Name: Pau Guinart López
Place of origin: L’Escala (Girona, Spain)
Email: pauguinart@gmail.com / pau.guinart@esade.edu
Studies:
2021-2022 Master of Research in Management at ESADE Business School. Dissertation title: “The Ethics of Commons Organizing”.
2013-2019 PhD in Iberian and Latin American Cultures at Stanford University.
2016 School of Criticism and Theory. Summer program at Cornell University attending the seminar: Seeing Madness: Insanity, Media and Visual Culture taught by W. J. T. Mitchell.
2010-2011 Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking (Documentary Focus) at the New York Film Academy (Universal Studios, Los Angeles Campus).
2009-2010 One-Year Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy (New York Campus).
2008-2009 Master of Arts in Classics and Ancient Drama (Tragedy and Comedy) at the University of Exeter (UK) with a dissertation entitled: “Woody Allen and the Essence of Tragedy”.
2006-2007 Official Certificate for Teaching Habilitation in Philosophy (CAP).
2004-2013 Bachelor of Arts in History at the Universitat de Girona.
2001-2006 Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at the Universitat de Girona.
Professional Activities:
2023-present Institutional Relations Officer at the Delegation of the Catalan
Government in the Nordic States and Baltic Countries.
2022-present Assistant Collaborating Professor of Art Theory and Introduction to
Cultural Studies at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
2022-23 Teacher of Storytelling, Geopolitics and Sociology at ESADE
2022 Storytelling Consultant for Mind the Gap
2022 Co-Founder of Circles House Coliving
2021 Researcher for the Institute for Social Innovation at ESADE (January-September)
2021 Teacher of Entorno Sociopolítico de la Empresa at ESADE (Spring)
2021 Teaching Assistant for International Development with Koldo Echebarria (Spring)
2020 Teaching Assistant for Geopolitics with David Murillo and Angel Saz at ESADE (Fall).
2020 Teaching Assistant for Advanced Communication Skills with Lola Martínez at ESADE (Summer).
2020 Teaching Assistant for Reimagining Capitalism with Ferran Macipe at ESADE (Summer).
2019 Teacher of Dalí and Surrealism: Exploring the Irrational in the Iberian and Latin American Art, Literature and Cinema (Winter)
2018-2019 Coordinator of the WINGS program (Wellness Information Network for Graduate Students) at Stanford University
2014-2019 Community Associate for the Graduate Life Office of Stanford University.
2018 Teaching Assistant for The Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar with Professor Joan Ramon Resina (Spring).
2017 Teaching Assistant for Film and Philosophy with Joshua Landy and Jorah Dannenberg (Spring).
2017 Teaching Assistant for The Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar with Professor Joan Ramon Resina (Winter).
2016 Teaching Assistant for The Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar with Professor Joan Ramon Resina (Spring).
2016 Teaching Assistant for Modern Spanish Theater with Professor Lisa Surwillo (Winter).
2016 Co-Teacher of Introduction to Iberia with Professor Joan Ramon Resina (Fall).
2014-2017 Instructor of Spanish language at Stanford University (Fall 2014, Winter and Spring of 2015, and Fall 2017).
2014 Consultant for the official Catalan government business mission (ACC1O) in California, San José (June).
2013 Assistant at the editing and publishing services at the Diputació de Girona (February-June).
2012 Teacher of an intensive Screenwriting class at the New York Film Academy (June).
2012 Consultant at the Palo Alto International Film Festival (May-September).
2011-2012 Paid Internship at the Sundance Institute, Feature Film International Department (October-March).
2011-2012 Editor and Teacher Assistant at the Postproduction department of the New York Film Academy (Universal Studios) (September-March).
2011 Teacher of an intensive Screenwriting course at the Laboratori de Lletres in Barcelona (October).
2011 Assistant Director in the short film Veladoras, directed by Daniel Lecanda and shot in Mexico DF, Mexico (August).
2010 Assistant Director of the short film La peliculita, directed by Carolina Fernández del Dago and shot in Barranquilla, Colombia (April).
2008 Special Exhibition Supervisor at the Ruins of Empuries (summer).
2004-2008 Students’ Council Delegate at the faculty of Humanities of the Universitat de Girona.
Academic Service:
2018-2019 Co-Chair of the Graduate Student Programming Board (GSPB) of Stanford University.
2016-2019 Graduate Student Council representative at the Faculty Senate of Stanford University.
2017 Member of the search committee for the Vice-Provost of Student Affairs of Stanford University.
2017 Graduate Student representative at the Long Range Planning committee on Education at Stanford University.
2016-2017 Graduate Student Representative at the ASSU Joint Legislative Committee on Sexual Violence.
2016-2017 Graduate Student representative at the Stanford Legal Counseling Office board.
2016-2017 Co-Chair of the Graduate Student Council (GSC) of Stanford University.
2015 Co-organizer of the graduate student conference “Intersections: Exploring the connections between Technology, Literatures, Cultures and Languages” held at Stanford University in November 6-7, 2015.
2014-2015 Humanities Representative at the Graduate Student Council (GSC) of Stanford University.
