🎉 Congratulations, Prof. Maria M. Delgado! Yesterday, AHGBI member Maria M. Delgado received the prestigious Instituto Cervantes Premio Ñ, awarded by King Felipe VI at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez.

📚 AHGBI Publication Prize – Call for Submissions The Association of Hispanists of Great Britain & Ireland (AHGBI) Publication Prize is still open for applications. 📅 Deadline: 24 December (closing at midnight) 🔗https://hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-support/ahgbi-publication-prize

📢 Deadline Ends tomorrow – AHGBI Annual Conference 2026 The deadline to submit proposals for the 71st AHGBI Annual Conference at Lancaster University has been extended to 28 November 2025. 🗓️ 23–24 March (in person) 🖥️ 26 March (online) 📢More info in our bio ✉️ Queries: [email protected]

📢 Book Launch Announcement The Humanities Institute at University College Dublin is hosting the launch of Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970–2020 (Legenda/MHRA, 2025) by Dr. Matthew Hilborn today, 16:00–17:00 (GMT). 📍 Venue: Humanities Institute, UCD, Belfield (Dublin 4)

⛔ Second statement in one week #saveleicesterml #saveleicesterlanguages Following last week’s formal letter to the University of Nottingham, AHGBI has now issued a second statement—this time to the University of Leicester—regarding the proposed closure of its Department of Modern Languages.

👉 The Cassadó Project 📅 27 noviembre 2025 · 19:00h 📍 Sala Luis Cernuda, Instituto Cervantes Londres

AHGBI, led by Professor Sarah Wright, opposes the University of Nottingham’s move to suspend—and effectively close—all Modern Languages degrees. SRUK/CERU, led by Dr Carlos Soler Montes, has also raised concerns. AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration. #SaveNottinghamLanguages

🎓 Fully funded PhD studentship at the University of Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College) — open to Home & Overseas applicants. 💰 Up to £55,000 (tuition + maintenance) 📅 Deadline: 2 Dec 2025 🔗 www.student-funding.cam.ac.uk/fund/fitzwil...

🍂 AHGBI Membership – Autumn Round Are you a PhD student or researcher in Hispanic Studies? Now’s the time to join the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI). Next membership approvals: November 🗓

🎬 Spanish Divas (online) Celebrate the unforgettable icons of Spanish cinema with @institutocervantes.bsky.social 💃✨ 🗓️ Wednesdays, 22 Oct – 26 Nov 2025 🕡 6:30–8:00 pm (UK time) 💻 Online 💰 £92.80 | £69.60 with code Spanishdivas25 👉 Enrol here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spanish-di...

📚✨ New release! We’re excited to share the first-ever English translation of María Zambrano’s Antigone’s Tomb, edited and introduced by Dr Clare Nimmo (Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid).

📢 CfP: “Ordinary Men: Perpetrator Memory in Spanish Culture” 🗓️ 4–5 Dec 2025 | Essen, Germany 📍 College for Social Sciences & Humanities, UA Ruhr This conference explores how Spanish literature, film, and culture represent perpetrators as ordinary actors shaped by ideology, obedience, and context.

📣 Formación gratuita para profesorado de ELE 🇪🇸 en Reino Unido e Irlanda. El Ministerio de Educación (@educaciongob.bsky.social) y la AEE han organizado un nuevo ciclo de jornadas en línea (septiembre-octubre 2025) centradas en la innovación digital y el uso de la IA en la enseñanza del español.

📢 Galician Studies panel at the AHGBI Annual Conference 2026, hosted by @lancasteruni.bsky.social Dr Martín Veiga, from University College Cork, is putting together a Galician Studies panel for the 71st Annual Conference of the @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social. 📩 Enquiries & abstracts: [email protected]

✨ Call for Applications ✨ Research Excellence Plenary (2025–26) The Embassy of Spain 🇪🇸 and the AHGBI invite applications for the second edition of the Research Excellence Plenary 📝 — supporting and showcasing the work of a mid-career researcher in Hispanic Studies.

