Postdoc Profile: Estibalitz Ezkerra Vegas
National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) celebrates the significant contributions postdocs make to research and discovery, both university and nationwide. This Postdoc Profile is a part of a series to commemorate NPAW which takes place from September 15 to 23, 2022.
Q: What is your name?
Estibalitz Ezkerra Vegas
Q: Where are you from?
Bilbao, in the province of Bizkaia, Basque Country
Q: Where do you work at ASU?
School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies
Q: Where did you earn your doctorate?
PhD in Comparative and World Literature, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Q: What does your research focus on?
My research involves interdisciplinary, transnational, and comparative approaches to the politics of memory and the demand for justice in cultural production in post-conflict territories such as the Basque Country and Ireland.
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I am a first-generation college graduate. I have four sisters and brothers (I'm the second child) and in my spare time, I like to read, go to the movies, theater, museums, bike and hike. I'm looking forward to doing the latter two when the weather gets cooler!
Q: What are your career goals?
I'm interested in securing a job that will allow me to continue pursuing research and teaching and to also develop public humanities initiatives.
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