The Joys of Teaching Literature, started in September 2010 and with a Spanish version since July 2021, is a blog for ranting and raving about teaching and researching English Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender Studies, and other aspects of the Anglophone world. I publish a post once a week, usually on Monday. Please, download the yearly volumes for free or read the volume collecting some of the entries (Passionate Professing: The Context and Practice of English Literature, 2023). The comments option is not available, sorry, but you may contact me through my e-mail address, Sara.Martin@uab.cat. The contents of this blog are protected by a type 4 Creative Common License (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd)).

  • STUDENTS’ ABSENTEEISM: A NEW REPORT BY THE UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA

    My post refers today to L’absentisme a les aules universitàries de la UAB: per què val la pena anar a classe [Absenteeism in UAB’s university classrooms: why attending classes is worthwhile], a report coordinated by José Luis Muñoz Moreno and Edelmira Badillo Jiménez, and authored by Patricia Olmos Rueda and Dolors Márquez Cebrián. You can…

  • SOBRE EL ABSENTISMO ESTUDIANTIL: UN NUEVO INFORME DE LA UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA

    Mi entrada de hoy se refiere a L’absentisme a les aules universitàries de la UAB: per què val la pena anar a clase [Absentismo en las aulas universitarias de la UAB: por qué merece la pena asistir a clase], un informe coordinado por José Luis Muñoz Moreno y Edelmira Badillo Jiménez, y escrito por Patricia…

  • THE ENDOGAMIC NATURE OF THE SPANISH UNIVERSITY: THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES

    Today’s post is partly inspired by Ana Bravo-Moreno and Francisco Javier Ogáyar-Marín edited collection Los males de la academia: Abuso de poder, endogamia, acoso, corrupción y otras violencias (Peter Lang, 2026), which can be downloaded for free here. This is a necessary book to animate a conversation carried so far discreetly away from public attention,…

  • LA NATURALEZA ENDOGÁMICA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD ESPAÑOLA: PENSAMIENTOS Y EXPERIENCIAS

    La entrada de hoy está parcialmente inspirada por el volumen colectivo editado por Ana Bravo-Moreno y Francisco Javier Ogáyar-Marín, Los males de la academia: Abuso de poder, endogamia, acoso, corrupción y otras violencias (Peter Lang, 2026), que se puede descargar gratis aquí. Se trata de un libro necesario para animar una conversación que se lleva…

  •  THE STUPIDEST WAR CONTINUES (AND CULTURE FAILS)

    I don’t know if I’m suffering from writers’ block but it’s the first time since I started this blog back in 2010 that I feel I might be exhausting my topics. I’ve been trying to write something for the last four days, and I have finally decided to clear my schedule and force myself to…