On 27 February 2026, the Kick-Off Meeting of the project HYDROSOCIAL – Transforming Hydrosocial Cycles of the Llobregat and Besòs Rivers will take place, focusing on climate emergency, water reuse, and urban futures The meeting will be held in hybrid format, combining in-person participation at the UOC premises (Rambla del Poblenou 156, Barcelona) with online… Continue reading HYDROSOCIAL Kick-Off Meeting to Take Place on 27 February 2026

Olivia Magaña and Lucía Campanella, researchers at GlobaLS – Global Literary Studies Research Lab, participated in the professional programme of the Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara (FIL Guadalajara) with the talk “Translation Funding Programmes and Their Impact on the Circulation of Literature in and from Ibero-America,” moderated by Marta Salicrú. The conversation took place… Continue reading Olivia Magaña and Lucía Campanella took part in FIL Guadalajara with a talk on translation funding

Lucía Campanella, member of GlobaLS – Global Literary Studies Research Lab, delivered an invited lecture at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), coordinated by Isabel Galina and Jonathan Girón, and organized by the Laboratorio de Humanidades Digitales (IIB) and the research group Escritos de Mujeres (IISUE). The lecture took place on December 9, 2025, at… Continue reading Lucía Campanella delivered an invited lecture at UNAM on women mediators in translation and publishing

The research group GlobaLS – Global Literary Studies Research Lab at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) is pleased to announce the incorporation of Dr. Roberto Elvira Mathez as a Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Researcher. His current research project explores the role of translating Indigenous Latin American literature into Spanish and Portuguese in its… Continue reading Roberto Elvira Mathez joins GlobaLS as Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Researcher

Diana Roig Sanz, co-coordinator of the GlobaLS research group, took part in the Kosmopolis Festival, the festival of amplified literature held at the CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona). As part of the festival’s activities, Roig Sanz participated in the seminar “From Korean Literature to World Literature?” with Lee Hong and Ester Torres-Simón, which… Continue reading Diana Roig Sanz at the Kosmopolis Festival 2025

The Global Literary Studies Research Lab (GlobaLS) at the Arts and Humanities Department of Universitat Oberta de Catalunya’s Internet and the Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) invites researchers to apply for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA PF) and receive guidance and support from GlobaLS throughout the application process. About GlobaLS GlobaLS connects literary studies to film,… Continue reading GlobaLS to Host Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow Candidates

Postdoctoral researcher Chris Tanasescu joins GlobaLS and CoSIN3 in February. He will contribute to the GlobaLS lab’s Global Translation Flows. Tanasescu has degrees in both English and Computer Science and works at the intersection of Natural Language Processing (NLP), network analysis, poetry, and translation. He has served as Professor and Coordinator of Digital Humanities at… Continue reading Chris Tanasescu joins GlobaLS

Jimena del Solar Escardó has joined GlobaLS as a research assistant of the ERC project “StG Social Networks of the Past. Mapping Hispanic and Lusophone Literary Modernity, 1898-1959”. Jimena is a linguist and visual artist. She began her art studies at the Universidad Católica del Peru and completed them at the Universitat de Barcelona, ​​with… Continue reading Jimena del Solar Escardó, new research assistant at GlobaLS

Raluca Tanasescu has joined our group with a Postdoctoral Fellowship, co-hosted by GlobaLS and CoSIN3. Raluca Tanasescu received a PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Ottawa’s School of Translation and Interpretation. Her doctoral work was supported by the very prestigious Ontario Trillium Award and the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship between 2013 and 2018.… Continue reading Raluca Tanasescu, new researcher at GlobaLS