ISA

International Studies Abroad (ISA) is a leading company in the sector of study abroad programs by providing enriching educational and transformational experiences for students all over the world. It was founded with the vision of developing intercultural understanding and global impressions, with ISA becoming a trustworthy entity that connects students to exceptional educational opportunities in many destinations.

ISA offers a wide range of academic programs which include the study of languages and specialized courses in many fields of study. It has a strategic association with high quality educational institutions through out the world to guarantee solid and relevant educational experiences adapted to the individual necessities and interests of students.

What differentiates ISA from others is its complete commitment to the well-being and security of participants. The entity strives to provide a secure and supportive learning environment by offering orientation before as well as during and after the program. Also, ISA facilitates cultural immersion and offering students opportunities, so they are involved in the local community by participating in cultural activities and expanding their understanding of the world.

With a team dedicated to global network of resources, ISA has paved the way students to explore, learn and grow through educational experiences that transcend frontiers- The entity has been built as a bridge between cultures to create opportunities for students to develop a global perspective and to be prepared for a more connected world.

Programme:

2025 (Coming soon)

2024

From 15-01-2024 to 11-05-2024

Reference	Subject	Teaching hours
SPA 451	Spanish cinema	45h
SPA 444	Mediterranean civilisation and culture	45h
SPA 446	Panorama of Spanish Literature: From Neoclassicism to the Contemporary	45h
SPA 431	Spanish culture, history, art and tradition	45h

From 27-05-2024 to 27-06-2024 SUMMER 1

Reference	Subject	Teaching hours
SPA 301	Intermediate Spanish grammar	45h
SPA 332	Intermediate Spanish culture	45h
SPA 433	Advanced Spanish culture	45h
SPA 401	Advanced Spanish grammar	45h
SPA 451	Advanced Spanish cinema	45h

From 01-07-2024 to 01-08-2024 SUMMER 2

Reference	Subject	Teaching hours
SPA 451	Spanish cinema	45h
SPA 446	Panorama of Spanish Literature: From Neoclassicism to the Contemporary	45h

From 01-07-2024 to 06-08-2024 SUMMER 3 FLORIDA

Reference	Subject	Teaching hours
SPN 3472	Advanced communicative Spanish abroad	45h
SPN 2471	Spanish culture	45h

2023

From January to May 2023

Reference	Subject	Teaching hours
SPA 401	Spanish grammar	45h
SPA 431	Spanish culture	45h
SPA 461	Phonetics and phonology	45h
SPA 444	Mediterranean civilisation and culture	45h

From 30-05-2023 to 30-06-2023

Reference	Subject	Teaching hours
SPA 440	Panorama of advanced Spanish literature	45h
SPA 433	Advanced Spanish culture	45h
SPA 332	Intermediate Spanish culture	45h
SPA 451	Advanced Spanish cinema	45h
SPA 301	Intermediate Spanish grammar	45h

From 03-07-2023 to 03-08-2023

Reference	Subject	Teaching hours
SPA 401	Spanish grammar	45h
SPA 431	Spanish culture, history, art and tradition	45h
SPA 451	Advanced Spanish cinema	45h

From 03-07-2023 to 07-08-2023 SUMMER 3 FLORIDA

Reference	Subject	Teaching hours
SPN 3472	Advanced communicative Spanish abroad	45h
SPN 2471	Spanish culture	45h

Faculty:

