International Society for Gesture Studies - Catalonia
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The International Society for Gesture Studies - Catalonia is an affiliated Hub of the ISGS.
It is coordinated by a steering group of researchers based in five Catalan universities: Universitat de Girona, Universitat de Lleida, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
It aims to promote gesture studies and foster research collaborations in Catalonia and internationally and across disciplines, including but not restricted to linguistics, sign language research, education, psychology, and communication studies.
Organization of International Lecture Series
Online-accessible talks in English organized by ISGS Catalonia to disseminate and discuss research in gesture studies and related topics
Events organized by local research groups aimed at faculty and students, to promote gesture studies within and across departments.
Related Events and Initiatives
Check out non-ISGS Catalonia events that are related to gesture studies!
The next International Lecture is programmed!
Wednesday, November 11th, 2026 - time 3.30 pm (GMT+1)
💻 Online via Zoom – link provided upon registration
Co-speech gesture and embodied cognition in autism
Inge-Marie Eigsti, University of Connecticut
While the clinical literature clearly documents autistic differences in nonverbal communication, the empirical literature to date is less detailed. However, a growing body of work documents interesting characteristics of gesture production, gesture comprehension, and spontaneous physical mimicry, in autistic children and adults, and their links to broader autism characteristics and language abilities. This task will describe recent findings from our group, and integrate them into a theory of embodied cognition.
Inaugural talk
On Friday, September 26th, 2025, we had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Sotaro Kita for the inauguration of the ISGS Catalonia Hub.
He delivered a brilliant lecture on how gestures facilitate cognitive processes and on how gesture, generated at the interface between action and language, shapes the way we think and speak.
Watch the recording!
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