🎓 The 71st AHGBI Annual Conference 2026 warmly invites ECAs and PGRs to submit papers or organise panels. Mixed-career-stage panels are strongly encouraged! 💡 Funding support and awards will be available to help ECAs and PGRs participate. Full details will be shared at the start of the new year!

📢 Call for Papers — 71st AHGBI Annual Conference 2026 📍 Lancaster University (in person): 23 & 24 Mar 2026 💻 Online: Thu 26 Mar 2026 🔗 Details & guidelines: hispanists.org.uk/events/71st-... 🗓 Deadline: Fri 21 Nov 2025

🏆 Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship 2025 🏆 ✨ Fellowship includes: £1,000 financial support £250 in Bloomsbury books Year-long editorial mentorship Access to Writers & Artists resources & events 📌 Apply between 1 Sept – 1 Oct 2025 via: www.writersandartists.co.uk/Bloomsbury-A...

📢 Mid-Career Researchers: Keynote Opportunity! ✨ AHGBI Research Excellence Plenary 2026 💷 £2,000 grant to present your research at the AHGBI Annual Conference 🗓 Apply by 30 Sept 2025 📍 UK/Ireland HEI, 3–15 years post-PhD, AHGBI members 👉 See our website hispanists.org.uk/news/researc...

📢 The AHGBI–WiSPS Dorothy Sherman-Severin Research Fellowship is now open for applications. 💡 For early-career researchers in Luso-Hispanic Studies (UK & Ireland), within 5 years of PhD. 🗓️ Deadline: 12 September 2025 👉 Full details on hispanists.org.uk/news/call-fo...

📢 Call for Submissions! Edgar Allison Peers Publication Prize 🗓 Deadline: 31 October 2025 🎓 For doctoral & early-career researchers in Luso-Hispanic Studies 💡 Publication in academic journals + conference presentation 👉 More info on our website hispanists.org.uk/news/call-fo...

The next AHGBI Annual Conference will take place at the University of Lancaster. 📍 Stay tuned for further details — coming soon on our website hispanists.org.uk.

Last week, as President of the AHGBI, Sarah Wright was invited to Westminster to take part in the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages.

This week, AHGBI President Sarah Wright represented the AHGBI at the International Association of Hispanists (AIH) conference in Santiago, Chile. Below: the poet, Raúl Zurita; Director of Instituto Cervantes, Luis García Montero; and María Teresa Cárdenas (Academia Chilena de la Lengua).

The AHGBI launches the second edition of its Mid-Career Excellence Plenary! With the generous support of the Embassy of Spain, this prestigious award celebrates bold, high-impact research in Hispanic Studies.

Could Erasmus+ Help Reverse the Decline of Language Learning in the UK?

📚Colleagues might be interested in this co-authored piece by AHGBI member María Delgado on the potential impact of decoupling outputs from individuals in the REF—just out on Wonkhe: wonkhe.com/blogs/portab... #REF #HigherEd #AHGBI

📢The University of Edinburgh continues to lead the way in Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, and Catalan Language and Culture. This year, they’ve launched a new course in Catalan Sociolinguistics! Dr. Sergi Mainer and Ms. Roser Vich discuss the exciting developments in Catalan Studies at Edinburgh.

🗣️ After a brilliant PGR Workshop, we’re diving into the next session: Dr Peter Baker (University of Stirling) on “How to Sell Yourself Without Selling Your Soul: Applying for Academic Jobs”

🌟 Third Day Highlights of the AHGBI Annual Conference (Online) 🌟 This morning we delved into Literature and Play with a fascinating exploration of playful forms of self-representation in prologues.

Had a fantastic time at #AHGBI2025 @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social ! 🎉 Our roundtable explored Marginalised Voices in Iberian TV & Streaming - I focused on romcoms & whose love stories actually get told 💘📺 Now more than ever, sharing time, space, & research with fellow Humanities scholars is vital!

