School Blog

We welcome Academia Buenos Aires in Argentina and Academia Uruguay, located in Montevideo, as new members of the TANDEM International network.

Monday, 23.05.2011
19.30 h
Guided tour to Granada city centre & tapas
Fee: 17 €

Tuesday, 24.05.2011
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al Andalus
Fee: 25 €

Wednesday, 25.05.2011
16.00-17.30 h
Escuela Montalbán - 25 anniversary
We invite all students to a the following activity:
Conference "La invención de España" (by the university teacher Antonio Navarro)

Thursday, 26.05.2011
15.30-17.00 h
Film session at the school
"Flores de otro mundo" (Iciar Bollaín / 1999)

Friday, 27.05.2011
14.55-19.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

21.00-22.00 h
Flamenco at the Taller Vimaambi (Albaicín)
Fee: 15 €

Saturday, 28.05.2011
09.00 h
Guided trip to Seville
Fee: 57 €

Sunday, 29.05.2011
09.00 h
Guided trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Fee: 42 €

Monday, 16.05.2011
14.00-15.00 h
Welcome session with information about Granada & Andalusia
19.30 h
Escuela Montalbán - 25 anniversary
We invite all students to a the following activity:
Guided tour to Granada city centre & tapas

Tuesday, 17.05.2011
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al Andalus
Fee: 25 €

Thursday, 19.05.2011
15.30-17.00 h
Film session at the school
"Todo sobre mi madre" (Pedro Almodóvar / 1999)

Friday, 20.05.2011
14.55-19.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

21.00-22.00 h
Flamenco at the Taller Vimaambi (Albaicín)
Fee: 15 €

Saturday, 21.05.2011
09.00 h
Guided trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Fee: 42 €

Sunday, 22.05.2011
09.00 h
Guided trip to the Costa Tropical
Fee: 42 €

Friday / Saturday / Sunday, 20/21/22.05.2011
Guided weekend trip to Northern Morocco
Fee: 195 €

Spanish teachers should contact their national agency for European programmes to apply for these grants:

ES-2012-313-029 - Grundtvig grant
Curso práctico de 1 semana - perfeccionamiento y reciclaje para profesores NO-NATIVOS de español como lengua extranjera - Niveles C1/C2.
Starting dates 2012:
March: 05.03/12.03/19.03/26.03.
April: 09.04/16.04/23.04.
May: 07.05/14.05/21.05/28.05.
June: 11.06/18.06/25.06.
July: 02.07/09.07/16.07/23.07/30.07.
August: 06.08/20.08/27.08.
September: 03.09/10.09/17.09/24.09.
October: 01.10/15.10/22.10.

ES-2012-311-023 - Grundtvig grant
Curso práctico de 2 semanas - perfeccionamiento y reciclaje para profesores NO-NATIVOS de español como lengua extranjera - Niveles C1/C2.
Starting dates 2012:
March: 05.03/12.03/19.03.
April: 09.04/16.04.
May: 07.05/14.05/21.05.
June: 11.06/18.06/25.06.
July: 02.07/09.07/16.07/23.07/30.07.
August: 20.08/27.08.
September: 03.09/10.09/17.09/24.09.
October: 15.10.

You will find more information at our teacher training section.

Monday, 09.05.2011
14.00-15.00 h
Welcome session with information about Granada & Andalusia
19.30 h
Guided tour to Granada city centre & tapas
Fee: 17 €

Tuesday, 10.05.2011
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al Andalus
Fee: 25 €

Wednesday, 11.05.2011
15.30-17.00 h
Film session at the school
"Te doy mis ojos" (Icíar Bollaín / 2003)

Thursday, 12.05.2011
16.00-19.00 h
Guided visit to an oliveoil mill at Nigüelas village
Fee: 38 €

Friday, 13.05.2011
14.55-19.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €



21.00-22.00 h
Flamenco at the Taller Vimaambi (Albaicín)
Fee: 15 €

Saturday, 14.05.2011
09.00 h
Guided trip to Cordoba
Fee: 52 €

Sunday, 15.05.2011
09.00 h
Guided trip to the Costa Tropical
Fee: 42 €

Ha muerto Ernesta Sabato. Sabato fue, junto a Borges, una de las grandes figuras de la literatura argentina contemporánea. Fue el representante de una generación que utilizó las letras como pancarta política y como reclamo social.

Os dejo con el trailer del documental "Sabato, Mi padre" que filmó su hijo Mario Sabato.

Thus, the Festival will provide a space for the meeting of both young filmmakers and established talents from these countries, allowing for the screening of both new productions and emblematic and historic works. The Festival will be the platform for an annual meeting of films coming from the South. The Granada Film Festival "Cines del Sur" will be held annually, having designated the edition of the Festival by 04th June-10th June, 2011. The programme will be published soon at www.cinesdelsur.com

Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, will inaugurate the eighth International Poetry Festival in Granada being held from May 9th to May 13th 2011.

On May 10th at the Auditorio Manuel de Falla, Mario Vargas Llosa will talk about his relationship with poetry and other literature-related issues. During the day,  there will also be recitals by the pianist Rosa Torres Pardo and the poet Luis García Montero.

On May 12th, the ‘Federico García Lorca’ prize will be awarded to Málaga poet María Victoria Atencia.

Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, will inaugurate the eighth International Poetry Festival in Granada being held from May 9th to May 13th 2011.

On May 10th at the Auditorio Manuel de Falla, Mario Vargas Llosa will talk about his relationship with poetry and other literature-related issues. During the day,  there will also be recitals by the pianist Rosa Torres Pardo and the poet Luis García Montero.

On May 12th, the ‘Federico García Lorca’ prize will be awarded to Málaga poet María Victoria Atencia.

Destacados intelectuales comprometidos con la defensa de los derechos humanos, como Pilar del Río, Ángeles Mora, Juantxo López de Uralde o Federico Mayor Zaragoza, se reunirán en Granada para homenajear al escritor portugués José Saramago.

Bajo el título 'Recordando a José Saramago', la Universidad de Granada, a través de la Cátedra José Saramago, la Delegación General de Estudiantes y el Cineclub Universitario, han organizado una semana de actividades culturales dedicada a recordar su figura en la que se rendirá homenaje a la faceta más humana y comprometida del escritor portugués.