With thanks to Alejandra Rogante for the translation.

PREVENTA: Literaturas latinoamericanas en transición (1980-2018) - Eduvim LIBRO EN PREVENTA EXCLUSIVA DESDE EL 07/04/2026 AL 21/04/2026. SE ENTREGA A PARTIR DEL 05/05/2026.¿Cómo abordar lo literario hoy? ¿Qué […]

Coming soon from EDUVIM (Argentina): "Literaturas latinoamericanas en transición (1980-2018)", Spanish version of the final volume of "Latin American Literature in Transition", ed. by Mónica Szurmuk & the late Debra Castillo. Includes my chapter on memes in Brazil.
www.eduvim.com.ar/producto/lit...

A thought-provoking read.
"Literary Studies Inside Out: Notes Toward Critical University Press Studies", by Rebecca Colesworthy (open access)
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

More people are watching podcasts – how The Harry Hill Show could signal the backward-looking future of the medium More people are watching podcasts and more thought is going into visual elements of this audio format than ever.

More people are watching podcasts and more thought is going into visual elements of this audio format than ever.

CFP, XXXII Visible Evidence conference
"Democracy, audiovisual culture and obsolete media: building archive networks", December 8–11 2026, São Paulo, Brazil
Deadline for submissions: March 31 2026
necs.org/news/calls-f...

Talks on direct flights between Ireland and Brazil Talks are under way on paving the way for direct flights between Ireland and Brazil.

"Talks under way on direct flights between Ireland and Brazil"
www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Lisa Nakamura, Podcast Episode · New Books in Science, Technology, and Society · March 18 · 44m

I love the New Books Network podcasts, and many thanks to Miranda Melcher for interviewing me about my new one: _The Inattention
Economy: How women of color build the internet_ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Call for papers: International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS) conference, UFF, Niterói, Brazil, 6-10 July 2026 ("Where the zueira never ends.")
Submission deadline: March 27, 2026
"Niterói will be the epicenter of humor studies for a week."
ishs2026.org

University of Leicester to cut film and modern languages courses A union claims up to 300 students will see offers withdrawn as a result of the decision.

Short-term savings, long-term national loss?

When university “financial sustainability and future success” harms UK economic growth and diplomacy.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Blue Trail showing at Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast. Set in near-future Brazil, Gabriel Mascaro’s wondrous adventure of a defiant elder fleeing an ageist society is a life affirming boat-movie that manages laughs and warmth in the face of calamity.

And now: another Brazilian film coming to the Queen's Film Theatre in April (this really doesn't usually happen that often!)
O último azul/The Blue Trail directed by Gabriel Mascaro
Showing: 17 April 2026 until 23 April 2026
queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/The...

SLAS Research Development Award | SLAS

REMINDER:

SLAS Research Development Award 2026: Up to £10,000 for significant research projects in Latin American Studies.

Support for fieldwork, archive visits and workshops.

📅 Deadline: 20 March 26
✅ SLAS members 4+ years post-PhD

APPLY HERE: www.slasuk.org/research-dev...

PhD Position in Women Building Cities at Radboud University Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

Interesting PhD studentship in the Netherlands, part of a project on 'Women Building Cities' focused on Latin America and using a participatory approach, including audiovisual participatory methods. Requires Spanish + prior experience of Latin American cities.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQV739/p...

#RPVBooks

I loved Christina M. Jimenez’s “Making an Urban Public” because not only is it a social history of Morelia, but also it shows us a different way of looking at the role of the public in shaping public policies at the city level through petitions. Fantastic book.

(football meets audiovisual culture)

Capitão Nascimento e Pablo Escobar: Vitória celebra Wagner Moura no Oscar Um dia antes do Oscar, o Vitória, time de coração do ator Wagner Moura, decidiu homenageá-lo na escalação, uniformes e até na bandeira de escanteio.O clube escalou titulares e reservas com nomes de pe...

"Um dia antes do Oscar, o Vitória, time de coração do ator Wagner Moura, decidiu homenageá-lo na escalação, uniformes e até na bandeira de escanteio. O clube escalou titulares e reservas com nomes de personagens da carreira do baiano" www.uol.com.br/esporte/fute...

