Lucía Aréjula Muñoz

After having taken part in an Erasmus exchange at the University of Jyväskylä where she engaged in both academic training and educational programs dedicated to the development of teaching skills, she graduated with honors in her Bachelor Degree. She also holds UAM’s Masters in Literary and Cultural Studies of English Speaking Countries and she worked along with the English Philology Department in an internship program having received a Beca de Colaboración. She is currently pursuing a PhD focused on trans mothering practices under the supervision of Dr. Laura Arce Álvarez. Her research interests include matrifocal narratives, intersectional studies and queer and feminist literary theory.  

CONFERENCES (among others):

• "Mothering Practices in Queer Literature: The House of Impossible Beauties by Josseph Cassara." Gender Graduate Seminar MIRCAALT, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, November 2024. 

• “The deconstruction of woman and mother: the experience of Audre Lorde as a black lesbian author.” 10th ASYRAS Conference, Universidad de Murcia, 23 May 2025. 

• "Building “houses” with marginal mothering practices in the centre: The House Of Impossible Beauties." On the Periphery of History: Marginal Lives in Contemporary Biofiction International Conference, Universitat de València, 13 June 2025. 

• "Of Trans Mothers and Daughters: Mothering Practices in The House of Impossible Beauties and Bad Girls" 48th AEDEAN Conference, Universidad del País Vasco. November 12-14, 2025. 

• "The "ongoing song of care" in Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts or how to queer the mothering frontier" Frontiers and Un/Belongings in US American Culture , Universidad de Valladolid. November 24-26, 2025.