Albert Lloret

Portada de “L’art de portar gavardina” de Sergi Pàmies.

Final de paràgraf de probablement millor conte del llibre.

Rellegint #SergiPàmies.

In practically a wink, thanks to clunky but reliable Wordpress, I have moved all of my publications from the repository I had used to archive and organize them since I was in grad school to a new site: websites.umass.edu/lloret/

Coberta del catàleg de l’exposició 100 anys de Coses vistes.

Foto de la coberta de la primera edició de Coses vistes de Josep Pla

Portades d’altres llibres titulats ‘Coses vistes’ en francès i italià

Foto de Pla i primera pàgina del text ‘Coses vistes’ i la crisi de la novel·la, de Guillem Molla

#JosepPla #CosesVistes

Muy contento de haber podido contribuir a este número de Hispanic Review, que nos obligó a releer un texto clave. La cultura del Barroco, de José Antonio Maravall, @guerraenlauni.bsky.social @ucm.es @filologiaucm.bsky.social @santiperezisasi.bsky.social @cesarr
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55575 @eldiario.es

Readers have long been frustrated by Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken". Thanks to AI, it is now possible to explore BOTH of the paths described by the speaker

Arquitectura, esdevenir i estudis catalans En reconeixement de la designació de Barcelona per part de la UNESCO com a Capital Mundial de l’Arquitectura 2026, la North American Catalan Society dedicarà el seu 5è Seminari d’Estiu a l’arquitectura. Fent-nos ressò del tema proposat pel Congrés Mundial de la Unió Internacional d’Arquitectes, "Esdevenir: Arquitectures per a un Planeta en Transició", que també tindrà lloc a Barcelona el 2026, convidem propostes que explorin les interseccions entre l’arquitectura i els estudis catalans. Ens interessen especialment contribucions que abordin críticament els sis eixos temàtics del Congrés de la UIA: “becoming beyond-human, attuned, embodied, interdependent, hyper-conscious, circular.” Els temes poden incloure (entre d’altres): arquitectura i pensament ecològic; territoris urbans i rurals, locals i globals; el paper de l’espai construït en la llengua, la literatura i les polítiques identitàries catalanes; processos d’esdevenir i circularitat en l’espai i el temps arquitectònics i literaris; i les dimensions cíviques, artístiques o simbòliques de l’urbanisme i l’arquitectura catalanes. Acceptem múltiples formats, com ara estudis de casos, exploracions teòriques i investigacions pràctiques basades en disseny per part d'acadèmics de qualsevol disciplina que treballin a la intersecció de l'arquitectura i els estudis catalans en un sentit ampli. Architecture, Becoming, and Catalan Studies In recognition of Barcelona’s designation by UNESCO as the 2026 World Capital of Architecture, the North American Catalan Society will devote its 5th Summer Seminar to architecture. Echoing the theme proposed by the International Union of Architects’ World Congress, “Becoming: Architectures for a Planet in Transition,” also happening in Barcelona in 2026, we invite contributions that explore the intersections of architecture and Catalan studies. We particularly welcome contributions that engage critically with the six thematic strands of the UIA Co…

Funcionament del seminari Propostes Per a presentar propostes de participació, envieu un resum d’unes 200 paraules al comitè organitzador de la jornada (eillas@iu.edu; rcapdevilawerning@fas.harvard.edu) abans del 31 de gener de 2026. En un document separat, envieu el nom, títol del paper i la vostra afiliació. El resum ha de ser anònim ja que passa per un procés de revisió per parells. Rebreu una resolució abans de la darrera setmana de març. Abans del 15 de juny, els ponents faran arribar als altres participants un assaig breu de presa de posició respecte el tema del la seva contribució. Aquests assajos breus cal que estiguin escrits en català o en anglès, siguin redactats en un estil afí al d’un article d’opinió, i tinguin una extensió d’entre 3 i 5 pàgines. Els participants hauran llegit tots els assajos de la seva sessió abans del seminari del dia 1de juliol. A la taula rodona, el ponents faran un resum o extendran el que havien exposat a l’assaig en 3 o 4 minuts. Després de les breus presentacions, hi haurà una discussió general. Públic participatiu Si us interessa assistir a la jornada com a públic participatiu (és a dir, havent llegit amb antelació els assajos de presa de posició i participant a la discussió general de les taules rodones), us podeu inscriure a finals de juny. Summer Session Details Submissions To be considered for participation as a speaker, please send an abstract (200 words in length) to the Organizing Committee (eillas@iu.edu; rcapdevilawerning@fas.harvard.edu) by January 31th 2026. On a separate document, send your name, title of paper and filiation. Please do not include your name on the abstract as it will go through a peer review process. Decisions will be sent by the last week of March. By June 15th, speakers will share an informal position paper in response to their roundtable questions with the other seminar participants. These informal papers will be 3 to 5 pages long, written in English or Catalan, in an op-ed style, with minimal …

Call for Papers
5th Summer Seminar - V Seminari d’estiu
North American Catalan Society
Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Barcelona
July 1, 2026 - 9.30-14.30

Portada del libro de cuentos ‘Mala letra’ de Sara Mesa.

