🎉 Congratulations, Prof. Maria M. Delgado!
Yesterday, AHGBI member Maria M. Delgado received the prestigious Instituto Cervantes Premio Ñ, awarded by King Felipe VI at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez.
Yesterday, AHGBI member Maria M. Delgado received the prestigious Instituto Cervantes Premio Ñ, awarded by King Felipe VI at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez.
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🎉 Congratulations, Prof. Maria M. Delgado!
Yesterday, AHGBI member Maria M. Delgado received the prestigious Instituto Cervantes Premio Ñ, awarded by King Felipe VI at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez.
Yesterday, AHGBI member Maria M. Delgado received the prestigious Instituto Cervantes Premio Ñ, awarded by King Felipe VI at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez.
📚 AHGBI Publication Prize – Call for Submissions
The Association of Hispanists of Great Britain & Ireland (AHGBI) Publication Prize is still open for applications.
📅 Deadline: 24 December (closing at midnight)
🔗https://hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-support/ahgbi-publication-prize
The Association of Hispanists of Great Britain & Ireland (AHGBI) Publication Prize is still open for applications.
📅 Deadline: 24 December (closing at midnight)
🔗https://hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-support/ahgbi-publication-prize
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
📚 AHGBI Publication Prize – Call for Submissions
The Association of Hispanists of Great Britain & Ireland (AHGBI) Publication Prize is still open for applications.
📅 Deadline: 24 December (closing at midnight)
🔗https://hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-support/ahgbi-publication-prize
The Association of Hispanists of Great Britain & Ireland (AHGBI) Publication Prize is still open for applications.
📅 Deadline: 24 December (closing at midnight)
🔗https://hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-support/ahgbi-publication-prize
📢 Deadline Ends tomorrow – AHGBI Annual Conference 2026
The deadline to submit proposals for the 71st AHGBI Annual Conference at Lancaster University has been extended to 28 November 2025.
🗓️ 23–24 March (in person)
🖥️ 26 March (online)
📢More info in our bio
✉️ Queries: hispanists.ahgbi@gmail.com
The deadline to submit proposals for the 71st AHGBI Annual Conference at Lancaster University has been extended to 28 November 2025.
🗓️ 23–24 March (in person)
🖥️ 26 March (online)
📢More info in our bio
✉️ Queries: hispanists.ahgbi@gmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📢 Deadline Ends tomorrow – AHGBI Annual Conference 2026
The deadline to submit proposals for the 71st AHGBI Annual Conference at Lancaster University has been extended to 28 November 2025.
🗓️ 23–24 March (in person)
🖥️ 26 March (online)
📢More info in our bio
✉️ Queries: hispanists.ahgbi@gmail.com
The deadline to submit proposals for the 71st AHGBI Annual Conference at Lancaster University has been extended to 28 November 2025.
🗓️ 23–24 March (in person)
🖥️ 26 March (online)
📢More info in our bio
✉️ Queries: hispanists.ahgbi@gmail.com
⛔ Second statement in one week #saveleicesterml #saveleicesterlanguages
Following last week’s formal letter to the University of Nottingham, AHGBI has now issued a second statement—this time to the University of Leicester—regarding the proposed closure of its Department of Modern Languages.
Following last week’s formal letter to the University of Nottingham, AHGBI has now issued a second statement—this time to the University of Leicester—regarding the proposed closure of its Department of Modern Languages.
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
⛔ Second statement in one week #saveleicesterml #saveleicesterlanguages
Following last week’s formal letter to the University of Nottingham, AHGBI has now issued a second statement—this time to the University of Leicester—regarding the proposed closure of its Department of Modern Languages.
Following last week’s formal letter to the University of Nottingham, AHGBI has now issued a second statement—this time to the University of Leicester—regarding the proposed closure of its Department of Modern Languages.
AHGBI, led by Professor Sarah Wright, opposes the University of Nottingham’s move to suspend—and effectively close—all Modern Languages degrees. SRUK/CERU, led by Dr Carlos Soler Montes, has also raised concerns.
AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration.
#SaveNottinghamLanguages
AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration.
#SaveNottinghamLanguages
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
AHGBI, led by Professor Sarah Wright, opposes the University of Nottingham’s move to suspend—and effectively close—all Modern Languages degrees. SRUK/CERU, led by Dr Carlos Soler Montes, has also raised concerns.
AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration.
#SaveNottinghamLanguages
AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration.
#SaveNottinghamLanguages
🍂 AHGBI Membership – Autumn Round
Are you a PhD student or researcher in Hispanic Studies?
Now’s the time to join the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI).
Next membership approvals: November 🗓
Are you a PhD student or researcher in Hispanic Studies?
Now’s the time to join the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI).
Next membership approvals: November 🗓
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🍂 AHGBI Membership – Autumn Round
Are you a PhD student or researcher in Hispanic Studies?