2010-2011 President and founder of the NYFA Student Council (NSC) of the New York Film Academy (Universal Studios).
2009-2010 President of the International Student Council (ISC) of the University of Exeter.
2007-2008 Coordinator and founder of the Student Associations’ Council of the Universtat de Girona.
2005-2008 President of the Philosophy Student Association (ASOFIA) of the Universitat de Girona.
2004-2005 Vice-president of the Philosophy Student Association (ASOFIA) of the Universitat de Girona.
Published Books and Articles:
Dalí – Nietzsche. Teoria i pràctica de la superació humana. Edicions del Reremús. Girona. 2022.
“The ethics of commons organizing: An analysis of normative claims” with Daniel Arenas and David Murillo (ESADE). Article under revision.
“Josep Pla’s account of the Greco-Roman Ruins of Empúries Through Georg Simmel’s Philosophy of Landscape” under consideration for the Catalan Review.
“La gran ambició literària de Salvador Dalí” in L’Espill nº 53. Autumn 2016. pp. 122-135.
Interview with Fernando Arrabal for the magazine Apartamento. Issue nº 18, winter 2016/17. pp. 292-303.
La Voluntat Clàssica de Catalunya. El paper del jaciment arqueològic d’Empúries en la construcció del Nacionalisme Català: Prat de la Riba, Eugeni d’Ors i el Noucentisme. Prologue by Joan Ramon Resina. Brau Ed. Figueres. 2014.
“Whisky: Reading a Film, Watching a Screenplay” Elena Dancu, Samuel Gibson, Pau Guinart, Mariana de Heredia, Victoria Saramago, Tom Winterbottom. Nuevo Texto Crítico. Vol. 26-27, Num. 49-50, 2013/14 pp. 213-222.
Fragmentari de Nova York 2010. Prologue by Xavier Pla. Brau Ed. Figueres. 2011.
Fragmentari de Nova York. Dietari d’un empordanés als EUA. Prologue by Josep María Terricabras. Bestruç Ed. Girona. 2008.
Dos en un Burro. Per Catalunya en carro. Prologue by Xavier Rubert de Ventós. Brau Ed. Figueres. 2006.
Numerous articles for the magazine EmprodaGuia, and the weekly newspaper L’Empordà, as well as the newspapers Diari de Girona and El Punt.
Audiovisual Work:
2017-2019 PAU Talks (series of short interviews with Stanford professors).
2011 Coronado (road trip short documentary).
2011 The Coffee Culture in Los Angeles (short documentary).
2010 AJAX, a revision of a Greek Tragedy (a personal adaptation of Sophocles’ play in a short film).
2010 The Coffee Culture in New York (short documentary featuring Vinny Vella).
2007 Tocats per la Tramuntana (road trip feature-length documentary including interviews with the most acclaimed chef in the World, Ferran Adrià, and the president of Catalonia, Pascual Maragall, among many others).
Conferences:
2019 Co-organizer of the Duke – Stanford Philosophy and Literature Conference at Duke University, reading a paper entitled “Accumulation and Affirmation in the Autobiographical Work of Salvador Dalí”.
2019 MLA in Chicago, with a paper entitled “The Meaning of the Greco-Roman Archaeological site of Empúries through the perspective of former Catalan Culture Ministers and the Future of Noucentisme”.
2017 NACS (North American Catalan Society) at the University of Indiana, reading a paper entitled “On Truth and Lie in Extra-Dalinian Sense: Traces of Nietzsche in “The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí”.
2016 SCOLAS in New Orleans, reading a paper entitled “Tragedy in Talk to Her”.
2015 Co-organizer of the conference Intersections: Exploring the Connections between Technology and Literatures, Cultures and Languages, reading a paper entitled “Narrativity and the Self in the Digital Era”.
2015 ACIS in Madrid, reading a paper entitled “El papel de las excavaciones arqueológicas de Ampurias en el nacionalismo catalán de principios de siglo XX”.
Languages:
English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), Catalan (fluent), French (advanced-high), Portuguese (advanced-mid), German (intermediate-low).
Grants, fellowships and Awards:
2018 James W. Lyons Award for Service, presented by the Vice-Provost for Student Affairs for contributions that are above the normal level of dedication, in areas or situations of extraordinary need, and that result in substantial, positive change in the Stanford community.
2018 Community Impact Award, presented by the Stanford Alumni Association to recognize graduate students who have demonstrated a sincere commitment to their community through involvement, leadership and extraordinary Stanford spirit.
2017 GRO (Graduate Research Opportunity) Fund for research expenses directly related to dissertation.
2012 5-year fellowship from Stanford University for Doctoral Studies in Iberian and Latin American Cultures.
2009 Grant for Postgraduate Studies in the USA from the “la Caixa” Foundation (Equal conditions to a Fulbright).
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About me: I love tennis (I was part of the Stanford Club Tennis team), Cinema, Greek Tragedy, writing in coffeehouses, sailing, traveling, and anything related to storytelling and autobiography. Also, I love cooking for friends, and I am a mixologist aficionado.