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WE ARE HIRING 📢
Applications are invited for a permanent position as Lecturer/ Assistant Professor in Hispanic Studies.
Apply by 8th December 2025: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
➡️ Under Vacancy Area: select ALL
➡️ Under UCD School/Unit: choose Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Applications are invited for a permanent position as Lecturer/ Assistant Professor in Hispanic Studies.
Apply by 8th December 2025: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
➡️ Under Vacancy Area: select ALL
➡️ Under UCD School/Unit: choose Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
WE ARE HIRING 📢
Applications are invited for a permanent position as Lecturer/ Assistant Professor in Hispanic Studies.
Apply by 8th December 2025: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
➡️ Under Vacancy Area: select ALL
➡️ Under UCD School/Unit: choose Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Applications are invited for a permanent position as Lecturer/ Assistant Professor in Hispanic Studies.
Apply by 8th December 2025: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
➡️ Under Vacancy Area: select ALL
➡️ Under UCD School/Unit: choose Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
French and Francophone Studies at @ucddublin.bsky.social is seeking a Language Assistant in French on a temporary appointment (until 31 May 2026).
Apply by 6th November: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
➡️ Under Vacancy Area: select ALL
➡️ Under UCD School/Unit: choose Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Apply by 6th November: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
➡️ Under Vacancy Area: select ALL
➡️ Under UCD School/Unit: choose Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
October 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
French and Francophone Studies at @ucddublin.bsky.social is seeking a Language Assistant in French on a temporary appointment (until 31 May 2026).
Apply by 6th November: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
➡️ Under Vacancy Area: select ALL
➡️ Under UCD School/Unit: choose Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Apply by 6th November: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
➡️ Under Vacancy Area: select ALL
➡️ Under UCD School/Unit: choose Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Congratulations to Mara Josi on the publication of the Italian translation of her monograph 'Rome, 16 October 1943: History, Memory, Literature'
The new edition, incl a new Introduction, was launched last week in Italy. To mark the occasion, an article appeared in the national newspaper Novecento.
The new edition, incl a new Introduction, was launched last week in Italy. To mark the occasion, an article appeared in the national newspaper Novecento.
October 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Congratulations to Mara Josi on the publication of the Italian translation of her monograph 'Rome, 16 October 1943: History, Memory, Literature'
The new edition, incl a new Introduction, was launched last week in Italy. To mark the occasion, an article appeared in the national newspaper Novecento.
The new edition, incl a new Introduction, was launched last week in Italy. To mark the occasion, an article appeared in the national newspaper Novecento.
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Happy to be presenting my talk “Imperial Ecologies and Anticolonial Ways of Seeing in Caribbean Plantation Modernities” at the UCD School of Languages this Monday at 3 pm (Irish time) in Newman Building, D301.
If you’d like to join via Zoom, feel free to contact me for the link!
If you’d like to join via Zoom, feel free to contact me for the link!
October 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Happy to be presenting my talk “Imperial Ecologies and Anticolonial Ways of Seeing in Caribbean Plantation Modernities” at the UCD School of Languages this Monday at 3 pm (Irish time) in Newman Building, D301.
If you’d like to join via Zoom, feel free to contact me for the link!
If you’d like to join via Zoom, feel free to contact me for the link!
#UCDSLCL French and Francophone Studies Research Seminar 👇
Join the conversation between Prof Michael Brophy and acclaimed French novelist and essayist Philippe Forest this afternoon, 16th October at 5pm in D301, Newman Building.
Join the conversation between Prof Michael Brophy and acclaimed French novelist and essayist Philippe Forest this afternoon, 16th October at 5pm in D301, Newman Building.
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
#UCDSLCL French and Francophone Studies Research Seminar 👇
Join the conversation between Prof Michael Brophy and acclaimed French novelist and essayist Philippe Forest this afternoon, 16th October at 5pm in D301, Newman Building.
Join the conversation between Prof Michael Brophy and acclaimed French novelist and essayist Philippe Forest this afternoon, 16th October at 5pm in D301, Newman Building.
Celebrate the 25th Week of the Italian Language in the World!
Join Italian at UCD for a special double event featuring Italian musician & author Giulio Pantalei.
📖 Book Launch | Tuesday, 14 October at 6:30 PM | IIC Dublino
🎵 Songs & Stories | Wednesday, 15 October at 11 AM | UCD Quinn, Room 116
Join Italian at UCD for a special double event featuring Italian musician & author Giulio Pantalei.
