Rosa Cobo Bedía
Cobo • Illustration — Rosa Cobo Bedía in 2018 Rosa Cobo Bedía (born 17 December 1956) is a Spanish feminist, writer, and professor of sociology of gender at the University of A Coruña. She is also the director of the Center for Gender Studies and Feminists at the same university. Her main line of research is feminist theory and the sociology of gender.
Rosa Cobo Bedía
- Born
- 1956 · Cantabria.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- university teacher · sociologist · writer
- Fields
- women's studies · feminism
- Education
- Complutense University of Madrid
- Honours
- Comadre de Oro Award
- Languages
- Spanish
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Cobo • Illustration — Rosa Cobo Bedía in 2018 Rosa Cobo Bedía (born 17 December 1956) is a Spanish feminist, writer, and professor of sociology of gender at the University of A Coruña. She is also the director of the Center for Gender Studies and Feminists at the same university. Her main line of research is feminist theory and the sociology of gender.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
In 2019, the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria referred to Cobo as "one of Spain's most renowned feminist theorists".
Rosa Cobo Bedía was born in Cantabria on 17 December 1956. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Political Sciences and Sociology in 1981 from the Complutense University of Madrid. She obtained her master's degree in 1983 with the thesis, El principio de Renaturalización en Jean Jacques Rousseau ("The principle of Renaturalization in Jean Jacques Rousseau"). In 1992, she read her doctoral dissertation on Democracia y Patriarcado en Jean Jacques Rousseau ("Democracy and Patriarchate in Jean Jacques Rousseau"), directed by Dr. Celia Amorós and graduated cum laude with honours from University of A Coruña.
Career and research
Career and research
Cobo was the founder and first director of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Feminist Studies of the University of A Coruña between 2000 and 2003. She also directed the Master's program on Gender and Equality Policies from 2005 to 2008. Her main line of research is feminist theory and the sociology of gender. She has been a member of the Advisory Team of the Women and Science Unit (UMYC) of the Ministry of Education in the General Secretariat of Scientific and Technological Policy. In 2008, she was an advisor to the Ministry of Equality. She has taught courses and conferences on gender sociology and feminist theory in Spain and in different countries of Latin America. She directed a project on Prostitution and Public Policies funded by the Institute for Women. She directs the course on the History of Feminist Theory at the University of A Coruña, and holds a master's degree in Equality and Equity in the Development of Cooperation at the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia. According to Graciela Atencio in a 2024 interview, Cobo "holds a prominent place in Spanish feminist thought and balances essay writing with academic research, teaching, and lecturing across various fields."
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Articles
Articles
• 2015: “La izquierda y el feminismo", eldiario.es, 03/02/2015. • 2014: “¿Qué hacer con la prostitución?, eldiario.es, 11/10/2014. • 2012: “Las paradojas de la igualdad en Jean Jacques Rousseau”, Avances del Cesor, Universidad de Rosario/CONICET, Rosario, Año IX, nº 9 (Argentina) • 2011: “¿Educación para la libertad?”, Revista interuniversitaria de formación del profesorado, nº 71. • 2009: “Antinatura”, Festa da palabra silenciada, nº 25. • 2008: “Patriarcado y feminismo: del dominio a la rebelión”, El valor de la Palabra. Revista anual de pensamiento. Hacia la ciudadanía del siglo XXI, nº 6. Ed. Fundación Fernando Buesa Blanco, Vitoria/Gasteiz. • 2007: “Discusións en torno ao concepto de patriarcado”, Festa da palabra silenciada, nº 23. • 2006: “La ética de los cuidados y los tiempos de las mujeres”, Crítica (Madrid), nº 933, March. • 2005: “El género en las ciencias sociales”, Cuadernos de Trabajo Social. • 2004: “Sexo, democracia y poder político”, Feminismos (Alicante), nº 3 June. • 2002: “Democracia paritaria y sujeto político feminista”, Anales de la cátedra Francisco Suárez (Granada), nº 36. • 2001: “Feminismo y democracia paritaria”, El Viejo Topo, (Barcelona), November. • 2000: “Género y teoría social”, RIS. Revista Internacional de Sociología. • 1998: “Las mujeres en Europa: entre la igualdad y la exclusión”, Crítica (Madrid), nº 855. • 1997: “Mujeres y ciudadanas”, El viejo topo (Barcelona), November. • 1996: “Sociedad, democracia y patriarcado en Jean Jacques Rousseau”, Papers. Revista de Sociología (Barcelona), nº 50. • 1995: “La democracia moderna y la exclusión de las mujeres”, Mientras Tanto (Barcelona). • 1993: “Análisis de género y educación: raíces de una desigualdad”, Cuadernos de Cooperación Educativa (Sevilla), nº 3. • 1990: “Mary Wollstonecraft: un caso de feminismo ilustrado”, REIS. Revista de Investigaciones Sociológicas, CIS, (Madrid), nº 48. • 1986: “El problema de la renaturalización en Jean Jacques Rousseau”, REP. Revista de Estudios Políticos, (Madrid), nº 50.
Books
Books
• 2024: La ficción del consentimiento sexual • 2020: Pornografía. El placer del poder • 2020: Breve diccionario de feminismo (Mayor nº 782) (with Beatriz Ranea Triviño) • 2019: La imaginación feminista: Debates y transformaciones disciplinares • 2017: La prostitución en el corazón del capitalismo] • 2011, 2026: Hacia una nueva política sexual: Las mujeres ante la reacción patriarcal • 2008: Educar en la ciudadanía. Perspectivas feministas (Ed.) • 2007: Interculturalidad, feminismo y educación • 1995: Fundamentos del patriarcado moderno. Jean Jacques Rousseau • 1991: Las mujeres españolas: lo privado y lo público (with Pepa Cruz Cantero) • 1990: Situación social de los viejos en España (with Pepa Cruz Cantero)
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Awards and honours
• 2026, Award for Professional and Academic Career Achievement at the Cantabria Political Science and Sociology Awards, presented by the Professional Association of Political Science and Sociology of Cantabria. • 2023, Isabel Oyarzabal Award, Association for the Defense of Women's Public Image (ADIPM) • 2021, Seneca Falls Award, Xirivella City Council • 2020, 8 de Març Prize by the Xarxa de Dones de la Marina Alta • 2020, prize, Government Delegation against Gender-Based Violence (Ministry of Equality) • 2019, Recognition for Commitment to Equality in Rural Areas, awarded by the Provincial Council of A Coruña • 2018, Comadre de Oro award from the Tertulia Feminista les Comadres • 2017, Igualdade Prize "Ernestina Otero", Vigo Municipal Women's Council • 2017, Club de las 25 Award • 1997, winner, feminist prize, "Carmen de Burgos", for the best published article of that year, granted by the Association of Historical Studies on Women at the University of Malaga
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