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I have delivered 20 keynote lectures (including 4 keynote talks at summer schools in Copenhaguen, Chile, Germany and Spain), and 38 invited talks at conferences, research seminar series, book fairs, launch of exhibitions and other events. Altogether, I have been invited to present my research in academic events in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keynotes at Conferences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(2025) Universidad de Sevilla, SPAIN. “Mujeres, traducci\u00f3n y textualidad en la Galicia de comienzos del siglo XX”. Conference “Espacios de la Modernidad. Traducci\u00f3n, Redes y Objetos en Tr\u00e1nsito (1880-1930), 17 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2025) Universit\u00e0 di Bologna, Campus di Forl\u00ed, ITALY. “The Social Impact of Translation Studies: researching minorised gender and cultural identities”. International Conference “What’s research got to do with it? Linguistic research, inclusion and social impact”, 12-13 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2025) Aims Shams University, El Cairo, EGYPT. “Feminist Translation STudies: Embracing Intersectionality?” International Conference “Intersectionality in Literature, Linguistics and Translation”, 7-9 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2024) Universit\u00e0 Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Venice, ITALY. “Estudos feministas de tradu\u00e7\u00e3o: dos enfoques tradicionais aos \u00faltimos debates”. No Limiar da Tradu\u00e7\u00e3o: Tradu\u00e7\u00e3o, migra\u00e7\u00f5es e quest\u00f5es de g\u00e9(\u00ea)nero, 14 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2024) Universidad de M\u00e1laga, M\u00e1laga, SPAIN. “Traducci\u00f3n y g\u00e9nero en la era del feminismo transnacional”. Congreso internacional “La traduccion literaria, un mundo que (in)visibiliza a las mujeres”, 10 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2022) University of S\u00e3o Paulo, BRAZIL. “Geopol\u00edtica feminista y edici\u00f3n: narradoras gallegas en el mercado editorial brit\u00e1nico”. IV TREMA – Mulheres, Tradu\u00e7\u00e3o e Mercado Editorial<\/em>. 28-30 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2022) Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florian\u00e1polis, BRAZIL. “\u00bfLa traducci\u00f3n como pol\u00edtica de resistencia? Narradoras gallegas contempor\u00e1neas en la encrucijada g\u00e9nero-naci\u00f3n?”. III Simp\u00f3sio Gender and Feminist Studies in Literature and Translation): Feminismos e interseccionalidade: tradu\u00e7\u00e3o, literatura e resist\u00eancia. <\/em>21-23 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2022) University of Vigo, SPAIN. \u201cTraduci\u00f3n e sustentabilidadade ante a crise do capitalismo: alternativas necesarias \u00e1 econom\u00eda neoliberal\u201d. I Coloquio International BIFEGA: Literatura, Cultura e Traduci\u00f3n.<\/em> 4-6 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2022) University of Wien, Vienna, AUSTRIA. \u201cA traduci\u00f3n como diplomacia cultural e\/ou iniciativa editorial: o caso das literaturas en catal\u00e1n, \u00e9uscaro e galego \u00e1s portas de Frankfurt 2022\u201d. International IberTranslatio Symposium “Writing and Translating within\/between Iberian Cultures.” <\/em>9-10 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2022) University College London, UK & Universidad de C\u00f3rdoba, SPAIN. \u201cLa traducci\u00f3n feminista de escritoras transgresoras: experiencia docente en el grado de Estudios Hisp\u00e1nicos\u201d.\u00a0e-Expert Seminar in Translation and Language Teaching: Feminist and Gender<\/em>. 11 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2021) University of C\u00e1diz, SPAIN. \u201cHistoriograf\u00eda de la traducci\u00f3n y feminismos transnacionales: nuevos retos desde la interseccionalidad\u201d. Congreso (Re)Creadoras: visiones desde el siglo XXI<\/em>, 19-21 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2021) University of C\u00f3rdoba, SPAIN. “Stateless Cultures and Translation in the Anglosphere: women writers on the margins and beyond”. Conference: Translating Minorities and Conflict in Literature, <\/em>10-11 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2021) University of Swansea\/Abertawe Pryfisgol, Wales, UK. “Contemporary Translation Policy in Stateless Cultures: The translation of literature from the Basque, Catalan-Valencian and Galician languages”.\u00a0Annual Conference of the Centre for the Comparative Study of Portugal, Spain and the Americas<\/em>, 27 January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2020) University Pablo de Olavide, Seville, SPAIN. \u201cLos estudios feministas de traducci\u00f3n a examen\u201d. Jornadas Internacionales sobre Literatura: traducci\u00f3n, g\u00e9nero y censura, <\/em>20 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2018) University of Oxford, UK. \u201cTransnational Feminism and Literary Translation in Galicia\/n: Real or Fictional Endeavours?