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Read more at: Victoria Adams awarded AHGBI Publication Prize 22-23

Victoria Adams awarded AHGBI Publication Prize 22-23

The Spanish and Portuguese Section are delighted to extend congratulations to Victoria Adams, who has been chosen by the Editorial Committee of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland as one of the prize winners of the AHGBI Publication Prize for 2022-2023.

Read more at: Former Spanish and Portuguese student Dillon Mapletoft premieres a new television series on Channel 4

Former Spanish and Portuguese student Dillon Mapletoft premieres a new television series on Channel 4

Congratulations to former Spanish and Portuguese student Dillon Mapletoft, who has premiered a new television series on Channel 4. Please see below for the full article from The Guardian. ‘I was the oldest person on set’: How a doomsday comedy lured Inbetweener Simon Bird back to TV https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Read more at: Cambridge Hispanic & Lusophone Research Seminar Series

Cambridge Hispanic & Lusophone Research Seminar Series

We are happy to announce the upcoming dates for our Cambridge Hispanic & Lusophone Research Seminar in Lent Term.

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

In Memoriam - Jean Franco (1924-2022)

It is with great sadness that The Spanish and Portuguese section of MMLL at The University of Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 Cambridge to discuss his literary career in an event co-organized with the Instituto Cervantes (London) . Mendoza with University Lecturer, Dr...

Read more at: Cambridge Hispanic and Lusophone Research Seminar Series announced for Michaelmas 22

Cambridge 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 (University of Cambridge) 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 Cambridge to give us a talk on his literary career. The talk will be delivered in English, and this is a...

Read more at: Cambridge Postgraduate Virtual Open Days, 31 October-4 November

Cambridge Postgraduate Virtual Open Days, 31 October-4 November

You are invited to the Cambridge 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: The Phoebe Taylor Prize – June 2022

The Phoebe Taylor Prize – June 2022

This year, the newly-introduced Phoebe Taylor prize for outstanding work in Spanish Translation was awarded to Ruby Morris of Queens’ College for her translation project on an early collection of stories, El trueno entre las hojas , by the Paraguayan author Augusto Roa Bastos. Like Phoebe’s own project on the poetry of...

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