DELC Research Seminar Series: Anna Klobucka In brief Date - 12 February 2026Venue - Room G.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Professor Anna Klobucka (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)Title - Among Women: Cultural Agency, Sociability, and Sexuality on the Margins of Portuguese Modernism About the eventThis talk is based on a book project that aims to tell an alternative story of the modernist period in Portugal through the prism of women’s emancipation and new forms of social and cultural agency.The discussion focuses on how this period provides unique opportunities for anti-heteronormative disidentification, stimulated by transnational networking—in the Iberian context and beyond—and in close alignment with the first wave of feminist activism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.This talk will be in English and followed by a Q&A.About the speakerAnna Klobucka is Commonwealth Professor Emerita in Portuguese and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She holds an MA in Iberian Studies from the University of Warsaw (Poland) and a PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University (1993).She has published extensively on the representations of gender and sexuality in Portuguese literature and culture. In 2022, she held a Fulbright research fellowship to Portugal for her current book project, discussed in this seminar.How to attendThis event is free to attend and open to all. No registration is required - just come along!About the seminar seriesThe DELC Research Seminar Series (DRSS) encourages collaboration and coproduction between staff and students across European Languages and Cultures and beyond.Entry is free and everyone is welcome. No registration is necessary.Are you interested in studying European Languages and Cultures?Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in nine European languages, and the many cultures worldwide in which they're spoken, with experts in film, literature, theatre, translation and intermediality. Working with colleagues elsewhere in LLC, and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about studying with us Tags European Languages and Cultures Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Feb 12 2026 17.00 - 18.30 DELC Research Seminar Series: Anna Klobucka An in-person seminar by Professor Anna Klobucka (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth) discussing Portuguese women’s modernist writing in the early 20th century. Room G.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
DELC Research Seminar Series: Anna Klobucka In brief Date - 12 February 2026Venue - Room G.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Professor Anna Klobucka (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)Title - Among Women: Cultural Agency, Sociability, and Sexuality on the Margins of Portuguese Modernism About the eventThis talk is based on a book project that aims to tell an alternative story of the modernist period in Portugal through the prism of women’s emancipation and new forms of social and cultural agency.The discussion focuses on how this period provides unique opportunities for anti-heteronormative disidentification, stimulated by transnational networking—in the Iberian context and beyond—and in close alignment with the first wave of feminist activism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.This talk will be in English and followed by a Q&A.About the speakerAnna Klobucka is Commonwealth Professor Emerita in Portuguese and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She holds an MA in Iberian Studies from the University of Warsaw (Poland) and a PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University (1993).She has published extensively on the representations of gender and sexuality in Portuguese literature and culture. In 2022, she held a Fulbright research fellowship to Portugal for her current book project, discussed in this seminar.How to attendThis event is free to attend and open to all. No registration is required - just come along!About the seminar seriesThe DELC Research Seminar Series (DRSS) encourages collaboration and coproduction between staff and students across European Languages and Cultures and beyond.Entry is free and everyone is welcome. No registration is necessary.Are you interested in studying European Languages and Cultures?Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in nine European languages, and the many cultures worldwide in which they're spoken, with experts in film, literature, theatre, translation and intermediality. Working with colleagues elsewhere in LLC, and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about studying with us Tags European Languages and Cultures Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Feb 12 2026 17.00 - 18.30 DELC Research Seminar Series: Anna Klobucka An in-person seminar by Professor Anna Klobucka (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth) discussing Portuguese women’s modernist writing in the early 20th century. Room G.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
Feb 12 2026 17.00 - 18.30 DELC Research Seminar Series: Anna Klobucka An in-person seminar by Professor Anna Klobucka (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth) discussing Portuguese women’s modernist writing in the early 20th century.
