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Corpus 2023 — Vulnerability and Transformative Hope

Andrea Llano Busta (University of Salamanca) has compiled the recommendations of project members into a corpus of audiovisual and written texts. With over two hundred entries, the list may prove useful to students and teachers in secondary and tertiary education, who may likewise benefit from the corpora created in previous years — 2020 , 2021 , 2022 .
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W/Righting Trajectories of Diaspora

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On March 14 th , the University of Salamanca held the seminar "W/Righting Trajectories of Diaspora," led by Dr. Rohini Bannerjee ( @RohiniBannerjee ), Professor of French and Associate Vice-President of Diversity Excellence at Saint Mary's University, Halifax. The event, attended by a full house, was organized by the Department of English Philology at USAL and the research group Narrating Resilience, Achieving Happiness - NARESH as part of the project Narrating Resilience, Achieving Happiness? Toward a Cultural Narratology (PID2020-113190-GB-C22), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. The programme included a Q&A session on Dr. Bannerjee’s short story “The Landing,” a creative writing workshop and several lectures on diasporic identities and the humanities.
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Film and Literary Recommendations (2022–2023)

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In a series of videos, students in the module “Race, Gender, Sexuality, Cinema and Theatre in English-Speaking Cultures” at the University of Salamanca adopt a critical approach to current issues such as racism and misogyny by analyzing films, TV series, news articles and social media posts, among other sources. Below are some examples of their timely work. • Samuel Amador Vicente, Pablo Crespo Arias, Jesús Delgado Ponce & Ernesto Sentenac Martín · Green Book   S. Amador, P. Crespo, J. Delgado & E. Sentenac | Green Book   • Celia Arroyo Riolobos, Isabel Duque Zavala, Manuel Felipe Matellán & Eva Fernández Belloso · Black Lives Matter   C. Arroyo, I. Duque, M. Felipe & E. Fernández | Black Lives Matter   • Isabel Francoso Fernández, Zaira González Lorenzo, Gloria Grande Almoguera & Sofía Mielgo Giralde · The Deep Urgency of Being Heard: The Intertwining of Public Opinion and Misogyny in the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard Trial   I. Francoso, Z. González, G. Grande &am
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