ADOLESCENCE: UNA CONVERSACIÓN LIMITADA

ADVERTENCIA: ESPÓILERS La miniserie británica distribuida por Netflix Adolescence, creada por Stephen Graham y Jack Thorne, ha conquistado el mundo, iniciando al fin una conversación general largamente esperada sobre la influencia de la manosfera en el comportamiento agresivo y misógino de los chicos adolescentes. La serie, de cuatro episodios, solo mantiene un mínimo suspense en […]

FIVE YEARS AGO: THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION

Five years ago today, on 13 March 2025, Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez declared the state of emergency, in view of the alarming expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causing Covid-19. Today, many other persons and media are considering the impact of the pandemic on our lives and, in particular, on education. I don’t have anything to […]

HACE CINCO AÑOS: EL IMPACTO DE LA COVID-19 EN LA EDUCACIÓN

Hoy, 13 de marzo, hace cinco años que el presidente del Gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez, declaró el estado de alarma, ante la inquietante expansión del coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 causante de la Covid-19. Hoy en día, muchas otras personas y medios de comunicación están considerando el impacto de la pandemia en nuestras vidas y, en particular, en […]

SOME THOUGHTS ON MISOGYNISTIC AGEISM: FROM GREY HAIR TO DEMI MOORE

On Thursday we received at UAB the visit of our colleagues from the CELCA (Centre for English Languages and Literatures) of the Universitat de Lleida, an institute that gathers together the research groups Ratnakara, which specializes currently in Indian Ocean literatures, and Dedal-Lit, which deals with Age Studies (please take a look at the forthcoming […]

TWO PROJECTS WITH STUDENTS: MINISERIES AND REVIEWS

I have published this week not one but TWO books gathering works written by my students. As I have been narrating here, I started publishing students’ work back in 2013-14, when I edited two volumes on Harry Potter. I became then hooked on project-oriented teaching for BA and MA subjects, mostly electives, and these new […]

DOS PROYECTOS CON ESTUDIANTES: MINISERIES Y RESEÑAS

Esta semana he publicado no uno, sino DOS libros que recopilan trabajos escritos por mis alumnos. Como he estado narrando aquí, comencé a publicar los trabajos de los estudiantes en 2013-14, cuando edité dos volúmenes sobre Harry Potter. Entonces me enganché a la enseñanza orientada a proyectos para las asignaturas de Grado y Máster, en […]

SEX ON THE SCREEN: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?

Even though I write plenty about gender, I don’t write about sex because, being a Victorian at heart, I believe this is a very private matter. I don’t mean that sex should not be discussed (of course it should!), but that it is difficult to participate in the discussion because there is only a certain […]