Overview
I studied BA Spanish at Cardiff University from 2012 to 2016. During my degree I completed a year abroad at the University of Granada, Spain. I have C1 level Spanish and I have also completed beginners courses in Italian and Catalan. I was previously employed as an assistant on the Routes into Languages Cymru Project. I am currently the submissions manager for the AHRC funded Question journal.
In 2018 I received an MPhil (Cardiff) with a thesis on 'The Agentic Child: Redefining the Child Seer in Contemporary Spanish Horror Film' and I am now pursuing PhD study thanks to the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership studentship, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). My PhD explores the depiction of the orphan child in Hispanic visual cultures. I am based at Cardiff University and Exeter University.
I was able to undertake studies for the award of MPhil after receiving the Henrique’s Scholarship, which funded my tuition. I have been able to undertake a PhD thanks to a scholarship with the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership funded by the AHRC.
Research
Research interests
Spanish History, Spanish Language Cinema and Television, Childhood and nation in cinema.
Teaching
Cardiff University: 18/19-ML8100 Introduction to Translation Methods (Spanish to English Translation Seminars) and 18/19-ML0187 Understanding Hispanidad in a Global Context (Seminars).
Exeter University 2020 MLS2156 Spanish Language Ex-beginners (Spanish to English Translation Seminars) and 2020 Spanish Grammar and Translation: Year 3 Language classes.
Thesis
Orphans And The Turn(s) To Childhood In Spanish Visual Cultures: From Transition To Transaction
I am currently writing a thesis examining the representation of the orphan child in Hispanic visual cultures.The working title is: Orphans And The Turn(s) To Childhood In Spanish Visual Cultures: From Transition To Transaction. My supervisors are Dr Ryan Prout (Cardiff University) and Professor Sally Faulkner (Exeter University)
Funding source
AHRC
Supervisors
Publications
2020
- Beaney, R. 2020. Orphans at play in Cría cuervos (1976) and Estiu 1993 (2017): reconsidering the playspace. Forum for Modern Language Studies 56(4), pp. 367–388. (10.1093/fmls/cqaa047)
- Beaney, R. 2020. Los herederos de Ibáñez Serrador: El juego y el niño huérfano en el cine de terror español. In: Arribas, V. A. ed. La mirada pequeña. Narradores infantiles en la literatura y el cine. Shangrila, pp. 133-149.
- Beaney, R.et al. 2020. (Re)creating modern languages: conversations about the curriculum in UK higher education. Project Report. [Online]. Creative Multilingualism. Available at: https://www.creativeml.ox.ac.uk/blog/exploring-multilingualism/recreating-modern-languages-toolkit
- Beaney, R. and Young, S. eds. 2020. Question Journal. Issue 5. Exchange. AHRC.
- Beaney, R. 2020. Considering oppositional practices in Arantxa Echevarría’s ‘Carmen y Lola’ (2018). [Online]. modernlanguagesresearch.blogs: Institute of Modern Languages Research. Available at: https://modernlanguagesresearch.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2020/05/11/considering-oppositional-practices-in-arantxa-echevarrias-carmen-y-lola-2017/
2019
- Beaney, R. 2019. Colouring outside the lines: The child's drawing in Spanish cinema and history. Question: Essays and Art from the Humanities 3, pp. 56-64.
2018
- Beaney, R. 2018. The agentic child: Redefining the child seer in contemporary Spanish horror film. MPhil Thesis, Cardiff University.
2015
- Guglielmi, P.et al. 2015. Reviews DVD/Blu-ray. Film Matters 6(3), pp. 123-137. (10.1386/fm.6.3.123_5)