First Round of LIDL Year Abroad Winners Announced

Huge congratulations to the first round of winners of the newly installed prize for creative projects during the Year Abroad in a German speaking country (https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2019/03/18/lidl-year-abroad-prizes) which is sponsored by LIDL UK. The committee was delighted to receive such a variety of inventive and engaging proposals.

They are:

Sophie BAILEY (German & History, Christchurch) “Milch und Honig: Traditionen frisch gebacken”

Megan BLACK (German, St Hugh’s) “kiez.schafft: collective creating”

Arjuna KESHVANI-HAM (German & English, Worcester) “An Independent Publication: Mo MENTA”

Lucy KELLY (German & English, Jesus) We’re Here, We’re Queer, Get Über It: Examining the progression of Germany’s LGBTQ culture

Eve MASON (German & English, Queens) “Es war einmal’: the revitalization of nineteenth-century German women writers’ fairy tales”

Josh PENOLLAR (German & Italian, Balliol) Sport & Sprache - Coaching Football for Underprivileged Children

Timothy POWELL (German & French, St Edmund Hall) "Deutsche Art steht über allen!": An exploration of Hermann Stodte's reception and translation of Walther von der Vogelweide's poetry in the NS-Zeit.

Constance SIMMS (German, St John’s) “Hello to Berlin”

The two projects by students currently on their Year Abroad, Megan Black and Connie Simms, will be celebrated by a launch in November 2019, date to be confirmed. The seven projects by students yet to go on their Year Abroad will go live as they are progressing. They will also be in for the chance to win an extra £500 prize after completion, to be judged in June 2020. Meanwhile, the application process remains open, with the next deadline end of December 2019 (https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2019/03/18/lidl-year-abroad-prizes).

Double win at the Teaching Excellence Awards

Dr Alex Lloyd and Emma Huber have won Teaching Excellence Awards from the University of Oxford's Humanities Division.

LIDL 'Year Abroad' Prizes

We are delighted to announce four new Year Abroad Prizes, kindly sponsored by Lidl, available to students reading German.

Katrin Kohl on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week

Katrin Kohl is contributing to a Start the Week episode entitled ‘Language and Culture’ on BBC Radio 4, Monday 4th March, 9:00 and 21:30.

Bosch funds graduate scholarship for 1+1 MBA with German

The Faculty are very grateful to Bosch for their funding of a graduate scholarship for a student to undertake the new 1+1 MBA/MSt German course.

Severe grading in Modern Foreign Languages A level

The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages shares the concern within the sector on the issue of severe grading in the Modern Foreign Languages A level.

Funding opportunities for graduate studies in Modern Languages at Oxford

Applicants for the Faculty's graduate courses have access to a wide range of funding opportunities within the Faculty and wider University.

Research finds literature quality linked to foreign language ability in young people

Research within the University has found that reading complex and engaging texts is key to inspiring young learners’ interest in Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) and potentially improving how the subject is taught in UK secondary schools, according to new Oxford University research.

Karen Leeder wins John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize For Translation

Karen Leeder has been awarded the John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize for Translation 2018 for her translation of Durs Grünbein,'The Doctrine of Photography', which appeared in Poetry 2017. The John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize for translation work is permanently endowed through a fund established by Bonnie Larkin Nims, Trustees of The Poetry Foundation, and friends of the late poet, translator, and Editor of Poetry. Previous winners include: Marilyn Hacker, Eavan Boland, and Michael Hofmann 2007
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/144808/the-doctrine-of-photography

Launch of a new Modern Languages 1+1 MBA programme

The Faculty are delighted to announce the launch of a new configuration of our MSt course through a partnership with the Saïd Business School. The new 1+1 MBA course with Modern Languages will be available for first intake from October 2019, and is a unique, two-year graduate experience that combines the depth of a specialised, master’s degree with the breadth of a top-ranking, one-year MBA.

The Faculty is holding an information session for MSt and MPhil programmes on Monday 26 November.

Olga Grjasnowa to visit Oxford as part of DAAD writer in residence programme

The Sub-Faculty of German at the University of Oxford and German Studies at The University of Warwick are pleased to announce a series of events with the prominent German writer Olga Grjasnowa.

Book launch: The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht

Tom Kuhn and David Constantine celebrate the launch of their new translation and edition, The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht, at the LRB Bookshop in London on 20 November.

Lidl supports the study of German at Oxford

Supermarket chain Lidl has made a gift in support of students studying German at Oxford.

Oxford Open Doors at the Taylorian: September 8th, 2018

Oxford Open Doors is the annual weekend when when we celebrate the city: its places, spaces and, most of all, its people. The Taylor Institution Library is taking part in the Oxford Open Doors event this Saturday, September 8th, 2018.

Library staff will be giving guided tours to small groups throughout the day, and visitors will be taken to the Voltaire Room to view an exhibition. We hope that this will not cause any disruption, as visitors will be advise that the library rooms are for quiet study. If you have any queries, do not hesitate to contact Joanne Ferrari (joanne.ferrari@bodleian.ox.ac.uk).

Launch: The White Rose Project

All members of the Faculty are warmly invited to the launch of The White Rose project and exhibition on Friday, October 12th. The event will take place in Room 2 at the Taylor Institution from 5 o'clock in the evening. There will be a short talk, a chance to view the exhibition, and refreshments. The White Rose: Reading, Writing, Resistance exhibition will continue in the Voltaire Room until the end of October.

Booking for the launch event is required.

University Open Day: September 14th, 2018

Open Days provide an excellent opportunity to visit the Faculty and meet our tutors and students. We welcome prospective applicants to have a look at libraries and classrooms, and to learn more about the admissions process and studying at Oxford.

The next University of Oxford Open Day will take place on Friday, September 14th, 2018. The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages will be holding information sessions on all three dates; booking is required. To reserve your place at the Open Day, please, follow this link.

Exhibition: The White Rose: Reading, Writing, Resistance

2018 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most remarkable instances in the history of German Resistance: the White Rose group trials. To commemorate this event, there will be an exhibition in the Taylor Institution, entitled The White Rose: Reading, Writing, Resistance. The exhibition will run from October 12th to 31st in the Voltaire Room of the Taylorian. It will present information on the members of the White Rose and their resistance activities, as well as examples of literature which influenced them to oppose Nazism.

Translation Project: The White Rose and the German Resistance

Together with the Taylor Institution, we are commissioning a new translation of the White Rose leaflets, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the trials of the German Resistance group. This project is open to all students of German about to begin the second or fourth year in Michaelmas 2018. Applications will also be considered from students who are not studying German, but who are confident translating between German and English.

Introducing The Oxford Polyglot, the Faculty Newsletter

It is our pleasure to announce that the inaugural issue of The Oxford Polyglot, the Faculty e-newsletter, has now been published and can be seen in its entirety here. Professor Ian Watson, Chair of the Faculty Board, has provided the introduction, and the