\u201d. XVIII Forum for Iberian Studies: Fictitious Realities, Real Fictions<\/em>,<\/em> 20-21 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2012) Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA. \u201cDoes Gender Matter? The Curious Case of Inclusive Language in\/and Translation\u201d. Conference Women and Language. Gender Issues in Translation<\/em>, 28 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keynotes talks at summer schools & academic year openings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(2022) Heinrich-Heine-Universit\u00e4t D\u00fcsseldorf, GERMANY. Opening keynote at the Literary Translation’s Summer School, Centre for Translation Studies, “Translating Sex, Gender and Queerness,” 30 June-2 July 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2022) Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile, CHILE. Inaugural speech at the Diplomado de Traducci\u00f3n Literaria academic year opening, “Traducci\u00f3n y feminismos: perspectivas actuales”, 14 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2012) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN. Opening talk at the Summer School VIII Novas fronteiras na igualdade de oportunidades, “Falacias contra a linguaxe non sexista”, 12 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2011) K\u00f8benhavns Universitet (University of Copenhagen), DENMARK. Keynote speaker at Summer school of PhD Programme in Translation, “Feminist Translation Studies in the 21st Century: Global Debates, Local Realities”, 30-31 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invited talks at conferences, seminar series & events<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(2026). Universidade da Coru\u00f1a, SPAIN. “Feiras do libro e internacionalizaci\u00f3n”. 3rd Symposium\u00a0Encontro do Livro Galego,<\/em>\u00a018 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2026). Universidade de \u00c9vora, PORTUGAL. “Circu\u00edtos ib\u00e9ricos de traduci\u00f3n nas narradoras galegas contempor\u00e1neas”, Ciclo de conferencias online Polib\u00e9ricos 2026,<\/em> 11 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2026). Universidad de Granada, SPAIN. “Ellas traducen: g\u00e9nero e historiograf\u00eda de la traducci\u00f3n”. Inauguraci\u00f3n de la Exposici\u00f3n “Embajadoras de las letras hisp\u00e1nicas. Traductoras y la proyecci\u00f3n de la cultura en espa\u00f1ol durante el siglo XX<\/em>“, 9 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2025). University of Durham, UK. “Intersectional Approaches to Feminist Translation Studies: Are We There Yet?”. MATS Guest Lecture at MLAC<\/em>, 26 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2025). University of East Anglia \/ British Centre for Literary Translation, UK. “The Transnational Turn in Feminist Translation Theory & Practice”. BCLT Research Seminar Series,<\/em> 22 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2025) University College Cork, IRELAND. “The Feminist Translator’s Toolkit: Revisiting Translation Strategies at the Textual Frontline”. UCC Translation Week 2025<\/em>, 26 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2025) Universidad Nacional de C\u00f3rdoba, ARGENTINA. “Traducci\u00f3n y feminismos: el giro transnacional de la traductolog\u00eda feminista”. Ciclo de Conferencias Virtuales en Torno a la Traducci\u00f3n,<\/em> 2 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2025) School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK. “How do Translation and Creative Practice Intersect with Feminist Methodologies across Languages and Cultures?\u201d. Research Seminar “Creative Practice and Feminism: Methodologies, Collaboration and Performance,”<\/em> Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, 7 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2024) University of Graz, AUSTRIA. “Feminist Translation Theory in the Era of Transnational Feminisms”. Research Seminar “Towards a Feminist Translation Theory”,<\/em> 14-15 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2024) Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano, ITALY. “Feminismo en traducci\u00f3n y activismo editorial: la iniciativa ‘Women in Translation’ “, Ciclo de conferencias “Traduzione e genere. Nuovi Approcci Teorici e Pratiche Traduttive in Spagnolo e Portoghese”<\/em>. 31 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2024) Universidad Nacional de C\u00f3rdoba, ARGENTINA. “La autotraducci\u00f3n como pol\u00edtica de (in)digesti\u00f3n: Narradoras gallegas contempor\u00e1neas en la encrucijada g\u00e9nero-naci\u00f3n”. Seminario Traducci\u00f3n, subjetividad y activismos,<\/em> 27 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2024) 20th Thessaloniki International Book Fair \/ 8th Translation Festival, Thessaloniki, GREECE. “Feminism and Translation in the Publishing Industry”. 16 May 2024, Video\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2024) Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya, SPAIN. “Estrategias de traducci\u00f3n feminista en un mundo transnacional”,\u00a0Seminario “Dones, g\u00e8nere i traducci\u00f3”<\/em>, 15 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2023) University of Newcastle, UK. “Cultural Diplomacy and Translation in the Anglosphere. Women Writers from Multilingual Spain”, Translation Studies Research Seminar series<\/em>, 29 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2023) University of Nottingham, UK. “Cultural Diplomacy via Translation at the Frankfurt Book Fair: from ‘Stateless Cultures’ to ‘Multilingual Spain’ (2018-2021)”, with Laura Linares. Seminar Less Translated Literatures<\/em>, 22 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2023) University of Warwick, UK. “Strategies for Feminist Translation in the Era of Transnational Feminism”, Warwick School of Feminist Translation,<\/em> 11 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2022) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GREECE. \u201cTranslation Studies and Transnational Feminist Activism: A Story of two Tales\u201d, 21 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2022) University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. \u201cTranslation as a practice of cross-border feminist solidarity\u201d. Interdisciplinary