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The second multiplier event took place on June 23rd, at 10am hosted by Universidad de Salamanca. Given the particular circumstances resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, the event took place online, through the application Blackboard Collaborate. Participants were invited to register online through a Google form set up for the occasion. The event counted on the […]

The documentary “Sounds of Hospitality” has been signposted as part of Nottingham Refugee Week, which runs every year from 15 th -21 st June. The declared aim of the Nottingham Refugee Week is “to support refugee communities, educate people on the issues faced by refugees and asylum-seekers, and make our city a truly welcoming place”. […]

Sounds of Hospitality is out The music documentary “Sounds of Hospitality: Migrant Musicians in Europe”, is now available online from this site. Directed by Michel Gasco and Parisa Delshad, the documentary follows six musicians in three European countries, the Netherlands, the UK and Spain. Nizar Rohana from Palestine, Jawa Manla and Linda al Ahmad from […]

WOMAN, WORK AND HOSPITALITY Rosa Benéitez and Sofia Dias Oliveira Screening and seminar of Fatima, by Philippe Faucon March 10, 2020, Auditorium of the Faculty of Translation and Documentation (USAL). On the occasion of the celebration of International Working Women’s Day, project members Rosa Benéitez and Sofia Dias Oliveira organized a screening and discussion seminar […]

Seminar at Maynooth University (Ireland) The seminar “Hospitality/’Hostipitality’: Tensions and Contradictions in the reception and treatment of migrants in the University, Ireland and Europe” was celebrated on Monday, 9th March, 2020, 9am-4.30pm at the MUSSI Seminar Room. Co-organised by Project Member Barry Cannon (Dept of Sociology, Maynooth University) and Malene Jacobsen (Dept of Geography, Maynooth […]

Unfortunately, the screening had to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. On Wednesday, March 18, Project Member Mónica Fernández will host the screening of the film Misión: Sáhara at the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Valladolid. The screening of the film  will be followed by a conversation led by Mónica Fernández, featuring the  film […]

On January 27, 2020, the fourth session of the film series “Hospitality in European Film: Eco-Hospitality” was held. Prof. Sofía Dias introduced Doris Dörrie con Rosalie Thomass’ film Recuerdos desde Fukushima. The event was attended by approximately 100 people.  After the  screening of the film, a lively discussion focused on  issues like the healing nature of hospitality […]

Migration and Contemporary Border Regimes: Sovereignty, Surveillance, Survival Markus Heide (Uppsala University) hosted an international workshop on Migration and Contemporary Border Regimes: Sovereignty, Surveillance, Survival on January 24 and 25, 2020. The interdisciplinary workshop brought together scholars from different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences for exploring and comparing national borderlines and migrant mobility […]

As part of the activities organised during his fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Studies of the Department of English at Jadavpur  University (Kolkata, India), project member Jorge Diego Sánchez discussed the film Even the Rain (También la lluvia, directed by Iciar Bollaín,  2010) with postgraduate students on January 17, 2020. They discussed the necessity of addressing […]

Seminario Hostfilm Cine Europeo y Hospitalidad: Empatía, Hospitalidad, Esperanza Project members Jesús Benito and Mónica Fernández have hosted a series of seminars in Spanish dealing with the topic of hospitality and cinema at Universidad de Valladolid with the participation of guest speakers and project members from four different institutions: Universidad de Valladolid, Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad Complutense […]

On Dec. 16th, 2019, the third session to the film series “Hospitality in European Film: Eco-Hospitality” was held. Prof. Rosa Beéitez and Prof. Míriam Gorham introduced Iciar Bolain’s film También la lluvia with a lecture entitled “La privatización del agua y otras formas de colonización en También la lluvia.” The event was attended by approximately 100 people. The […]

Project members collaborated on the recording of radio podcasts for the programme “Sin Distancias” aired on national radio RADIO 3. The project, screenings and socio-pedagogic outcomes of Hospitality and European Film were presented to monitor its impact on society and different systems of education across Europe. Listen to the Radio Podcast

Prof. Ana María Manzanas was interviewed about the “Hospitality in European Film” project by USAL Radio. The interview took place on November 27th and was conducted by Alonso Escamilla.  

On Nov. 25th, the second session to the film series “Hospitality in European Film: Eco-Hospitality” was held. Prof. Mónica Fernández Jiménez and Prof. Mattia Bianchi introduced Benedikt Erlingsson’s film Woman at War with a lecture entitled “Activism and Survival Strategies in Woman at War.” The event was attended by approximately 130 people. After the screening […]

On November 4th, 2019, Cines Van Dyck (Salamanca) in collaboration with the University of Salamanca presented the first session of the second edition to the series Hospitalidad en el cine europeo: Eco-hospitalidad (Hospitality in European Film: Eco-hospitality), organized by the HOSTFILM Project. Around 120 people attended this event. Prof. Paula Barba Guerrero opened this session […]

Project members participated in the 43rd edition of the international Conference AEDEAN (Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Nortemaericanos, Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies) celebrated at University of Alicante (Nov 13-15, 2019). Dr. Miriam Borham Puyal introduced the use of the Film Analysis done by the project in the ROUND TABLE “Re-Orienting the Monster for Twenty-First Century […]

