Susana Torres Prieto

Associate Professor Torres has developed her academic and research career in the areas of Slavic and Medieval Studies. She has specialized in the literature and culture of Eastern Europe from the Middle Ages until now, as well as in the means and context of transmission of knowledge. She has taught in several universities in Spain and abroad and, after having been member of several international research groups and directing her own, is Research Associate at Harvard University as Scientific Director of a digital humanities research project on Kyivan Rus’. She is also member of several scientific societies worldwide.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor, Humanities Department, IE University, Spain, 2025–present
• Assistant Professor,Humanities Department, IE University, Spain, 2015–2025
• Research Project Manager & Associate Professor, Universidad Eclesiástica San Dámaso, Spain, 2010–2013
• Assistant Professor, St. Louis University, Spain, 2009–2015
• Postdoctoral Fellow, FECYT/Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología & Université Sorbonne- Paris IV, France, 2007–2009
• Visiting Assistant Professor at Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS), Arizona State University (USA), 2008

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• PhD. ‘Doctor Europaeus’ in Philology, Universidad Complutense (Madrid) & University of Cambridge (UK), 2005
• M.A. in Slavic and Indo-European Studies, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2001
• Five-year Bachelor Degree in Slavic Philology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1992–1997