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Literature and ecocriticism as environmental activism, Carmen Flys-Junquera
Cármen Flys-Junquera is an Associate Professor of American Literature in the Dept. of Modern Philology and a member of the Franklin Research Institute for North American Studies, both at the University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain). She has co-edited the books Cultural Landscapes: Heritage and Conservation (2010) and Ecocríticas (2010), among others. She co-directed the 8th International Conference on the Short Story in English "Crossing Boundaries" (2004) as well as co-editing the thematic issue on ecocriticism of the journal Nerter no. 15 (2010). At the EASLCE assembly in 2010 she was elected as President of the Association. She also coordinates the only registered research group in ecocriticism in Spain: GIECO (www.gieco.es). Her most recent project is the launching of Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment (www.ecozona.eu).
