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Read more at: Congratulations to Prof Manucha Lisboa

Congratulations to Prof Manucha Lisboa

Congratulations to Prof Manucha Lisboa for her contribution in a volume published on the occasion of Tate Britain’s retrospective on Paula Rego ( 14 June - 24 October 2021): ‘Paula and Her Women: Singing All Alone’ in Elena Crippa (ed.), Paula Rego. London: Tate (2021), 40-45.


Read more at: Congratulations to Prof Manucha Lisboa for the publication of her monograph in the UK

Congratulations to Prof Manucha Lisboa for the publication of her monograph in the UK

A second revised edition of Manucha Lisboa’s monograph, Teu Amor Fez de Mim um Lago Triste: Ensaios sobre os Maias, first published in Portugal has been republished in the UK by SPLASH (Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies in the Humanities)


Read more at: Asociación de Jóvenes Investigadores de la Literatura Hispánica (Asociación ALEPH)'s XVIII International Conference

Asociación de Jóvenes Investigadores de la Literatura Hispánica (Asociación ALEPH)'s XVIII International Conference

We are thrilled to announce that postgraduate students Carlos Iglesias Crespo and Sergio Martínez Rey will organise the Asociación de Jóvenes Investigadores de la Literatura Hispánica (Asociación ALEPH)'s XVIII International Conference, which will take place in Cambridge in August 2022.


Read more at: Event with Ismael Cortés, Spanish MP and author

Event with Ismael Cortés, Spanish MP and author

On Sunday it is Romani Resistance Day. To commemorate this day, on Monday 17 May at 5:30pm (BST) , Wolfson College has organised a talk with Ismael Cortés Gómez, Spanish MP for En Comú Podem (a left-wing coalition in Catalonia related to Podemos), Doctor in International Studies of Peace and Conflict and author of numerous...


Read more at: Beyond Borders: Women's Movements Around the World - 14 May

Beyond Borders: Women's Movements Around the World - 14 May

The Wolfson College Interdisciplinary Research Hub on Gender (University of Cambridge) is hosting a collaborative event featuring academics and activists to give voice to feminist movements outside the Euro-American world, titled Beyond Borders: Women’s Movements Around the World. You are all invited! When : 14/05/2021, 16...


Read more at: Cambridge Hispanic and Lusophone Research Seminar Series 2020-21

Cambridge Hispanic and Lusophone Research Seminar Series 2020-21

Cambridge Hispanic and Lusophone Research Seminar Series 2020-21 Professor Peter Hulme Title: ‘The Spanish-American Number: Travel, Translation, and the Literary History of Modernism’ Date: Wednesday, 12 May 2021 Time: 5pm Venue: Zoom Link to register: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAld-...


Read more at: Phoebe Taylor

Phoebe Taylor

The Section is deeply saddened to share that alumna Phoebe Taylor, who graduated with a first in Spanish & French in 2011, has passed away suddenly at the age of 31. Colleagues remember Phoebe as a truly wonderful student, and we wish to express our condolences with her loved ones. Phoebe’s tribute site has been shared...


Read more at: Erica Segre
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Erica Segre

Colleagues and friends of the Spanish and Portuguese Section will be deeply saddened to learn of the untimely death of Erica Segre after a long illness. Erica, who was a lecturer and Fellow of Trinity College, contributed generously to the work of the Section, as the organizer of inspiring seminars and exhibitions on Latin...


Read more at: Dr Ares Llop wins Joan Solà award
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Dr Ares Llop wins Joan Solà award

Dr Ares Llop, Lectora in Catalan and Batista i Roca Fellow at Fitzwilliam College, today received the Joan Solà award (10,000 euros) for research into Catalan linguistics at a ceremony at the Universitat de Lleida which she attended virtually. Enhorabona Ares!


Read more at: Joanna Page publishes new monograph with UCL Press
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Joanna Page publishes new monograph with UCL Press

Dr Joanna Page, Reader in Latin American Literature and Visual Culture at the University of Cambridge, has published a new book entitled 'Decolonizing Science in Latin American Art'. More information here .