College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

World Languages and Cultures

David Vila Dieguez

David Vila Diéguez

David Vila (Eibar) is an Assistant Professor in the School of World Languages and Cultures with research interests in contemporary Spanish culture and literature; Iberian studies; Basque, Galician and Portuguese culture, literature and languages; subcultural and punk studies; contemporary Iberian and Latin-American song studies; and the relationship between contemporary popular culture and political activism. He is currently working on a book entitled “Punk in Democratic Spain: Resisting Franco’s Legacy since 1975” that explores punk as an underground cultural movement that opposed the way democracy was established in Spain and fueled different contemporary social movements. He has organized and participated in different panels on music and cultural studies and has also published on punk and critical pedagogies. He is also one of the founding members and editors of the cultural magazine Furman217 and singer of the Latinx Alternative band The Rumba Madre .

Title: Assistant Professor of Spanish 
Email dviladieguez@csumb.edu
Office Location CAHSS 504-2423
Office Hours Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-3pm or any other time by appointment
Areas of Expertise

Spanish Popular Music, Spanish Cultural Studies, Punk Studies,
Peninsular Literature and Culture

Courses Taught

SPAN 337 - POPULAR CULTURE IN SPAIN
SPAN 321 - MASTERPIECES OF HISPANIC LITERATURE: SPAIN
SPAN 316 - CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS OF SPAIN
SPAN 305 - SPANISH FOR THE PROFESSIONS
SPAN 301 - SPAN COMP/ORAL PRACTICE

Selected Works Author Gallery https://works.bepress.com/david-viladieguez/