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TFM: Oportunidad de septiembre – Convocatorias de defensa pública

3 septiembre, 2018

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[Cada uno de los tribunales propuestos cuenta con el preceptivo miembro suplente, aunque no se indica en esta relación.]

Abel Fernández Aguiar, “The exorcism of Martin Scorsese: A critical analysis of Scorsese’s anti-hero protagonists as alter-egos of the director himself”.

Tutora: Patricia Fra

Tribunal: Constante González Groba (presidente), Anxo Abuín González, Susana Mª Jiménez Placer (secretaria).

Fecha, lugar y hora de defensa: 17/09; Sala 303; 13:00

Sara González Bernárdez, “The fantasy of the female: Gender construction in the fantasy genre”

Tutora: Laura M. Lojo Rodríguez

Tribunal: Manuela Palacios (presidenta), Margarita Estévez, Susana Mª Jiménez Placer (secretaria).

Fecha, lugar y hora de defensa: 11/09; Sala B03; 10.00.

Ana González Cancela, “Willa Cather’s My Antonia (1918): Gender roles and the American Dream”

Tutora: Susana Jiménez Placer

Tribunal: Constante González Groba (presidente), Laura Lojo Rodríguez, Patricia Fra López (secretaria).

Fecha, lugar y hora de defensa: 14/09; Sala D05; 12.00

Suzy Henriques Fraga, “A diachronic corpus-based approach to Northern English lexis”

Tutora: Belén Méndez Naya

Tribunal: Ignacio Palacios (presidente), Paloma Núñez Pertejo, Mario Cal (secretario).

Fecha, lugar y hora de defensa: 14/09; Sala B03; 9.30

Robin King, “The nature versus nurture debate: how much of language is innate?”

Tutor: J. Carlos Acuña Fariña

Tribunal: Teresa Fanego (presidenta), Susana Doval, Mario Cal (secretario).

Fecha, lugar y hora de defensa: 13/09; Sala 303; 12.00.

Alejandra Losada Novoa, “The communicative breakdown in Pink Floyd”

Tutor: Jorge Sacido Romero

Tribunal: Constante González Groba (presidente), Patricia Fra, Susana Jiménez Placer (secretaria).

Fecha, lugar y hora de defensa: 17/09; Sala B03; 10:00

Laura Menéndez Bouzo, “Behind the madwoman in literature: a psychoanalitical approach”

Tutor: Jorge Sacido Romero

Tribunal: Laura Lojo Rodríguez (presidenta), José Manuel Barbeito Varela, Margarita Estévez (secretaria).

Fecha, lugar y hora de defensa: 17/09; Sala B03; 12:00

Sandra Regodeseves López, “Guilt and intertextuality in Ian McEwan’s fiction: Atonement (2001) and Nutshell (2016)

Tutor: Jorge Sacido Romero

Tribunal: Laura Lojo Rodríguez (presidenta), Manuela Palacios, Susana Mª Jiménez Placer (secretaria).

Fecha, lugar y hora de defensa: 14/09; Sala D01; 10:00

Adina Vladu, “A corpus-based study of concessive connectives: nevertheless, nonetheless, however”

Tutora: Belén Méndez Naya

Tribunal: Teresa Fanego (presidenta), J. Carlos Acuña Fariña, María José López Couso (secretaria).

Fecha, lugar y hora de defensa: 17/09; 10.00

Nuevo coordinador de iMAES

29 agosto, 2018

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Con fecha de 1 de septiembre de 2018 el Profesor J. Carlos Acuña-Fariña, Catedrático de Filología Inglesa, ha asumido el cargo de coordinador de iMAES en la USC y Presidente de la Comisión de Coordinación Interuniversitaria.

Actos de defensa pública de TFM – Oportunidad de julio

10 julio, 2018

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Autora: Idoya Cancelas León

Título del TFM: “Exploring verbal complementation profiles in World Englishes. Ditransitive and transfer-caused-motion patterns in Indian and British English”.

Directoras: Teresa Fanego y Elena Seoane Posse

Fecha: 19/07/2018

Lugar: Sala B03

Hora: 12:00

Autora: Elena Guerreira Labrador

Título del TFM: “Of realism and identity. Sociolinguistic implications in Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South“

Directores: Laura M. Lojo Rodríguez y Mario Cal Varela

Fecha: 20/07/2018

Lugar: Seminario D13

Hora: 10:00

Autor: Duarte López Fernández

Título del TFM: “The use of English in Higher Education: the case of the University of Santiago de Compostela”

Director: Francisco Javier Fernández Polo

Fecha: 19/07/2018

Lugar: Seminario D01

Hora: 10:00

Autora: Paula Pérez Zamora

Título del TFM: “The intercultural dimension of TEFL in Primary Education”

Directoras: Susana Doval Suárez y Elsa M. González Álvarez

Fecha: 18/07/2018

Lugar: Sala 303

Hora: 11:00

The Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe: An Assessment

23 abril, 2018

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The international research seminar “The Reception of British and Irish Autors in Europe: An Assessment” will take place at the Faculty of Philology, University of A Coruña, from 25th to 27th April 2018. This seminar is organised by the CLIN Research Group (Faculty of Philology-UDC). Click on the poster for further details.

