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Read more at: Re-Vistas and the Expanded Present: New Approaches to Latin American Periodical Culture

Re-Vistas and the Expanded Present: New Approaches to Latin American Periodical Culture

Symposium-Taller and Pop-Up Exhibition 1 July 2016 Trinity College Cambridge, Old Combination Room, S Staircase Organized by Camilla Sutherland and Erica Segre Through recent scholarship this event will interrogate and showcase the unique challenges and vibrant potential of Latin American periodical studies. Encompassing...


Read more at: Español ab initio: V Certamen de Poesía

Español ab initio: V Certamen de Poesía

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is proud to announce the winners of this year's ab initio Poetry Contest: they are Jenny O'Sullivan (Primer Premio) and Callum Jessop (Finalista). Nuestra más cálida enhorabuena a los dos. Please take a moment to read their poems here .


Read more at: Catalan students and staff celebrate Sant Jordi!

Catalan students and staff celebrate Sant Jordi!

On Friday, 22nd of April, Fitzwilliam college opened its doors to a big celebration of Saint George (Sant Jordi in Catalan) which started with a literary act in which Catalan students and other Catalan speakers living in Cambridge read poems, extracts of novels and short stories. Afterwards we had a book exchange event in which the attendants brought one of their favourite books to be exchanged during the evening. We also gave out Catalan books donated by the University of Alacant in Spain.


Read more at: Following in the footsteps of Ramon Llull - Cultural trip to Mallorca, 1-7 April 2016

Following in the footsteps of Ramon Llull - Cultural trip to Mallorca, 1-7 April 2016

Following in the Footsteps of Ramon Llull: Cultural Trip to Mallorca (1-7 April 2016) Six of the MML students currently taking paper SP10: 'Introduction to Catalan Language and Culture' travelled to Mallorca to take part in a cultural trip to coincide with the 700 anniversary of the death of writer and philosopher Ramon...


Read more at: UL acquisition: Castles in the air: two works of Renaissance and Baroque Iberian poetry

UL acquisition: Castles in the air: two works of Renaissance and Baroque Iberian poetry

Castles in the air: two works of Renaissance and Baroque Iberian poetry The Rare Books department of Cambridge University Library has recently acquired two rare volumes of seventeenth-century poetry, both printed in Lisbon. These two books represent a very important addition to the Early Modern Iberian poetry collection of...


Read more at: Conference: Contagion and Containment
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Conference: Contagion and Containment

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Latin American Cultural Studies Consortium are organising a conference for graduate students on 21 May 2016, under the title Contagion and Containment.


Read more at: Professor Brad Epps awarded the Medal of Honor of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Professor Brad Epps awarded the Medal of Honor of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Professor Brad Epps, Head of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has been awarded the Medal of Honor of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.


Read more at: Norman MacColl Symposium 2015

Norman MacColl Symposium 2015

The Norman MacColl Symposium 2015, organised by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese in collaboration with the Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS) and the British Academy will be dedicated to Early Modern Spanish American poetry and will be entitled: 'Poets of the New World: Literary and Cultural Transmission in Early Modern Spanish America'.


Read more at: Destination known: the letreros of La Paz
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Destination known: the letreros of La Paz

Second year MML student Anna Keeley recently filmed, produced and edited a short film whilst in Bolivia last summer. She also published an article in the Bolivian Express Magazine which gives a fascinating insight into the subject of the film.


Read more at: Mexican Culture Talks
Mexican Culture Talks

Mexican Culture Talks

Disonancias: The Language of Irreverence in Creative Media in Mexico (film,opera,poetry and art). A programme of talks and interactive screenings by artists and academics from Mexico.