formalised its commitment to advance gender equality in research: (European Commission (1999) Women and science: mobilising women for the benefit of European research. Communication from the European Commission, Brussels). From then on, the European Union has made the introduction of gender into the content of research a priority, in its double version of, on the one hand, addressing the realities of both women and men and, on the other, promoting and considering gender-specific research to fill knowledge gaps. Thus, from the V and VI Framework Programmes for Research of the EU, the gender perspective has been introduced. And with these same objectives, the European Commission included in the VI Framework Programme a requirement that gender analysis be considered as one more variable, comparable to any other, whose relevance must be taken into account. Leading research institutions in the USA, Scandinavia and other European countries such as Austria are already requiring systematic consideration of gender and sex variables in the projects they fund. The United Nations, in its agreement on Science and Technology adopted in March 2011, also mentions the need to incorporate gender analysis into scientific research. The decision
The decision adopted by the Seventh Framework Programme for Research of the European Union establishes that the integration of the gender dimension and gender equality will be addressed in all areas of research (Decision No 1982/2006/EC of 18/12/1986, IJ L412 of 30/12/2006, p. 1). This same statement has been extended in the current Horizon 2020 Programme, which considers gender as an analytical category that is transversal to the entire research programme.
In our country, the inclusion and promotion of gender equality training, research and teaching programmes in a cross-cutting manner in university and scientific policy is present in all our most recent legislation: Organic Law 1/2004 on Comprehensive Protection Measures against Gender Violence, Organic Law 3/2007 on Effective Equality between Women and Men, Royal Decree 1393/2007 establishing the regulation of university education and the LOMLOU (Organic Law 4/2007). Likewise, the Strategic Plan for Equal Opportunities 2008/2011, which was developed in 12 priority areas of action, also highlighted the opportunity to carry out university gender study programmes in line with national and community regulations. In this sense, Axis 4 (Innovation) is particularly relevant, as it refers to mainstreaming, the improvement of knowledge, the role of women and the feminisation of science and technology. Spanish Aspects, published by the Women and Science Unit of the Ministry of Science and Innovation in 2011.
The recently approved Spanish Law on Science and Technology includes an important article that addresses these community and national demands: “The Spanish science and technology strategy and the State Plan for scientific and technical research will promote the incorporation of the gender perspective as a transversal category in research and technology, so that its relevance is considered in all aspects of the process, from the definition of research priorities, research problems, explanatory theoretical frameworks, methods, data collection and interpretation, conclusions, technological applications and development, and proposals for future studies.” In response to these demands of current European and Spanish regulations, the National R&D&I Programme has incorporated a specific management team since 2008, which, responding to the acronym FEM, articulates gender research in a transversal way to all specific areas of knowledge.
The current proposal for a PhD in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies would therefore respond to and satisfy the demand generated by this scientific policy developed for more than a decade by the European Union and by Spanish legislation and which necessarily and urgently requires adequate training at the highest academic level. Only such training, preferably focused on research, will be able to provide the expert scientific analysis necessary for the consolidation of the aforementioned scientific and research policies.
In this sense, the present proposal for a PhD in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies constitutes, on the one hand, an absolutely novel initiative in the Spanish university panorama, and on the other, a need derived from a long-standing demand for training. It is novel because it has no precedents in Spanish universities (on the international level, there are only similar initiatives in the USA and Italy); therefore, it would respond to a demand without any type of academic coverage at this time, which would support the strategic interest of this PhD in all participating universities and centres. But, on the other hand, it also satisfies a training demand already largely supported by the recognized research and teaching trajectory of the Institutes, Seminars and research groups that support it, some of them with more than 25 years of existence, and which until now has only found a channel through other doctorates framed in specific disciplines (law, history, literature, etc.; an example in this respect can be seen in the theses read in recent years on the subject of gender), but lacking until now its own disciplinary space. In this sense, the essential value of the degree would reside in the opportunity to generate a space of its own, which until now did not exist, for studies that since the eighties of the last century have been reaffirmed, first, in the curricular teaching of bachelor's and degree courses, and later, in the official postgraduate and master's courses adapted to the European Higher Education Area, present in a notable majority of the universities participating in the current programme, and which already require their own space in the Doctorate, as demonstrated by the abundant reading and defence of theses on gender issues carried out in recent years in different Spanish university departments and institutes, of which a brief list (only up to 10) is offered in this same document. Since the mid-1980s, research and teaching on gender issues has been one of the key points of strategic interest of universities such as the Autonomous University of Madrid, the Jaume I University of Castellón, the University of Alicante, the University of Huelva, and the University of the Balearic Islands. This has also been the case since its inception at the younger participating universities such as the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid. In all of them, important research teams (see Human Resources) underpin the quality and timeliness of this doctoral programme.
