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The Russian sub-faculty is pleased to announce the showings of literary adaptations of masterpieces of Russian classical literature, preceded by short introductions by Modern Languages faculty members, as part of the EHRC Visibility Project. The project aims to introduce the variety of literary adaptations to students reading Russian and everyone interested in Russian literature and language. Short introductions will help unravel these films’ cultural and historical significance.
The Portuguese Sub-Faculty is proud to announce that recent graduate Daniel Pawson (Queen's, Portuguese and Spanish) has won the Anglo-Portuguese Society's Ann Waterfall Prize.
The Portuguese Sub-Faculty is proud to announce that recent graduate Daniel Pawson (Queen's, Portuguese and Spanish) has won the Anglo-Portuguese Society's Ann Waterfall Prize.
We are delighted to announce that one of our three entrants to the 2017 R.H. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize, Peter Tellouche, has been voted this year's winner.
Public Engagement with Research describes the many ways that members of the public can be involved in the design, conduct and dissemination of research.
If you, or any of your students, are interested in applying for 2018 entry, the Faculty is holding an information session on Modern Languages Masters courses.
If you, or any of your students, are interested in applying for 2018 entry, the Faculty is holding an information session on Modern Languages Masters courses.
If you, or any of your students, are interested in applying for 2018 entry, the Faculty is holding an information session on Modern Languages Masters courses.
If you, or any of your students, are interested in applying for 2018 entry, the Faculty is holding an information session on Modern Languages Masters courses.
If you, or any of your students, are interested in applying for 2018 entry, the Faculty is holding an information session on Modern Languages Masters courses.
If you, or any of your students, are interested in applying for 2018 entry, the Faculty is holding an information session on Modern Languages Masters courses.
If you, or any of your students, are interested in applying for 2018 entry, the Faculty is holding an information session on Modern Languages Masters courses.
If you, or any of your students, are interested in applying for 2018 entry, the Faculty is holding an information session on Modern Languages Masters courses.
If you, or any of your students, are interested in applying for 2018 entry, the Faculty is holding an information session on Modern Languages Masters courses.
We are delighted to announce that The British Academy has awarded the Serena Medal for Italian Literature to Professor Martin McLaughlin.
As the exact date for the quincentenary of the publication of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses is approaching (published on 31 October 1517), there are a number of Reformation events which combine the three strands which have been explored throughout the year (cf. the events during Bonn Week): Translating – Printing – Singing. This might be of interest for anybody interested in the literature, history and music of Protestant Germany and England in the 16th century and its legacy. All welcome! For more information, go to the Reformation 2017 blog of the Taylorian.
The next conference of the International Walter Benjamin Society will be held in Oxford at Worcester College and the Taylorian Institute on 24th-27th September 2017. To coincide with the conference, there will be a small exhibition at the Bodleian Library on the theme of “Reading with Benjamin,” which will include Kafka manuscripts, and other Benjamin-related rarities.
International Colloquium Marking the 150th Anniversary of Baudelaire's Death and the 160th Anniversary of Les Fleurs du mal.
Organized by Ève Morisi (Oxford), André Guyaux (Paris-Sorbonne) and Bertrand Marchal (Paris-Sorbonne)
Dr. Javier Muñoz-Basols is the Principal Investigator of the recently-launched “Portal de lingüística hispánica – Hispanic Linguistics”, a Digital Humanities project devoted to promoting and disseminating research in Spanish Language and Hispanic Linguistics.
Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature and Fellow of All Souls, has been elected to the British Academy. Fellows of the British Academy represent the very best of humanities and social sciences research, in the UK and globally.