• Information on TFMs (September 2025)

    USC 1.           Ángela Abelenda Calvo Title of MA Thesis (in English): The Aesthetics of Breakdown: Gender, Adolescence, and the Representation of Mental Illness in Skins’ Cassie and Effy. Examination Committee: Committee member 1 (Chair): Dr. Margarita Estévez Saá Committee member 2 (Secretary): Dr. Susana Jiménez PlacerCommittee member 3: Dr. Jorge Sacido RomeroSubstitute member: Dr. Noemí Pereira Ares Supervisor: Dr. Laura Lojo Rodríguez Date, place and time of the oral defence: 10th September 2025, 12:30 (room 303) 2.           Cecilia Fernández Cardero Title of MA thesis (in English): The Trauma of Hunger in The Hunger Games and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakeso Examination Committee: Committee member 1 (Chair): Dr. Constante González…

  • Information on TFMs defence (July 2025)

    USC 1.  Aitana Acuña Rodríguez Title of MA Thesis (in English): Reimagining Virginia Woolf: Biofiction and the Blurred Boundaries of Life and Literature Examination Commitee: Committee member 1 (Chair): Dr. Margarita Estévez Saá Committee member 2 (Secretary): Dr. Susana Jiménez Placer Commitee member 3: Dr. Jorge Sacido Romero Substitute member: Dr. Constante González Groba Supervisor: Dr. Laura Lojo Rodríguez Date, place and time of the oral defence: 16th July 2025, 11:00 (room 303) 2. Noa Castroagudín Vázquez Title of MA Thesis (in English): Diagnosing the Unseen: The Evolution of ‘Female Madness’ and Societal Constraints in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and Meg Mason’s Sorrow and Bliss Examination Committee: Committee member 1…

  • IDAES Graduate Day

    The Interuniversity Doctoral Programme in Advanced English Studies (IDAES) organises the Graduate Day, which includes several lectures, round tables and presentations by doctoral and master’s students. Date: Friday, 16th May 2025 (9:30am-8pm) Venue: Faculty of Philology (USC)Further information: https://www.idaes.eu/news/graduate-day-2025

  • Feira Virtual de Emprego da USC

    Date: 6th and 7th May 2025 Venue: online The USC job fair connects graduate students with companies, giving them access to current job offers as well as to talks on employability. This is an initiative from the USC Labour and Employment Guidance Area. Registration: https://usc.easyvirtualfair.com/landingFurther information: orientacion.santiago@usc.es

  • PRACTICUM: Call for applications 2024/2025

    Call for applications for Practicum placements 2024-2025 Timeline for this call: Publication of the call: November 26, 2024. Application submission period: From November 26 to December 3, 2024. Assignment of placements: From December 4 to December 12, 2024. Publication of provisional assignments: December 12, 2024. Claims against the provisional list: From December 12 to December 17, 2024. Publication of the final list: December 19, 2024. Further information: Official call / Abbreviated version in English

  • CFP for the seminar «Cultural Studies Remastered»

    We would like to share with you the poster and CFP for the seminar “Cultural Studies Remastered: Analysing Popular Culture Manifestations in English”, to be held in Vigo on 26-27 March 2025.  This is an on-site event, aimed at undergraduates, postgraduates and doctoral students, as well as early career researchers keen on sharing and debating their ideas regarding the study of popular culture in English. Confirmed speakers are Prof. Belén Martín Lucas (Universidade de Vigo) and Sara Tabuyo Santaclara (Universidade de Vigo). Further information: https://sites.google.com/view/cultural-studies-remastered/info.

  • Information on TFMs defence (September 2024)

    UDC 1.           Dalmacio Casado Puig Title of MA Thesis (in English): Chicana Feminist Poetry across Generations: Norma Cantú and Amalia Ortiz. Examination Committee: Ana Montoya Reyes, Mónica Amenedo Costa, Luis Miguel Puente Castelo (sec.). Supervisor: Carolina Núñez Puente. Date, place and time of the oral defence: September, 19th, 16:00 h. Room 2.2. (Facultade de Filoloxía). 2.          Antía Hermida López Title of MA Thesis (in English): Idioms in English and Spanish: Learning through Comparison. Examination Committee: Ana Montoya Reyes, Mónica Amenedo Costa, Luis Miguel Puente Castelo (sec.). Supervisor: Eduardo Barros Grela. Date, place and time of the oral defence: September, 19th, 16:30 h. Room 2.2. (Facultade de Filoloxía). 3.          Paula María…

  • Premios excelencia académica para estudantado que inicia estudos de Mestrado universitario, curso 2024/2025

    A Universidade de Vigo convoca estes premios co obxecto de incentivar a cultura do mérito e a excelencia, a través do recoñecemento ao estudantado cos mellores resultados académicos nos estudos previos ao seu ingreso nos estudos oficiais de mestrado universitario da Universidade de Vigo. Convócanse 15 premios cunha contía indidual de 600€, distribuídos do seguinte xeito: Artes e Humanidades: 2 Ciencias e Ciencias da Saúde: 2 Ciencias Sociais e Xurídicas: 7 Enxeñaría e Arquitectura: 4 Data de inicio de solicitudes: 11/09/2024Data de fin de solicitudes: 30/09/2024 Máis información sobre os requisitos e a solicitude aquí: https://secretaria.uvigo.gal/uv/web/convocatoria/public/show/1422

  • Online Seminar ‘Multilingual practices: code-switching’ – M. Carmen Parafita Couto (UVigo/Leiden University)

    The PhD programme in Advanced English Studies announces the celebration of the online seminar ‘Multilingual practices: code-switching’ (see abstract below), taught by M. Carmen Parafita Couto (UVigo/Leiden University). The seminar will be conducted in English and taught online through UVigo Campusremoto. Dates: 25 March, 22 April and 20 May, from 15:30 to 18:30 (9 hours) Attendance certificates will be issued. If you are interested in attending the seminar, please send email to jperez@uvigo.es before 25 February. Abstract.- Multilinguals often use more than one language in the same conversation. This seminar will provide an in-depth examination of this phenomenon, known as code-switching. We will begin with a historical overview to get…

  • Information on TFMs defence (on going)

    UDC 1.           Noelia López Fernández Title of MA Thesis (in English): Howling through Time: The Evolution of the Wolf from Mythical Villain to Neo-Noir Antihero in The Wolf Among Us Examination Committee: María Jesús Lorenzo Modia, Mónica Amenedo Costa (sec.), Ana Montoya Reyes Supervisor: Eduardo Barros Grela Date, place and time of the oral defence: July, 19th, 11:30 h. Room Seamus Heaney 2.           Hebaallah Mahmoud Title of MA Thesis (in English): Ireland, Nationalism, and the Celtic Tiger: The Economic Boom’s Impact on Irish Identity and Society Examination Committee: María Jesús Lorenzo Modia, Mónica Amenedo Costa (sec.), Ana Montoya Reyes Supervisor: David Clark Mitchell Date, place and time of the oral…