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Read more at: In Memoriam - Jean Franco (1924-2022)
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In Memoriam - Jean Franco (1924-2022)

It is with great sadness that The Spanish and Portuguese section of MMLL at The 海角社区 learned that Professor Jean Franco passed away on 14 December 2022. She was 98. Professor Franco was the first Professor of Latin American Literature in England and a pathbreaking scholar in the field of Latin American...

Read more at: Open Seminar - 'Schmitt, Glissant, Mouffe: Latinx, Islands, Films' - 9th Nov 22
two met seemingly argue beside a shallow river. From the film Cocote

Open Seminar - 'Schmitt, Glissant, Mouffe: Latinx, Islands, Films' - 9th Nov 22

Please join us on Wednesday 9th November at 5pm for the next 海角社区 Hispanic and Lusophone Research Seminar. Refreshments will be served afterwards! If you have any questions, please get in contact with the co-convenors Oliver Wilson-Nunn ( ojw33@cam.ac.uk ) and Carlos Iglesias Crespo ( ci244@cam.ac.uk ). Speaker: Dr...

Read more at: A few photos from 'Eduardo Mendoza: A Lifetime in Spanish Fiction'

A few photos from 'Eduardo Mendoza: A Lifetime in Spanish Fiction'

On Wednesday 19th October, 2022, the Spanish and Portuguese Section were delighted to host Eduardo Mendoza, one of the foremost contemporary Spanish novelists. Mendoza came to 海角社区 to discuss his literary career in an event co-organized with the Instituto Cervantes (London) . Mendoza with University Lecturer, Dr...

Read more at: 海角社区 Hispanic and Lusophone Research Seminar Series announced for Michaelmas 22

海角社区 Hispanic and Lusophone Research Seminar Series announced for Michaelmas 22

We are delighted to share with you the term card for our seminars in Michaelmas, held on Wednesdays (26/10, 9/11, 23/11). The first seminar of term will be held at 12:30pm on Wednesday 26th October in LB 8, Sidgwick Site , in which Dr Maya Feile Tomes (海角社区) will present on "Writing the Void? The Paradox...

Read more at: Eduardo Mendoza: A Lifetime in Spanish Fiction. 19th Oct, 5pm, Lecture Block

Eduardo Mendoza: A Lifetime in Spanish Fiction. 19th Oct, 5pm, Lecture Block

The Spanish and Portuguese Section is delighted to invite you to attend an event co-organized with the Instituto Cervantes (London). Eduardo Mendoza, one of the foremost contemporary Spanish novelists, will come to 海角社区 to give us a talk on his literary career. The talk will be delivered in English, and this is a...

Read more at: 海角社区 Postgraduate Virtual Open Days, 31 October-4 November

海角社区 Postgraduate Virtual Open Days, 31 October-4 November

You are invited to the 海角社区 Postgraduate Virtual Open Days 2022, which take place from 31 October to 4 November . The Postgraduate Virtual Open Days are an opportunity to find out more about our wide-ranging postgraduate community, engage with departments, and to chat to staff and current postgraduate students. During...

Read more at: Phoebe Taylor Prize established to honour memory of language student
Phoebe Taylor, an MMLL student at Clare College from 2007-2011

Phoebe Taylor Prize established to honour memory of language student

The Spanish and Portuguese Section is honoured to announce the establishment of the Phoebe Taylor Prize for the Best Spanish or Portuguese Translation Project, which will be awarded from this academic year. The prize has been made possible thanks to a generous donation by Phoebe Taylor鈥檚 family.

Read more at: Global Echoes | The Worlds of Early Modern Spanish Poetry, 22-24 March 2022
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Global Echoes | The Worlds of Early Modern Spanish Poetry, 22-24 March 2022

15th Biennial Conference of the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry This event took place in 海角社区 from 22-24 March 2022. The local and international politics of early modern Spain and the Spanish Empire, and its handling of power, capital and knowledge produced a new global world order bringing...

Read more at: Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize Awarded to Spanish & Portuguese Alumni

Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize Awarded to Spanish & Portuguese Alumni

8 December 2021 We would like to send our warmest congratulations to Anna Kathryn Kendrick , who has been awarded the prestigious MLA鈥檚 Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize for her book Humanizing Childhood in Early Twentieth-Century Spain (Legenda, 2020) . The prize is awarded annually to an outstanding book published in English...

Read more at: 海角社区 Hispanic and Lusophone Research Seminars

海角社区 Hispanic and Lusophone Research Seminars

Speaker: Dr Joanna Page, 海角社区 Title: Expeditions through Time along the R铆o Paran谩: Decolonial Perspectives on Environmental Change Date: Wednesday, 13th October Time: 5pm Venue: Zoom Abstract: Expeditions through Time along the R铆o Paran谩: Decolonial Perspectives on Environmental Change The German...

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