María Antonia García de León y Álvarez
Professor of Sociology
Faculty of Education,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Spain
CURRÍCULUM VITAE – (AS UPDATED IN OCTOBER 2006)
- Name: María Antonia García de León y Álvarez
- Email: antonieta006@hotmail.com
1. Academic Formation
- 1970. Graduate in Laws for the
- 1979. Graduate in Sociology, by the Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology from the UCM.
- 1981. Ph. Dr. Degree in Sociology at the Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology from the UCM.
- 1985-1987. Film Direction, by
2. Academic and Research experience
- 1971-1972. Research technician at the Institute of Applied Sociology from Madrid.
- 1973-1975. Research technician at the Socio-Educational Department from Invéntica 70 S.A.
- 1976-1983. Sociological research technician (officer) at the Planning Department from the National Institute of Employment.
- 1980-1985. Associate Professor at the Educational Faculty of the UCM.
- 1985-at present. Full Professor (with tenure) at the Educational Faculty of the UCM.
3. Research Projects
3.1. Participations as a researcher
▪ 1973. Sociological study of the cultural changes in the social Spanish classes in the last thirty years. Authors: María Luisa García de Cortázar, María Antonia García de León and Juan de Dios García Martínez.
▪ 1974. The socio-educational situation in Guipúzcoa. Authors: María Luisa García de Cortazar, María Antonia García de León y Juan de Dios García Martínez.
▪ 1975. Economic viability of the School Center "San Jerónimo" of Alcantarilla (Murcia
▪ 1976. Forecast of the manpower and the education in Spain
▪ 1977. “The market of high education” Investigación sobre "El Mercado de alta formación". SEAF/PPO, Madrid. Authors: María Antonia García de León, Julián Colute y María Jesús Martínez Granados.
▪ 1979. “The young people and the work” INEM. Madrid, Authors: María Antonia García de León y María Jesús Martínez Granados.
▪ 1979. "Prestige and image of the occupations in Spain
▪ 1981. “Women demanding employment”, INEM, Madrid, 1981. Authors: María Antonia García de León y María Jesús Martínez Granados.
▪ 1982. “The women situation at the Basque Country”. Departament of Culture of the Basque Government. Collective work.
▪ 1992. "Male and female stereotypes in the spanish yougth”. UCM. Project direction: Félix Ortega.
▪ “Women and Education in Castilla-La Mancha. Characteristics and evolution of a regional model of education in the XX century. (1900-1975)”. Castilla-la Mancha Government. P. Direction: T. Marín (1998- 2001).
3.2. Direction of Research Projects
▪ 1989-1990. "The way of access to the University for students bigger than twenty-five years: their academic yield in the context of the teaching at distance." Nacional Open University of Spain.
▪ 1991. "The Spanish women engineers” UCM.
▪ 1994-1995. “Women in Minority”, Women Institute, Madrid
▪ 1995-1998. “Postgraduate studies in Europe”. European Union. Director: R. Burgess. Spanish direction: García de León.
▪ 1995-1998. “Comparative Leadership Study”, European Union, Direction: G. Moore, Spanish direction: García de León..
▪ 1997-2000. “The academic career of men and women at the spanish University”, CICYT, Madrid
▪ 1998-2000. “Professional investigation of the journalism. Men and women in the media of masses”. subsidized by CIS, Madrid
▪ 2003-2005, "The scientific excellence (Men and women in the Real Academies)." Women Institute, Madrid
▪ 2005-2007, “The social scientists, a research-action Project”, Women Institute, Madrid
4. PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS)
4.1. Books in Spanish
- “The régime of July 18th 1936, ideological model”, Authors: María Antonia García de León and Juan de Dios García Martínez, Edit. Akal, 1977
- “The female elites in
- “The other University. Sociology of the Open University in
- “The other University. Sociology of the Open University in
- “Pedro Almodóvar, the other ‘cañí’
- “The political Spanish women. (A sociological test)”, Author: Mª.A. García de León, Edit. D.G. of Women (
- “The sexual floating identity. The construction of the gender in the daily life of the young people” , Authors: Félix Ortega, Concha Fagoaga, Mª.A. García de León and Pablo del Río, Edit. D. G. of Women (
- “Discriminated elites. About the power of the women”, Author: Mª.A. García de León, Edit. Anthropos (
- “Women in minority. On the professors of University”, Authors: Mª.A. García de León and Marisa García de Cortázar, Edit. C.I.S. (
- “Professionals of the Journalism”, Edited by: Mª.A. García de León and Marisa García de Cortázar, Edit. C.I.S. (
- The Academic Women. (University Faculty and Gender), Edited by: Mª.A. García de León and Marisa García de Cortázar, Edit. Institute of Women (
- “Inheritors and Wounded”. (Professional Feminine Elites), Author: Mª.A. García de León, Editorial Cátedra (Valencia), 2002
- “The scientific excellence. (Men and women in the Real Academies)”, Author: Mª A. García de León, Edit. Institute of the Women,
4.2. Participation in collective books
- “The woman's situation in Euskadi”, (Collective), Edit. Departamento de Edu-cación y Cultura del Gobierno Vasco, 1983
- “Manual of Sociology of the Education (selection of texts)” (Collective), Edit. Visor (
- “Pedro Almodóvar cinema and their world,” (collective). Edited by: Mª.A. García de León, Edit. Universidad Complutense, 1989
- “The women’s Sociology”, Authors: Inés Alberdi y Mª.A. García de León, in Sociology in Spain (S. Giner y L.