In this sense, one of the main strengths of this programme lies in its interdisciplinary nature. In fact, although the header of this document, due to the technical limitations of the computer application, only includes one option for ISCED thematic codes, the PhD programme in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies covers topics related to the social, legal, human and health sciences (see lines and research teams). This interdisciplinary nature is not a whimsical choice, but rather responds to the fact that the objectives of the doctoral programme are embedded within the promotion of gender equality demanded by European Community policies, national legislation, as well as the international commitments acquired by our country in terms of equality and non-discrimination between women and men. And, in this line, this Doctorate adopts as its main objective the gender transversality or mainstreaming approach, declared by the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (1995) as absolutely essential to achieve inclusive and equal public policies, a transversality that demands and requires interdisciplinary research and professional training in gender studies. And it is precisely this interdisciplinarity, which must necessarily articulate all training, research, study and analysis of gender, which imposes the interuniversity character of this program. Although interdisciplinarity has always distinguished gender studies and research, the truth is that the niches of expert knowledge in this regard are spread throughout the national university geography, so that it is not easy to satisfy a specialized demand in a single center or university. The grouping of universities, institutes and seminars responsible for the doctorate will guarantee that all those demands can be met despite the extreme specificity and scientific specialization that must characterize a doctorate. Thus, despite the fact that the research and teaching coordinated by the different centers comprising this program present, in all of them, characteristics highly focused on interdisciplinarity, a feature that - as has been said - distinguishes gender studies and research, the truth is that all of them, by tradition, human resources and scientific experience, present greater solvency in certain fields of scientific knowledge that make them complementary to each other.
For example, the UAM has an indisputable interdisciplinary track record, which has been reflected in the following R&D research projects over the last five years: Title: "Age, gender and rights: ageing as a woman". Reference No.: FEM2009-09556. Funding entity: MICINN Period granted for the research: 2010-2012 Principal investigator: Pilar Folguera, with the participation of 27 researchers from different disciplines (Physical Anthropology, Social Anthropology, History, Biology, Psychology, Law, Economics, etc.). And Title: Age, Gender and rights: proposal for a multidisciplinary analysis for 21st century society. Reference No.: CEMU-2013-04, Period granted for the research: 2013- 2015 Principal investigator: Yolanda Guerrero Navarrete, in which 27 researchers from different disciplines participated (Physical Anthropology, Social Anthropology, History, Biology, Psychology, Law, Economics, etc.). The result of this research is the latest publication of the editorial line of the IUEM of the UAM: 19th International Interdisciplinary Research Conference: Gender and Aging Coordinators: Pilar Folguera; Virginia Maquieira; María Jesús Matilla; Pilar Montero; María Jesús Vara. (ISBN: 978-84-8344-348-4) Ediciones de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2013.
Since its beginnings, the UAM has distinguished itself by a very powerful line of research focused on one of the proposed lines, specifically that of Gender, History and Cultural Production. A high number of UAM researchers are part of the team that supports this line of research and a large part of the projects must be enrolled in it.
projects, theses and publications carried out within the same. Some examples from recent years are the following:
a).-Research projects:
Title: Discrimination against women: the origins of the problem. The social and educational role of archaeological museums in the fight against gender violence.
Reference number: 035/12
Funding Entity: Women's Institute
Period granted for research: 2012-2014
Principal Investigator: Lourdes Prados Torreira
Title: The incorporation of Spanish women writers into the press between 1850 and 1936 (INEMPE)
Reference number: 2011-0004-INV-00034
Funding entity: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Women's Institute Period granted for the research: 2011-2013
Principal Investigator: Carmen Servén Díez
Title: History of women in Spanish universities, 20th century. Comparison with European universities.
Reference number: HAR2011-29514
Funding entity: Ministry of Science and Innovation
Period granted for research: 2011-2013
Principal Investigator: Josefina Cuesta Bustillo. Mª Jesús Matilla researcher
b).-Thesis:
Title: Women and Creole identity. (The contribution of New Spaniards to the mentality of their group, 16th and 17th centuries).