Primera página del cuento ‘Palabras-piedra’

#SaraMesa

Call for Contributions: postmedieval cluster,
“Approaching Premodern Critical Race Studies in
Iberia and Latin America”

Titles, format of submission, and abstracts of no more than 300 words are due by October 15th, 2025.

#CFP #postmedieval #medievalsky #criticalracestudies

*Reynolds, that’s why you need good editors ;)

Many thanks to @becquer.bsky.social, @victoriajane.bsky.social, and Lauren Reynaolds for their amazing work at the editorial office.

Cover of volume 140, number 2, from 2025 of journal MLN. Features a photo, SON RAVAL, by Consuelo Batista..

Check out the latest issue of MLN, which includes a dossier on "New Spatialities in Catalan Studies": scents, food, photography, ecocriticism, contemporary narrative, and early modern poetry. Avaliable OA: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55531/....

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PREMI DE LA NORTH AMERICAN CATALAN SOCIETY (NACS) PER UN TREBALL D’EXCEL·LÈNCIA EN EL CAMP DELS ESTUDIS CATALANS BASES 1) L’objectiu del premi és atorgar un reconeixement a estudis de catalanística realitzats per estudiosos vinculats professionalment a institucions acadèmiques i de recerca de NordAmèrica, que constitueixin aportacions rigoroses i de qualitat en aquest camp. 2) Poden optar al premi aquells treballs publicats entre l’u de gener de 2024 i l’u de desembre de 2025. 3) Els treballs han d’estar publicats en el moment de la seva nominació. No es podran nominar aquells treballs només acceptats per a publicació. 4) La nominació dels treballs és lliure. Per proposar un treball, cal enviar una referència bibliogràfica abans de l'u de desembre de 2025 a secretarinacs@gmail.com. 5) El premi es podrà atorgar a un article, a un capítol de llibre, a una monografia, a una edició acadèmica o a una traducció. 6) El jurat està format pels següents membres: Olga Sendra Ferrer (Wesleyan Universty), Albert Lloret (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) i Aurélie Vialette (Yale University), presidenta del comitè. 7) La presidenta de la NACS lliurarà el premi, que consistirà en un diploma acreditatiu, durant el Col·loqui que se celebrarà a la State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, el 2025. A més, l’investigador/a premiat/da rebrà una retribució econòmica de $800 per ajudar a pagar les despeses derivades de l’assistència al Col·loqui. 8) Per nominar els treballs només caldrà enviar-ne la referència bibliogràfica. En cas necessari, el president del jurat podrà demanar còpia dels textos presentats. 9) Tota la informació relacionada amb el premi es penjarà en breu a la pàgina web de la NACS (https://nacs.iec.cat/premis-nacs/).

THE NORTH AMERICAN CATALAN SOCIETY (NACS) PRIZE For outstanding work in the field of Catalan Studies COMPETITION GUIDELINES 1) The prize was created to recognize rigorous and high-quality contributions to the field of Catalan Studies made by scholars whose prime professional affiliation is with a university or research institute in North America. 2) All studies published between January 1, 2024, and December 1, 2025 will be eligible. 3) Studies must have already been published to be eligible for the competition. Those that have been accepted but not published will not be considered eligible. 4) The nomination process is completely open. Any person may nominate any study for consideration. To nominate a work, a bibliographical reference must be sent by December 1, 2025, to secretarinacs@gmail.com. 5) The prize may be granted in recognition of the quality of an article, a book chapter, a book, an academic edition or a translation. 6) The jury is composed of the following members: Olga Sendra Ferrer (Wesleyan University), Albert Lloret (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), and Aurélie Vialette (Yale University), chair. 7) The President of the North American Catalan Society will announce the award at the 2026 Colloquium of the Society, which will be held at the SUNY, Buffalo. The award will consist of a certificate and $800 to help defray the cost of the awardee’s participation in the Colloquium. 8) A simple bibliographical citation will suffice to nominate a given study or work. Should the need arise, the president of the selection committee may request a copy of a work or study from the author. 9) This call for nominations is posted on the North American Catalan Society website (http://nacs.iec.cat/en/nacs-awards/)

