8th Cycle of Women and Men Writers in the Classroom (2025-2026)

SECOND TERM

The Vice-Dean's Office for Culture, Equality, Inclusive Policies and Sustainability will continue the ‘Authors in the Classroom’ series during the 2025-2026 academic year.

The purpose of this programme is to encourage the presence in the classroom of individuals who, in their fields of creation and research, are current leaders in culture and science. The main objective of the programme is to promote dialogue between the University and society, in order to encourage debate in the classroom on artistic, cultural, political, scientific, creative and other issues.

PROGRAMME

# Eduardo Herrero Vázquez (Architectural Graphic Expression) │Workshop “How to resonate with ECO beyond the classroom: projects that tell a story and resonate” │ Presented by: Antonio Constán│06.02.2026│10 a.m. │ Classroom S-05

# Jorge Picó (Dramatic Art and Dramatic Literature) │ ‘Worlds of Madness and Love: Encounter with Jorge Picó, Director of Los locos de Valencia (IVC), by Lope de Vega’ │ Presented by: Clara Monzó │ 9 February 2026 │ 5:30 p.m. │ Salón de Grados

# Sergio A. Soria Velázquez (Law) │“Fundamentals of the Spanish legal system: tools for translation/ Fonaments del sistema jurídic espanyol: eines per a traduir” │ Presented by: Natalia Campos │24 February 2026│10 a.m. │ Classroom 406

# Federico López-Terra (Researcher, translator and interpreter) │“Introduction to Conference Interpreting. Basic principles for documentation” │Presented by: Violeta Martínez-Paricio│03.03.2026│10:30 a.m.│Manuel Sanchis Guarner Lecture Hall

# Ignacio Cabanes (Journalism) │ ‘Covering crime and courts: the keys to good journalism’ │ Presented by: Adolfo Carratalá │ 03.03.2026 │ 12 p.m │ Room 206

# Lucía Sesma Prieto (Linguistics) │“Words in Action”│Presented by: Virginia González │ 5 March 2026 │3 p.m. │ Classroom 401

# Xavier Serra Labrado (Catalan Language and Literature) │“Literature and Reality”│ Presented by: Rafael Roca │12.03.2026 │10 a.m. │Classroom 403

# Juan Antonio González Iglesias (Poet and Professor of Latin Philology) │ ‘The song of the summer sounds louder than the Aeneid: poetry and philology with Juan Antonio González Iglesias’ │ Presented by: Miguel Arche│24.03.2026│12 p.m.│ Classroom S-02

# Dirk Grupe (History of Science and Philology) │“Medieval Arabic Science: Philology and Analysis of Astrophysical Models”│Presented by: María José Parra│25 March 2026│3 p.m. │Room 403

# Lucía Franco (Journalism) │ ‘Framing Latin American migration in Spanish journalism’ │ Presented by: Raquel Tarullo│20.04.2026│12 p.m │Room 402

# Graciela Rock Mora (Gender and Public Policy) │ “Political Philosophy in Times of Collapse” │ Presented by: Julia Haba │ 20 April 2026 │ 4 p.m. │ Classroom 402

# Marta Pascual and Marta Galindo (Multimedia Journalism) │ ‘Journalism through social networks’ │ Presented by: María Iranzo │ 21.04.2026 │ 10:30 a.m │ Room 206

# Alexandra Philbin (Sociology, teaching and translation of minority languages) │ "Translating from Irish and English into Catalan. Stylistics of translation as a means of language learning"│Presented by: Iván Carbonell │23.04.2026│10 p.m │Room S-06

# Serge Lamothe (Quebec-based Francophone writer, poet and playwright) │ "Meeting with the students of the course the author teaches on the programme: Studies in Poetry in the French Language"│ Presented by: Yauheniya Yakubovich Yakubovich │ 23.04.2026 │ 15 p.m │ Room 105

# Eva Márquez (Radio Journalism) │ ‘From FM to podcast: reinventing oneself in the sound universe’ │ Presented by: Raquel Tarullo │ 28.04.2026 │ 15:30 p.m │ Classroom 206 

# Pau Sanchis i Ferrer (Traductor, poeta i editor) │ “Reptes actuals al món de la traducció: entre la fascinació i la inestabilitat” │ Presenta: Begonya Pozo │ 04.05.2025 │15h │ Aula S-01