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Name and surname	Address	+ info	Biography
AGUILAR RUIZ, MANUEL JOSE PDI-Associat/Da Universitari/A	Departamento de Filología Española Facultad de Filología, Traducción y Comunicación Universitat de València Av. Blasco Ibáñez, núm. 32, 3.º, despacho 13, buzón núm. 126. Teléfono: 96 386 41 00 ext. 51072 96 386 41 00 (D) manuel.j.aguilar@uv.es	Personal file	Biography
- Doctorado en Estudios Hispánicos Avanzados, Universidad de Valencia (2021) Tesis: "Los neologismos fraseológicos como palabras idiomáticas en locuciones en español: morfología y clasificación". Directora: M.ª Virginia González García - Máster de Lexicografía Hispánica, Real Academia Española/Universidad de León (2015) TFM: "Las palabras idiomáticas en la fraseología española: elaboración de un inventario a partir de su tratamiento lexicográfico en el DRAE y el DEA". Director: Mario García-Page Sánchez - Diploma de Posgrado en Metodología y Didáctica del Español como Lengua Extranjera, Universidad de Valencia (2014) - Posgrado: Certificado de Especialización en Edición de Textos Medievales, Universidad de Valencia (2012) - Máster de Estudios Hispánicos Avanzados, Universidad de Valencia (2010) TFM: "El componente léxico 'mar' en las unidades fraseológicas en castellano". Directora: M.ª Teresa Echenique Elizondo - Licenciatura en Filología Clásica, Universidad de Granada (2005) Codificador del banco de datos Corpus del español del siglo XXI (CORPES) de la Real Academia Española (RAE) a través del equipo de la Universitat de València (desde 2011) Colaborador en la redacción del Diccionario histórico de la lengua española (DHLE) de la Real Academia Española (RAE) (desde 2022) Colaborador en la digitalización del Diccionario del español actual (DEA) de Seco, Andrés y Ramos (desde 2023) Colaborador del proyecto de I+D+i PID2020-117659GB-100 Tesoro Lexicográfico del Español en América (TLEAM) del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (2021) Miembro del comité editorial de Phrasis. Rivista di studi fraseologici e paremiologici de la Associazione Italiana di Fraseologia e Paremiologia Phrasis (desde 2016) y FRASEOLEX (Revista Internacional de Fraseología y Lexicología) (desde 2022) Comité evaluador de las revistas Sintagma, Revista de Lingüística, RILEX. Revista sobre investigaciones léxicas, Foro de Profesores de E/LE, International Journal of Language and Linguistics, Normas. Revista de Estudios Lingüísticos Hispánicos, Revista de Lenguas para fines específicos, Estudios Filológicos (Universidad Austral de Chile), Forum for Linguistic Studies y Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics Coordinador del equipo de español de la revista Euroamerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, Texas A&M University-Commerce, EE. UU. (2014-2018)
CHOVER LAFARGA, ANA MARIA PDI-Substitut/A	20380 anna.chover@uv.es	Personal file
FUENTE SOLER, MANUEL DE LA PDI-Titular d'UniversitatCap de Seccio-ServeiCap d'Iniciatives d'Aula de Cinema i Musiques Urbanes	51102 manuel.delafuente@uv.es	Personal file	Biography
Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Valencia (Spain). He has been researching the history of cinema and the political effects of popular culture while his main teaching interests focus on documentary film, Spanish film, popular music and audio-visual translation. He also served as a research fellow and a visiting professor in Europe, North America, South America and Asia. He coordinated the Master’s Degree in Interculturality, Communication and European Studies at the University of Valencia and the Marie-Curie research projects “Cultural narratives of crisis and renewal” and "Archives in transition. Collective memories and subaltern uses" at the same institution. He has published many articles dedicated to cinema and music in various international journals. He has also authored books such as “Frank Zappa en el infierno. El rock como movilización para la disidencia política” (Madrid, Biblioteca Nueva, 2006) “Madrid. Visiones cinematográficas de los años 1950 a los años 2000” (Neuilly-sur-Seine, Atlande, 2014), and edited others, such as “Cine, imagen y representación en Guy Debord” (Valencia, Tirant, 2019). He also translated the memoirs of rock musicians Roger Daltrey, Robby Krieger and Frank Zappa into Spanish.
ESPAÑA PALOP, EDUARDO PDI-Prof. Permanent Laboral Ppl	83828 (D) eduardo.espana@uv.es	Personal file
GRANELL TOLEDO, MONICA PDI-Substitut/APIT-Tecnic/a Sup Uv	96 386 4245 (D) monica.granell@uv.es	Personal file
GONZALEZ-ESPRESATI GARCIA-MEDALL, CARLOS PDI-Associat/Da Universitari/A	carlos.gonzalez-espresati@uv.es	Personal file
MARCET HERRANZ, ANA PDI-Prof. Permanent Laboral Ppl	ana.marcet@uv.es	Personal file