PhD student: Alberto Baena Zapatero
University: UAM FACULTY/SCHOOL: Philosophy and Letters
Year: 2008
Grade: Outstanding cum laude
Title: Women, Witchcraft and the Inquisition. Inquisition Tribunal of Lima. 18th century
PhD student: Natalia Urra Jaque
University: UAM FACULTY/SCHOOL: Philosophy and Letters
Year: 2012
Rating: Outstanding
Likewise, since its beginnings, another of the strong lines of research that has brought together teams, projects and theses is that of Feminist Theories, Citizenship and Globalization, supported in recent years with the following scientific achievements
a) Research projects
Title: The quality of public deliberation in contemporary democracies
Reference Number: SEJ2007-67482/POL
Funding entity: Ministry of Science and Innovation
Period granted for research: 2007-2010
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Elena Beltrán Pedreira.
Title: The difficulties of democracy: Between politics and law.
Reference number: DER2009/08138
Funding entity: Ministry of Science and Innovation
Principal Investigator: Alfonso Ruiz Miguel. Researchers: Cristina Sanchez Muñoz. Elena Beltran Pedreira
Title: Changes in Public Policies regarding Female Sexuality from Franco's Regime to Democracy: From Repression to Public Equality Policies.
Reference number: 140/07
Funding entity: National Plan for R&D&I, Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation
o Period granted for research: 2004-2007
Principal Investigator: Raquel Osborne Verdugo
Title: Multiculturalism, Gender and Law
Reference number: DER2009-08297/JURI
Funding entity: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness-Secretariat of State for Research, Development and Innovation
Period granted for research: 2009-2011
Collaborating researcher: Raquel Osborne Verdugo
Title: Popular and scientific cultures of love and sexuality. The sixties in Spain and the cultural construction of femininity and masculinity
Reference Number: HAR2012-37959-C02-02
Funding Entity: Research Projects, Subprogram of Non-Oriented Basic Research Projects. Call 2012 University of Granada
Period granted for research: 2013-2015
Principal Investigator: Rosa Maria Medina Domenech
b) Thesis
Author: Ms. Francisca Corbalán Herrera
Title: «Street prostitutes in Madrid at the beginning of the new millennium. Discourses and realities on prostitution within the framework of gender perspectives».
Place and Date of Defense: COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID Faculty of Information Sciences. Department of Sociology VI. February 24, 2012.
Grade Obtained: Outstanding Cum Laude, with option for extraordinary award.
In recent years, the team working on the Gender, Health and Sexualities research line has joined them strongly.
a) Research projects
Title: Psychological harassment at work: intervening factors and psychobiological aspects
Reference Number: PSI2009-13661 (PSIC subprogram)
Funding entity: Ministry of Education and Science
Period granted for research: 2010-2013
Collaborating Researcher: Eva Garrosa
Title: Gender as a unit of analysis in the study of biocultural determinants of healthy aging.
Reference number: Q2818013A
Funding entity: Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality.
Period granted for research: 2012-2014.
Principal Investigator: Mª del Pilar Montero López
Title: Nutritional status during pregnancy, birth weight and arterial elasticity in boys and girls.
Reference number: FEM2009-13434-C02-01
Funding entity: Ministry of Science and Innovation
Period granted for research: 2009-2012
Principal Investigator: Mª del Pilar Montero López
b) Thesis
Author: Liliana Diaz Gracia
Title: Organizational justice, role stress and workplace aggression: The protective role of gender ideology, emotional competence and recovery experiences. A study in the service sector
Place and date of defense: Faculty of Psychology, UAM
Grade obtained: outstanding cum laude
Direction: Eva Garrosa-Impact of the same:
Díaz-Gracia, L., Moreno-Jiménez, B., Garrosa, E., & Sebastián, J. (2011). Incivility and sexual harassment at work: impact on occupational health. Journal of the National Faculty of Public Health, 29(4).
Author: Fierro Arias, Jose Daniel
Title: The transition from adolescence to adulthood: theories and realities
Place and date of defense: Faculty of Psychology UAM 02/10/2009
Grade obtained: Outstanding cum laude
Direction: Amparo Moreno-Fierro, D. and Moreno, A. (2007). Emerging adulthood in Mexican and Spanish Youth:Theories and Realities. Journal of Adolescent Research, 22, 476-503
Impact index: 1.24
Author: Karim ANZID.
Title: Food transition chez les populations méditerranéennes et son impact sur la croissance et l'état nutritionalnel de la population de la région d'Ouarzazate (Maroc).
Place and date of the thesis defense: Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech. Marrakech, October 2011.
Grade obtained: 2011. Grade: Outstanding with mention.
