Professor Douglas Mao delivered a series of unforgettable events on the timely subject of Utopia during the third week of Michaelmas Term.
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The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages is delighted to announce the launch of a new course, the MSt in Creative Translation.
An exciting new project is bringing together academics from Oxford and Switzerland for interdisciplinary research into AI and portraiture.
Medieval and Modern Languages Graduate Open Day Online Wednesday 19 November, 5-6pm Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages will be holding an online Graduate Open Day via Microsoft Teams for all prospective graduate applicants on Wednesday 19th
Aditi Gupta has been awarded a prestigious residency grant at the Bibliothèque et Villa Marmottan in Paris.
The Ralph Gibson Bursary has been awarded to Aditi Gupta.
Since his untimely death in 1924, Franz Kafka (b. 1883) has become a global phenomenon. Every generation has discovered ‘its’ Kafka.
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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Lithuanian composer and painter, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911) As part of the celebrations, Philip Bullock (Professor of Russian Literature and Music) has participated in two major
Philip Bullock, Professor of Russian Literature and Music, spent two weeks this year as Visiting Professor at the University of Naples "L'Orientale"
A workshop on French writer Louise d'Epinay took place in Oxford as part of an international project on her Histoire de Madame de Montbrillant.
This guide provides advice for languages researchers on how to navigate the UK government's Areas of Research Interest.
Congratulations to Matilda Walker (4th year undergraduate studying French and Arabic) who received a Hazem Ben Gacem scholarship to study Arabic.
The Society for Early Modern Women and Gender has awarded Alice Brooke's most recent book, a critical edition and translation of Sor Juana's Critique of a Sermon an 'honorable mention' in their annual book awards, under their Editions Award - Scholarly Ed
As part of the Initiative of Excellence – Research University (IDUB) programme, the Faculty of Modern Languages of Wroclaw University is hosting Catriona Seth, the Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature.
Archival and art-historical research by Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature, has led to the discovery of a historical mix-up: the most famous (and often reproduced) portrait of Marie Antoinette as a child, by Swiss artist Liotard, a
On Monday 29 September, the Faculty moved into new premises in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. The Faculty’s professional services team, along with academics, researchers and language lecturers have offices in the building.
We are excited to announce that Douglas Mao, Russ Family Professor in the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University, will join us in Michaelmas Term as Astor Visiting Lecturer.
Post-doctoral researcher Ian Ellison has appeared on a special episode of the Past Present Future podcast with David Runciman as part of their 'Politics on Trial' series to discuss Franz Kafka's novel The Trial, which was first published posthumously a hu