Spanish Events

Oriol Ponsatí-Murlà | Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Bernat Metge Knocking on Hell’s Door: Why the Souls of the Suicides Keep Moving

December 4, 2025
Steve Chiu

On December 4th, 2025, the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies hosted a lecture entitled “Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Bernat Metge Knocking on Hell’s Door: Why the Souls of the Suicides Keep Moving” by Professor Oriol Ponsatí-Murlà, a Visiting Assistant professor in Catalan Studies at Stanford University. The lecture examined four different works of European literature, the Odyssey, the Aeneid, the Divine Comedy, and Lo Somni, and how they reimagine the shifting morality and perceptions of suicide and hell. An introduction was given by Professor Justin Davidson, an Associate...

Miriam Cabré | Creators, Influencers and Haters: How Catalan Troubadours Helped Shape Today’s World

November 5, 2025
Shelby Coleman

On November 5th, 2025, the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies welcomed Professor Miriam Cabré Ollé to campus to present a lecture entitled “Creators, Influencers and Haters: How Catalan Troubadours Helped Shape Today’s World,” Professor Cabré teaches Romance Literature at the University of Girona in Catalonia, Spain, where she specializes in troubadour culture, having published extensively on their heritage and medieval culture. Professor Cabré was introduced by Paulina León, an Assistant Professor of Early Modern Spain at UC Berkeley, to an audience of 15...

Silvia Rusiñol Romero | The Effects of Film and Television on Childhood Audiences: A Cross- Historical, European and International Approach

September 17, 2025
Emma Clarke

On 17 September, Silvia Rusinol Romero, PhD candidate from the University of Seville, presented her research on the topic of childhood and media in conversation with Dr. Alex Saum Pascual, Professor of Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Media at UC Berkeley. This event was attended by 11 participants as part of a lecture series for junior scholars called New innovations in Spanish Studies, sponsored by the Program for Spanish Studies.

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Maria Labarta | Artificial Intelligence in Foreign Language Education: A Case Study of German for International Business Students at a Spanish University.

October 21, 2025
Pedro Ezquer Parejo

On the 21st of October, Maria Labarta—a Professor at the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication at the Universitat de València—delivered her ninth intervention for the Institute of European Studies, presenting her research to a group of 25 interested listeners. Professor Labarta also has experience reaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Spain, Germany, and Brazil, as well as with research in Argentina, New Zealand, Norway, and the U.S.A, having conducted projects both at UC Berkeley and at CUNY.

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