MESTRE PEREZ, ROSANNA PDI-Titular d'UniversitatCoordinador/a de Mobilitat	51104 rosanna.mestre@uv.es	Personal file	Biography
PhD in Hispanic Philology (2000), with a doctoral thesis on Spanish cinema. Bachelor's Degree in Hispanic Philology (1990), Bachelor's Degree in Audiovsual Communication (1997) and a Degree in Audiovisual Languages (1993), at University of Valencia. She has been a Visiting Instructor of Spanish at Longwood College, VA (EEUU) (1998-99), currently Longwood University. Since 1999 she teaches at University of Valencia (UV). She has taught undergraduated and graduated courses in Audiovisual Communication, undergraduated courses in Journalism and in Multimedia Engineering at University of Valencia, undergraduated courses at Longwood College, and graduated courses at its headquarters in Mérida (Venezuela) and at University of Oriente at Santiago de Cuba. She has also taught Spanish Cinema, among others classes, in Spanish and English, in several programs of Spanish for USA students (UVA, ISA, UNC and ISU) offered by the International Relations and Cooperation Service at University of Valencia (1990-2017). Her research lines are the relations between cinema and tourism, and digital communication. Regardingt the first one, she is co-PI of the international research project Qualitative and quantitative analysis of tourism-inducing factors in audiovisual fiction and their effects on audiences and potential tourists, ref. PID2020-112668GB-I00, funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) of the Spanish Government, at University of Valencia, together with Jorge Nieto Ferrando (Universitat de Lleida). She is the director of the international research team CITur (Cinema, Imaginary and Tourism) at University of Valencia which is a pioneer in Spain regarding the academic research on the relations between cinema and tourism. CITur has developed projects with funding from Generalitat Valenciana (2005-06), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (2012-14) and from Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (2014-20). She has been PI of the previous research project, with Antonia del Rey Reguillo, founder of CITur in 2005. Among her most recent publications in this field there are: -2025 "Can Tourist Poster Films Promote Tourism to a Featured Destination? Indian Fictional Tourist’s Representation in Spain", in N. Graburn, M. Gravari-Barbas and J-F. Staszak (eds.) Handbook of Tourism Imaginaries. Edward Elgar Publishing. With M. C. Puche-Ruiz (to be published). - 2022 "Entre txantxigorri y txacolin: rutas literarias y cinematográficas que dinamizan el turismo neolocal en el valle del Baztán", en A. del Rey Reguillo y R. Mestre Pérez (coords.), Cine español actual, patrimonio autóctono y turismo, pp. 151-206, Gedisa. - 2021 "Film Commissions hoy: el cine al servicio de los rodajes y el turismo", pp. 91-100; "El turismo moderno en el cine español", pp. 191-200; "Posturismo en el cine español contemporáneo", pp. 201-215, en A.del Rey Reguillo (ed.), La huella del turismo en un siglo de cine español (1916-2015), Síntesis. - 2021 62 crítical sheets in A. del Rey Reguillo (ed.), Antología del cine turístico (1916-2015). Síntesis. - 2020 "Secular Re-Symbolisation of the Santiago Pilgrimage in Spanish Cinema: the Case of The Way and Road to Santiago", L’Atalante. Revista de estudios cinematográficos, nº30, pp. 17-32. - 2020 "España, plató de cine: claroscuros de las rutas de cine y televisión". Revista de Estudios Turísticos, nº 220, pp. 9-31. - 2018 "Japan in Spain. Japanese culture through Spanish eyes in the film Gisaku", Arts, 7(4), 93, Special Issue on Japanese Transnational Cinema, pp. 1-14. With regard to the second line of research, she has been a member of the R&D group Mediaflows in el project "Ecología de la desinformación: la construcción de las noticias falsas y su impacto en el espacio público" (AICO2020/224) led by Guillermo López García (Universitat de València). She also has been part of the research team led by Josep Gifreu Pinsach (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) that worked on television and migration (2001-03). She led two projects of educational innovation at University of Valencia on cooperative work and use of ICT (2009-10 and 2010-11). She has participated in El Mur, a transmedia project (2019-20). She is part of two other innovation projects, NAPCED 4-0 (blog) focused on digital literary genres and multimedial formats (since 2021-22) and IA.com, that explores the possibilities of artificial intelligence in higher education (since 2023-24). Among her most recent publications in this field there are: -2023 "Perspectivas emergentes de los