📖 Book Launch | Tuesday, 14 October at 6:30 PM | IIC Dublino
🎵 Songs & Stories | Wednesday, 15 October at 11 AM | UCD Quinn, Room 116
October 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Celebrate the 25th Week of the Italian Language in the World!
Join Italian at UCD for a special double event featuring Italian musician & author Giulio Pantalei.
📖 Book Launch | Tuesday, 14 October at 6:30 PM | IIC Dublino
🎵 Songs & Stories | Wednesday, 15 October at 11 AM | UCD Quinn, Room 116
Join Italian at UCD for a special double event featuring Italian musician & author Giulio Pantalei.
📖 Book Launch | Tuesday, 14 October at 6:30 PM | IIC Dublino
🎵 Songs & Stories | Wednesday, 15 October at 11 AM | UCD Quinn, Room 116
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This installation is part of the research project 'Imagined Sustainabilities', funded by @ucdsustainability.bsky.social and the @ucdhumanities.bsky.social, led by Dr Eva Bru-Domínguez and Dr Ana Vera @ucdslcl.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This installation is part of the research project 'Imagined Sustainabilities', funded by @ucdsustainability.bsky.social and the @ucdhumanities.bsky.social, led by Dr Eva Bru-Domínguez and Dr Ana Vera @ucdslcl.bsky.social
We are excited to announce Metamorphosis, a giant installation by Spanish artist Olga Diego, opening 6th October at UCD's Newman Building.
On view until 10th October, it’s an immersive, participatory sculpture highlighting plastic pollution + sustainability.
More info: www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
On view until 10th October, it’s an immersive, participatory sculpture highlighting plastic pollution + sustainability.
More info: www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
September 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We are excited to announce Metamorphosis, a giant installation by Spanish artist Olga Diego, opening 6th October at UCD's Newman Building.
On view until 10th October, it’s an immersive, participatory sculpture highlighting plastic pollution + sustainability.
More info: www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
On view until 10th October, it’s an immersive, participatory sculpture highlighting plastic pollution + sustainability.
More info: www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
The first talk of the 2025/26 Italian Seminar Series takes place today at 5pm in D301, Newman Building, UCD, and online via Zoom.
👉 Find out more and access the online link here: www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
👉 Find out more and access the online link here: www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
September 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The first talk of the 2025/26 Italian Seminar Series takes place today at 5pm in D301, Newman Building, UCD, and online via Zoom.
👉 Find out more and access the online link here: www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
👉 Find out more and access the online link here: www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
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📢 Good news for UCD postgrads: The Postgraduate Research Centre (PRC) will return to its original location on Level 2 of the James Joyce Library from 12pm, next Monday 18 August.
📆 Booking is via SISWeb
🤫 The temp location on Level 3 will revert to a Silent Study Room
🙏Thank you for your patience!
📆 Booking is via SISWeb
🤫 The temp location on Level 3 will revert to a Silent Study Room
🙏Thank you for your patience!
August 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📢 Good news for UCD postgrads: The Postgraduate Research Centre (PRC) will return to its original location on Level 2 of the James Joyce Library from 12pm, next Monday 18 August.
📆 Booking is via SISWeb
🤫 The temp location on Level 3 will revert to a Silent Study Room
🙏Thank you for your patience!
📆 Booking is via SISWeb
🤫 The temp location on Level 3 will revert to a Silent Study Room
🙏Thank you for your patience!
Deutschlandfunk Kultur recently devoted a 13-minute segment to the new anthology "Die ganze Geschichte fasse ich an der Hand": Literatur und Kunst zur Einwanderung ins Nachkriegsdeutschland - with a spotlight on the contribution by @joetwist.bsky.social.
You can listen here: bit.ly/4luau7D
You can listen here: bit.ly/4luau7D
August 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Deutschlandfunk Kultur recently devoted a 13-minute segment to the new anthology "Die ganze Geschichte fasse ich an der Hand": Literatur und Kunst zur Einwanderung ins Nachkriegsdeutschland - with a spotlight on the contribution by @joetwist.bsky.social.
You can listen here: bit.ly/4luau7D
You can listen here: bit.ly/4luau7D
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📢 Delighted to announce that my book, "Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020", is out!
Get your copy - or ask your library for one - here: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Film-Comedy-Spain
Thanks to everyone who supported me through this process!
#NewBook #FilmStudies
Get your copy - or ask your library for one - here: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Film-Comedy-Spain
Thanks to everyone who supported me through this process!
#NewBook #FilmStudies
July 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
📢 Delighted to announce that my book, "Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020", is out!
