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The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge and the Instituto Cervantes in London have signed an agreement to collaborate on joint academic and cultural activities and projects.

The aforementioned department of the University of Cambridge, one of the largest in the United Kingdom and one of the most prominent in teaching and research will co-organise events, exhibitions and other cultural activities with the Cervantes Institute in London, as well as teaching activities.

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese welcomes the signing of this bilateral agreement, which represents a unique opportunity for collaboration between our institutions: «We will work together on initiatives such as the Cervantes Lecture, which will be held every year, inviting leading figures of Hispanic culture to give talks in London and Cambridge, opening the doors of the university to a non-academic audience and engaging in an open and stimulating dialogue».

For his part, the Director of the Instituto Cervantes in London, Víctor Ugarte, said that the signing of this agreement «consolidates the relationship between the Instituto Cervantes in London and the University of Cambridge, with whom we have been collaborating until now. In particular, we will continue to co-organise the Cervantes Forum, which this year will have the Equatoguinean writer Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo as its guest speaker. On the other hand, we hope to collaborate on academic and cultural projects that will strengthen the ties between the two institutions.

Cervantes Forum

With this commitment, both institutions undertake to organise educational and cultural activities and actions to promote activities, including the Cervantes Forum, an annual event in which the universities of Oxford and Newcastle also collaborate.

The Cervantes Forum, with the collaboration of these world-renowned universities, is structured mainly through talks and meetings within the framework of the seminar of the Spanish department of these academic institutions.

After the Spanish writer Eduardo Mendoza’s visit to Cambridge and Newcastle last year, in 2023 the Forum will be attended by the Equatoguinean writer Donato Ndongo in Cambridge.