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Year Abroad stories: Anu Abicht
In this blog post, Spanish MA (Hons) student Anu Abicht writes about how she discovered a passion for teaching yoga during her Year Abroad in Almería, Spain.
How Latin American feminist theory can help battle toxic masculinity
Elisabeth Goemans, a PhD candidate in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, tells us about writing an opinion piece for the newspaper De Standaard, and what happened next.
Meet our graduates: Harry Richards
We talk to Harry about how his year abroad in Mexico and Colombia inspired him to write a feature film.
Shaping the Sustainable European University
Students of Spanish, Rachel Weller and Gabriel Vargas, talk to us about their involvement in the second Una Europa Student Congress.
What’s it like to be a virtual language ambassador?
Recent French and Spanish MA (Hons) graduate, Anna, talks us through her final year experience.
Meet our graduates: Damian Platt MBE
We talk to the author of “Nothing by Accident: Brazil on the Edge” about how studying Spanish at Edinburgh led to a career in human rights and building a world-class skatepark.
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Event listing
Intercambio de miradas: Guatemalan Ethnographic and Participatory Media
An in-person discussion between Dr Alejandra Colom Bickford (Universidad del Valle de Guatemala) and Dr Alejandro Flores Aguilar (University of Edinburgh), in collaboration with the School of History, Classics and Archaeology and the School of GeoSciences.
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Andrea Jeftanovic, Novelista Chilena
A free, in-person event with Chilean author Andrea Jeftanovic in conversation with Dr Barbara Castillo Büttinghausen (University of Edinburgh), including a reading and discussion on themes from Jeftanovic's debut novel Theatre of War.
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