Resolution 4-XII-1996 (DOGC, number 2320, 30-I-1997, 1047-1048) approved the creation of a Thematic Network of the Grup d’Estudis de Literatura Catalana Contemporània (Corrents i tendències a la literatura catalana del segle XX), [Contemporary Catalan Literature Study Group – Trends in 20th Century Catalan Literature] directed by Jordi Castellanos Vila, of the UAB’s Department of Catalan Philology, with the participation of Enric Gallén Miret, Marcel Ortín Rull and Miquel M. Gibert Pujol.

The group members Enric Gallén Miret and Miquel M. Gibert Pujol, together with Xavier Pérez Torío and Javier Aparicio Maydeu, from UPF, and Francesc Foguet Boreu from UOC, founded the Grup d’Estudis d’Història i Recepció de les Arts de l’Espectacle (History and Reception of Performing Arts Study Group), which created the Xarxa Temàtica d’Orientacions i Tendències en les Arts Escèniques a Catalunya (2003/XT/00035) (Thematic Network of Trends in the Performing Arts in Catalonia) together with other study groups at UB (led by Jaume Mascaró), UAB (led by Manuel Jorba) and UPC (led by Antoni Ramon).