Xime Castillo-Smyntek
Address: School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures(
Univesrity of Manchester
Room SG14, Samuel Alexander Building
Oxford Road M13 9PL
Manchester,UK
email: xime.c.smyntek@manchester.ac.uk
PhD title: The role of the mass media in contemporary Chilean film: with a video production by Xime (Jandy) Castillo-Smyntek
Supervisors: Professor Chris Perriam, Dr. Sasha Dundjerovic
Main Discipline area: Practice-based PhD in Latin American Studies and Screen Studies
Research specialism :
- 'Latin' American Studies and Screen Studies
- Film, Television, and Radio production
- Modern castellano language, Hispano-speaking community literatures and cultures
- Media and Communication
Research interests:
- Video Art research and production
- Chilean Studies
- Pan-American community
- Visual Anthropology
- Decolonization, International Communities, and One World
- Identity: How am I? Independent Latin-Hispanic-Ibero-Euro American?
Professional biography:
Post-graduate
Master's in Spanish Language, Literature and Culture.
Syracuse University (SU), NY, USA. May 2003
Magister in Communication and Audiovisual
Industries in the Iberoamerican Region.
Universidad Internacional de Andalucía
Sede Iberoamericana de La Rábida, Spain. May 1996
Undergraduate
Bachelor's in Communication Sciences (Advertising) Apr. 1995
Degree of University Technician in Advertising from Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH).
Validated (convalidado) as Bachelor in Ciencias de la Información (Publicidad)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España. Oct. 1995.
Certification
- Certificate in University Teaching. Future Professoriate Project.
Syracuse University, NY, USA. May 2003 - Certificate in Advance Studies in Latin-American Studies. Syracuse University, NY, USA. Dec. 2002
- General Radio and Television Production Program. Radio Nederland Training Centre. The Netherlands. June 1998
- Fulbright English for Graduate Studies Program.
Loyola University. New Orleans. USA. Aug. 1998 - National Program for Training Facilitators in Personal Development. CEPIP (Centro de Perfeccionamiento, Experimentación e Investigaciones Pedagógicas) Education Ministry, Republic of Chile. Apr. 1997