Albert Lloret
@albertlloret.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Spanish & Catalan, UMass Amherst || https://websites.umass.edu/lloret/
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We are now accepting submissions for volume 8 (2026).
December 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We are now accepting submissions for volume 8 (2026).
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As 2025 draws to a close, let’s take a look at the research Translat Library has published over the past year. 👇👇👇
December 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
As 2025 draws to a close, let’s take a look at the research Translat Library has published over the past year. 👇👇👇
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The Catalan word ‘metzina’ means “poison”. It stems from the same Latin word as ‘medicina’, meaning “medicine”.
‘Metzina’ was inherited from spoken Latin, while ‘medicina’ is a late borrowing from written Latin.
Pairs like this are called doublets.
Episode 7 of my series: Catalan.
Next: Galician.
‘Metzina’ was inherited from spoken Latin, while ‘medicina’ is a late borrowing from written Latin.
Pairs like this are called doublets.
Episode 7 of my series: Catalan.
Next: Galician.
December 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Catalan word ‘metzina’ means “poison”. It stems from the same Latin word as ‘medicina’, meaning “medicine”.
‘Metzina’ was inherited from spoken Latin, while ‘medicina’ is a late borrowing from written Latin.
Pairs like this are called doublets.
Episode 7 of my series: Catalan.
Next: Galician.
‘Metzina’ was inherited from spoken Latin, while ‘medicina’ is a late borrowing from written Latin.
Pairs like this are called doublets.
Episode 7 of my series: Catalan.
Next: Galician.
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Catalans abonyegats, us ho diuen a vosaltres:
December 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Catalans abonyegats, us ho diuen a vosaltres:
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"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
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Coming soon! We are excited to share our first issue in just a few months.
We are also accepting submissions for issue 2 onwards! Feel free to send any questions or ideas to @calthalas.bsky.social @sihonglin.bsky.social or me on here, or with the editors via email tinyurl.com/tph5wvmd
We are also accepting submissions for issue 2 onwards! Feel free to send any questions or ideas to @calthalas.bsky.social @sihonglin.bsky.social or me on here, or with the editors via email tinyurl.com/tph5wvmd
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Coming soon! We are excited to share our first issue in just a few months.
We are also accepting submissions for issue 2 onwards! Feel free to send any questions or ideas to @calthalas.bsky.social @sihonglin.bsky.social or me on here, or with the editors via email tinyurl.com/tph5wvmd
We are also accepting submissions for issue 2 onwards! Feel free to send any questions or ideas to @calthalas.bsky.social @sihonglin.bsky.social or me on here, or with the editors via email tinyurl.com/tph5wvmd
I translated a couple of texts from 16th-C. Spanish for this anthology on “Slavery in Early Modern Philosophy 1500-1765,“ edited by my colleague in the Philosophy Department, Julia Jorati. The entire book looks terrific. Take a look: academic.oup.com/book/61633
Slavery in Early Modern Philosophy 1500-1765: Essential Readings
Abstract. This volume contains thirty-four philosophical texts about slavery that were composed in Europe and America between 1500 and 1765. Jointly, these
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December 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I translated a couple of texts from 16th-C. Spanish for this anthology on “Slavery in Early Modern Philosophy 1500-1765,“ edited by my colleague in the Philosophy Department, Julia Jorati. The entire book looks terrific. Take a look: academic.oup.com/book/61633
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Working on this was a lot of fun! Kudos to @translatlibrary.bsky.social for the wonderful editorial process.
In vol. 7, no. 5, Paulina León (UC Berkeley), @sierramatute.bsky.social (Baruch C), and John Slater (Colorado State U) study and edit a pamphlet that parodies Don Quixote to intervene in the dispute surrounding the 1680 epidemic outbreak in El Puerto de Santa María. doi.org/10.7275/tl.3...
December 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Working on this was a lot of fun! Kudos to @translatlibrary.bsky.social for the wonderful editorial process.
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In vol. 7, no. 4, Giovanni Cascio (U di Messina) studies an intriguing reworking of Francesco Petrarca’s "Liber sine
nomine" in which Italy and the main Italian cities mentioned in Petrarch's epistles are replaced by Prussia and the town of Olsztyn in Warmia. doi.org/10.7275/tl.3...
nomine" in which Italy and the main Italian cities mentioned in Petrarch's epistles are replaced by Prussia and the town of Olsztyn in Warmia. doi.org/10.7275/tl.3...
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In vol. 7, no. 4, Giovanni Cascio (U di Messina) studies an intriguing reworking of Francesco Petrarca’s "Liber sine
nomine" in which Italy and the main Italian cities mentioned in Petrarch's epistles are replaced by Prussia and the town of Olsztyn in Warmia. doi.org/10.7275/tl.3...
nomine" in which Italy and the main Italian cities mentioned in Petrarch's epistles are replaced by Prussia and the town of Olsztyn in Warmia. doi.org/10.7275/tl.3...
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Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
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I’ve been thinking about the intellectual and affective labor involved in reading AI Generated student papers. I’m forecasting a little of the proposal that @cnygren.bsky.social and I advance in a piece that’ll be out soon but here’s where I’ve personally landed (o speak for myself not for us both):
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’ve been thinking about the intellectual and affective labor involved in reading AI Generated student papers. I’m forecasting a little of the proposal that @cnygren.bsky.social and I advance in a piece that’ll be out soon but here’s where I’ve personally landed (o speak for myself not for us both):
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💥Han entrevistat al Mésnit de @3catinfo.bsky.social a Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil, autora d'UN NOSALTRES SENSE ESTAT!
