Sofía
González
Gómez

Sofía González Gómez

My research aims to show, by drawing on elements such as literary reviews, the publishing market, gender, and class, how Spanish literature and culture reflect social changes that occurred during the twentieth century. In doing so, I understand literature in a broad sense that goes beyond mere texts.

My approach has an interdisciplinary character, taking novels, essays, newspapers and magazines, and archival sources as objects of study. In my work, I combine qualitative methods (discourse analysis) with quantitative methods for data processing. I am also interested in theoretical frameworks, such as the sociology of literature, gender studies, and, more recently, cultural studies. At the heart of my research is the question of why the literary field is configured the way it is.

Through academic publications and projects (independent or collaborative), my research seeks to foster a dialogue between humanistic disciplines (literature, history) in order to promote interdisciplinary knowledge that ca be connected with aspects of contemporary society. My main areas of research are: 1) the Spanish Cultural Transition (1956-1992) 2) media, literature and the publishing market.

I have been working as a Ramón y Cajal researcher in the Department of Philology, Communication and Documentation at the University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain) since February 2026. My project, “Cultural transitions through the press (20th century)”, is funded by the Spanish State Research Agency.

For just over four years, I have been a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Spanish Language and Literature at the University of Bern (Switzerland), during which time I have specialized in the second half of the 20th century in Spain. In addition, I have coordinated the Department’s Erasmus-SEMP international stays. I am part of the project: “The intellectual cooperation project of the League of Nations. Spanish presence and related initiatives” (UC3M/CSIC), and the GILCO and GICELAH research groups.

My teaching experience includes seminars on Spanish literature based on my research, as well as courses I have given on different Spanish literary periods and trends. I have rounded out my teaching training in Switzerland with practical courses at the University of Bern and implemented what I have learned in my classes.

My research has received a number of awards, including the CSIC Relevant Thesis Prize (2023) and the Society of Condueños Prize for the best thesis in the arts and humanities (2022). I have also been awarded competitive grants and funding. My international experience includes stays as a visiting scholar at the University of Cologne (Germany), Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona), TU Graz (Austria), and Ghent University (Belgium), among others.