Deciding to Apply for a PhD
Rachel Jones -
Doctoral Decisions To open this blog post series, I have decided to start at the very beginning by addressing your decision to apply for a PhD. Managing your Masters workload…
Category > Cultural Studies
Learning Physics and Equality while watching Bonanza: the Albert Michelson episode
Maria Seijo-Richart -
The newest series of Dr. Who has been consistently praised, not only because, for the first time, the doctor is a woman, but for chapters like “Rosa” (Chapter 3), in…
Mary Bennet’s Hollywood ending: a feminist ending?
Maria Seijo-Richart -
On the 8th March, International Women’s Day, I wish to pay homage to one of my favourite heroines of literature: Mary Bennet from Pride and Prejudice. I discovered Jane Austen…
Paris belonged to me: an homage to Jacques Rivette
Maria Seijo-Richart -
January was an especially dark month for the arts and entertainment world. On the 29th, we lost French nouvelle vague filmmaker Jacques Rivette. His very personal style allowed actors to…
Preparing A Cultural Exposition
Ricardo Roque Mateos -
If you teach subjects such as Languages, Literature or History, you might feel inclined to prepare cultural activities once in a while. There are practical reasons for this… It’s good…
Spanish Studies
Ricardo Roque Mateos -
This field has three main areas where you should be proficient: Language, Literature and History. The explanation is quite simple. It’s impossible to teach a language at a university level…
Arts and/ or Sciences: how to solve the riddle of the sphinx
Maria Seijo-Richart -
When I was in high school, the Spanish education system required fifteen-year-old students to choose between three options: from then on, they would study Ciencias [Maths and Science subjects], Letras…
Improving Your Spanish Program: Literature
Ricardo Roque Mateos -
There is a huge problem regarding the literary contents of most Spanish programs. Spanish Literature has often been subject to lots of political and ideological pressures. Therefore, all the writers…
A Telegram from the Unconscious: Martin Amis on Creativity and Style
Geoff Mills -
Was it simple coincidence, or had Martin Amis heard that I was in town and in need of some high-semantic stimulation? Either way it was with surprise that I discovered…
Improving Your Spanish Language Program: Equatorial Guinea
Ricardo Roque Mateos -
In some of these articles, my fellow hispanists from the A of Abu Dhabi to the Z of Zimbabwe, I will try to help you improving some of your contents.…