medios españoles sobre la IA en la educación superior", en A. Martos Martínez et al. (comp.) Innovación Docente e Investigación en Educación: Nuevas tendencias para el cambio en la enseñanza superior (pp. 437-447). Madrid: Dykinson, con Vanessa Roger Monzó y Yolanda Cabrera García-Ochoa. - 2023 “La deconstrucción de la información: tipologías de desinformación en redes sociales”, en G. López García (ed.). Ecología de la desinformación y su impacto en el espacio público (pp. 113-136). New York: Peter Lang, con Lorena Cano-Orón, Dafne Calvo y Marta Meneu (DOI). - 2023 “Creation of digital literary genres in the Degree of Audiovisual Communication”, in Conference Proceedings CIVAE 2023 / MusicoGuía (ed. lit.), 2023, ISBN 978-84-124511-9-1, págs. 251-255, with Nel·lo Pellisser Rossell. - 2021: Media crisis and disinformation: the participation of digital newspapers in the dissemination of a denialist hoax, El Profesional de la Información, vol. 30, nº 4, con Lorena Cano-Orón, Dafne Calvo y Germán Llorca-Abad. She has participated in more than fifty scientific events in China, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, the Netherlands or Portugal, besides Spain. She has served as the director of Aula de Cinema at University of Valencia (2001-02).
OLIVARES TORRES, ENRIQUE PDI-Ajudant Doctor/A	Departament d'Història de l'Art Facultat de Geografia i Història Avd. Blasco Ibáñez, 28 (9639) 83416 enrique.olivares@uv.es	Personal file	Biography
ENRIC OLIVARES TORRES (Algemesí, 1978) is a graduate and PhD in Art History and an assistant professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Valencia since 2022. Prior to that year, and since 2016, he was an associate professor in the same department. He also worked as a secondary school teacher at the private school Maria Auxiliadora in Algemesí from 2010 to 2022. He was a research fellow at the Museum of the City of Valencia (2002), the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia (2008), and the Department of Art History at the University of Valencia (2003-2007). His main research interests focus on Valencian art and ritual manifestations in the Valencian festive context, as well as studies of visual culture and Christian iconography, to which he has dedicated several monographs and articles in specialized journals. He has participated in the cataloging, assembly, and curating of exhibitions on the work of various Valencian artists from the 19th and 20th centuries, such as Juli Peris Brell, Manuel Benedito, Manuel Sigüenza, Leonardo Borràs, Juan Francés, and more recently, Josep Renau, to whom he dedicated the exhibition Josep Renau and the Time of Images (2022). He also contributed to the development of the guide for the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia in 2008. He is the author or co-author of the works Ceràmica devocional d’Algemesí (2005); El Bolero d'Algemesí. Cent anys del Ball de les Llauradores (2006); Temps de casinos. El Casino Lliberal d’Algemesí (2007); La colección de arte Adolfo de Azcárraga del Ayuntamiento de Valencia (2009); Iconografia de sant Jaume cavaller. El retaule major d’Algemesí (2011); Un projecte insòlit. Els relleus de Leonardo Borràs (2017); Festes, danses i processons als arxius de la Casa Insa (2018) o Els guerrers de la festa. La dansa dels tornejants en la tradició valenciana (2022), among other publications. He is part of the research group APES (Visual Culture Studies) and is a member of the Spanish Society of Emblematics. Since 2023, he also directs the Chair of Traditional Music and Dance.
RAMOS GAY, IGNACIO PDI-Catedratic/a d'UniversitatCoordinador/a de MobilitatCoordinador/a Curs	(9639) 83567 ignacio.ramos@uv.es	Personal file	Biography
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RODRIGUEZ VARELA, RITA PDI-Ajudant Doctor/A	Departament de Filologia Francesa i Italiana Facultat de Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació Universitat de València Despatx 40 83532 rita.rodriguez@uv.es	Personal file	Biography
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Coordination:

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Photo	Name and surname	Address	+ info	Biography
	KOTWICA -, DOROTA MARIA PDI-Ajudant Doctor/A	Av. Blasco Ibáñez 32 46010 Valencia Facultad de Filología, Traducción y Comunicación, tercera planta, despacho 22 83308 dorota.kotwica@uv.es	Personal file	Biography
	Dorota Kotwica is a lecturer at the University of Valencia. She is part of the Val.Es.Co. research group and participates in the ESPRINT research project. Her main lines of research are pragmatics, discourse analysis, the categories of mitigation, intensification and evidentiality, and Spanish as a foreign language.