Nos complace darle la bienvenida a Rómulo Bustos Aguirre, ganador del Premio Nacional de Poesía de Colombia (2019) y uno de los más destacados poetas contemporáneos escribiendo en español. En este evento celebraremos la publicación de Semantics of The World, la primera recopilación de la poesía de Rómulo publicada en inglés (University of New Mexico...
This will be a discussion on theory and literature, looking for texts and artistic materials that experiment with forms of collective cognition. The presentation will center on the assignments students produce collectively, in which they gathered interviews, film, photographs and text, and aims to discuss pedagogical practices at the graduate and undergraduate levels too. Pedro...
Biografia: Beatriz Martín Gascón es doctora cum laude en Lenguas y Culturas por la Universidad de Córdoba (mención internacional y premio extraordinario). Desde enero de 2023, ejerce como Profesora Ayudante Doctora en el Departamento de Lengua Española y Teoría de la Literatura de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Sus líneas de investigación versan sobre lingüística...
The publishing industry offers one of the most diverse and rewarding career paths for graduates in the Humanities. In this presentation, I’ll outline the wide range of roles available—from scouting and scriptwriting to organizing literary festivals. Drawing on thirty years of experience in the field, I will explore the key steps and practical tools needed...
Trained as a comparatist (English, Spanish, French, Italian), Professor Fuchs works on European cultural production from the late fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries, with a special emphasis on literature and empire, and on theater and performance in transnational contexts.
Interocepción insular (UNC Press, 2025) examines literary representations of disease and disability to reconceptualize the Hispanic Caribbean as a site of scientific, economic, and political experimentation. Exploring how individuals subjected to various forms of testing—eugenic, medical, neoliberal, or otherwise—hyper-monitor a corporeality that is at once their own and alien. By theorizing the “Caribbean laboratory” as...
Soudi Jiménez cuenta con una larga trayectoria como diplomático (Consulado de El Salvador en Los Ángeles) y como periodista en múltiples medios de comunicación (Radio World International, Canal 21 de televisión de San Salvador). Desde el año 2012 ejerce como reportero de la sección en español del periódico Los Angeles Times, medio para el que...
Barcelona, 1927. Only a few hours remain before Margarita Xirgu is set to premiere "Mariana Pineda" written by then-unknown Federico Garcia Lorca. The authorities threaten her with prison or exile if she dares to stage this libertarian play. Yet nothing seems to shake her determination, Until her friend and mentor, Valle-Inclán, also turns against her.
Yuliana Ortiz Ruano is an Afro-Ecuadorian writer, poet, and teacher, as well as a DJ of Afro-Caribbean music. She has published several books of poetry and prose, including the multi award-winning Fiebre de carnaval (Carnaval Fever), which was chosen as one of the 50 best books of 2022 by El País. She is also the...