More fitting recognition of Almudena Grandes.

Great celebration of Irish music in Madrid metro. Happy St Patrick's Day.

Polémica por el cierre de la librería Tipos Infames: ¿tiene la culpa el capitalismo? Lo que motiva, en último término, el odio que tienen los intelectuales al capitalismo es el resentimiento.

So sad to learn of the closure of one of my favourite bookshops in Madrid, Tipos Infames.

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Collage with a portrait photo of Lorraine Ryan and a quotation: "I am enthused by the idea that my research can make a difference, deepening both the public and academic understanding of issues that are socially pertinent, like memory, gender and immigration."

#FellowFriday: Meet @ryanlor.bsky.social, Asst. Prof. of #HispanicStudies at the Univ. of Birmingham (UK). During her #fellowship, she is investigating Spanish #MemoryCulture with Prof. Zepp-Zwirner @unidue.bsky.social.
Learn more about her research & motivation in this Q&A (LinkedIn): t1p.de/b6lum

Looking forward to giving this talk in the University of Wuppertal next week.
www.romanistik.uni-wuppertal.de/de/aktuelles...

Fascinating second day of our Ordinary Men conference

Only one day to go for our conference on perpetrator memory. Please see the full program here.
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

group photo: Prof. Martin Paul (Rector of Ruhr University Bochum), Ina Brandes (Minister of Culture and Science of North-Rhine Westphalia), Prof. Julika Griem (Director of the College), Prof. Barbara Albert (Rector of University of Duisburg-Essen), Prof. Ute Schneider (Scientific Board member of the College), Prof. Friedrich Balke (Scientific Board member of the College), Prof. Maximiliane Wilkesmann (Scientific Board member of the College), Prof. Manfred Bayer (Rector of TU Dortmund University)

Yesterday, we celebrated the successful establishment of the College for Social Sciences and Humanities of the #UniversityAllianceRuhr in Essen at the ceremonial opening with the Minister of Culture and Science of NRW Ina Brandes and around 100 guests.
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graphic with a portrait photo of Rashed Uz Zaman and a quotation: "In my project, I seek to understand how countries contributing troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions engage with issues such as gender equality and civil-military relations."

#FellowFriday: Meet Rashed Uz Zaman, a researcher in the field of #InternationalRelations at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. His research focuses on strategic and international security issues & civil-military relations in #Bangladesh.
Learn more about him in this Q&A (LinkedIn): t1p.de/hsutf

Find all info about our conference on perpetrator memory here.

graphic with a portrait photo of Tülin Sener and a quotation: "Ethnic-racial socialisation plays a vital role in fostering a positive self-identity among children in multicultural societies."

#FellowFriday: Our Senior Fellow Tulin Sener is Prof. of #EducationalPsychology at Ankara University, Turkey. An expert in developmental #psychology, she focuses on culturally contextualised perspectives.
Learn more about her research & her motivation in the Q&A on LinkedIn: t1p.de/h54fm
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The program for the international conference, Ordinary Men:Perpetrator Memory in Contemporary Spanish Culture, is now available. Registration has also opened.
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

The program for the international conference, Ordinary Men:Perpetrator Memory in Contemporary Spanish Culture, is now available. Registration has also opened.
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

Gender and Immigration in Elvira Navarro’s La ciudad feliz The representation of the Chinese immigrant in Spanish culture has mainly hewed to hackneyed stereotypes of machine-like and constant productivity, as well as homogeneity. In Alejandro González Iñá...

My New article on Elvira Navarro's La ciudad feliz, is out now.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KYSVV...

@hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social . Please read this call for papers for a conference on perpetrator memory in Spanish Culture.
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

Please join is on December 4th and 5th to discuss perpetrator memory in Contemporary Spanish Culture.

Delighted to be a part of this cohort.

I was honoured to be part of the Reading Bodies project. I am looking forward to reading this special issue.

Congratulations, Rebecca

Spanish Food Studies on fire in el Ateneo.

La obra cuentística de J. M. Merino - Zenda Ángeles Encinar escribe acerca de 'De mundos inciertos', el volumen de cuentos de José María Merino que ha editado para Cátedra.

"Merino ha afiliado su cuentística, con frecuencia, al ámbito de lo fantástico, tendencia donde su nombre destaca".

Ángeles Encinar escribe acerca de "De mundos inciertos", el volumen de cuentos de José María Merino. 

Looking forward to introducing this fantastic session tomorrow.

Promises to be a great event

Ireland hopes to entice academics as US becomes ‘a cold place for free thinkers’ Proposed scheme involves talent scouts offering attractive packages to tempt academics and lecturers from abroad

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Interesantísima sesión sobre El exilio interior esta noche en Tipos Infames. Gracias a Isabelle Touton, Germán Labrador y Juana Salabert.

El lunes que viene, 12M, presentamos #elexiliointerior en la librería #TiposInfames, Madrid
Una ocasión de lujo, con los responsables de la edición, Isabelle Touton y Germán Labrador, y con Juana Salabert, hija del autor y Premio Nacional de Narrativa.
www.todostuslibros.com/libros/el-ex...