SEMINAR at MA programme (UNED): Presentation of syllabus, Project and screening Facultad de Humanidades (Dpt of Filologías Extranjeras y sus Lingüísticas) of UNED (Spain) hosted a presentation of the project and introduction towards the Film Analysis as part of a Seminar within its Master Programme. Project Leader Ana Manzanas introduced the Film Analysis (Syllabus) and […]

ESCUELAS PÍAS (Madrid, Spain), an associated centre of UNED (Spain), hosted a presentation of the project led by project member Cristina Garrigós on October 24th, 2019. The event gathered various audiences who were introduced to the use of Film Analysis (Syllabus) created by the project members. The Projection of M. Aguado’s Samba, un nombre borrado […]

With the occasion of the fifth project meeting, project members screened the documentary Samba, un nombre Borrado, on Thursday October 24th, at the UNED in Madrid. Directed by Mariano Agudo, the documentary follows the steps of Mahmoud, a young Senegalese who arrived in Europe in 2005 after jumping over the border fence in Ceuta. Mahmoud details […]

Film Series: Hospitalidad en el cine europeo II: Eco-Hospitalidad In collaboration with Cines Van Dyck, Salamanca, and the University of Salamanca, the Project Hospitality in European Cinema organizes the second film series. This time it explores the concept of eco-hospitality and will feature four films for a wide audience, with introductory presentations by different members […]

Professor Sofia Dias presented the paper “Lengua, inmigración y fronteras: La representación cinematográfica de la inmigración en Viagem a Portugal (2011) de Sérgio Tréfaut” at the “6Th Languaging Diversity International Conference (LD 2019)- Discourse and Persuasion 3.0: Identities in a Hybrid and multimodal world, held at the Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas of the University […]

Prof. Martin O’Shaughnessy delivers a conference paper on cinema, migrants and political mobilisation   Prof. Martin O’Shaughnessy, a member of the Project team, delivered a paper at the University of London Institute in Paris, on how the avant-garde director, Sylvain George, brings together migrants and political demonstrations linked to the Occupy movement in his films […]

Introduction of Syllabus and its Uses for HUMAN RIGHTS Project Member Jorge Diego Sánchez presented the uses of the Film Analysis / Syllabus to assess the representation of asylum seekers to gainful employment in the 5th International Conference “New Dimensions of Human Rights” (http://condim2019.upt.pt/pt/inicio/) celebrated at Universidade Portucalense (Oporto, Portugal) from July 15th until July […]

Project leader Ana Mª Manzanas and team member Jesús Benito participated in the TCA “Fostering Erasmus+ cooperation projects impact and cross fertilization on social inclusion and civic engagement” held in Bologna on June 26-27, 2019. At this “Transnational Cooperation Activity” (TCA), Prof. Ana Manzanas was one of the six project coordinators selected to present the […]

Two state high schools in Ávila (Spain) have collaborated with Hospitality and European Film to maximize the impact of the topics and the dissemination of resources developed by the project. María Diego Sánchez, teacher of Physical Education at I.E.S. Vasco de la Zarza, and Juan Ignacio Blanco García, teacher of English language at I.E.S. Alonso […]

In a recent article in the Austrian national newspaper Die Presse, Erika Pichler summarizes the main ideas developed within the project. Her article “Who has the right to be a guest?” (translated from the German original) presents the Silvia Schultermandl’s and David Hucek’s (both University of Graz) contributions to the project. Below is a brief […]

Project members Mónica Fernández and Patricia San José hosted the screening of Shilpa Sunthankar’s Biography of an American Hostess, during the presentation of the HOSTFILM Project at “La Casa de las Palabras” in Valladolid, on June 11, 2019. The screening was followed by a lively discussion of the role of film in the representation of issues […]

Dr. Patricia San José Rico (University of Valladolid) presented the project in her paper entitled “Educación, hospitalidad y ciudadanía: Migración en el cine europeo contemporáneo” at the first Congreso Internacional sobre Educación, Ciudadanía y Ciencia en el siglo XXI which was celebrated at the faculty of Education in Palencia last May 16-17, 2019. After introducing […]

Training and Teaching Activity “Seminar on Hospitality in Movies”, took place at Uppsala University, May 27-29, 2019 Program of the event

Jorge Diego Sánchez, member of the Project, presented a paper entitled “(Which-sort-of) Hospitality and Cinematographic Routes for Indian Women in the US” at the Spanish Association of American Studies (SAAS) 14th Conference entitled The Word and the Image and celebrated at University of Salamanca from April 9-11, 2019. The paper was followed by a lively […]

Prof. Jesús Benito incorporated a new graduate seminar on Hospitality and Film in his Master module titled “Migration and Space in American Culture” at Universidad de Valladolid. After introducing the project and presenting its website, the graduate seminar addressed hospitality issues through a comparative analysis of Stephen Frears’s Dirty Pretty Things  and Steven Spielberg’s The Terminal. The […]

