Area of expertise

East Asian Studies-University of Malaga and Social Anthropology-University of Granada

Academic Degree

• Docteur en Histoire et Civilizations École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
• Ph.D. in Philosophy and Letters, University of Granada, Spain

Teaching

• History of East Asian Religions (Bachelor’s Degree in East Asian Studies)
• Literature of Korea through its Texts (Degree in East Asian Studies)
• Shamanism, Nature and Religious Practices (B.A. East Asian Studies)
• Folk Culture in Korea (B.A. in East Asian Studies)

Employment relationship

Professor

Areas of interest

• Historical Anthropology, Social Anthropology. Slavery, miscegenation and abolitionism in the world.
• Gender Studies, Women’s History. Female slavery in Korea in the Joseon period.
• History and Literature. The image of Korea in Spain 1850-1950.

Member of the International Scientific Committee (International Scientific Committee) of UNESCO-Slave Route (Slave Route) since 2017 (https://en.unesco.org/themes/fostering-rights-inclusion/slave-route/isc). Expert in research on slavery and abolitionism at the global level.

She coordinates the “Network of Women’s Studies in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea” with the participation of the Autonomous University of Madrid, the University of Granada, the Rovira y Virgili University, the University of Valencia and the University of Malaga.

Participation in documentaries, videos and popular science radio programs:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XIkHCk_76A,
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_3NICtZniM,
• https://vimeo.com/344664522
• https://vimeo.com/146310886
• http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/memoria-de-delfin/memoria-delfin-esclavitud-explotacion-humana-inherente-paso-del-tiempo-07-12-19/5460244/
• http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/documentos-rne/documentos-rne-esclavitud-espana-realidad-olvidada-15-06-19/5266837/

She has led, as Responsible Researcher (PI), 5 R&D projects and 1 Network of Excellence of the National Research Plan (MEC, MICCIN, MINECO), 3 contracts of the Andalusian Research Plan, and 1 project of Inter-university Cooperation (AECI). Collaborating Researcher in 3 projects of the National R&D Plan (MTAS, MICCIN). She has also been a collaborating researcher in 3 Research Initiation Projects, FECYT (FCT 12-3252). Partner of 1 Project of the 5th European Framework Program, led by the Université de Liége, and has also been part of the research team of 2 Projects of the Ministère des Affaires Étrangéres, France (Programe EGIDE). ANEP evaluator.

She has published articles in Spanish, English, French and Italian in international indexed journals. She has also published book chapters in English (Cambridge University Press, Peter Lang Academic Publishing, etc.) and French (Presses Universitaires de la Sorbonne, L’Harmattan). Reviewed in journals of international relevance. Reviewer of articles for journals such as “Renaissance & Reformation”, “European History Quarterly”, etc.

She has carried out research stays in prestigious international centers (University of British Columbia-Vancouver, UCL, EHESS-Paris, Queen Mary College-London, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail, etc).

She has lectured at numerous international universities and has participated in more than 40 national and international conferences, as a speaker and lecturer, at academic institutions such as the University of Oxford, the College of Spain in Paris, College University of New York (CUNY), the University of Cambridge, the Université de Nice, the Université de Tunis, Birkbeck College-London, etc.

She speaks, writes and reads English, French and Italian fluently and has studied classical Arabic (Lcda. in Arabic Philology). She reads and writes Korean.

She is currently a member of the Advisory Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for an exhibition on the portrait of Juan de Pareja (Velázquez), which opened in 2023.

Conferences:

• Martín Casares, A.: Scientific poster “”The Gisaeng (기생) slave women in Joseon-era Korea (1392-1910)”, Scientific Poster Exhibition of the East Asian Women’s Studies Network, Faculty of Education, University of Málaga, (22/03/2022).
• Botella Sánchez, L., Martín Casares, A.: “Pioneering Mediterranean women: Amalia Amador, from Málaga to Korea”, International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, NOVA Faculdade de Ciencias Sociais e Humanas Universidade Nova de Lisboa (25-28/05/ 2022).
• Chica Morales, P., Martín Casares, A.: “‘The Korean Question’ Reflections of Mr. Emilio Castelar President of the First Republic of Spain”. XI World Congress of Korean Studies. Academy of Korean Studies, (20/10/2022).

• Doménech del Río, A.J. and Martín Casares, A.: “ Korea and its people as seen by the Spanish novelist Blasco Ibáñez (1923)”, XI World Congress of Korean Studies. Academy of Korean Studies, (20/10/2022).

• Martín Casares, A. and Chica Morales, P.: “Adaptation of the Korean Teaching Methodology at the University of Málaga during the COVID19 Pandemic, Innovation of University Teaching in a Digital, Multilingual and Globalized Society. A Perspective from the Erasmus+ CBHE CALESA Project, Lisbon, Universidade Nova (20/09/2022).

• Martín Casares, A.: “The Korean question” according to the President of the First Republic of Spain, Mr. Emilio Castelar“, in The Second International Conference of ‘East and West in Korean Studies’ Project Knowledge Transfer Between Modern East Asia and the West: A Global Perspective on History, Knowledge, and Thought in Modern Korea” Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy (22/04/2022).

• Martín Casares, A.: “The perception of skin color in Spanish documentation from the 16th to the 18th century”. XVI to XVIII”, VII International Congress CHARTA, University of Granada (8-10/06/2022).