CENTRE FOR CATALAN STUDIES (Queen Mary University of London)
at Queen Mary University of London
On 18 December the last event organised by the Centre for Catalan Studies in 2023 took place: a new edition of the Queen Mary Catalan Book Club, in which we discussed Teresa Solana’s The Sound of One Hand Killing (L’Hora Zen: Un crim refinat). We were lucky enough that the author joined us for the event.
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Julieta, the Catalan singer who is giving a concert in London today along with the Catalan band The Tyets, visited Queen Mary yesterday in an event organised by Institut Ramon Llull and Bona Gents.
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More than 50 people, including Catalan students from 16 different universities across the United Kingdom and Ireland, participated in a panel discussion on the Catalan film Suro yesterday. They had been able to watch the film thanks to an activity organised by Institut Ramon Llull in conjunction with the universities of Sheffield, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, and Liverpool.
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Maria Ribas Tur and Cristòfol Tripiana Traver, Catalan teachers at Cardiff University and Queen Mary, University of London delivered an online session last week for students of Catalan Language at the Universitat de València on what teaching Catalan abroad is like.
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This year’s Queen Mary Annual Catalan Lecture was the first to focus on architecture. We counted on the presence of Carles Baiges to deliver this very special lecture. Carles is a Catalan architect and a member of Lacol, a cooperative architecture studio in Barcelona.
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On October 11, the launch of Gemma Ruiz Palà’s novel Wenling’s, organised by the Centre for Catalan Studies together with Héloïse Press and Romancero Books, was held at Queen Mary University of London.
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On 13 September, several scholars and journalists gathered at Queen Mary for the conference “Catalan Media: Past and Present”, organised by the Centre for Catalan Studies.
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On Tuesday 20 June, a group of 30 Y10 students visited Queen Mary University of London to attend the Languages Summer School organised together with Capital L, and one of the sessions offered focused on Catalan Language and Culture: You Know More Catalan Than You Think!
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The Catalan Press, TV, radio and other News Outlets:
Analysis and Comparison
A Day of Discussion
13 September 2023, Queen Mary University of London; in person
Do Catalan newspapers have a unique point of view not represented elsewhere in the Spanish press and ignored abroad? Has this always been the case historically? Is it possible to specify a particular style of Catalan TV or radio? How are the journalists of the Països Catalans using twenty-first-century media? And how does Catalan journalism compare with the profession in other European countries or the US?
Proposals are welcomed for this meeting of journalists, scholars, students, and all those interested in the past, present and future of the press. There will be time to exchange views with professionals from Britain (including Wales). We will be offering a number of bursaries to enable speakers to travel to and stay in London for two nights free of charge. Possible lines of inquiry include:
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Last week, on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 May, the workshop for UK and Ireland based Catalan tutors was held at the University of Sheffield. This meeting is organised every two years and it’s a chance for the Catalan tutors from Institut Ramon Llull to meet and share their experiences.
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CENTRE FOR CATALAN STUDIES (Queen Mary University of London) 