The DELILE members' stays

Professor: Mariona Sabaté Carrové

Destination: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Argentina

Period of the stay: from 22 August to 6 September 2023

Typology of the stay: teaching and learning stay. Grants for UdL staff. Academic course 22-23.

Activities: seminar 'Traducción Audiovisual Didáctica en la Educación Lingüística' and meetings to establish a bilateral agreement between both universities, focused on Double Degree in LLETRA and translation. 

Destation: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Noruega

Period of the stay: 16 March- June 2023

Typology of the stay: International predoctoral research stay

Activitats:

During my research stay, I aim to develop and acquire strategies, skills, and practical and theoretical knowledge which are useful for me as a young researcher in the areas of my quantitative and qualitative research, and to build links with other academics in my field. Dr Gessica de Angelis is a pioneer in the fields of multilingualism, assessment and testing, as shown in her recent 2021 publication, Multilingual Testing and Assessment, and her new position in the Department of Teacher Education at NTNU. My tasks at this institution focus on the observation of and the participation in activities led by the department and my supervisor in order to explore and be immersed in the research being conducted at NTNU. Another objective of my research stay is to design a seminar-presentation targeted at researchers from the Department of Teacher Education and other NTNU members and teachers who might be interested in plurilingualism, assesment and testing. The seminar is intended to show the research developed in our department and, more specifically, through my thesis and my research group GLOCIC.  

Professor: Enric Llurda Giménez

Destination: University of Vien

Period of the stay: 22-25 May 2023

Typology of the stay: Visiting profesor stay

Activities: participation in a seminar

Professor: Àngels Llanes Baró

Destination: University of Pretoria, Pretoria (South Africa)

Period of the stay: 26-30 September 2022

Typology of the stay: Teaching Stay, taking part of the Universitat de Lleida’s Eramus+ Exchange Programme with the University of Pretoria.

Professor: Enric Llurda Giménez

Destination: University of Verona, Italy

Period of the stay: from 11 to 14 April 2023

Typology of the stay: Erasmus Training Programme

Professor: Maricel Oró Piqueras

Destination: Università degli Studio di Palermo, Sicília

Period of the stay: from 28 to 31 March 2023

Typology of the stay:: Erasmus+

Activities: Staff Erasmus Exchange stay at the Facoltá de Letteres e Filosofía

Professor: Enric Llurda Giménez

Destination: ICU & Sophia University, Tokio

Period of the stay: from 23 November to 3 December 2022

Typology of the stay: teaching seminars at ICU and Sophia University , Tokio (Japón)

Activities:

Presentation of the following seminars:

• 'Challenges of Englishization of academic institutions in non-English-speaking countries'
• 'Algunas reflexiones sobre el mito del profesorado nativo de lenguas y cómo deshacerse de él'

Professor: Esther Pujolràs Noguer

Destination: University of Pretoria

Period of the stay: 26-30 September 2022

Typology of the stay: Teaching and Research Stay. The teaching stay is part of the Universitat de Lleida’s Eramus+ Exchange Programme with the University of Pretoria.

Activities: Dr Pujolràs-Noguer delivered the first Eng 120 lectures of the final quarter, on the intense and ongoing debates surrounding the critical reception of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, as part of Prof Corinne Sandwith’s lectures on the novella. Dr Pujolràs-Noguer’s lectures focused in particular on Chinua Achebe’s still-remarkable essay, ‘An Image of Africa’, Edward Said’s PhD thesis and later reflections, and a thought-provoking interview with Achebe conducted by Caryl Phillips.

On 29th September, the English Department held its first departmental research seminar since the onset of the pandemic, with international guest speakers. Dr Esther Pujolràs Noguer from the University of Lleida, and her colleague Dr Felicity Hand, from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona presented a research paper. The presentation, ‘Mourning and Resilience in Indian Ocean Life Writing’, introduced their co-authored book project of the same name.

Professor: Àngels Llanes Baró

Destination: University of Southampton

Period of the stay: 1 April -30 June 2022

Typology of the stay: Research

Activities: During her stay at the University of Southampton, professor Àngels Llanes designed, together with professor Laura Domínguez, a test to measure the grammar development of university students who participate in an Erasmus program in a country where English is used as a lingua franca.

Professor: Núria Mina Riera

Destination: University of Victoria (Canada)

Period of the stay: 1-30 June 2022

Typology of the stay: Research stay connected to her PhD dissertation (Scholarship awarded by the International Council for Canadian Studies)

Activities: A number of interviews with Lorna Crozier, author whose poetry Mina-Riera examines in her PhD dissertation, and with professors of Canadian literature on Crozier’s poetic work. Participation in the ALECC 2022 conference, 15-18 June, University of Saskatchewan, with a paper entitled “The Non-Human World as Teacher in Crozier’s Poetry.”

Professor: Enric Llurda Giménez

Destination: Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Finland)

Period of the stay: 2-6 May  2022

Typology of the stay : Erasmus+ Training

Activities: During his visit to Laurea University of Applied Sciences,invited by principal lecturer Taina Vuorela, professor Enric Llurda could share time with students and instructors at the Masters in Project Management, and had the opportunity to learn about the methodology of "Learning by developing" used at this institution.

Professor: Kateřina Valentová

Destination: University of Palacký, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Period of stay : 1 January - 1 March 2022

Typology of the stay : Research

Activities: Dr. Valentová has carried out a research stay in the field of comic studies, under the supervision of Professo Martin Foret. During this stay, she has conducted two conferences on graphic narratives:Carlos Giménez as the chronicler of Spanish history, and History of graphic narratives and tools of analysis.

Professor: Àngels Llanes Baró

Destination: University of Crete (Greece)

Period of the stay: 26 September - 1 October de 2021

Typology of the stay : Erasmus+ Training

Activities: Dr. Llanes has participated in teacher training program on Academic and Scientific Writing.

PhD research assistant: Júlia Calvet Terré

Destination: University of Vienna (Austra)

Period of the stay: 1 September - 30 Novembre 2021

Typology of the stay: Training stay

Activities: Stay at the University of Vienna, under the guidance of Dr. Ute Smit, a reference in the study of implementation and teaching in English at the university. The main objective of the stay is to gain knowledge about English as a medium of instruction and as a lingua franca in the university environment, as well as to make contact with other PhD students and to get to know the research that is being undertaken within the English department. 

Professor: Enric Llurda Giménez

Destination: University of Southampton (UK)

Period of the stay: August-Decembre 2021

Typology of the stay: Program 'Salvador de Madariaga 2019'

Activities: Dr. Enric Llurda has carried out a research stay at the Centre for Global Englishes, led by Dr. Will Baker. During this stay, he has taught some seminars and participated in meetings and other research activities.

Part-time Adjunct Professor: Diana Rodríguez Bonet

Destination: University of Chichester (United Kingdom)

Period of the stay: 29 June - 15 August 2021

Typology of the stay: Research stay

Activities: Research on fairy tales and folklore under the supervision by Dr. Paul Quinn. Interview British author Sally Gardner about her fairy tales’ rewritings.

Professor: Josep Maria Cots Caimons

Destination: University of Stirling (UK)

Period of the stay: 1 June - 31 July 2021

Typology of the stay: Research stay

Activities: The  stay involved collaborative research with Professors Angela Creese and Fiona Copland on the connections between multilingualism and internationalisation policies at university and the development of possible strategies to promote multilingualism and interculturality among both academic staff and students.