Had a wonderful time presenting on Galician ruralism and contemporary performance art at @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social I met wonderful Galician studies people too 🥰

Had a wonderful few days in Edinburgh at the @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social conference. Old friends, new friends, inspiring research, and I even managed to see a @remediosvaro.bsky.social painting in the flesh.

Very happy to represent Portuguese Studies at the @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social conference in sunny Edinburgh this week. I presented my work on crip theory and Fernando Pessoa on a panel with the fantastic @katharinemurphy.bsky.social @petehr.bsky.social and Álvaro González Montero 💙

🌍 Looking ahead to our final day of #AHGBI_2025_Conference_at_Edinburgh! After two inspiring days of in-person panels, keynotes, and conversation in Edinburgh, tomorrow we go digital for the final day of the 70th AHGBI Conference. 🖥️ Programme here: s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets.hispa...

This is a lovely moment from yesterday with some of our brilliant AHGBI committee members and colleagues in Edinburgh 🤗 One of the best parts of our annual conferences is reconnecting with friends from across the UK and Ireland—and feeling part of a community rooted in our shared profession!

Spectacular College of Arts and Humanities Lecture, last night, by Lara Marlowe on 'Ukraine's Quest to join the West' in the Trapdoor Theatre, Newman Building: UCD @ucdslcl.bsky.social @humanities.bsky.social

@hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social Keynote lecture at Edinburgh Hispanists: Jesse Barker, 'Ecology and Politics in Visual Media'. It's been a memorable few days here. Thanks, Edinburgh and AHGBI.

Cervantes Chair María José Solano: “Viajes literarios: una conversación con María José Solano” (with Prof Alexis Grohmann, University of Edinburgh)

Today’s plenary talk at AHGBI 2025 was by Dr Jesse Barker (University of Aberdeen), who spoke on “Frames of Nature: Ecology and Politics in Visual Media (1928–2024).”

🔴Happening right now! Plenary session with Prof. Catherine Boyle (King’s College London) in Lecture Theatre G.03 at 50 George Square. Prof. Boyle is AHGBI's Past President and Chair of Trustees.

Day 2 ☀️ Roundtable: Marginalised Voices in Iberian Television and Streaming with Miguel García (University of Bristol), Matthew Hilborn (University College Dublin), Abigail Loxham (University of Liverpool) and Fiona Noble (University of Stirling). Moderated by Miguel García (University of Bristol).

Ben Griffiths (University of Birmingham) discusses misleading editorial strategies of 17th century printer-booksellers.

Day 2 ☀️ Rocío Peñalta Catalán (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) presenta sobre las similitudes y diferencias entre 'La amortajada' y 'La tercera resignación'.

Lovely memories from last night, both at the Drinks Reception and Conference Dinner at #cafeandaluzedinburgh 🥂 Great food, even better company — thank you all for such a warm and joyful evening!

🎶✨ All set for an evening of classical music magic! Join us for "¿A qué aguardan mis voces? Un recorrido histórico por los géneros musicales escénicos en España", a captivating journey through Spain’s rich musical heritage with Ricardo Gosalbo and Jorge Navarro.

Been busy presenting research this morning @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social Great conference so far, and lots more to go…

Day 1 Wrap-Up Pedro Eusebio, Director of Instituto Cervantes in Manchester, introduced the plenary session by Dr. Gustavo Herrera Taboada (University of Edinburgh) on his insightful presentation "Un cine por emancipar: The Peruvian-Spanish Coproductions of Francisco Lombardi (1988-2006)."

Ha sido un honor contar con la presencia de #LuisGarcíaMontero en la #AHGBI_2025_Conference_at_Edinburgh. ¡Muchísimas gracias por acompañarnos este año en Edimburgo!

Luis García Montero, director del Instituto, ha ofrecido esta mañana la conferencia plenaria inaugural del encuentro de @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social, que acoge la @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. @exterioresgob.bsky.social @cgesplondres.bsky.social @cervanteslondon.bsky.social @embspainuk.bsky.social