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Prof Köhler presents her research on medicalization of 19th-century spas
8 July 2025

Professor Astrid Köhler gave an invited paper about the "Medicalization of 19th-Century Spas" at an international Medical Humanities conference in Fribourg (Switzerland). The conference 4th-5th July 2025 brings together historians of medicine and of architecture, scholars from spatial and literary studies and healthcare architects – in order to stimulate interdisciplinary discussion on medical spaces, their history, significance and social dynamics.

Prof Köhler contributes to the upcoming book 'The German National Imagination from the Early Modern Period to the Present'
8 July 2025

Professor Astrid Köhler has a chapter coming out in the book 'The German National Imagination from the Early Modern Period to the Present'.

Dr Xie joins panel on rising Chinese radical feminisms at AAS-in-Asia 2025
8 July 2025

Dr Xumeng Xie took part in a panel discussion at the 2025 AAS-in-Asia Conference (June 1-4), co-organised by the Association for Asian Studies and Social Science Baha in Kathmandu, Nepal. The panel focused on the recent rise of jinü (radical feminism) in China and across Asia, spotlighting the transnational nature of feminist resistance under intensifying authoritarian and patriarchal regimes.

Prof Armstrong participated in the launch event of a five-year funded research project on genres in French literature around 1500
7 July 2025

Professor Adrian Armstrong took part in a workshop in Grenoble to mark the launch of RhéF-R, a five-year project on genres in French literature in the period around 1500, funded by France’s equivalent of UKRI, the Agence nationale de la recherche. 

Dr Vince presented a paper at the Society for French Studies 66th annual conference
3 July 2025

Dr Rebekah Vince took part in a panel on ‘Bricolage as literary repair’ at the Society for French Studies 66th annual conference at the University of Bristol, 30 June-2 July 2025. Her paper was entitled ‘Re. Colette Fellous: bricoleuse of Barthes’ (abstract below). The panel was conceived by Joanne Brueton (ULIP) who spoke on ‘Patrick Chamoiseau’s sentimenthèque: Bricolage and the Canon’. It also included papers by Sura Qadiri (University of Cambridge) on ‘Enchanting Assemblages: The Patchwork Phototexts of Dora Latiri and Marie Ndiaye’ and Khalid Lyamlahy (University of Chicago) on ‘Philosophy, Translation, and Writing as Bricolage in Morocco: The Experience of Abdessalam Benabdelali’.

New Paper: PhD student Caitlin Hogan publishes paper about softblocking on social media
19 June 2025

Award of PhD on Catalan Studies to James Thomas
17 June 2025

At the Centre for Catalan Studies we are delighted to announce that our postgraduate student James Thomas has been awarded a PhD for his thesis entitled ‘The Anglophone Reception of Catalan Literature: 1780-1900’. Quite exceptionally, the thesis was passed without any corrections demanded by the examiners.

Concert held at Pinter Studio celebrates the history and evolution of the Portuguese guitar
13 June 2025

The concert "A Century of Carlos Paredes" at the Pinter Studio on June 9, 2025, brought together a diverse audience from Queen Mary and the broader community for an evening of Portuguese guitar virtuosity.

Mansur Boase delivers seminar on Anselm Turmeda at the Centre for Catalan Studies
13 June 2025

Mansur Boase (Queens’ College, Cambridge) delivered a seminar at QMUL titled “The Early Story of Fra Anselm Turmeda: A 14th-century Franciscan from Mallorca who converted to Islam and wrote in three languages.”

Dr Émilie Oléron Evans's latest book shortlisted for prestigious art history prize
13 June 2025

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