Get your copy - or ask your library for one - here: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Film-Comedy-Spain
Thanks to everyone who supported me through this process!
#NewBook #FilmStudies
Get your copy - or ask your library for one - here: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Film-Comedy-Spain
Thanks to everyone who supported me through this process!
#NewBook #FilmStudies
We are delighted to announce a new funding opportunity available to prospective PhD students starting in the academic year 25/26.
To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must first receive a full offer to our PhD programme.
All scholarship Terms & Conditions: bit.ly/SLCLFeeWaive...
To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must first receive a full offer to our PhD programme.
All scholarship Terms & Conditions: bit.ly/SLCLFeeWaive...
July 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We are delighted to announce a new funding opportunity available to prospective PhD students starting in the academic year 25/26.
To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must first receive a full offer to our PhD programme.
All scholarship Terms & Conditions: bit.ly/SLCLFeeWaive...
To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must first receive a full offer to our PhD programme.
All scholarship Terms & Conditions: bit.ly/SLCLFeeWaive...
Apply now for the UCD MA Languages Scholarship – open to students starting the MA in Languages and Image Studies this September 2025 at @ucddublin.bsky.social!
This is your chance to dive into an exciting, interdisciplinary programme and get financial support through #ucdslcl.
This is your chance to dive into an exciting, interdisciplinary programme and get financial support through #ucdslcl.
July 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Apply now for the UCD MA Languages Scholarship – open to students starting the MA in Languages and Image Studies this September 2025 at @ucddublin.bsky.social!
This is your chance to dive into an exciting, interdisciplinary programme and get financial support through #ucdslcl.
This is your chance to dive into an exciting, interdisciplinary programme and get financial support through #ucdslcl.
The UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics is currently recruiting for two positions:
👉Language Assistant in German (3-year post)
👉Language Assistant in Italian Studies (temporary specified-purpose post until approximately 29 May 2026)
Apply now: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo...
👉Language Assistant in German (3-year post)
👉Language Assistant in Italian Studies (temporary specified-purpose post until approximately 29 May 2026)
Apply now: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo...
June 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics is currently recruiting for two positions:
👉Language Assistant in German (3-year post)
👉Language Assistant in Italian Studies (temporary specified-purpose post until approximately 29 May 2026)
Apply now: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo...
👉Language Assistant in German (3-year post)
👉Language Assistant in Italian Studies (temporary specified-purpose post until approximately 29 May 2026)
Apply now: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo...
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🚩Panel 1 of #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium - RED FLAG POLITICS - gets us right into the danger zone! Slaps vs slugs (Catherine Wheatley) @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social, Gentrification in rom-com drag (Harriet Idle), Creep time (Louis Bayman), Tradwife Toxicity (Matthew Hilborn) @ucddublin.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🚩Panel 1 of #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium - RED FLAG POLITICS - gets us right into the danger zone! Slaps vs slugs (Catherine Wheatley) @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social, Gentrification in rom-com drag (Harriet Idle), Creep time (Louis Bayman), Tradwife Toxicity (Matthew Hilborn) @ucddublin.bsky.social
#UCDSLCL and the Alliance Française de Dublin are delighted to welcome Professor Anne Cheng (Collège de France, Paris) to @ucddublin.bsky.social.
Event details below. No booking required – all are welcome!
Event details below. No booking required – all are welcome!
May 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
#UCDSLCL and the Alliance Française de Dublin are delighted to welcome Professor Anne Cheng (Collège de France, Paris) to @ucddublin.bsky.social.
Event details below. No booking required – all are welcome!
Event details below. No booking required – all are welcome!
We’re very proud to share that TWO amazing initiatives from our School have won @ucddublin.bsky.social Values in Action Awards this year! 👇
www.ucd.ie/engage/engag...
www.ucd.ie/engage/engag...
UCD Awards page - Culture & Engagement
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May 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We’re very proud to share that TWO amazing initiatives from our School have won @ucddublin.bsky.social Values in Action Awards this year! 👇
www.ucd.ie/engage/engag...
www.ucd.ie/engage/engag...
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I’m happy to say that @ucdslcl.bsky.social is making our return to @eurovision.tv tonight. Follow the tag #SLCLEurovision for fun facts tonight, Thursday and Saturday for the Grand Final.
May 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I’m happy to say that @ucdslcl.bsky.social is making our return to @eurovision.tv tonight. Follow the tag #SLCLEurovision for fun facts tonight, Thursday and Saturday for the Grand Final.