Aquí teniu l'entrevista completa:
Aquí teniu l'entrevista completa:
Mésnit - Yásnaya Elena A. Gil: "La mort d'una llengua no és un acte natural" - 3Cat
L'escriptora i activista mixe, una nació indígena de Mèxic, acusa els actuals estats monolingüitzants de promoure un nivell de lingüicidi sense precedents arreu del món.
www.3cat.cat
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
💥Han entrevistat al Mésnit de @3catinfo.bsky.social a Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil, autora d'UN NOSALTRES SENSE ESTAT!
Aquí teniu l'entrevista completa:
Aquí teniu l'entrevista completa:
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Escribí sobre el legado de Margit Frenk (1925-2025), filóloga inmensa y maestra de maestros. Conocía como nadie la cultura oral y popular de la España moderna y fue modelo de una filología viva, útil y comprometida
Gracias a @sebasfaber.bsky.social y @ctxt.es por el interés
ctxt.es/es/20251201/...
Gracias a @sebasfaber.bsky.social y @ctxt.es por el interés
ctxt.es/es/20251201/...
Margit Frenk (1925-2025). La riada del canto popular
A lo largo de los años, la mexicana desplegó toda la potencia de la buena filología para recuperar lo que cantaba el pueblo entre los siglos XV y XVII, desde rondas de amor a cantares de faena
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December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Escribí sobre el legado de Margit Frenk (1925-2025), filóloga inmensa y maestra de maestros. Conocía como nadie la cultura oral y popular de la España moderna y fue modelo de una filología viva, útil y comprometida
Gracias a @sebasfaber.bsky.social y @ctxt.es por el interés
ctxt.es/es/20251201/...
Gracias a @sebasfaber.bsky.social y @ctxt.es por el interés
ctxt.es/es/20251201/...
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El viernes pasado falleció a sus 100 años Margit Frenk, maestra absoluta de literatura del Siglo de Oro y de cultura popular. No sé por dónde empezar, pero quiero hablar de ella. Pocas obras de investigación humanística tienen la trascendencia de su legado
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
El viernes pasado falleció a sus 100 años Margit Frenk, maestra absoluta de literatura del Siglo de Oro y de cultura popular. No sé por dónde empezar, pero quiero hablar de ella. Pocas obras de investigación humanística tienen la trascendencia de su legado
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Doctoral funding opportunities here at the University of Birmingham:
“We are delighted to launch our PhD funding opportunities for arts, humanities and law doctoral study at the University of Birmingham.
“We are delighted to launch our PhD funding opportunities for arts, humanities and law doctoral study at the University of Birmingham.
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Doctoral funding opportunities here at the University of Birmingham:
“We are delighted to launch our PhD funding opportunities for arts, humanities and law doctoral study at the University of Birmingham.
“We are delighted to launch our PhD funding opportunities for arts, humanities and law doctoral study at the University of Birmingham.
CFP: Les Metamorfosis d’Ovidi a través del temps: paratextos, traduccions i iconografia (Universitat de Barcelona, July 2-3).
Deadline: January 15, 2026.
Deadline: January 15, 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
CFP: Les Metamorfosis d’Ovidi a través del temps: paratextos, traduccions i iconografia (Universitat de Barcelona, July 2-3).
Deadline: January 15, 2026.
Deadline: January 15, 2026.
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REMINDER -- CFP Hispanic Studies - Medieval, Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference, 16-19 Apr. 2026. For more information, contact Christina Ivers (civers@udallas.edu) or Isidro Rivera (ijrivera@ku.edu) or click on the following link: lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
CFP Hispanic Studies: Medieval at KFLC 2026 - La corónica Commons
Sessions organized by La corónica for the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC) at the University of Kentucky Location: Lexington, KY and online Date: 16 April 2026 (online) and 17-18 April 2026...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
REMINDER -- CFP Hispanic Studies - Medieval, Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference, 16-19 Apr. 2026. For more information, contact Christina Ivers (civers@udallas.edu) or Isidro Rivera (ijrivera@ku.edu) or click on the following link: lcclacoronica.org/announcement...
Interested in doing a Ph.D. in Hispanic literatures, cultures, and linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst? We are holding an information session next week, on Friday. Please share widely!
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Interested in doing a Ph.D. in Hispanic literatures, cultures, and linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst? We are holding an information session next week, on Friday. Please share widely!
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I miss translating literature so much. last week I read a chapter from henry berlin’s “alone together” for @albertlloret.bsky.social’s class and couldn’t resist trying to translate the ausiàs march excerpts into portuguese.
here’s one example (lines 9-12) from poem XIII.
here’s one example (lines 9-12) from poem XIII.
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I miss translating literature so much. last week I read a chapter from henry berlin’s “alone together” for @albertlloret.bsky.social’s class and couldn’t resist trying to translate the ausiàs march excerpts into portuguese.
here’s one example (lines 9-12) from poem XIII.
here’s one example (lines 9-12) from poem XIII.
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In TL 7.3 Montserrat Ferrer (UAB) edits and studies a 15th-C. fictional letter in Catalan, supposedly written by Scipio Africanus and addressed to Cicero, as an early witness to the practice of letter writing and to Cicero’s prominence as both a rhetorical and moral model doi.org/10.7275/tl.3...
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In TL 7.3 Montserrat Ferrer (UAB) edits and studies a 15th-C. fictional letter in Catalan, supposedly written by Scipio Africanus and addressed to Cicero, as an early witness to the practice of letter writing and to Cicero’s prominence as both a rhetorical and moral model doi.org/10.7275/tl.3...
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Classic literature has no relevance to contemporary readers. Even novels published last month are full of outmoded conventions. Only fiction that is written literally right this instant can capture the zeitgeist of the present moment
October 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Classic literature has no relevance to contemporary readers. Even novels published last month are full of outmoded conventions. Only fiction that is written literally right this instant can capture the zeitgeist of the present moment
