Submissions are welcome from candidates who completed and had their doctoral thesis approved at any university in England, Scotland, Wales, or Ireland between 1 November 2024 and 31 October 2025.

A wine reception will follow, generously supported by UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. There will be ample time for Q&A from both in-person and online attendees.

Our President, Sarah Wright, outlines the serious regional consequences: with closures already at De Montfort and Nottingham Trent, and provision under review at Nottingham, removing Modern Languages at Leicester would turn the East Midlands into a languages “cold spot”.

It ranks 6th of 47 nationwide and 3rd in the Russell Group in REF 2021, and plays a key role in PhD training through Midlands4Cities.

Nottingham has included languages at its core since 1881, and its Section of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies is recognised for its exceptional breadth across two languages and three continents—unique outside London and Oxbridge.

The decision to withdraw Modern Languages degree courses from UCAS ahead of the Council meeting on 25 November is deeply troubling.

This would make Nottingham the only Russell Group university without Modern Languages and leave the East Midlands without degree-level language study.

📚 Priority areas:
1️⃣ Catalan Studies
2️⃣ Modern & Medieval Languages
3️⃣ Cognate Humanities

Benefits include funding, mentoring, conference discounts, and a strong scholarly network across the UK, Ireland, and beyond.

🔗 Apply here: hispanists.org.uk/membership

📖 This edition is part of the LUP Hispanic Classics series and the result of over 30 years of work. Don’t miss this major contribution to Hispanic literary studies!

🪦 Zambrano reimagines Sophocles’ tragedy through the lens of the Spanish Civil War, creating “otra cosa que a nadie se le ocurrido” — a deeply moving, political and philosophical reinterpretation that still resonates today.

📝 Send a 200-word abstract + 150-word bio by 8 Oct 2025 to:
📧 lorraine.ryan@college-uaruhr.de
& susanne.zeppzwirner@uni-due.de

🔗 More info: www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

🔗 Más información aquí: www.educacionfpydeportes.gob.es/reinounido/c...

🧠 Temas destacados:
· IA aplicada al aula
· Redes sociales y herramientas TIC
· Gamificación y evaluación con IA

🎓 Formación gratuita y flexible — puedes inscribirte solo en las sesiones que te interesen.

📅 Horario de tarde (16:30 – 18:30 / 19:30, hora peninsular)