Address. Pilar Montero-Montero P, Anzid K, Cherkaoui M., Baali A.,Rodriguez Lopez S. Nutritional status of adolescents in the context of the Morocean Nutritional transition: the role of parental education. J. Biosoe. Sei., (2011), 00, 1-14,6 Cambridge University Press.
Impact Index: journal Citation Report. IF: 1.330
Anzid K, El Hamdani F., Baali A., Boétsch G., Levy S.,
Montero P, Cherkaoui M. The effect of socio-economic status and area of residence on household food variety in Moroeeo. Annals of Human Biology. November-December (2009); 36(6): 1-23.
Impact Index: Journal Citation Report. IF: 0.927
Montero P, Marrodán MD., Carmenate M., Mora Al., Rodríguez-López S., Anzid K, Cherkaoui M. Nutritional status of Moroecan adolescents living in Madrid. Public Heath Nutrition, (2010), 13 (9A): 103. Impact Index. Journal Citation Report. IF:2,817
The University of Alicante has distinguished itself in recent years for its importance and scientific impact in two of the proposed lines. The first of these is Gender, Health and Sexualities, to whose curriculum there are researchers who have completed 9 six-year periods, 10 theses read in the last five years and 43 accumulated research projects.
Secondly, the Gender History and Cultural Production line has researchers who have accumulated 15 six-year periods in total, 3 theses read in the last five years and 19 research projects.
The University of HUELVA is a leader in three lines of research ordered according to the following:
Without a doubt, the first line is Gender, History and Cultural Production, supported by a professor, Dr. Pilar Cuder Domínguez, with a long academic and professional career. She coordinates several research projects. In addition to her, the line has a large number of female professors, specifically 8, of which 1, Dr. Mª Luisa Candau Chacón, has 4 six-year terms, another, Dr. Encarnación Lemus Lopez, has 3 and five theses read in the last five years and the rest have 2 six-year terms, except 1 who is waiting for this call. Between them, they have directed 8 theses in the last five years.
Secondly, there is the Gender, Gender Violence and Education line, also endorsed by a specialist, Dr. José Manuel Coronel Llamas, with a significant background in his favour. In addition, there are 4 more professors in Huelva, two of them with three six-year terms in total, Dr. Emilia Moreno Sánchez and Dr. Ángel Hernando Gómez, and important projects that endorse the weight of this line in the university as a whole.
Finally, the UHU also has a very important component in the third line of Gender, Economics, Law and Equality Policies, where there are 5 professors, backed by two six-year terms and 2 doctoral theses, as well as cutting-edge projects in the legislative and economic fields.
At the University of ALCALÁ the priority line is: Gender, Economy, Law and Equality Policies. The following activities have been developed in them:
-Teaching of the interdisciplinary subject “Gender Diversity and Equal Rights”, coordinated by Professor Encarnación Carmona Cuenca. This is a cross-disciplinary subject in undergraduate studies, from the 2009-2010 academic year to date. Professors from various disciplines participate in this subject: Social Psychology, Sociology, Philology, Philosophy of Law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Labour Law, Commercial Law and Financial and Tax Law.
-Establishment of the Research Group recognised by the University of Alcalá: Centre for Studies and Research on Gender Equality CEIG-. Ref. CCSS2012/R39, coordinated by Encarnación Carmona Cuenca.
It is also supported by the following:
a).-Research Projects and Complementary Actions:
Title: Situation, needs and processes of change of homeless women. A longitudinal study.
Reference number: FEM2012-35053
Funding entity: Ministry of Science and Competitiveness. General Directorate of Research and Management of the National R&D&I Plan. Type of call: competitive
Period Granted for research 2013-2015 Principal Investigator: José Juan Vázquez Cabrera Number of researchers: 9
Title: Woman and Power.
Reference numberUAH/EV418
Funding Entity: Institute of North American Studies of the University of Alcalá.
Period granted for research: 2010-2011
Principal Investigator: Alicia Kaufmann Hahn
Title: Gender Diversity and Equal Rights. Promoting innovation in the teaching-learning process. University of Alcalá.
Principal investigator: Encarnación Carmona Cuenca.
-Conference on Equal Democracy and the Application of the Equality Act in Spanish Parliaments. Organised by the University of Alcalá and the Parliamentary Law Institute of the Complutense University of Madrid. Funded by the Women's Institute (Ministry of Equality). File No. 10/09-04. Amount: 600 €. Date: 22 April 2010. Principal Investigator: Encarnación Carmona Cuenca.