- “The city against the field (rural society and social change)”, (collective). Edited by: Mª.A. García de León, Edit. B.A.M. (Ciudad Real), 1989
- “Sociology of Education”, (Collective). Edited by: Mª.A. García de León, Edit. Complutense, 1990
- “The rural characters in the Spanish films”, in The way from the silent to the sound in the Spanish films. (collective), Edit. Barcanova (
- “Political feminine elites. (A historical note)", in Education and social margination, (Collective), Edit. D. G. of the Women (
- “University, investigation and post-graduate studies in
- “The political Spanish elites”, in The women and their image. (Collective), Edit. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 1994
- “The field and the city”, (collective). Edited by: Mª.A. García de León, Edit. Ministerio de Agricultura (Madrid), 1996
- “Sociology of the spanish women”, (collective). Edited by: Mª.A. García de León, Marisa García de Cortázar and Félix Ortega, Edit. Complutense (Madrid), 1996
- “The androcentrist thought in Sociology” in Women and men in the formation of sociological thought. (Collective) Editorial C.I.S. (
- “For some social reflexive sciences”, in Notebooks of the III Sample of Cinema, Ed. Diputación de Granada,
- “Biography of elites. (Analisis of relevant data)”, in Current questions of Gender Sociology, (collective), Edit. C.I.S. (
- “Discriminated elites. (On the nature of the power of the professional women highly qualified)”, in "The discrimination for sex reason after 25 years of the Spanish Constitution”. Ed. Consejo General
- “To the shade of the University (The irresistible ascent of the universitary women, 1940-2000”, in History of the women in
- “On the masculine" dominance”, (Collective), Edit. Universidad de
- « Women & Power » (Collective), Edit. Instituto de Estudios Andaluces, Sevilla,
December, 2006.
4.3. Books edited in other countries
- “Sociological Thesis in
- “Sociological Thesis in
- Desmistificando a profissionalização do magisterio, Authors: Mª.A. García de León et al. , Papirus Editora, São Paulo (Brazil), 1999
- Gendering Elites, Authors: Mª.A. García de León et al. , Edit. MacMillan Press,
- Mª.A. García de León, “Discriminated elites (On women’s power)” in EPISTHMONIKH EPETHRIDA, Athens, 2002
5. PUBLICATIONS (PAPERS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS)
5.1. Journals from Spain
- “The sociology of Education in the United Status” in Revista Galega de Educación, Núm. 8, pp. 15-17, 1989
- “The university Spanish teachers, the case of a discriminated elite”, Revista Complutense de Educación, 1990
- “50 years of bibliography about women (1940-1990)”, Anuario de Historia de la Universidad Complutense, 1990
- “Rich sociologies and poor sociologies: the case of the ethnocentrism of the north-american sociology”, Témpora, 1991
- “The university students, today”, Revista Documentación Social, 1992
- “The educational teachers, some harassed professional collective”, Revista Complutense de Educación, 1992
- “The ideal professor (on the faculty's social image in the mass-media)”, Revista Complutense de Educación, 1992
- “University and University students (1970-1990)” Autoras: Mª.A. García de León y Marisa García de Cortázar, Revista de Educación M.E.C. (número extraordinario), 1992
- “For a history of the academic disciplines. The case of the sociology in
- “The ingeneer-women in
- “The female strategies”, Claves de Razón Práctica, núm. 50, Marzo 1995
- “Woman and leadership in the company”, Vela Mayor, año 2, num. 7, 1995, pp. 73-80
- “Cult/non-cult. Analysis of the sociocultural structures of differenciation and hierarchization”, en Revista Complutense de la Educación, vol. 8, num. 2, 1997, pp. 193-209
- “The rurbanismo. (The metamorphosis of the Spanish field)", Fundamentos de Antropología, 1997
- “The gender studies in
- “On the Sociology of the Work (educational perspective / discente perpective),, Mª A. García de León y Gema Rollón, en Revista Complutense de la Educación, vol. 10, num. 1, 1999, pp. 61-92
- “The University professors: reflection of an androcentrist power”, en Revista Sociedad y Utopía, Marzo 2000
- “Radical lives”, en Claves de la Razón Práctica, num. 107, noviembre 2000, pp. 74-77
- “Be beautiful and remain silent”, Fundamentos de Antropología, 2001
- “On the doctoral thesis”, en Revista Sociedad y Utopía, 2001
