Extensive doctoral seminar

2021-2022

Attendance to 80 % of the sessions is compulsory.

First term

Part One. Orientation

 

Date / Time  

Title

Speaker

Room

1

08/10/21

 

9:00-14:00

Inaugural session

The doctoral programme: An overview.

The research groups at the Department of Translation and Language Sciences

Anna Espunya (Head of Department)
Carmen Pérez (programme coordinator) and Blanca Arias (cohort tutor).
Research group leaders

55.309. Also streaming

2

15/10/21

15.30 h-17 h

 

The administrative procedures in the programme: an overview

Blanca Arias (UPF)

Google Meet

3

22/10/21

15.30 h-17 h

 

The context of the doctoral programme: The Multilingual University Today

How to develop plurilingualism and learn Catalan during your doctoral degree?

Anna Tudela (UAM)

 

Ixone Sáenz (UPF) and Gemma Barberà (UPF)

Google Meet

4

29/10/21

15.30 h-17 h

Pursuing a career as a researcher: The first steps

Gonzalo Iturregui-Gallardo (UAB)

Google Meet

5

05/11/21

15.30 h-17 h

Scholarships and grants. Introduction to digital competence

Carmen Pérez and Blanca Arias (UPF) CRAI- UPF

Google Meet

 

Notes:

80 % of the sessions will be in English, 20 % of the sessions will be in Catalan or Spanish (marked with *).

 

First term

Part Two. Communication skills for your PhD

 

Date / Time  

Title

Speaker

Room

6

12/11/21

14.30 h-16 h

 

Academic writing: the PhD thesis genre*

Iria da Cunha (UNED)

Google Meet

7

19/11/21

15.30 h-17 h

 

Your PhD Research Plan: form and content

Sergi Torner (UPF)

Google Meet

8

26/11/21

15.30 h-17 h

 

How to write an abstract

Blanca Arias (UPF)

Google Meet

9

03/12/21

15.30 h-17 h

 

Intercomprehension skills in Romance languages*

Esteve Clua (UPF)

Google Meet

10

02/12/21

17 h-18.30 h

(Group 1: EN)

POSTPONED. NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED

 

 

How to prepare for an oral presentation

Janet DeCesaris (UPF)

Google Meet

10/12/21

15.30 h-17 h

(Group 2: ES/CA)

 Carme Hernández (URL)

11

17/12/21

15.30 h-17 h

 

Research with a gender perspective*

Montserrat Ribas (UPF)

Google Meet

Notes:

80 % of the sessions will be in English, 20 % of the sessions will be in Catalan or Spanish (marked with *).

 

First term

Part Three. Digital competence (CRAI)

This part is led by the Library and IT services at UPF. Further information coming soon.

 

Second term

Part Four. Research methods

 

Date / Time  

Title

Speaker

Room

12

14/01/22

15:30- 17 h

Research methods:

An introduction

 

Joan Carles Mora (UB)

52.023

13

21/01/22

15:30- 17 h

Research methods:

Quantitative approaches

 

Joan Carles Mora (UB)

52.023

14

28/01/22

15:30- 17 h

Research methods 

Interrogating interviews

 

David Block (ICREA-UPF)

52.023

15

04/02/22

15:30- 17 h

[Pending session from first term]

How to prepare for an oral presentation

Janet DeCesaris (UPF)

52.023

16

11/02/22

15:30- 17 h

Research methods

Qualitative approaches

 

Mireia Trenchs (UPF)

52.023

 

18/02/22

THE EXTENSIVE SEMINAR HAS NO SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK

17

25/02/22

15:30- 17:30 h

Workshop: Research Plans - work in progress

 

ALLENCAM, GRAEL, INFOLEX, IULATERM

PhD students and senior members of research groups

52.023 (IULATERM, INFOLEX)

 

55.309

(ALLENCAM, GRAEL)

18

04/03/22

15:30- 17:30 h

Workshop: Research Plans - work in progress

 

GEDIT

PhD students and senior members of research groups

52.023

19

11/03/22

15:30- 17:30 h

Workshop: Research Plans - work in progress

 

COLT, GliF, GraC, GrEP

PhD students and senior members of research groups

52.023

 

Notes:

Attendance to sessions 12-14 and 16 is compulsory. Students are also expected to attend, at least, one workshop apart from their own, i.e., two in total (sessions 17-19).

Sessions 12-16 will be in English. Each student will decide on their working language for the workshop sessions, within the working languages in the PhD programme.