Profile
Graciela Martínez-Zalce Sánchez is a scholar specializing in Canadian cultural studies, with a focus on migration, borders, identities, and cultural processes. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Hispanic Language and Literature from UNAM (FES Acatlán) and a Master's and Ph.D. in Modern Letters from Universidad Iberoamericana. She is recognized at level D in the PRIDE program, a Level II member of Mexico's National System of Researchers (SNI), and a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. She has served as a visiting researcher at El Colegio de México, McGill University (Canada), and UAM Cuajimalpa.
She is a teacher in the Department of Hispanic Letters at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, where she leads the Literary Research Seminars I and II (Adaptation Theory; Cinema and Literature). She also teaches in the Graduate Program in Political and Social Sciences, offering a seminar on Film, Migration, and Borders in North America.
Position:
She is a Definitive Full Professor “C” at UNAM’s Center for Research on North America (CISAN), where she also serves as the Director.
Research Areas
- North American and border cultural studies
- Adaptation theory
- Literary and film criticism with a gender perspective
- Canadian studies
Recent Publications
2024 Torres Vargas, Georgina Araceli, Graciela Martínez-Zalce Sánchez y Alejandro Mercado Celis, “Las comunidades virtuales en la sociedad contemporánea.” Vol. I, México, Institute of Library Research/UNAM, ISBN: 978-607-30-9252-4.
2024 Martínez-Zalce, Graciela, “La visibilización de Canadá en México: a 80 años de relaciones diplomáticas y a 30 de la región comercial”, North America, Academic Magazine, 19th year, num. 2, July-December.
2024 Torres Vargas, Georgina Araceli, Graciela Martínez-Zalce Sánchez y Alejandro Mercado Celis, coords. “Las comunidades virtuales en la sociedad contemporánea.” Tomo II. México, Institute of Library Research/UNAM, ISBN: 978-607-30-9253-1.
2023 Martínez-Zalce, Graciela ,“The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Making of Literary Audiences in Digital Spaces”, Études Canadiennes/Canadian Studies, Revue Interdisciplinaire des études canadiennes en France, 49th year, N° 94, June 2023, pp. 83-108. ISSN 1776-9671 (printed), ISSN 2429-4667 (online).
2022 Martínez-Zalce, Graciela y Camelia Tigau, eds. Canadá y sus paradojas en el siglo XXI. Tomo II (Artes, ciencia política, medios y migración), México, CISAN-UNAM, ISBN: 978-607-30-5445-40
2016 Martínez-Zalce, Graciela, “Instrucciones para salir del limbo. Arbitrario de representaciones audiovisuales de las fronteras en América del Norte” (México: CISAN, UNAM).
In addition to the first book on Canadian culture in Mexico:
1996. Martínez-Zalce, Graciela, ed. ¿Sentenciados al aburrimiento? Tópicos de cultura canadiense (México: CISAN, UNAM, Bonilla).