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🎙️ Following the conclave (and Conclave)? New #Palomitas digs into feminist farce "Mi querida cofradía" (Marta Díaz, 2018) - where a woman (shock horror!) is determined to win the election to lead her religious order... With expert Erin K Hogan!
#SpanishCinema
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#SpanishCinema
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4. Mi querida cofradía (Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz, 2018) (with Erin K Hogan)
Palomitas · Episode
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May 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🎙️ Following the conclave (and Conclave)? New #Palomitas digs into feminist farce "Mi querida cofradía" (Marta Díaz, 2018) - where a woman (shock horror!) is determined to win the election to lead her religious order... With expert Erin K Hogan!
#SpanishCinema
shorturl.at/DRkJZ
#SpanishCinema
shorturl.at/DRkJZ
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@ucdslcl.bsky.social @PTinIreland
Thank you, Portuguese Embassy, for the film showing of 'Sombras Brancas' last night at the Trap Door in UCD about the writer Cardoso Pires. Obrigada!
Thank you, Portuguese Embassy, for the film showing of 'Sombras Brancas' last night at the Trap Door in UCD about the writer Cardoso Pires. Obrigada!
May 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
@ucdslcl.bsky.social @PTinIreland
Thank you, Portuguese Embassy, for the film showing of 'Sombras Brancas' last night at the Trap Door in UCD about the writer Cardoso Pires. Obrigada!
Thank you, Portuguese Embassy, for the film showing of 'Sombras Brancas' last night at the Trap Door in UCD about the writer Cardoso Pires. Obrigada!
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Video: Sherry Ishak, Lektor in @ucdslcl.bsky.social talks about activities and support that can help your students benefit from active and collaborative learning spaces: youtu.be/bomaLZDYPQg
Read our new online resource: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...
Read our new online resource: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...
Sherry Ishak - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces
YouTube video by UCD Teaching & Learning
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May 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Video: Sherry Ishak, Lektor in @ucdslcl.bsky.social talks about activities and support that can help your students benefit from active and collaborative learning spaces: youtu.be/bomaLZDYPQg
Read our new online resource: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...
Read our new online resource: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...
To mark World Book Day | Día del Libro, the #UCDSLCL Spanish Department is hosting a special literary event in the UCD Village.
📅 23rd April 2025
📍 UCD Village
🕒 5pm
The celebration is open to everyone – come along and join us! #worldbookday #diadellibro
🔗 www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
📅 23rd April 2025
📍 UCD Village
🕒 5pm
The celebration is open to everyone – come along and join us! #worldbookday #diadellibro
🔗 www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
April 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
To mark World Book Day | Día del Libro, the #UCDSLCL Spanish Department is hosting a special literary event in the UCD Village.
📅 23rd April 2025
📍 UCD Village
🕒 5pm
The celebration is open to everyone – come along and join us! #worldbookday #diadellibro
🔗 www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
📅 23rd April 2025
📍 UCD Village
🕒 5pm
The celebration is open to everyone – come along and join us! #worldbookday #diadellibro
🔗 www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
We are pleased to share the news that @maikanguyen.bsky.social successfully passed her VIVA 🎓
Her thesis, titled "Writing Home: Haiti and Vietnam in the Autofiction of Dany Laferrière and Anna Moï," was completed under the supervision of Prof Mary Gallagher.
Congratulations! 👏
Her thesis, titled "Writing Home: Haiti and Vietnam in the Autofiction of Dany Laferrière and Anna Moï," was completed under the supervision of Prof Mary Gallagher.
Congratulations! 👏
April 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We are pleased to share the news that @maikanguyen.bsky.social successfully passed her VIVA 🎓
Her thesis, titled "Writing Home: Haiti and Vietnam in the Autofiction of Dany Laferrière and Anna Moï," was completed under the supervision of Prof Mary Gallagher.
Congratulations! 👏
Her thesis, titled "Writing Home: Haiti and Vietnam in the Autofiction of Dany Laferrière and Anna Moï," was completed under the supervision of Prof Mary Gallagher.
Congratulations! 👏
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Had a great day in Dublin yesterday, discussing inclusivity in language teaching and learning with colleagues from @ucdslcl.bsky.social! Thank you very much for the invitation and your generous hospitality! www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...
Gender-Inclusive Approaches to Language Teaching
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April 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Had a great day in Dublin yesterday, discussing inclusivity in language teaching and learning with colleagues from @ucdslcl.bsky.social! Thank you very much for the invitation and your generous hospitality! www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...