2026                Hilborn, M. ‘Love in Lockdown: Digital Intimacies in Spanish Romcoms about COVID-19’. Gender and Sexuality in Times of Crisis Symposium. Birkbeck University, UK. 13 February. 

2025                ‘Narrativising Netflix: Self-Referentiality in Spanish Series’. ECREA (European Communication Research & Education Association). University of Bologna, Italy. 8-9 September. 

2025                ‘High Price Toupee: The Cost of Baldness in Contemporary Spanish Comedy’. ACIS (Association of Iberian Studies). Universidad Santiago de Compostela, Spain. 3-5 September. 

2025                ‘The Parodic Politics of ‘RoRo’: Spanish TikTok, Tradwives, and Reactionary Culture’. Reactionary Politics, Women and Feminist Critique, Loughborough University, UK. 21 May. 

2025                ‘LGBTQ+ Romance and Hybrid Intimacies in Smiley (Netflix, 2022)’. BAFTSS (British Association of Film, Television, and Screen Studies). Warwick University, UK. 26-28 March. 

2025                Panellist on ‘Marginalised Voices in Iberian Television and Streaming’. AHGBI (Association of HIspanists of Great Britain and Ireland) Conference. Edinburgh University, UK. 7-10 April. 

2025                ‘High Price Toupee: The Cost and Stigma of Baldness in Contemporary Screen Comedy’. Humor Research Conference. East Texas A&M University, USA. 16 February. 

2024                ‘Taking Offence in Torrente (Santiago Segura, 1998-2014)’. Understanding Offence: Delimiting the (Un)sayable Conference. Durham University. UK. 21-23 March. 

2024                ‘“Just Joking”: Tough Love: The Role of Violence and Revenge in Contemporary Spanish Romcom’. SCMS (Society for Cinema & Media Studies). Boston, USA. 14-17 March. 

2023                ‘Transnationalising viewing communities: British screens and Danish youth’. MeCCSA (Media, Communication & Cultural Studies Association). Glasgow University, UK. 4-6 September. 

2023                ‘Controversies of the Streaming Age – Torrente (dir. Santiago Segura, 1998-2014)’. BAFTSS. Lincoln University, UK. 3-5 April. 

2023                Hilborn, M. & Steemers, J. ‘Screen Encounters with Britain: Humour as appeal factor in UK content across Denmark’. Global Cultures Symposium. King’s College London, UK. 25 May. 

2022                ‘Holding Out For A (Spanish!?) Superhero: Superlópez (Javier Ruiz Caldera, 2018)’. AHGBI Conference. University College London, UK. 13 May. 

2021                ‘Violent Metacomedy in Álex de la Iglesia’s Dying of Laughter (1999)’. AHGBI Conference. UCD, Ireland. 30 March. 

INVITED TALKS AND GUEST LECTURES: 

2026                ‘East-Asian Representation in Contemporary Spanish Film Comedy’. Edgar Allison Peers Publication Prize-Winner Lecture. Allison Peers Symposium, University of Liverpool. 11 March. 

2026                Hilborn, M. & Harrod, M. ‘The Self-Reflexive Turn on SVOD: Hunger for Content in The Platform’. Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick. 21 January. 

2025                ‘COMEDIAS’. Keynote. Humor-sofías ‘Feminismos y Humor’ Conference. Universidad Santiago de Compostela, Spain. 14-16 May. 

2025           ‘The Surprising History of Romcoms’ – Instituto Cervantes Dublin, Ireland. 14 February. 

2025                ‘Narrativising Netflix: Self-Referential Romcoms and the Platform’s Textual Identity in Spanish Series’. Invited speaker, Seminar Series – University College London, UK. 12 March. 

2023                ‘Laughter in Bigas Luna’s Iberian Trilogy’ – London Spanish Film Festival, UK. 18 September. 

2023                ‘Screen Encounters with Britain: What do young Danes make of Britain and its digital screen culture?’. Lecture to Postgraduates in Media Studies – Aarhus University, Denmark. 12 May.