In relation to this, the following research stay has taken place:
Encarnación Carmona Cuenca: research stay at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Law and Foreign Law in Heidelberg (Germany). From 01/09/2011 to 30/07/202. Topic: The European Union's Anti-discrimination Law and its implementation in Spain. Funded by the Mobility Program for Professors of Madrid Universities (Fundación Caja Madrid)
At the University of LA LAGUNA, the following proposed lines of research are a priority: Gender, History and Cultural Production is the line in which most of the teaching staff of the University of La Laguna (ULL) participating in this doctoral program are enrolled. This is a line that has a long tradition at the University, on which multiple investigations have been carried out and 5 doctoral theses have been published in recent years, as well as several books, book chapters and articles in scientific journals.
Although there are only three female professors from the ULL linked to the Gender, Gender Violence and Education line, it can be considered one of the priority lines. The aforementioned professors have extensive experience as Principal Investigators of research projects (five in recent years). Altogether, the number of theses read in recent years on this subject and directed by the aforementioned professors is seven. All of them have active six-year terms, and currently two have three six-year terms and one two. Likewise, the research activity in this line is not limited to the last five years but can be traced back to 1998 when Professor Pilar Matud Aznar began directing research projects on gender violence, an activity that she has continued continuously to date, having directed several projects, agreements and research contracts since then. The aforementioned professors have also published a large number of books, book chapters and scientific articles on the subject of the line, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate training activities.
The Gender, Health and Sexualities line, which has two professors from the University of La Laguna, also has a long history at the university. It began with participation in research projects in 1989 and has continued ever since. Altogether, the two participating professors have been Principal Investigators of 11 research projects funded by public entities, two of which belong to the National R&D Plan and have been developed in the last five years, one of them having begun in 2013. They have directed four doctoral theses on this line and have published numerous articles in high-impact international journals, some of which have been, and continue to be, highly cited internationally.
Finally, the line of Feminist Theories, Citizenship and Globalization is a priority since it has an important track record at the ULL. In fact, the principal investigator of the active research project referenced in this line belongs to the University of La Laguna. These are professors who stand out for having several research sections, supervised theses and also publications in high-impact international journals.
The most representative line at the University of the BALEARIC ISLANDS is Gender, Gender Violence and Education. Good proof of this is that the active research project linked to this line is directed and developed by UIB staff and three of the five outstanding contributions in this line have been prepared by staff from this university.
At the UNIVERSIDAD JAUME I DE CASTELLÓN, the Gender, History and Cultural Production line is a priority. This line is supported by its line of publications. It publishes two scientific journals catalogued and included in the ISOC, CINDOC and LATINDEX. One of them: Asparkía. Investigació Feminista, has been active since 1991, while Dossieres Feministes has been active since 1998. It also has an editorial line through the prestigious Sendes collection, one of whose volumes was awarded the National Prize for University Publishing. It has translated works from Greek, English, Russian and Malagasy. In addition, the line is supported by the following:
a).-Research projects:
Project title: From victims to indignant
Reference number (P1-1A2012-05)
Financing entity Bancaixa-Universitat Jaume I
Period granted for research: 2012 -2014
Principal Investigator Vicente Benet Ferrando
Project Title: Virtual Communities and Online Feminist Praxis: The Political Use of the Internet in Activism Against Violence Against Women
Reference number: (FEM2011-26301)
Funding entity Ministry of Science and Innovation
Period granted for research: 2011-2013
Principal Investigator Sonia Nuñez Puente. King Juan Carlos University
Project title: From Mouth to Mouth: Food and Transculturation in Late 20th Century Latin Literature (1960-2007).
Reference number:Code: P08-HUM-03956
Funding entity: Andalusian Government
Period granted for research: 2009 -2013
Principal Investigator Nieves Pascual Soler
Project title: End-of-the-century artistic behaviors in the Valencian context. Precedents of the poetics of globalization.
Funding entity: Ministry of Science and Innovation. General Subdirectorate of Research Projects.
Period granted for research: 2009-2012
Principal Investigator: Carmen Senabre Llabata
Project Title: From Witches to Mermaids: Women and Images of Evil
Funding entity: Generalitat Valenciana
Period granted for research: 2009-2009
Principal Investigator: Rosalia Torrent Esclapés
Project title: Practices of cyberfeminism. Use and creation of identities on the Internet as a new space for relationships.
