😍📚 Our Elena Dobre is enjoying her research stay at the Instituto Franklin-UAH, as recipient of a Washington Irving grant. Her project examines fantasies of regional decline and fascist resonances in William Faulkner's work + their possible intersection with contemporary ethnonationalist discourses.

On Thursday, Fabio Santos from the University of Copenhagen (@ucph.bsky.social) will give a lecture on “'Is It Because We Are Negroes?': Haitian Refugees, Racialized Detention, and Anticolonialism in Puerto Rico." 🕰️ July 9, 6:15 p.m. 📍 HCA, Atrium

Many thanks to everyone who joined us today, and to our colleagues who generously shared their experience and gave us lots of useful advice!! We're very grateful, and we certainly hope this year's session was useful to everyone who attended!📚🫂

📢💌 Our July 2026 newsletter is out! Check your inboxes for information on SAASYS activities, calls for papers, conferences + and other research opportunities. 🌅We will resume our newsletter in September.

📢😍 Join us this Friday, 3 July, for a very practical session on postdoctoral grants and opportunities + tips on how to make the most of the funding and support available. 🖇️Register for free here: shorturl.at/dTJYN 🫂Share widely with anyone you think might be interested!

📚📢Friendly reminder that on July 3rd we're meeting for an online session on postdoc grant opportunities and more!! Free inscription in the link below👇

😍😍Huge congratulations to our @luciabennett.bsky.social who passed her PhD viva with flying colours and received the highest distinction. All your hard work has truly paid off and we could not be prouder or happier for you!!!

📢😍If you’re finishing your PhD, or have recently finished, join us for the 2026 edition of our SAAS Young Scholars session on postdoctoral grant opportunities. 📅 July 3 - 17:00 🔗Registration: shorturl.at/CmmHA 📚All welcome!! Share with anyone who might be interested.

📢Remember the deadline for submitting your proposals is May 31, 2026!

📢😍Online roundtable “La invención de lo otro: Configuraciones literarias de la alteridad” organized by Beatriz Hermida Ramos and with the participation of our @jtorferna! 📅14 May, 17h (CEST) 🔗Free registration: shorturl.at/rsUzA + certificates of attendance issued

💌Our May 2026 #Newsletter is out! Check your inboxes for recent SAAS YS activities + call for papers, conferences, workshops, grants and more!

🔊 💌If you've taken part in a SAAS Young Scholars activity and would like to stay in touch and receive updates on our next events and news, please complete this short form to join our mailing list: 🖇️https://shorturl.at/OFPgl

😍📚Get ready for our next SAASYS Reading Group session on Thursday, April 23 at 16:00 (CEST)!! We’ll be discussing Ozan Sousbois’s provocative “Incels, Looksmaxxing, and the Surgical Design of the ‘Chad’-vertised Body.” 💌To sign up for a certificate contact: [email protected]

What two wonderful days! 😍📚 The Félix Martín 2026 Doctoral Seminar came to a close on Friday and we just want to thank everyone who took part and helped create such a welcoming space. It was a pleasure to hear so much excellent work and engage in such thoughtful discussions. Panels below 👇🧵

📢😍Thrilled to share the final program for the Félix Martín 2026 Doctoral Seminar (UCM, 12-13 March). Two days of panels on identity, gender, popular culture, posthumanism and more + keynote lectures and cultural activities. Looking forward to the conversations ahead!!📚

😍Join us for our Reading group's February session!! We'll discuss “The Future Imaginary” (The Routledge Handbook of Cofuturisms) by Jason Edward Lewis. 📅19 Feb 2026 (16:00 CEST/10:00 EST). 📚 🔗Sign up for reading materials and attendance certificate: [email protected]

😍📚Don’t miss our next reading session! We'll be discussing Tama Leaver's "Early Artificial Intelligence Films: When are you going to let me out of this box".🤖 📅 January 29 - 17:00 💌Free registration + reading materials: [email protected] Attendance is certified!👇

✍️📢Writing an abstract: the difficulties of a simple task Join us for this online workshop with Dr. Miriam Fernández Santiago on how to write a strong, effective abstract for your TFG, TFM, thesis, or article. 🗓️ February 11 at 18:00–19:30 🖇️ Free registration: shorturl.at/9hvXa%F0%9F%...

📢😍Remember registration for the 2026 SAAS Félix Martín Doctoral Seminar is open!! 🐦Early-bird registration open until Jan 31; regular registration open until Feb 15! 🖇️ shorturl.at/nvAch 💌Inquiries: [email protected] We can’t wait to meet you and hear about your work!

😍📭Many thanks for all your submissions!! We’re currently reviewing your abstracts, so keep an eye on your inbox for updates. 📅 Remember registration opens January 15. 📄Stay tuned for the provisional program and more updates!

😍We’re grateful for your submissions so far and looking forward to welcoming you to Madrid for the Félix Martín Doctoral Seminar 2026 (March 12–13). 📖 📩You can still send your proposal today to: [email protected] 🔗More info: shorturl.at/TgfZO

📢😍Nos vemos mañana, 11 diciembre a las 19h, para compartir consejos, estrategias y experiencias a la hora de defender trabajos académicos.📚🎙️ 🖇️Si todavía no lo has hecho, puedes preinscribirte aquí👉 shorturl.at/cKS06

😍📢 One week left to apply for our 2026 Félix Martín Seminar! Send your proposal by December 15 and join us for two days of academic conversation, feedback, and peer support--with Dr. Eulalia Piñero Gil and Dr. Laura Álvarez Trigo as keynotes.📚 💻+ info: shorturl.at/TgfZO

😍 Os esperamos a la próxima sesión!