2026 NACS Award. Nominate monographs, editions, translations... Deadline 12/1/25.

Cover MLN Hispanic Issue

Table of contents MLN Hispanic issue-- will be up on Project MUSE soon

Our latest Hispanic issue just printed and will be up on @projectmuse.bsky.social very soon. Edited by @becquer.bsky.social with a dossier on Catalan studies edited by @albertlloret.bsky.social, Anna Casas Aguilar, Maria Dasca, and Olga Sendra Ferrer

I *really* like slop! By Mo Willems

You hear stories about what an academic household does to children but today at bedtime my precocious rising kindergartner said “father will you read me a story about university leaders who believe LLM-based chatbots have made language teaching irrelevant?” and fortunately I had just the thing

YouTube video by Olot Televisió Mac Exprés: Edició 18 juliol 2025

In June, while gathered @ the Medieval Modernities seminar in Olot, we visited the Arxiu Comarcal de la Garrotxa.The local TV station wanted to know what had brought us there & what it was like to study & teach medieval Catalan culture & its modern legacies in the US. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmAc...

CFP - Survival, Resistance, Rebirth - 20th International Colloquium of the North American Catalan Society, SUNY at Buffalo, April 16-18, 2026. Paper and panel proposals due by 10/15/2025

CFP - Survival, Resistance, Rebirth - 20th International Colloquium of the North American Catalan Society, The State University of New York at Buffalo, April 16-18, 2026. Paper and panel proposals due by 10/15/2025 @berlihe.bsky.social

Cover of Josep Pla’s Coses vistes

Wildly sensorial fragment on an afternoon’s light, smell, feelings.

#JosepPla

Coberta de Maria Antonieta, d’Stefan Zweig, Traduïda per Ramon Farrés.

Sobre el lleure de Maria Antonieta.

Sobre el lleure de Maria Antonieta

Sobre el lleure de Maria Antonieta

Obre-la per la pàgina que vulguis. Traducció de pedra picada. Registre, lèxic, fluïdesa. #RamonFarrés, #StefanZweig.

cover image for MLN's Hispanic issue

Coming soon! Edited by @becquer.bsky.social + a dossier on Catalan studies edited by Anna Casas Aguilar, Maria Dasca, @albertlloret.bsky.social, and Olga Sendra Ferrer. Managing editor @victoriajane.bsky.social Assistant Editor Lauren Reynolds.
Cover: SON RAVAL © Consuelo Bautista. 2013.

Amazing! Any information on ownership?

a picture of me holding an octavo from the 17th century — soledades de buçaco by bernarda ferreira de lacerda — with the spine cradled by the palm of my hand while my fingers lightly catch the leaning covers and pages to reveal roughly where the book “wants” to open.

where do the pages fall open when you prop a book lightly? this precious copy of Soledades de Buçaco at the National Library of Portugal has a “desire part” on romance X — a poetic rendering of discalced carmelite monastery life. the pages are also more translucent. #FLAD #BNP #FLADBNPfellowship

Proofs of forthcoming MLN article "Lyric, Space, Presence" by Albert Lloret.

Correcting proofs: space, presence, and lyrics from the Catalan Baroque.

The essay belongs to a dossier on "New Spatialities in Catalan Studies", forthcoming in @mlnjournal.bsky.social, which I have coedited with Anna Casas Aguilar, Maria Dasca, and Olga Sendra. Stay tuned!

Popular songs in Castilian were all the rage. The split between speaking Catalan en famille and writing in Castilian for public affairs was sharper and more complete. Never was Catalan as close to being abandoned as it was in the early nineteenth century? Language abandonment is precisely what happened in Ireland during the nineteenth century, particularly after the famine of 1848 and the waves of outmigration that followed, to the point that at present only 1 percent of the population speaks Irish. The Irish have not lost their sense of national identity, however, because nationalism does not depend on language distinction.

[On the Ciutadella]: "This was not a defensive structure but rather a garrison built to intimidate urban subjects." (p. 49)

"Caresmar's assumption was that antiquity is in itself legitimating when in fact the supposedly oldest royal privileges to ecclesiastical establishments are those most likely to be forgeries or to have been interpolated." (p. 44)

"Peninsular historiography has always involved attempts to assert or dispute the fundamental unity of Spain." (p. 41)

"The impetus for a scientific (in the sense of impartial and meticulous) analysis of historical sources came not from Enlightenment secular rationalism but from techniques of investigating church history, beginning with efforts to judge the origins and reliability of saints' legends." (p. 37)