Dr Lucia Llano Puertas

Dr Lucia Llano Puertas


I completed my undergraduate degree in Art History at the University of St Andrews, and then did an MA in Medieval Studies at Birkbeck, University of London.  I have lived in France, where I became bilingual in French and English.  I hold the Institute of Linguists' Diploma in Translation, and am certified as an examiner for the official French government DELF/DALF examinations in French.


My PhD thesis is: "Reading Connectivity in the Shoah and Transatlantic Slavery: Developing a Framework Alert to Memory, Trauma and the Inscription of the Human"


  • Homelands

In brief

Research areas

Transatlantic slavery, The Shoah, Memory, Postmemory, Connectivity, Archives of Transatlantic slavery and Inscription of the human

Skills / expertise

Bilingual French and English