Migration and Hospitality in European Cinema: First Multiplier Event The Multiplier Event entitled “Migration and Hospitality in European Cinema” was celebrated in Broadway Cinema (Nottingham, UK) on April 27th, 2019. The course was led by Martin O’Shaughnessy, Professor of Film Studies at Nottingham Trent and member of the project. The one-day event presented the Project […]

On March 18th, 2019, the Research Project “Hospitality and European Film” and the producing company Screen Alchemy organized an open screening of the yet-to-be-released film Bridge (2016). The film delves into the story of two strangers that meet by chance over a bridge in Calcutta. It examines the many sides of hospitality and its counterpart […]

Project Leader Ana María Manzanas presented the Project in  Programa Interuniversitario  de la Experiencia (Universidad de Salamanca) within the module “Gender Rights and Discourses” on February 19th, 2019. The Project supported and led the projection of the case-study film  Bend It like Beckham (Dir. Gurinder Chadha) that had taken place on February 12th. Programa Interuniversitario  […]

Project Manager Prof. Ana María Manzanas was interviewed by Tribuna Universitaria about “Hospitality in European Film”. She talked about the Project’s objectives, its intellectual products, and its importance in the rethinking of Europe and European identity.

On January 28, 2019, Cines Van Dyck (Salamanca) in collaboration with the University of Salamanca presented the fourth session of the film series Hospitalidad en el cine europeo, organized by the Hostfilm Project. The session was attended by around 130 people. Prof. Rosa Benéitez opened the session with an introduction to Iciar Bollaín’s Flores de otro mundo (1999, […]

On December 17, 2018, Cines Van Dyck (Salamanca) in collaboration with the University of Salamanca presented the third session of the film series Hospitalidad en el cine europeo, organized by the Hostfilm Project. The session was attended by around 150 people. Research assistant Paula Barba opened the session with an introduction to Aki Kaurismaki’s Toivon tuolla puolen (Eng., […]

Team Members Domingo Hernández, Rosa Beneitez and Paula Barba participated in a Seminar titled “Hospitalidad. Lo otro y sus fronteras” at Universidad Carlos III, in Madrid. The seminar was organized by Departamento de Humanidades, Filosofía, Lenguaje y Literatura, Instituto de género at UC3M and Research Project: “Sujetos-emociones-estructuras: un proyecto de teoría social”. crítica”. The seminar took place on […]

As part of the Project Meeting that took place at University of Graz, Austria, on November 23rd, 2018, the group members presented the MOOC to students. The session, led by Prof. Silvia Shultermandl, began with the screening of one of the MOOC pills (Prof Martin O’Shaugnessy’s session on It’s a Free World and Last Resort). The session […]

Prof. Sofia Dias delivers the talk “A representação cinematográfica da imigração brasileira na Europa: a hospitalidade em Jean Charles” at the “V Seminário de Estudos sobre a Imigração Brasileira na Europa” that took place at the Università degli Studi “Gabriele d’Annunzio”, in Chieti-Pescara, Pescara, Italy on November 8-10, 2018. Prof. Dias’s talk centered on 2009 British-Brazilian film Jean Charles, […]

Film Series, Session I On October 29, 2018, Cines Van Dyck (Salamanca) in collaboration with the University of Salamanca presented the first session of the film series Hospitalidad en el cine europeo, organized by the Hostfilm Project. The session was attended by over 200 people. Prof. Ana María Manzanas opened the series with an introduction […]

Project member Markus Heide presented the talk “Hospitality in European film: Migrants/refugees and teaching practice” at the Thirteenth International Summer School on Mind, Brain and Education in Erice, Italy, October 16-20, 2018. Prof. Heide introduced the project, a research collaboration that explores films about refugees in different national contexts and how such films can be employed […]

Film Series: Hospitalidad en el cine europeo In collaboration with Cines Van Dyck, Salamanca, and the University of Salamanca, the Project Hospitality in European Cinema organizes a film series which will feature four films for a wide audience, with introductory presentations by different member of the project.

  Prof. Ana María Manzanas delivered a seminar at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (English: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan), where she addressed issues to do with Hospitality and Film and took the opportunity to present the research project. The lectures were attended by graduate students and Profs. from […]

In partnership with the HostFilm project and the Department of American Studies at the University of Graz, we are pleased to announce that the HostFilm Best Paper Award 2018 will be awarded to one of the participants during the “Transcending Borders – Redrawing Perspectives” conference.

Jorge Diego Sánchez, member of Hospitality in European Film project, gave a guest lecture entitled “Desmontando India: Reescrituras postcoloniales del Imperio Británico” (“Dismantling India: Postcolonial Rewritings of the British Empire”) which closed the Seminar Historia(s) en lengua inglesa: Resiliencia y Precariedad (History/Stories in English Language: Resilience and Precariousness). He illustrated how contemporary political and media […]

  The concert on Hospitality and Music, held at University of Salamanca (Teatro Juan del Enzina) and organized through the Cultural Activities Unit on November 16th (2017), brought together a variety of musics from Afghanistan, Iran, Syria and Spain. It performed the kind of cultural hospitality the project advocates. The concert was the first instance […]