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On Thursday 8 March, 2018, there will be a showing in the Main Lecture Hall, Taylor Institution, St Giles, Oxford OX1 3NA, of two films by Boris Frumin, one of the leading directors of the Leningrad 'New Wave' cinema during the 1970s. Frumin has lived since 1978 in the USA, where he has continued directing, scripting, and producing films.
Readings and discussion with the present and former editors of the poetry magazine founded by Ted Hughes.
Open Day for prospective Undergraduate students applying to study Russian and other Slavonic languages will take place on Saturday, March 3rd, 2018. We welcome everyone interested in the subject and, as the spaces are limited, encourage you to register as soon as possible.
The Open Day will feature a mix of talks and academic taster sessions, with opportunities to ask questions about the course and application process. Visitors will meet students and staff of the Faculty, including Professor Polly Jones (Russian) and Professor Julie Curtis (Russian).
On Friday, March 2nd we present renowned comic book author and film director Enki Bilal in conversation with students and members of the public. One of the most sought-after artists in the world will talk working across genres and cultures. The conversation will be convened by Dr Michael Abecassis and take place in the Main Hall, Taylor Institution.
This event is free and open to all, and will be in French.
On Friday, March 2nd Dr Jonathan Patterson, together with Dr Jonathan Williams (Director of College Music, St Hilda's College) and the Faculty of Music, will present a unique seminar: 'Musical and Literary Approaches to the Operas of Jean-Philippe Rameau'.
Dedicated to the works of the 18th-century French composer and music theorist, the seminar will explore Rameau's legacy through the integration of literary and musical analytical techniques.
This event is free and open to all.
5pm, Thursday 1 March (Week 7)
Open Day for prospective Undergraduate students applying to study Spanish and Portuguese will take place on Thursday, March 1st, 2018. We welcome everyone interested in these subjects and, as the spaces are limited, encourage you to register as soon as possible.
The Open Day will feature a mix of talks and academic taster sessions, with opportunities to ask questions about the course and application process. Visitors will meet students and staff of the Faculty, including Professor Ben Bollig (Spanish) and Professor Cláudia Pazos-Alonso (Portuguese).
The Russian Sub-Faculty alongside the Vintage Film Club is very pleased to continue the Russian classic film series as part of the European Humanities Research Centre Visibility Project. The project aims to introduce film adaptations of Russian classical literature to students in connection with the FHS course in Russian (Papers VIII and X). Also, anyone interested in Russian literature and language is welcome.
On Friday, February 23rd the Faculty, together with The European Humanities Research Centre and Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, invites you to 'The Multiple Legacies of Rosa Luxemburg' symposium.
The event is dedicated to the life, thought and legacy of Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919), one of the most creative writers of modern socialism, a leading Jewish intellectual and the foremost female theoretician of European radicalism. The symposium is free and open to the public.
The University of Oxford's "Brazil Week" aims to raise awareness about the richness and diversity of Brazilian culture by organising a number of free events open not only to students and academics, but also to the general public. It celebrates the fact that there are so many academics and students at the University of Oxford who are working in and on Brazil (from areas as wide-ranging as Literature, Politics, Anthropology, Environmental Science, Linguistics, Theology and Ethnomusicology), and to bring them together.
As part of the Seminar on Contemporary French Writing and Culture, author, illustrator, and graphic artist Emmanuel Guibert will be a guest in the ‘Conversations avec…’ series. The conversation will be convened by Professor Catriona Seth and Professor Seth Whidden and take place on Monday, February 19th at Queen's College.
This event is free and open to all, and will be in French.
Craig Harline (Brigham Young) Luther for Everybody, followed by a presentation of Reformation pamphlets held by the Taylor Library, introduced by Henrike Lähnemann.
As part of the WiR-Programmes from the DAAD, the German author and songwriter Christiane Rösinger reads from her latest book Zukunft machen wir später. Meine Deutschstunden mit Geflüchteten, in which she describes her experiences as a voluntary DaZ teacher in Berlin.
5pm, Thursday 15 February (Week 5)
This year’s Taylor Lecture will be given by Dr Neil MacGregor, renowned art historian and a graduate of the Faculty (French and German, 1967). Titled 'The Humboldt Forum: Two Brothers, a Palast and a Schloß', the lecture will explore world history through a Berlin lens.
The Russian Sub-Faculty alongside the Vintage Film Club is very pleased to continue the Russian classic film series as part of the European Humanities Research Centre Visibility Project. The project aims to introduce film adaptations of Russian classical literature to students in connection with the FHS course in Russian (Papers VIII and X). Also, anyone interested in Russian literature and language is welcome.
Open Day for prospective Undergraduate students applying to study German will take place on Saturday, February 24th, 2018. We welcome everyone interested in these subjects and, as the spaces are limited, encourage you to register as soon as possible.
The Open Day will feature a mix of talks and academic taster sessions, with opportunities to ask questions about the course and application process. Visitors will meet students and staff of the Faculty, including Professor Henrike Lähnemann and Professor Ben Morgan.
Michael Krüger and Paul Muldoon are coming to Queen's College for a poetry reading and discussion of politics and translation. Everyone is welcome to join.
The Russian Sub-Faculty alongside the Vintage Film Club is very pleased to continue the Russian classic film series as part of the European Humanities Research Centre Visibility Project. The project aims to introduce film adaptations of Russian classical literature to students in connection with the FHS course in Russian (Papers VIII and X). Also, anyone interested in Russian literature and language is welcome.