Letras & Filetes: Memória Afetiva e Latinidades Com abertura ao público no dia 9 de outubro de 2025, às 19h, e período de visitação de 10 outubro de 2025 até 05 de abril de 2026, a exposição Letras & Filetes: Memória Afetiva e Latinidades

Interesting-sounding exhibition in São Paulo, on popular visual culture in Brazil and Spanish-speaking Latin American countries
www.sescsp.org.br/editorial/le...

An interesting conference being organised by colleagues in the Centre for Documentary Research here at Queen's University Belfast in June 2026.
Home Frames: Documentary and the Domestic Space
www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...

Cover of Media Rurality edited by Patrick Brodie and Darin Barney. The cover photograph depicts mountains in the far background, behind a city, and winding roads leading to rural fields in the foreground. The title appears in mixed serif and sanserif fonts in large type on the top left of the cover. The editors' names are in small caps immediately below.

In "Media Rurality," edited by Patrick Brodie and Darin Barney, contributors show how rural territories are highly mediated, technologized spaces profoundly enmeshed with global capitalism and colonialism. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/M8lC4sJ

"When the Fantastic Meets Reality: An Interview with Kleber Mendonça Filho", by Gerd Gemünden
Film Quarterly (2026) 79 (3): 47–53. Open access.
online.ucpress.edu/fq/article/7...

This excellent Brazilian film is showing in Belfast for another week. Til 5 March at the QFT. queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/The...

Our Critical Data Studies group at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social has a few talks this semester:

March 27th: Jonathan Gray: Public Data Cultures

April 1st: Amelia Acker: Archiving Machines: A Material History of Data Storage

April 29th: Sophie Bishop: Influencer Creep

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REBRAC 10th Anniversary Conference, King’s College London, 15-17 January 2026 The 7th International Conference of REBRAC (European Network of Brazilianists Working in Cultural Analysis) took place at King’s College London in person and online from 15–17 January 2026 (with a …

Write-up of REBRAC 10th Anniversary Conference, King’s College London, 15-17 January 2026
rebracweb.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/r...

Note to self:

Once reviled, now celebrated, London’s Southbank Centre is a genuine civic wonder The cultural complex’s national importance has belatedly been recognised

‘it was not designed by a big-name architect but by a local council designer, Norman Engleback of the London County Council’
www.ft.com/content/93a0...

To find out more, join our application webinar on Monday 9 March 2026, from 2-3pm. This webinar will include conversations with researchers who recently took part in the Collaboration and Innovation Grant pilot, including their reflections and tips for grant applicants.

Register: bit.ly/4qAwYGr

Two individuals crouch in front of a monument and write on pieces of paper.

The Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities is inviting applications for the new Collaboration and Innovation Grant, which supports new cross-sector collaborations of researchers, engagement professionals and partners from cultural, creative, charity and community organisations.

Gaby Wood · At the Movies: ‘The Secret Agent’ Like Walter Salles’s I’m Still Here, which had a similarly successful run last year, The Secret Agent is set during...

‘Rather than recreating a replica of the past Mendonça wanted to evoke the period’s “fumes”. That goes some way towards explaining what it feels like to watch the result: you’re inhaling an atmosphere, smelling a memory.’

Gaby Wood watches ‘The Secret Agent’.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

John Gallagher · Quickly Quickly Quickly: Early Modern News In early modern Europe, couriers represented the increased connectivity of the Continent. They travelled faster and...

‘Couriers communicated gossip, rumour and political intelligence between cities and states, labourers in a vast information infrastructure that worked across languages and borders.’

@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on early modern news.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Showing in Belfast, 6 March "Searching Heleny [..] follows Heleny Guariba, who disappeared in 1971 under the Brazilian dictatorship. Using textile art, Esther Vital stitches together memories of her loved ones to show what words couldn't hold."
belfastfilmfestivalevents.eventive.org/schedule/698...

Fortieth Anniversary Issue of Portuguese Studies

In 2025, the journal Portuguese Studies marked forty years of publication and this milestone is being commemorated with a Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue.

👉 www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/02...

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