Now’s the time to join the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI).
Next membership approvals: November 🗓
Are you a PhD student or researcher in Hispanic Studies?
Now’s the time to join the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI).
Next membership approvals: November 🗓
📢 Galician Studies panel at the AHGBI Annual Conference 2026, hosted by @lancasteruni.bsky.social
Dr Martín Veiga, from University College Cork, is putting together a Galician Studies panel for the 71st Annual Conference of the @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social.
📩 Enquiries & abstracts: m.veiga@ucc.ie
Dr Martín Veiga, from University College Cork, is putting together a Galician Studies panel for the 71st Annual Conference of the @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social.
📩 Enquiries & abstracts: m.veiga@ucc.ie
September 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
📢 Galician Studies panel at the AHGBI Annual Conference 2026, hosted by @lancasteruni.bsky.social
Dr Martín Veiga, from University College Cork, is putting together a Galician Studies panel for the 71st Annual Conference of the @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social.
📩 Enquiries & abstracts: m.veiga@ucc.ie
Dr Martín Veiga, from University College Cork, is putting together a Galician Studies panel for the 71st Annual Conference of the @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social.
📩 Enquiries & abstracts: m.veiga@ucc.ie
💷 Award: £2000
🎤 Role: Plenary speaker at the AHGBI Conference 2026 (Lancaster University, 23–24 March in person, 26 March online).
📅 Key dates:
👉 Launch: 21 July 2025
👉 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
👉 Notification: 15 Oct 2025
🔗 More info: hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-...
🎤 Role: Plenary speaker at the AHGBI Conference 2026 (Lancaster University, 23–24 March in person, 26 March online).
📅 Key dates:
👉 Launch: 21 July 2025
👉 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
👉 Notification: 15 Oct 2025
🔗 More info: hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-...
Research Excellence Plenary for Mid-Career Researchers
hispanists.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
💷 Award: £2000
🎤 Role: Plenary speaker at the AHGBI Conference 2026 (Lancaster University, 23–24 March in person, 26 March online).
📅 Key dates:
👉 Launch: 21 July 2025
👉 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
👉 Notification: 15 Oct 2025
🔗 More info: hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-...
🎤 Role: Plenary speaker at the AHGBI Conference 2026 (Lancaster University, 23–24 March in person, 26 March online).
📅 Key dates:
👉 Launch: 21 July 2025
👉 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
👉 Notification: 15 Oct 2025
🔗 More info: hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-...
✨ Call for Applications ✨
Research Excellence Plenary (2025–26)
The Embassy of Spain 🇪🇸 and the AHGBI invite applications for the second edition of the Research Excellence Plenary 📝 — supporting and showcasing the work of a mid-career researcher in Hispanic Studies.
Research Excellence Plenary (2025–26)
The Embassy of Spain 🇪🇸 and the AHGBI invite applications for the second edition of the Research Excellence Plenary 📝 — supporting and showcasing the work of a mid-career researcher in Hispanic Studies.
September 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
✨ Call for Applications ✨
Research Excellence Plenary (2025–26)
The Embassy of Spain 🇪🇸 and the AHGBI invite applications for the second edition of the Research Excellence Plenary 📝 — supporting and showcasing the work of a mid-career researcher in Hispanic Studies.
Research Excellence Plenary (2025–26)
The Embassy of Spain 🇪🇸 and the AHGBI invite applications for the second edition of the Research Excellence Plenary 📝 — supporting and showcasing the work of a mid-career researcher in Hispanic Studies.
🎓 The 71st AHGBI Annual Conference 2026 warmly invites ECAs and PGRs to submit papers or organise panels. Mixed-career-stage panels are strongly encouraged!
💡 Funding support and awards will be available to help ECAs and PGRs participate. Full details will be shared at the start of the new year!
💡 Funding support and awards will be available to help ECAs and PGRs participate. Full details will be shared at the start of the new year!
September 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🎓 The 71st AHGBI Annual Conference 2026 warmly invites ECAs and PGRs to submit papers or organise panels. Mixed-career-stage panels are strongly encouraged!
💡 Funding support and awards will be available to help ECAs and PGRs participate. Full details will be shared at the start of the new year!
💡 Funding support and awards will be available to help ECAs and PGRs participate. Full details will be shared at the start of the new year!
📢 ECA/PGR awards for the AHGBI 2026 Annual Conference:
the details currently on the website are from last year 👉 hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-...
But, we’ll share the updated information at the start of the new year. Stay tuned! ✨
the details currently on the website are from last year 👉 hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-...
But, we’ll share the updated information at the start of the new year. Stay tuned! ✨
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hispanists.org.uk
September 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📢 ECA/PGR awards for the AHGBI 2026 Annual Conference:
the details currently on the website are from last year 👉 hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-...
