Margalida Capellà, the bell ringer who revolutionized the teaching of Greek and Latin with new technologies, has died.
Professor of Greek and associate professor at the UAB, she was a key figure in the pedagogical renewal of classical languages in Catalonia
PalmThe world of Classics mourns the death of Margalida Capellà Soler, a native of Campanet, a secondary school professor of Greek, and one of the most influential voices in the modernization of Greek and Latin education in Catalonia. Capellà stood out for breaking with the idea of classical languages as "dead languages," pioneering the incorporation of new technologies in the classroom and championing innovative methodologies that brought the classical world closer to students from a vibrant, contemporary perspective connected to reality. She served as a professor of Greek at the Premià de Mar Institute and, since 2019, was an associate professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Throughout her career, she also held educational management responsibilities, such as the position of head of the Department of Education of the Generalitat of Catalonia between 2009 and 2012. Her teaching and outreach work made her a role model for several generations of teachers and students, especially for her advocacy for teachers. Her intellectual and creative legacy also continues in the cultural and audiovisual fields through her daughter, Valèria Cun, director of the short film Summer Cemetery (2025). The work, set in Mallorca in the 1960s, explores the emotional and sexual awakening of a teenager in a context marked by tourism and family ties, and has received support from the Campanet City Council and the Fundació Baleària.
The death of Margalida Capellà leaves a profound void in the educational and cultural world, but also a lasting mark on the way we understand and transmit classical languages as a living part of the present.