Meritxell Joan Rodríguez

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Meritxell Joan Rodríguez holds a PhD in literary, linguistic and cultural studies from the University of Barcelona. Her thesis is entitled “Writing the In-Between: Transmediterranean Identity Constructions in the Works of Najat El Hachmi and Dalila Kerchouche”. She has worked as a translator and a teacher of languages and literature, and she currently coordinates the Gender Equality Programme at the Institute of Mediterranean Studies. She is also part of the University of Barcelona “Literary Cartographies of the Mediterranean” research group, which is registered within the UNESCO Women, Development and Cultures Chair. She has lived and studied in several countries.