But, we’ll share the updated information at the start of the new year. Stay tuned! ✨
the details currently on the website are from last year 👉 hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-...
But, we’ll share the updated information at the start of the new year. Stay tuned! ✨
📢 Call for Papers — 71st AHGBI Annual Conference 2026
📍 Lancaster University (in person): 23 & 24 Mar 2026
💻 Online: Thu 26 Mar 2026
🔗 Details & guidelines: hispanists.org.uk/events/71st-...
🗓 Deadline: Fri 21 Nov 2025
📍 Lancaster University (in person): 23 & 24 Mar 2026
💻 Online: Thu 26 Mar 2026
🔗 Details & guidelines: hispanists.org.uk/events/71st-...
🗓 Deadline: Fri 21 Nov 2025
September 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
📢 Call for Papers — 71st AHGBI Annual Conference 2026
📍 Lancaster University (in person): 23 & 24 Mar 2026
💻 Online: Thu 26 Mar 2026
🔗 Details & guidelines: hispanists.org.uk/events/71st-...
🗓 Deadline: Fri 21 Nov 2025
📍 Lancaster University (in person): 23 & 24 Mar 2026
💻 Online: Thu 26 Mar 2026
🔗 Details & guidelines: hispanists.org.uk/events/71st-...
🗓 Deadline: Fri 21 Nov 2025
📢 Mid-Career Researchers: Keynote Opportunity!
✨ AHGBI Research Excellence Plenary 2026
💷 £2,000 grant to present your research at the AHGBI Annual Conference
🗓 Apply by 30 Sept 2025
📍 UK/Ireland HEI, 3–15 years post-PhD, AHGBI members
👉 See our website hispanists.org.uk/news/researc...
✨ AHGBI Research Excellence Plenary 2026
💷 £2,000 grant to present your research at the AHGBI Annual Conference
🗓 Apply by 30 Sept 2025
📍 UK/Ireland HEI, 3–15 years post-PhD, AHGBI members
👉 See our website hispanists.org.uk/news/researc...
September 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
📢 Mid-Career Researchers: Keynote Opportunity!
✨ AHGBI Research Excellence Plenary 2026
💷 £2,000 grant to present your research at the AHGBI Annual Conference
🗓 Apply by 30 Sept 2025
📍 UK/Ireland HEI, 3–15 years post-PhD, AHGBI members
👉 See our website hispanists.org.uk/news/researc...
✨ AHGBI Research Excellence Plenary 2026
💷 £2,000 grant to present your research at the AHGBI Annual Conference
🗓 Apply by 30 Sept 2025
📍 UK/Ireland HEI, 3–15 years post-PhD, AHGBI members
👉 See our website hispanists.org.uk/news/researc...
📢 The AHGBI–WiSPS Dorothy Sherman-Severin Research Fellowship is now open for applications.
💡 For early-career researchers in Luso-Hispanic Studies (UK & Ireland), within 5 years of PhD.
🗓️ Deadline: 12 September 2025
👉 Full details on hispanists.org.uk/news/call-fo...
💡 For early-career researchers in Luso-Hispanic Studies (UK & Ireland), within 5 years of PhD.
🗓️ Deadline: 12 September 2025
👉 Full details on hispanists.org.uk/news/call-fo...
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
📢 The AHGBI–WiSPS Dorothy Sherman-Severin Research Fellowship is now open for applications.
💡 For early-career researchers in Luso-Hispanic Studies (UK & Ireland), within 5 years of PhD.
🗓️ Deadline: 12 September 2025
👉 Full details on hispanists.org.uk/news/call-fo...
💡 For early-career researchers in Luso-Hispanic Studies (UK & Ireland), within 5 years of PhD.
🗓️ Deadline: 12 September 2025
👉 Full details on hispanists.org.uk/news/call-fo...
AHGBI-WISPS Dorothy Sherman-Severin Research Fellowship for Early-Career Researchers in Luso-Hispanic Studies (2025−26).
For UK- or Irish-based early-career academics (full eligibility criteria via URL included below)
Deadline: 5pm, Friday 12 September 2025
hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-...
For UK- or Irish-based early-career academics (full eligibility criteria via URL included below)
Deadline: 5pm, Friday 12 September 2025
hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-...
AHGBI-WISPS Dorothy Sherman-Severin Research Fellowship
hispanists.org.uk
July 31, 2025 at 8:48 AM
AHGBI-WISPS Dorothy Sherman-Severin Research Fellowship for Early-Career Researchers in Luso-Hispanic Studies (2025−26).
For UK- or Irish-based early-career academics (full eligibility criteria via URL included below)
Deadline: 5pm, Friday 12 September 2025
hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-...
For UK- or Irish-based early-career academics (full eligibility criteria via URL included below)
Deadline: 5pm, Friday 12 September 2025
hispanists.org.uk/funding-and-...
The next AHGBI Annual Conference will take place at the University of Lancaster.
