Diana Berruezo-Sánchez recovers key chapters in the history of Afro-Iberian diasporas by exploring the literary contributions and life experiences of black African communities and individuals in early modern Spain. Examining a range of texts and creators, Berruezo-Sánchez opens up space for early modern black poets in the Spanish literary canon.

Diana Berruezo-Sánchez is a Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, where she held full-time positions for six years. Her research focuses on the cultural productions of Afro-Iberian diasporas in sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. She has obtained funding from the Leverhulme Trust, the John Fell Fund, the Balliol Interdisciplinary Institute, the Newberry Library, the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, and the European Research Council to lead interdisciplinary research projects. She has conducted research in Spain, Italy, the US, and the UK.