Application periods at the USC

19 abril, 2018

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For 2018/2019, application periods at the University of Santiago de Compostela are as follows:

Students from outside the European Higher Education Area:

Application period: 23 January – 15 May 2018
Follow these links:

http://www.usc.es/masteres/es/

https://minerva.usc.es/xmlui/handle/10347/16389

Application period for admission and enrolment for all other students:

First application period: 1 June – 20 July 2018
Second application period: 27 September – 2 October 2018

Number of places available at the USC: 17, plus 5 for applicants from outside the European Higher Education Area. Places part time: maximum 15 percent (3 places).

II Ciclo de Charlas Medioambientales de la Facultad de Filología (UDC)

9 abril, 2018

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Here you can find information on the “II Ciclo de Charlas Medioambientales de la Facultad de Filología (UDC)” coordinated by Dr. Carolina Núñez Puente.

“Creative Criticism”: Literary Theory and Poetic Practice, Professor Christopher Norris

14 marzo, 2018

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The seminar on “Creative Criticism”: Literary Theory and Poetic Practice will be conducted by Professor Christopher Norris, Emeritus Professor, Philosophy, School of English, Communication and Philosophy, University of Cardiff. This seminar is organised by the Department of English and German (Faculty of Philology-USC), the research group Discourse and Identity (GRC2015/002: GI-1924) and the Research Network “Lingua e Literatura Inglesa e Identidade III” (ED431D 2017/17). It will take place at the Faculty of Philology, University of Santiago de Compostela, from 2nd to 5th April, 2018, click on the poster for further details.

Attendance is free, but please contact noemi.pereira@usc.es for registration.

TFM: Announcement of oral defence – February 2018

7 febrero, 2018

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Student: Lucía Otero Fernández

Supervisor: Dr Cristina Mourón Figueroa

TFM title: “A study on the role of women in the Irish society of James Joyce’s Dubliners“

Date, time, and venue: Tuesday 20 February; 10:00 am; Room C11 (Facultade de Filoloxía USC)

Committee members: Drs Luis Iglesias Rábade, Manuela Palacios González, Margarita Estévez Saá

Transdisciplinary Approaches to Affect Theory

3 febrero, 2018

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The workshop ‘Transdisciplinary Approaches to Affect Theory’ will be conducted by Libe García Zarranz, Associate Professor in Literature in English, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim. The workshop will take place on 20 Feb 2018, from 11am to 1pm, at Facultade de Filoloxía e Tradución (UVigo), Sala de Graos (B3).

Five new important research projects awarded to members of iMAES staff

9 enero, 2018

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On 26th December 2017 it was announced that research teams led by members of iMAES teaching staff have received funding from the National Programme for Excellence in Scientific and Technical Research, to carry out the following R&D projects:

FFI2017-84619-P: “Inconvenient truths: prácticas culturales del silencio en la ficción irlandesa contemporánea”. PI: M. Teresa Caneda Cabrera (UVigo). Funding institution: Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness; 39.930 euros.

FEM2017-83084-P: “Intersecciones: género e identidad en la narrativa breve de autoras británicas contemporáneas”. PIs: Laura Mª Lojo Rodríguez (USC) & Jorge Sacido Romero (USC). Funding institution: Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness; 29.040 euros.

FFI2017-86884-P: “Constructionalization in contemporary and earlier English: Cognitive, variationist and discourse-pragmatic perspectives”. PIs: María José López-Couso (USC) & Belén Méndez-Naya (USC). Funding institution: Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness; 49.610 euros plus one four-year PhD research position.

FFI2017-84555-C2-2-P: “Cuerpos en tránsito: diferencia e indiferencia”. PI: Belén Martín Lucas (UVigo). Funding institution: Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness; 48.400 euros.

FFI2017-82162-P: “Re-ViEW: A register approach to World Englishes and compilation of resources for its study (International Corpus of English-Gibraltar)”. PI: Elena Seoane (UVigo). Funding institution: Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness; 60.500 euros plus one four-year PhD research position.