OIC 11 – 19.03.2026 – Meeting Room 2

Proponents of the session: María del Pilar Nicolás Martínez, CITCEM/FLUP (Literature and Intercultural Dialogues). Science ID B316-C925-2079

Title/General theme of the session: Identity narratives and diversity for an intercultural and inclusive education

Session Summary: This session takes on a laboratory and interdisciplinary nature, focusing on the role of narratives (autobiographical, fictional, illustrated or adapted) in building more inclusive identities and communities. In the field of Hispanic studies, the papers cover topics such as the symbolic construction of childhood and youth in contemporary novels, the representation of adoption as a form of motherhood in illustrated children’s literature, reflection on female identity during the Iberian dictatorships and the intercultural potential of the life stories of female teachers of Spanish as a foreign language. The aim is to stimulate methodological and critical debate on narrative as a tool for analyzing identity in various educational contexts. The session is part of the research project “Identidad intercultural. Claves para la filología y las ciencias humanas y sociales”, promoted by the Recognized Research Group (GIR) “Las Desconocidas. Identidad, Narración y Educación (DINE)” at the University of Salamanca. Interdisciplinary in nature, the project proposes a relational and critical look at the construction of cultural identities and narratives around gender, analyzing how these are transformed in the encounter with the other. Based on authors such as Paul Ricoeur, Axel Honneth and Homi Bhabha, intercultural dialog is investigated as a space where identities are redefined, overcoming fixed and closed visions of belonging. The proposal ties in with the objectives of CITCEM’s Strategic Plan 2025-2029, by encouraging dialog between educational, literary and cultural practices in the study of identities. In line with the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it contributes to promoting inclusion, diversity and empathy through literature, discourse analysis and intercultural education.

Name of the speakers and their paper titles:

Santiago Sevilla Vallejo – Narrar(se) en el umbral: novel of formation and inclusive identity

Pilar Nicolás Martínez – Between silences and resistances: female subjectivities in Nada and The Sibyl

Mirta Santos Fernández – Is there only one? Adoptive motherhood in contemporary children’s literature

Marta Pazos Anido – Teacher narratives around intercultural identity

Moderators-commentators of the session:

Proposed by the proposers:

Olga Bezhanova, Chair Southern Illinois University (ORCID 0000-0001-5798 9049)

Appointed by the CITCEM Executive Committee:

Inés Gil Jaurena, UNED, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Theory and Social Pedagogy (ORCID 0000-0001-7045-0689)

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