😍Os esperamos mañana a las 17:00!! Si todavía no os habéis apuntado, todavía estáis a tiempo. Creemos que será una sesión muy útil!🤓🔖

📚📢We're resuming our reading sessions! 😍Join us for our next one. We'll be reading Susan Stryker, “My Words to Victor Frankenstein above the Village of Chamounix: Performing Transgender Rage” 🗓 3 Dec 2025 – 16:00 CEST/10:00 EST 📩 Sign up here: [email protected] Hope to see you there!

😍📢Friendly reminder that the #CFP for the SAAS Félix Martín Doctoral Seminar is open until December 15. Whether your PhD project is already advanced or still taking shape, we'd love to welcome your proposal and create a supportive space for early-career researchers.📖 🖇️More info: shorturl.at/TgfZO

📢 ¿Vas a defender un TFG, TFM o tesis doctoral y no sabes por dónde empezar? Te invitamos a nuestro taller online donde compartiremos dudas y orientaciones sobre el proceso de defensa.📚 🗓 11 dic 2025 - 19:00–20:00 💻 Online y gratuito. 🔗 Inscripciones: acesse.one/eaapF ¡Os esperamos!😍

📢😍 Si estás cursando un doctorado o pensado en hacerlo, nos hace ilusión invitarte a una sesión informativa sobre distintas modalidades de financiación: convocatorias FPU, FPI, autonómicas, Fulbright, etc. ¡Te esperamos! 📅5 diciembre - 17:00h 🔗Inscripción grauita : shorturl.at/aEXwZ

📚 😍Finishing on a great note with Dr. Sean O’Brien’s work on precarity and representation. Thank you to everyone who joined us throughout these five sessions; we’re grateful for your time, generosity, and insights. We can’t wait to start the next "In Conversation" series!

📢Happening today! Hope to see you all at 16:00 for the last session of our “In Conversation” 2025 series. Thank you to everyone who joined us for the past sessions! 😍📚

😍📢It’s a wrap! Join us for the final “In Conversation” session with Dr. Sean O’Brien (U. of Bristol) 🗓️ Oct 24, 16:00 CEST / 10:00 EST 💬 “Representing Precarity: American Literature and Culture from Boom to Crisis” 💌 Free registration & certificates: [email protected] Hope to see you there!📚

🎙️📚 We’re live with Dr. Catherine Rottenberg, who’s explaining the link between neoliberal feminism, postfeminism, and the figure of the "trad-wife".

Happening today!! Hope to see you all there at 16.00h📚😍

😍📢 For our 5th “In Conversation” session, we'll have Dr. Catherine Rottenberg sharing her work on "The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism". 📅 Friday, Oct. 17th, 16h 💌Free registration, materials & attendance certificates: [email protected] 💻+ info: shorturl.at/TgfZO Hope to see you there!📚

Reminder - Call for papers: HORROR STUDIES NOW, May 28/29 2026, Northumbria University t.co/QK7DDTdeNb

Signs is seeking submissions for a new special issue: "Crisis," edited by Jih-Fei Cheng, Cati Connell, and Gowri Vijayakumar. For the full CFP go to signsjournal.org/for-authors/...

We're live!🤓 Dr. Cagulada is sharing her work on blindness as perception and reception, and on disability narratives that see through embodied difference.

😍Happening today!! Hope to see you all there at 16:00! If you haven't, you still have time to register!👇

😍Happening today!! Hope to see you all there at 16:00! If you haven't, you still have time to register!👇

Thank you all who joined us on Friday! Many thanks to Dr. Maíllo-Pozo for her generosity and for a truly engaging and inspiring conversation!😍

🌿For our 4th “In Conversation,” Dr. Elaine Cagulada will explore how disability studies reimagines narratives of seeing and deafness.👁️ Hope to see you all there! 🗓️ Oct 10-16:00 CEST 🔗Free registration+ attendance certificates: [email protected] 💻More info: shorturl.at/S4VTV

📢😍We're excited to share the #CFP for the 2026 Félix Martín Doctoral Seminar - a welcoming space for PhD candidates to share their work among peers! 📅March 12-13, 2026 📩Please send your proposals by December 15➡️ [email protected] 💻+ info: shorturl.at/TgfZO Share widely and stay tuned!!

😍For our 2nd "In Conversation" session, we’re thrilled to host Dr. Sharina Maíllo-Pozo. She'll discuss Afro-Latina narratives of girlhood & womanhood, their ties to non/fiction, and Hip Hop.🎤📚. Don't miss it! 🔗Free registration + certificates➡️ [email protected] 💻More info: shorturl.at/S4VTV

Taking notes on Dr. Marek Oziewicz’s insightful talk.✍️

We're live!!😍

@saas-yscholars.bsky.social 2026 Félix Martín Doctoral Seminar – SAAS Young Scholars share.google/iuLzilNIeR7b...

Happening today!! You still have time to register at [email protected] Hope to see you all there at 17:00 CEST! 😍📖

😍📢Friendly reminder: our IV In Conversation Series kicks off on Sept 26 at 17:00! 🎙️In this first session, Dr. Marek Oziewicz will talk about how fantasy engages with the ecocidal unconscious, planetarianism + biocentric futures.🪐 ✉️ Register to get the link + certificate: [email protected]