Are you looking for something fun to do this weekend? Travel through the power of cinema to the sunny beaches of Rio, go on an expedition to the Indigenous Amazon, and learn about the challenges of women's soccer in this year's Brazil Film Fest.

🎓Delighted to join Cambridge academics Rodrigo Cacho and Elena Martínez-Acacio of @mmll_cambridge, in conversation with award-winning Peruvian writer and journalist Gabriela Wiener 🇵🇸. Thank you for an especially culturally enriching edition of the Cervantes Forum!

"Valuing languages is fundamentally a matter of human dignity and respect – languages define us, and to ignore or marginalise them is to undervalue identity, culture and the rich diversity of the communities and nations of the UK."

After introductions from Professor John London, Director of the Centre for Catalan Studies, and Víctor Ugarte, Director of Instituto Cervantes London, The 2024 Joanot Martorell Lecture with Dr Rhiannon McGlade is underway: “Irascible Ink: Satire & Subversion in Catalan Feminist Comic Art”

Paola, who has just started her #PhD, tells us a little about her experience as an #MPhil student at the Centre. 👩🏼‍🎓 Watch a preview: youtube.com/shorts/mWeR5fg… 📢 Applications Deadline: 03 December for funding. #Scholarships available! #latinamericanstudies Cambridge University

🚨 Deadline extension!! 🚨 We're delighted with all the submissions so far, but we realise many are facing teaching pressures as the end of the semester approaches – so we've pushed back the abstract deadline. The new deadline will be 16 December. Just over two week's time!

The Amazon rainforest became largely urban in the 20th century. Dr Adrián Lerner, our new Assistant Prof of Latin American History, is very interested in how and why this explosive urbanisation happened. Read about his research and his ambitions for the role. Link in reply ⬇️

For this year's PILAS conference, as well as a full day of presentations, we've got a bunch of workshops, talks, and even an exclusive film screening planned. Details to come very soon! CfP and abstract submission here: slasuk.org/pilas-conferen…

🗃️FROM BLAR'S ARCHIVE🗃️ On December 6th, we mark another anniversary of Hugo Chávez's first election in Venezuela. Explore two decades of BLAR's publications on this historically polarised topic. Please READ and SHARE! 🧵⬇️

Last week the 2024 Joanot Martorell Lecture, organised in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes London, took place at QMUL. Dr Rhiannon McGlade, former Director of Catalan Studies QMUL, gave a lecture entitled “Irascible Ink: Satire & Subversion in Catalan Feminist Comic Art” ccsqmul.com/2024/12/04/dr-…

📣 Open for applications This two-year initiative program seeks to draw talented international early career researchers to conduct their research in the UK and provide opportunities for career development. Apply by 7 February 2025 bit.ly/3YJZ33D

Your chance to write an essay and win £500 ✍️ Two weeks left to enter your essay proposals to the Gordon Duff Prize 2025. Open to all University of Cambridge members, students, staff and alumni. Enter now: loom.ly/xZZOdOc

The Spanish and Portuguese section is now on Instagram - you can find our profile from the link in our bio. Give us a follow, and let us know if you have any ideas for what you'd like to see!

📣CFP deadline extended until 16 December 2024. There's still time to send your proposals!

📣 Open for applications This two-year initiative program seeks to draw talented international early career researchers to conduct their research in the UK and provide opportunities for career development. Apply by 7 February 2025 bit.ly/3YJZ33D

Professor Keown is participating in a symposium in Valencia on the international dimension of Vicent Andrés Estellés.

CFP: International Journal of Iberian Studies is open for submissions. Please see the link to find out about submitting a proposal:

We are excited about #SLAS2025 in Bristol! Read below for some updates.

We are very pleased to be welcoming Dr Nick Jones this February for a talk on his fascinating new book. 'Cervantine Blackness.' Please join us!

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