📍 Stay tuned for further details — coming soon on our website hispanists.org.uk.
📍 Stay tuned for further details — coming soon on our website hispanists.org.uk.
July 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The next AHGBI Annual Conference will take place at the University of Lancaster.
📍 Stay tuned for further details — coming soon on our website hispanists.org.uk.
📍 Stay tuned for further details — coming soon on our website hispanists.org.uk.
Last week, as President of the AHGBI, Sarah Wright was invited to Westminster to take part in the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages.
July 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Last week, as President of the AHGBI, Sarah Wright was invited to Westminster to take part in the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages.
This week, AHGBI President Sarah Wright represented the AHGBI at the International Association of Hispanists (AIH) conference in Santiago, Chile. Below: the poet, Raúl Zurita; Director of Instituto Cervantes, Luis García Montero; and María Teresa Cárdenas (Academia Chilena de la Lengua).
July 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
This week, AHGBI President Sarah Wright represented the AHGBI at the International Association of Hispanists (AIH) conference in Santiago, Chile. Below: the poet, Raúl Zurita; Director of Instituto Cervantes, Luis García Montero; and María Teresa Cárdenas (Academia Chilena de la Lengua).
💼 Open to AHGBI members based in the UK or Ireland who identify as mid-career (typically 3–15 years post-PhD, not yet full professors), the award offers £2000 to support the presentation of a major research project as a keynote at the 2026 AHGBI Annual Conference.
July 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
💼 Open to AHGBI members based in the UK or Ireland who identify as mid-career (typically 3–15 years post-PhD, not yet full professors), the award offers £2000 to support the presentation of a major research project as a keynote at the 2026 AHGBI Annual Conference.
The AHGBI launches the second edition of its Mid-Career Excellence Plenary!
With the generous support of the Embassy of Spain, this prestigious award celebrates bold, high-impact research in Hispanic Studies.
With the generous support of the Embassy of Spain, this prestigious award celebrates bold, high-impact research in Hispanic Studies.
July 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The AHGBI launches the second edition of its Mid-Career Excellence Plenary!
With the generous support of the Embassy of Spain, this prestigious award celebrates bold, high-impact research in Hispanic Studies.
With the generous support of the Embassy of Spain, this prestigious award celebrates bold, high-impact research in Hispanic Studies.
From the AHGBI Association, we’d be really interested to hear how others see this. Could a return to Erasmus+ help strengthen our sector? What impact would it have where you work? Let’s open the conversation — feel free to share your views in the comments.
June 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
From the AHGBI Association, we’d be really interested to hear how others see this. Could a return to Erasmus+ help strengthen our sector? What impact would it have where you work? Let’s open the conversation — feel free to share your views in the comments.
📚Colleagues might be interested in this co-authored piece by AHGBI member María Delgado on the potential impact of decoupling outputs from individuals in the REF—just out on Wonkhe: wonkhe.com/blogs/portab...
#REF #HigherEd #AHGBI
#REF #HigherEd #AHGBI
Portability within REF remains key to fairness
Maria Delgado, Nandini Das, and Miles Padgett warn that separating research outputs from the researchers who created them in REF 2029 would undermine the integrity of the whole research environment
wonkhe.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📚Colleagues might be interested in this co-authored piece by AHGBI member María Delgado on the potential impact of decoupling outputs from individuals in the REF—just out on Wonkhe: wonkhe.com/blogs/portab...
#REF #HigherEd #AHGBI
#REF #HigherEd #AHGBI
At 3pm, join us for the final parallel session of this year's AHGBI Conference, featuring themes such as 'Body, Gender, and Politics in Literature,' 'Politics, Cultures, and Visual Practices in the Hispanic World,' and 'Words and Worlds Out of Place: Spanish Literature from the United States.'
April 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
At 3pm, join us for the final parallel session of this year's AHGBI Conference, featuring themes such as 'Body, Gender, and Politics in Literature,' 'Politics, Cultures, and Visual Practices in the Hispanic World,' and 'Words and Worlds Out of Place: Spanish Literature from the United States.'
🌟 Third Day Highlights of the AHGBI Annual Conference (Online) 🌟
This morning we delved into Literature and Play with a fascinating exploration of playful forms of self-representation in prologues.
This morning we delved into Literature and Play with a fascinating exploration of playful forms of self-representation in prologues.
April 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🌟 Third Day Highlights of the AHGBI Annual Conference (Online) 🌟
This morning we delved into Literature and Play with a fascinating exploration of playful forms of self-representation in prologues.
This morning we delved into Literature and Play with a fascinating exploration of playful forms of self-representation in prologues.
More info on our website: hispanists.org.uk/events/ahgbi...
70th AHGBI Annual Conference 2025
hispanists.org.uk
April 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
More info on our website: hispanists.org.uk/events/ahgbi...