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)).

  • AFTER WITCH MARKET BARCELONA: MOVING ON TO NEW AUDIENCES

    Witch Market Barcelona is an annual event that takes place on a weekend in late November or early December in the historic building of the University of Barcelona, in downtown Plaça Universitat. This singular building, the work of Elies Rogent i Amat, has been in use since 1871, having been designed in 1861 applying the…

  • DESPUÉS DEL WITCH MARKET BARCELONA: ANTE OTROS PÚBLICOS

    Witch Market Barcelona es un evento anual que se celebra un fin de semana de finales de noviembre o inicios de diciembre en el edificio histórico de la Universitat de Barcelona, en la céntrica Plaça Universitat. Este singular edificio, obra de Elies Rogent i Amat, está en uso desde 1871, habiendo sido diseñado en 1861…

  • THE GENERATIONAL DIVIDE IN ENGLISH STUDIES (IN SPAIN)

    A week ago, as soon as I returned from the national conference of English Studies, I sent a joint email to five young scholars who had discussed SF in their presentations. I presented myself as the Spanish representative of the Science Fiction Research Association and the author of a recent book on masculinity and SF.…

  • LA BRECHA GENERACIONAL EN LOS ESTUDIOS INGLESES (EN ESPAÑA)

    Hace una semana, en cuanto regresé del congreso nacional de Estudios Ingleses, envié un mensaje conjunto a cinco jóvenes investigadoras que habían hablado sobre ciencia ficción en sus presentaciones. Me presenté como representante española de la Science Fiction Research Association y autora de un libro reciente sobre masculinidad y ciencia ficción. Les expliqué que el…

  • THIRTY YEARS OF CULTURAL STUDIES IN SPAIN: SUCCESS AND FAILURE

    I have just come back from Vitoria-Gasteiz, where the colleagues of the English Department at the University of the Basque Country have organized the 48th AEDEAN conference, a yearly meeting which gathers together many Spanish specialists in English Studies. David Walton, a recently retired teacher at the Universidad de Murcia, and a dear colleague, proposed…