Raul Alvarez Moreno

Associate Professor

Research Classification

Literary or Artistic Works Analysis
Artistic and Literary Movements, Schools and Styles
Artistic and Literary Theories
Literary or Artistic Work Dissemination or Reception Contexts
Language, Knowledge, Significance and Thought Building

Research Interests

Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Literature and Culture (Celestina, picaresque novel, short story)
Economy and Medieval Literature and Culture
Visual Culture in Medieval and Early Modern Spain
Relations between Language and Ideology
travel writing

Relevant Thesis-Based Degree Programs

 
 

Research Methodology

Digital Humanities

Recruitment

Master's students
Doctoral students
Any time / year round

Complete these steps before you reach out to a faculty member!

Check requirements
  • Familiarize yourself with program requirements. You want to learn as much as possible from the information available to you before you reach out to a faculty member. Be sure to visit the graduate degree program listing and program-specific websites.
  • Check whether the program requires you to seek commitment from a supervisor prior to submitting an application. For some programs this is an essential step while others match successful applicants with faculty members within the first year of study. This is either indicated in the program profile under "Admission Information & Requirements" - "Prepare Application" - "Supervision" or on the program website.
Focus your search
  • Identify specific faculty members who are conducting research in your specific area of interest.
  • Establish that your research interests align with the faculty member’s research interests.
    • Read up on the faculty members in the program and the research being conducted in the department.
    • Familiarize yourself with their work, read their recent publications and past theses/dissertations that they supervised. Be certain that their research is indeed what you are hoping to study.
Make a good impression
  • Compose an error-free and grammatically correct email addressed to your specifically targeted faculty member, and remember to use their correct titles.
    • Do not send non-specific, mass emails to everyone in the department hoping for a match.
    • Address the faculty members by name. Your contact should be genuine rather than generic.
  • Include a brief outline of your academic background, why you are interested in working with the faculty member, and what experience you could bring to the department. The supervision enquiry form guides you with targeted questions. Ensure to craft compelling answers to these questions.
  • Highlight your achievements and why you are a top student. Faculty members receive dozens of requests from prospective students and you may have less than 30 seconds to pique someone’s interest.
  • Demonstrate that you are familiar with their research:
    • Convey the specific ways you are a good fit for the program.
    • Convey the specific ways the program/lab/faculty member is a good fit for the research you are interested in/already conducting.
  • Be enthusiastic, but don’t overdo it.
Attend an information session

G+PS regularly provides virtual sessions that focus on admission requirements and procedures and tips how to improve your application.

 

ADVICE AND INSIGHTS FROM UBC FACULTY ON REACHING OUT TO SUPERVISORS

These videos contain some general advice from faculty across UBC on finding and reaching out to a potential thesis supervisor.

Graduate Student Supervision

Master's Student Supervision

Theses completed in 2010 or later are listed below. Please note that there is a 6-12 month delay to add the latest theses.

Egipto desdes la optica orientalista de un humanista del siglo XVI: el caso de Legatio Babylonica de Pedro Martir de Angleria (2011)

This thesis proposes the possibility of an Orientalist approach to Legatio Babylonica, a text that dates back to the early Renaissance challenging the chronological and spatial limits posited by Edward Said. In our investigation we analyze the representation of the Egypt of the mameluks and its inhabitants from the humanist perspective of Pedro Mártir de Anglería, ambassador to the Catholic Monarchs at the court of the Sultan of Babylonia, highlighting, at the same time, the particularities of the Spanish “Orientalism” of the 16th century.

View record

 
 

If this is your researcher profile you can log in to the Faculty & Staff portal to update your details and provide recruitment preferences.

 
 

Read tips on applying, reference letters, statement of interest, reaching out to prospective supervisors, interviews and more in our Application Guide!