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Dr Olivia Glaze appointed Head of Academic Skills at Robinson College

Congratulations to Dr Olivia Glaze, former PDRA on the Leading Women Project, on her appointment at Robinson College, Cambridge, as their new Head of Academic Skills. Dr Olivia Glaze is an academic researcher working across the health humanities and gender studies. Her work examines how experiences of illness, trauma, and disability — particularly in relation […]

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Posted by Savina Petkova on 21 May 2026


Mediático: Sally Faulkner and Eliana Maestri on Subtitling ¡Vámonos, Bárbara!

Subtitling ¡Vámonos, Bárbara! (Bárbara, Let’s Go!, Bartolomé 1978): Film History and Feminism You can find the original post here at Mediático (University of Exeter) Subtitling ¡Vámonos, Bárbara! (Bárbara, Let’s Go!, Bartolomé 1978): Film History and Feminism by Sally Faulkner and Eliana Maestri Professor Sally Faulkner is 1933 Professor of Spanish at the University of Cambridge […]

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Posted by Savina Petkova on 21 May 2026


Women of Spanish and Portuguese cinema celebrated at ‘Transitions and Beyond’ two-day symposium at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge

Report: “Transitions and Beyond: Women’s Work in Spanish and Portuguese Cinema & TV” Symposium (20–21 March 2026) The symposium Transitions and Beyond: Women’s Work in Spanish and Portuguese Cinema & TV, held on 20–21 March 2026, was organised by the AHRC-funded project Leading Women in Portuguese and Spanish Film and TV (1970–1980). Bringing together scholars […]

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Posted by Savina Petkova on 1 April 2026


Transitions and Beyond: Women’s Work in Spanish and Portuguese Cinema & TV

  The two-day symposium brings Spanish and Portuguese cinema and television into conversation by comparing the 1970s to the present day. It examines ‘then’ and ‘now’ by considering legacies, genealogies and trans-generational memory. It also reflects on patterns of mentoring, and inspiration, among women in these fields. It explores both individual, and indicative, instances of […]

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Posted by Savina Petkova on 21 March 2026


Subtitling ¡Vámonos, Bárbara! : A Subtitling World Cinema Project at University of Exeter

Subtitling ¡Vámonos, Bárbara! (Barbara, Let’s Go!, Bartolomé 1978): a Subtitling World Cinema Project Film Screening & Guest Lecture by Professor Sally Faulkner (University of Cambridge) Prof Sally Faulkner’s guest lecture foced on Cecilia Bartolomé’s ¡Vámonos, Bárbara! (1978). The film was subtitled by Exeter MA in Translation Studies students in 2022, co-supervised by Prof. Sally Faulkner and Dr. Eliana Maestri. The event […]

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Posted by Savina Petkova on 10 February 2026


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