Institut Ramon LLull

26/09/2025

This autumn, six American universities are hosting Catalan Studies chairs

These are the Graduate Center at the City University of New York; the University of Massachusetts Amherst; Stanford University; the University of Chicago; the University of California, Berkeley; and the University of Havana.
18/09/2025

EUNIC Barcelona promotes a gathering of cultural institutes within the framework of MONDIACULT 2025

The Institut Ramon Llull is co-organising the event, led by EUNIC, which will take place on 30 September at the IEC. Through a series of sessions, the event will explore how to address global challenges through cultural dialogue.
18/09/2025

New edition of the Llull Fellowship with some twenty international participants during the Catalan Book Week

Between 21 to 26 September, the Institut Ramon Llull is organising a new programme for international publishers in Barcelona. This will be the ninth edition in collaboration with the Catalan Book Week — Setmana del Llibre en Català.
17/09/2025

Tarta Relena and Giorgos Manolakis, leading figures of the 2nd edition of the international artistic residencies in Empúries promoted by the IRL

The residency, organised with the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage, in collaboration with the Festival Clàssics, will take place from 12 to 16 October at the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (MAC) in Empúries. The fruits of the residency may be seen on 16 October at the Paral·lel 62 hall in Barcelona, as part of the Festival Clàssics programme.
15/09/2025

The Institut Ramon Llull organises the first meeting of international associations of Catalan Studies

From 16 to 19 September, the associations will reflect on their mission, share projects, and examine the principal challenges they face at Faberllull Olot.
12/09/2025

The University of Michigan, in the United States, creates a tenured professorship in Catalan Studies, at the initiative of the Ribas family

Catalan Jordi Ribas, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft and Doctor of Engineering, together with his wife, Laura, has made a donation to the University of Michigan for the creation of a tenured professorship in Catalan Studies, the Ribas Family Early Career Professorship in Catalan and Romance Studies, through an entirely private endowment.
05/09/2025

Irene Solà and her translator Adri Boon win the 2025 European Literature Prize of the Netherlands

The Dutch translation of the novel Et vaig donar ulls i vas mirar les tenebres becomes the first work in Catalan to be distinguished with this award. The translation has been supported by the Institut Ramon Llull.
04/09/2025

Twelve Catalan and Balearic Companies at the Inside Out Dorset Festival 2025, a Landmark in the Performing Arts in the United Kingdom

Joan Català, Toc de Fusta, Cia. D’Es Tro and Eva Marichalar-Freixa & Jordi Duran i Roldós will present their creations in Dorset. Throughout the festival, online working sessions will also be organised between eight Catalan companies and international professionals.
03/09/2025

Mònica Batet, Marta Carnicero, Marina Sáez, Mar Grimalt, Andrea Genovart and Marta Pera Cucurell, selected for the strategic residencies of the Institut Ramon Llull

Between July and December, six creators from the fields of literature and music will participate in four strategic residencies.
02/09/2025

Maria Arnal to perform at Ars Electronica in a new edition with a strong presence of Catalan creators

Ars Electronica 2025, the leading international festival of art, science, and technology held in Linz from 3 to 7 September, once again champions the talent of Catalan creators with the prominent participation of Maria Arnal, who will perform as part of the Nightline, and Marc Vilanova, who will exhibit Phonos. This Catalan programme is supported by the IRL through its funding line for the international programming of visual arts.
02/09/2025

Catalan authors gain ground on the international stage: festivals, fairs, and prestigious residencies

Catalan literature takes centre stage this September across multiple international platforms, with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull’s grants for author mobility and literary promotion.
01/08/2025

The Pablo Casals Festival of Vilafranca de Conflent premieres a piece by Ariadna Alsina with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull

The premiere of the Catalan composer's work has been commissioned by the Flashback 66 Association.
30/07/2025

Five Catalan groups at the Bardentreffen Festival in Nuremberg

One of Germany’s leading world music festivals has programmed some of the most acclaimed acts on today’s Catalan music scene for the 2nd and 3rd of August. This line-up has been made possible with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull through its international programmers’ grant scheme.
28/07/2025

The project Paper Tears, by Claudia Pagès Rabal and Elise Lammer, selected to participate in the Venice Biennale Arte 2026

The proposal is based on the watermarks created during the papermaking process, preserved in the archive of the Museu Molí Paperer de Capellades, with documents dating back to the 12th century, connecting us to the contemporary world.
28/07/2025

Catalan music takes centre stage at the Dranouter Festival in Belgium, held from 1 to 3 August

The folk and world music festival Dranouter, a key event in the Belgian summer that welcomes over 50,000 visitors each year, is featuring a Focus Catalunya this year, with performances by six Catalan artists. The support of the Institut Ramon Llull, the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies, and the Fira Mediterrània de Manresa has made the focus possible.
16/07/2025

Catalan Circus in the spotlight at Hannover’s Kleines Fest

The international festival Kleines Fest, held since 1986 in the Herrenhausen Gardens of Hannover, will this year shine a spotlight on Catalan artistic creation. In the 2025 edition, and with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull, the festival will host five Catalan companies, in recognition of the excellence and innovation that define Catalonia’s street arts.
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