Symposium on Translation as a Site of Global Engagement,<\/em> 11 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2021) University of Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN. \u201cCami\u00f1os diversos para un mismo fin? O apoio institucional \u00e1 traduci\u00f3n das literaturas en catal\u00e1n, \u00e9uscaro, galego e valenciano na Feira do libro de Frankfurt\u201d. International Symposium Promoci\u00f3n cultural nas feiras internacionais do libro (CULTURFIL)<\/em>, 10-12 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2020) Council for the Galician Culture\/Museo do Pobo Galego, Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN. \u201cA identidade cultural galega en tempos da globalizaci\u00f3n\u201d. Foro de Estudos das Identidade. A identidade galega no mundo da globalizaci\u00f3n<\/em>, 4 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2020) Autonomous University of Barcelona, SPAIN. \u201cDescolonizar el curriculum desde la traducci\u00f3n, el g\u00e9nero y la sexualidad: Experiencia docente en los estudios culturales.\u201d I Jornada Ense\u00f1ar a Traducir e Interpretar con Perspectiva de G\u00e9nero, <\/em>6 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2019) University of Valencia, SPAIN. \u201cFrom the West-to-the-Rest\u2026 and back: por una pol\u00edtica de traducci\u00f3n feminista en el mundo transnacional\u201d. One-Day Seminar: Gender and Translation: Gender and Translation in Transcultural Dialogues<\/em>, 24 January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2018) Autonomous University of Barcelona, SPAIN \u201cActivismo feminista en un mundo transnacional: escritoras en los circuitos de traducci\u00f3n\u201d. Conference: Intersectionality, Afrofeminisms and Translation<\/em>, 29 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2018) Instituto Cam\u00f5es, Vigo, SPAIN. \u201cDiscursos feministas na Galiza de comezos do s\u00e9culo XX: entre o feminismo \u2018espa\u00f1olista\u2019 e o nacionalismo galego\u201d. Conference: Col\u00f3quio Internacional Uma Nova Hist\u00f3ria dos Feminismos Ib\u00e9ricos<\/em>, 13 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2015) University of Oslo, NORWAY. \u201cTransnational travels of Rosal\u00eda de Castro\u2019s feminism in the global market: from the 19th<\/sup> Century to the present day\u201d. Conference: Gender, Translation and Transnational Reception<\/em>, 12-13 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2015) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Illinois, UNITED STATES. \u201cPeripheral Literatures and (Self-)Translation in the Iberian Peninsula\u201d. Symposium: Galician Studies North America: Bridging Gaps,<\/em> 10 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2014) Consello da Cultura Galega (Council for the Galician Culture), Santiago, SPAIN. \u201cOs estudos galegos na perspectiva feminista\u201d. Seminario Internacional: Estudo Galegos\/Estudos Ib\u00e9ricos al\u00e9n das fronteiras,<\/em> 18 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2014) Universidade de Vigo, SPAIN. \u201cLinguaxe non sexista\u201d. Violencias simb\u00f3licas: intervenci\u00f3ns desde a cultura<\/em>, 30 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2013) University of Oxford, UK. \u201cThe Politics of Self-translation in Multilingual Contemporary Spain\u201d. Symposium: Translating European Languages: Ideology and Censorship,<\/em> 1-2 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2013) Council for the Galician Culture, Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN. \u201cA representaci\u00f3n de Rosal\u00eda de Castro no \u00e1mbito angl\u00f3fono: feminismo en traduci\u00f3n\u201d. Conference: Rosal\u00eda no s\u00e9culo XXI, Novas olladas<\/em>, 30 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2012) University of Birmingham, UK. “Translation and Minorities: Gender and National Identities at Stake”, Women’s International Day at<\/em> the Centre for Galician Studies.<\/em> 7 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2012) University College Cork, IRELAND. \u201cGalician Translation Studies at the Crossroads: Political Implications from the National\/Gender Paradox\u201d. Symposium: Translation and Nation<\/em>, 17 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2011) University of Exeter, UK. \u201cGalician Literature in English Translation\u201d. Forever in<\/em> Galicia Research Event<\/em>, 17 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2011) University of Oxford, UK. “Translation and Gender in the 21st Century: a (Self)Critical Vision from Galician Studies”. Centre for Galician Studies<\/em>. 5 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2009) Universidade da Coru\u00f1a, SPAIN. “Linguaxe e discriminaci\u00f3n de x\u00e9nero: como e por que \u00e9 sexista o galego, e como pode deixar de selo”. 6th Xornadas sobre Lingua: Usos, Lingua e X\u00e9nero, 26-27 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2008) Universitat de Vic, Barcelona, SPAIN. “G\u00e9nero, lenguaje y traducci\u00f3n”. Research Seminar, research group GETLIHC, 28 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2007) Sheffield Hallam University, UK. “Feminism, Gender and Translation”. Linguistics Research Seminar, 12 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2007) University of Bangor, Wales, UK. “Gender and Translation: a Discursive\/Textual Approach to Feminist Re-writing”. Modern Languages Research Forum, 21 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Last updated: 5 July 2026)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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