- “In Memoriam: Pierre Bourdieu”, REIS, 2002
- “The scientific researchers (sociological analysis of the scientific field from the perspectiva of gender), en Revista Complutense de Educación, vol. 14, num. 2, 2003, pp. 337-359
5.2. Journals from abroad
- “Frauenbewegung in Spanien” Autora: Mª.A. García de León, Revue der Iberischen Halbinsel, Nr. 6, pp. 9-12. Berlín (RFA), 1987
- “Frauenforschung in Spanien” Autora: Mª.A. García de León, Revue der Iberischen Halbinsel, Nr. 24, pp. 13-20. Berlín, 1992
- “Spanien: Frauen in der politic” Autora: Mª.A. García de León, Revue der Iberischen Halbinsel, Nr. 24, pp. 33-37. Berlín, 1992
- “50 years of bibliography about the women in
- “Les femmes universitaires en Espagne: Une élite soumise à la discrimination”, Autora: Mª.A. García de León, Enseignement Superieur en Europe, vol. XVIII, No. 4, pp. 86-103, UNESCO, 1992
- “The rurbanismo. (The metamorphosis of the Spanish field)", Ciencia y Trópico, Fundación Joaquim Tabuco,
- “Postgraduate Studies in
- “Sur la domination masculine”, Revue Internationale de Sociologie, vol. 9, num. 2, 1999, pp. 251-253
- “O Estudo de Gênero na Espanha: un balanço” en Fragmentos de Cultura, vol. 13, num. 3, Mayo 2003, pp. 741-758, Brasil
- “The academic success: lights and shadows on the University de las trayectorias universitarias de las mujeres”, en EDUC-ATIVA, vol. 7, num 2, julio 2004, Brasil
6. COURSES AND IMPARTED SEMINARS
- Course of Sociology of Education, UCM, from 1980
- Course of Sociology of the Work, UCM, 1993-1998
- Course of Sociology of the Yougth, UCM, from 1995
- Course of Sociology of the Family, UCM, from 1998
· Summer Course of "The films from Pedro Almodóvar and his world". Universidad Complutense. El Escorial. August, 1989.
- Tens of Doctorate Courses in topics of Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Gender, UCM
- Tens of Seminars in topics of Sociology of Education, Sociology of Youth, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Gender, etc.
8. GRANTS, HELPS AND FORMING STAYS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
▪ Grant from Ministry of Education and Sciences (MEC) at the Centre of Sociologie Européenne, guided by Pierre Bourdieu. París. Course 1986-1987.
▪ Visiting Scholar en la University of California, La Jolla (Grant Fundación del Amo). Course 1987-1988.
▪ Short stay at the University of Bolonia
▪ Short stay at the London School of Economics, 1991.
▪ Short stay at the University of Lisbon (Portugal
▪ Short stay at the University of Campinas
▪ Short stay at the National University of Heredia (Costa Rica ) and University of Guanajuato (Mexico
▪ Grant from M.E.C. at the Centre of Ethnological Research Ángel Ganivet from Granada
▪ Short stay at the Royal Academy of Moldavia, 1995.
▪ Stay as visiting scholar at University of California Berkeley
▪ Grant from de Educational Ministry for a research stay at Wellesley College (Boston ) and Columbia University
9. OTHER RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS
▪ Several tens of National and International Congress participations.
▪ Several tens of times as Seminar speaker in National and International meetings.
▪ Several tens of times as Invited Conference Speaker in National and International meetings.
11. OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH MERITS
▪ Head of the Section of Sociology of Education for six years (1988-1990 and 2002-2006).
▪ Member of the Institute of Feminist
▪ Current contributions in nacional journals (El País, El Mundo, Diario 16) about Educational or Women topics.
▪ Adviser of the Journal of Fundamentos de Antropología. Granada.
▪ Adviser of the Journal Complutense of Education.
▪ Honorary researcher of the Centre of Ethnological Research Ángel Ganivet from Granada Granada
▪ Paper evaluator of several sociological Journals and Research Projects
▪ European prize René Descartes in Social Sciences by the collective work entitled “Gendering Elites”, MacMillan Press, New York
▪ Adviser of the Office of Equality of Gender from UCM.
▪ Personal Invitation for Instituto Cervantes of New YorK Spain
▪ Personal Invitation for Universitá La Sapienza ,Roma. Conference “Women & Power ( on May,4th,07).
▪ Personal Invitation for FES (National Congress of Sociology). Conference about “Women & Science in Spain
María Antonia García de León Álvarez
Madrid, October 2006
