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Laura Vilardell, Ph.D.
World Languages and Cultures

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Presentations

Invited Talks
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2025 Vilardell, Laura. "Estratègies editorials per esquivar la censura" [Publishing Strategies to Avoid Censorship]. Opening Keynote for the session "Les veus de la cultura catalana durant el franquisme" held in Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, June 17, 2025.
2025 Vilardell, Laura. "The Dolphin Book i el compromís cultural (1935-1996). L'aventura intel·lectual de Joan Gili» [The Dolphin Book and its cultural commitment (1935-1996). The intellectual adventure of Joan Gili]. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, February 25, 2025
2024 Vilardell, Laura. "Eco-traducció i més: els Estudis de Traducció en el context de la societat catalana ". 3rd Summer Seminar of the North American Catalan Society, Barcelona, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, July 11.
2023 Vilardell, Laura. "Catalan Publishers and Franco's Censorship: A Discussion of the Strategies Used in Response." Sant Jordi Celebration. Georgetown University. Invited talk. Washington DC, 21 April.
2024

Caterina Riba interviewed Laura Vilardell to discuss translation into Catalan in the Franco's dictatorship in Spain. Tradiling, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and Universitat de Vic

The talk was broadcast live through Tradiling's Youtube Channel and there was a Q&A at the end of the conversation. March 20, 2024. Total time: 60 minutes. View the recording.
2023 Vilardell, Laura. "Catalan Publishers and Franco's Censorship: A Discussion of the Strategies Used in Response." Sant Jordi Celebration. Georgetown University. Washington, DC, April 21.

Organizer and Presider of Refereed Conference Panels
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2024 Vilardell, Laura. Just in Time: Testimonies of Joy and Sorrow from Catalan Exile. 2024 MLA Annual Convention. Philadelphia, January 4–7.

Refereed Conference Papers
Year Details
2024 Vilardell, Laura. "Eco-traducció i més: els Estudis de Traducció en el context de la societat catalana." 3rd Summer Seminar of the North American Catalan Society. Barcelona, Institut d’Estudis Catalans, July 11.
2024 Vilardell, Laura. "The Mission and Legacy of Joan Gili Through the Lens of Sociology and Migration Studies." 19th International Colloquium of the North American Catalan Society. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, April 18–20.
2024 Vilardell, Laura. "Creating a Third Space as a Means of Resistance: Joan Gili and the Dolphin Book Company." 2024 MLA Annual Convention. Philadelphia, January 4–7
2021 Vilardell, Laura. "The Ecology of Intralingual Translation: Localization of Audiovisual Content Under Discussion." 7th IATIS Conference. Barcelona, September 14–17.
2020 Vilardell, Laura. "Strategies Adopted by Publishers to Overcome Censorship of Translations into Catalan during Franco’s Regime." 550 - Enclosure and Incarceration in Catalan Culture. 2020 MLA Annual Convention. Seattle, January 9–12.
2019 Vilardell, Laura. "Intralingual Localization and Reception: The Controversy Around Spanish Subtitles of the 2019 Oscar-Awarded Movie Roma." ALTA42: Sight and Sound. Rochester, NY, November 7–10.
2019 Vilardell, Laura. "Joan Gili i Serra, editor i traductor a la Gran Bretanya (1936-1996): balanç i valoració." Catalan Studies: The Aesthetics and Politics of Conflict. 17th International Colloquium of the North American Catalan Society. University of Chicago, April 25–27
2019 Vilardell, Laura. "Catalan Identity in Radio Barcelona From the Second Republic to the Early Years of Francoist Dictatorship (1931-1940)." American Comparative Literature Association’s 2019 Annual Meeting. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, March 7–10.
2018 Vilardell, Laura. "Catalan Publishers Against the Regime: Translations into Catalan During the 1960s and Their Struggle Against Censorship." ALTA41: Performance, Props, and Platforms. Indiana University, Bloomington, October 31–November 3.
2017 Vilardell, Laura and Eusebi Coromina. "L’americà pacífic, entre la censura i la recerca d’un nou model de llengua narratiu." 16th Colloquium of the North American Catalan Society. Indiana University, Bloomington, May 18–20.
2017 Vilardell, Laura. "American Authors in a Catalan-Language Series in the 1960s and the Struggle Against the Censorship." 48th Annual NeMLA Convention. Baltimore, March 24–27.

Workshops Offered
Year Details
2019 Vilardell, Laura. "Localization and Translation: The Case of Ghost Stories." World Languages Learning Center, Northern Illinois University, April 27.

Campus Talks
Year Details
2025 Vilardell, Laura."La carrera universitària als Estats Units: la meva experiència" [The university career in the United States: my experience] Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya, Vic, Spain, March 5, 2025.
2017 Vilardell, Laura. "Catalan, the 9th Most Spoken Language in Europe: Challenges and Achievements." Penn Language Center, UPenn, April 25.
2012 Vilardell, Laura. "Is Translation a Betrayal of the Original Text?" Queen Mary University of London, November 15.

Contact

Laura Vilardell
Email: lvilardell@niu.edu
Office: Watson Hall 119