Funding entity: National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation 2004-2007 (Women's Institute - Reference R&D+I Funding Channel 55/06)
Period granted for research:-2006-2009
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sonia Núñez Puente (King Juan Carlos University, Madrid)
Likewise, in the context of this line of research Gender, History and Cultural Production at the Jaume I University, the following have been read:
b).Thesis:
1. Juncal Caballero Guiral: Women in the surreal imagination. Directed by Rosalía Torrent Esclapés. Year 2010. Extraordinary Award.
2. Paloma Palau Pellicer: Art gallery and artists in Castellón, 1940-1975. Directed by Rosalía Torrent Esclapés. Year: 2012. Extraordinary Prize
3. Jordi Luengo López: Female Transgression and Bohemia. Speeches and Images of the Modern Woman in the Valencian Press in the First Third of the 20th Century. Directed by Sonia Reverter Bañón, 2007. Extraordinary Prize. IV National Prize of the Spanish Association for Research into the History of Women (AEIHM). III Presen Sáez de Descatllar Research Prize.
4. F. Xavier García Belmonte: The gender vision: Family and patrimonial strategies in Castelló de la Plana 1580-1735. Directed by Carmen Corona Marzol, 2001.
5. Carmen María Fernández Nadal: The ambassadors of Charles II in London. The foreign policy of the Spanish monarchy. Directed by Carmen Corona Marzol, 2007. Extraordinary Prize.
6. Mª Ángeles Mingarro Arnandis: The Muiscas: Family, Women and Daily Life in the Age of Enlightenment. Directed by Carmen Corona Marzol, 2008.
7. Cristià Linares Bayo: Borriol: structural changes and social transformation to the darreries of the Antique Regime. Directed by Carmen Corona Marzol, 2010.
8. Mª del Rosario Duart Herrero: The construction of a legend, Isabel I of Castile. Representations, thought, morals and customs. Directed by Carmen Corona Marzol, 2011.
9. Inmaculada Badenes-Gasset Ramos: Fernando Gasset Lacasaña, political biography of a republican (1816-1941). Directed by Rosa Monlleó Peris, 2003.
10. Juan Luis Constate Lluch: Benicarló 1841-1965. The transition from an ancient town in the Maestrazgo to a contemporary city. Directed by Rosa Monlleó Peris, 2005.
11. Vicent Grau Reig: Segona Republic and Civil War in Castelló. Discurs republicà, political mobilization and revolutionary unionism. Directed by Rosa Monlleó Peris, 2007.
12. Lluís Baixauli Olmos: Interpretation in public services from an ethical perspective: Professional deontology and application to the penitentiary context. Directed by Dora Sales Salvador and Francisco José Raga Gimeno, 2012.
At the REY JUAN CARLOS University, the priority is first and foremost the line of research on Feminist Theories, Citizenship and Globalisation. It dates back to the 2005-2006 academic year, when Professor Ana de Miguel Álvarez, a renowned specialist in feminist theories and debates on citizenship, joined the URJC. Since that year, she has directed a research and seminar group that has just obtained its recognition as a Recognized Research Group by the URJC (2013).
In 2010, the aforementioned Research Group submitted its application to the call for New Groups of the URJC and the Autonomous Community of Madrid (Research Projects of the Program for the Creation and Consolidation of Research Groups (BOCM, December 29, 2009), obtaining a score of 41 out of 50 in its evaluation at the ANEP and being awarded 20,000 euros for one year (URJC-CM 2010-CSH-5101). Within the framework of this project, and throughout 2011, the IP of the Project carried out a research stay at the Center for Women's Studies in La Plata (Buenos Aires) and participated as a guest speaker at the Congress. This stay led to the hosting of a doctoral student from La Plata and also to the celebration of the 1st International Conference on Theoretical Debates on Prostitution (March 2012). The consolidation of the line of research has occurred with the obtaining of a grant from the Center for Women's Studies in La Plata (Buenos Aires). a new Research Project in the latest competitive call for proposals of the VI National Plan for R&D&i. In this latest project (FF2012-37366) not only UNPL professors collaborate, but also those from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, with whom we have also established an open line of communication and research. Likewise, Professor Ana de Miguel has been invited, as the only European representative, together with the French philosopher Edgard Morin, to participate in the World Philosophy Day celebrated in Guatemala City 2013.
The first doctoral thesis of the Master's Degree in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, which began in the 2010/2011 academic year, has just been defended under the theme of this first important line of research at the Rey Juan Carlos University. The student Eva Palomo Cermeño has defended the thesis Feminism and Socialism in the work of Sylvia Pankhurst: the debates around class, gender and sexuality in the context of the British suffragette movement. The reading took place on April 10, 2013.
