{"id":28,"date":"2013-03-13T11:51:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T11:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/blog\/"},"modified":"2025-01-05T14:05:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T14:05:31","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<form role=\"search\" method=\"get\" action=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/\" class=\"wp-block-search__button-inside wp-block-search__text-button aligncenter wp-block-search\"    ><label class=\"wp-block-search__label screen-reader-text\" for=\"wp-block-search__input-1\" >Cerca<\/label><div class=\"wp-block-search__inside-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 464px\"><input class=\"wp-block-search__input\" id=\"wp-block-search__input-1\" placeholder=\"\" value=\"\" type=\"search\" name=\"s\" required \/><button aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"wp-block-search__button wp-element-button\" type=\"submit\" >Search<\/button><\/div><\/form>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2022\/09\/imagen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2280\" style=\"width:465px;height:269px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2022\/09\/imagen.png 1000w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2022\/09\/imagen-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2022\/09\/imagen-768x445.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Joys of Teaching Literature<\/em>, 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/ddd.uab.cat\/record\/116328\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ddd.uab.cat\/record\/116328\">yearly volumes<\/a> for free or read the volume collecting some of the entries (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/editorial.ujaen.es\/libro\/passionate-professing-the-context-and-practice-of-english-literature_149716\/\">Passionate Professing: The Context and Practice of English Literature<\/a><\/em>, 2023). The comments option is not available, sorry, but you may contact me through my e-mail address, <a href=\"mailto:Sara.Martin@uab.cat\">Sara.Martin@uab.cat<\/a>. The contents of this blog are protected by a type 4 Creative Common License (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd)<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4577 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-research category-teaching-tools-and-rules category-university tag-department-history tag-full-professors tag-legislation\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/07\/27\/our-place-in-history-reflexions-on-the-evolution-of-the-university-in-spain\/\" target=\"_self\" >OUR PLACE IN HISTORY: REFLEXIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSITY (IN SPAIN)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-27T08:07:36+00:00\">27 de juliol de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In my last post I cited the doctoral dissertation by Leonardo S\u00e1nchez Ferrer, currently of the Universidad de Burgos, Pol\u00edticas de reforma universitaria en Espa\u00f1a: 1983-1993 (1996). I downloaded it to take a quick look, and ended up devouring it, given its informative, reader-friendly tone. PhD dissertations are not a genre I tend to read&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4575 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-docencia category-investigacion tag-ayudante tag-catedras tag-catedratico tag-departamentos-universitarios tag-legislacion tag-leonardo-sanchez-ferrer tag-universidad\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/07\/27\/nuestro-lugar-en-la-historia-reflexiones-sobre-la-evolucion-de-la-universidad-en-espana\/\" target=\"_self\" >NUESTRO LUGAR EN LA HISTORIA: REFLEXIONES SOBRE LA EVOLUCI\u00d3N DE LA UNIVERSIDAD (EN ESPA\u00d1A)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-27T07:48:35+00:00\">27 de juliol de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">En mi \u00faltima entrada cit\u00e9 la tesis doctoral Pol\u00edticas de reforma universitaria en Espa\u00f1a: 1983-1993 (1996) de Leonardo S\u00e1nchez Ferrer, profesor hoy de la Universidad de Burgos. La descargu\u00e9 para echar un vistazo r\u00e1pido y acab\u00e9 devor\u00e1ndola, por su tono informativo y divulgativo. Las tesis doctorales no son un g\u00e9nero que suelo leer a menos&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4572 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-research category-teaching-tools-and-rules tag-department-history tag-ley-de-reforma-universitaria-lru tag-ley-organica-del-sistema-universitario-losu tag-spanish-university tag-university-departments\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/07\/20\/the-death-of-university-departments-two-variants\/\" target=\"_self\" >THE DEATH OF UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS: TWO VARIANTS<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-20T13:18:47+00:00\">20 de juliol de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The Department I work for, the English and German Department of UAB, is very confused about its own history, meaning that we don\u2019t really know where we come from. We have not bothered so far to keep track of our main events and their chronological progression, and I don\u2019t know whether we\u2019re typical or atypical&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4569 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-docencia category-investigacion tag-catedras tag-departamentos-universitarios tag-ley-de-reforma-universitaria-lru tag-ley-organica-del-sistema-universitario-losu tag-universidad-espanola\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/07\/20\/la-muerte-de-los-departamentos-universitarios-dos-variantes\/\" target=\"_self\" >LA MUERTE DE LOS DEPARTAMENTOS UNIVERSITARIOS: DOS VARIANTES<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-20T13:16:07+00:00\">20 de juliol de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">El departamento universitario para el que trabajo, el Departamento de Filolog\u00eda Inglesa y de German\u00edstica de la UAB, est\u00e1 muy confundido respecto a su propia historia: es decir, no sabemos de d\u00f3nde venimos. Hasta ahora no nos hemos molestado en llevar un registro de nuestros eventos principales ni de su progresi\u00f3n cronol\u00f3gica, y no s\u00e9&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4562 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-academic-writing category-english-studies category-students category-teaching-tools-and-rules tag-ba-dissertation tag-chatgpt tag-oral-exams\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/07\/13\/getting-rid-of-ba-dissertations-and-vindicating-oral-exams-a-proposal\/\" target=\"_self\" >GETTING RID OF BA DISSERTATIONS AND VINDICATING ORAL EXAMS: A PROPOSAL<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-13T10:17:32+00:00\">13 de juliol de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In my Department\u2019s recent meeting about the last batch of BA (or, as we call them, TFG) dissertations we have assessed, we already considered the possibility of suppressing them in the near future. This is not for us to decide, but we work on the assumption that, sooner or later, our school or UAB, if&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<nav class=\"wp-block-query-pagination is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-query-pagination-is-layout-f6d872f4 wp-block-query-pagination-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Paginaci\u00f3\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-numbers\"><span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\">1<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-1-page=2\">2<\/a>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-1-page=3\">3<\/a>\n<span class=\"page-numbers dots\">&hellip;<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-1-page=205\">205<\/a><\/div>\n\n<a href=\"\/saramartinalegre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28?query-1-page=2\" class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-next\">P\u00e0gina seg\u00fcent<span class='wp-block-query-pagination-next-arrow is-arrow-chevron' aria-hidden='true'>\u00bb<\/span><\/a>\n<\/nav>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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