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).

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.

Conference: Women in Transition – Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries

We are glad to announce that registration is now open for the international conference Women in Transition — Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries. The conference will take place from Thursday, September 20th to Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 at St Peter's College, University of Oxford and at the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin-American Studies, King's College London.

The conference is open to the public upon registration. For further details, please, follow this link.

Open Days 2018: June and September

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 University of Oxford Open Days 2018 will take place on Wednesday, June 27th, Thursday, June 28th, and Friday, September 14th. The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages will be holding information sessions pm on all three dates; booking is required. To reserve your place at an Open Day, please, follow this link.

Clara Florio Cooper Memorial Lecture 2018

We are pleased to announce that the 2018 Clara Florio Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor Diego Zancani and titled 'Italian Renaissance Food and its Representation in Britain and Italy'. Taking place on May 8th at 5 pm, the lecture is open to all and will be followed by a drinks reception.

Joining the evening will be a delegation from the University of Padua and the Comune, celebrating a unique collaboration and possible twinning of cities and universities.

Modern Languages Open Day: Spaces Released

We are pleased to announce that more spaces have been opened on our Modern Languages Open Day, taking place on Saturday, April 28th at the Examination Schools. The event will run from 10.50 am to 4 pm and will offer an overview of Modern Languages at Oxford, as well as a chance for prospective students to ask our tutors any questions they might have about the degree.

Please, note that booking is required.

Dreaming Romantic Europe - AHRC Network Grant

The Arts and Humanities Research Council has awarded a network grant to ‘Dreaming Romantic Europe’, a project led by Catriona Seth, the Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature here at Oxford, as co-investigator, and by Professor Nicola J. Watson of the Open University as Principal Investigator.

The award will make it possible to draw together individual academics, but also scholarly associations and cultural heritage institutions across Europe, which are devoted to the study and presentation of Romanticism.

The Open Days for spring 2018 have now been announced! We welcome prospective applicants to meet our tutors and students, to have a look at libraries and classrooms, and to learn more about the admissions process and studying at Oxford.

The main Open Day at the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages is taking place on Saturday, April 28th, with additional language-specific days from February to March.

15cBOOKTRADE Project in the International Media

The 15cBOOKTRADE Project (2014-2019, PI Cristina Dondi) has received considerable attention from the international media over the past two months.

In memoriam: Dr Paola Tomè

Dr Paola Tomè, who was a Marie Curie Fellow in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages at Oxford (2015-17), died on 24 December 2017 after a long and brave struggle against cancer. She was a very active presence in the Faculty with her seminars, lectures and conferences and she also forged strong links between MML and the Faculty of Classics: her loss will be keenly felt by all of us.

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.

Professor Martin McLaughlin Wins Serena Medal for Italian Literature

We are delighted to announce that The British Academy has awarded the Serena Medal for Italian Literature to Professor Martin McLaughlin.

Paget Toynbee Lecture 2017 - CANCELLED

We regret to announce that the Paget Toynbee Lecture 2017 has been cancelled.



Professor Ascoli is an eminent scholar in Medieval and Early Modern Italian culture. His interests include the relations between literary form and history; the author-reader relationship; the construction of Italian national identity; literary politics of gender; Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Ariosto, Shakespeare. He is the author of the celebrated study, Dante and the Making of a Modern Author (Cambridge, 2008), and has recently completed editing the Cambridge Companion to Petrarch (2015).

Oxford Ranked Second in Complete University Guide 2018

The University of Oxford has been ranked second in the Complete University Guide for 2018 entry, and very highly across the board for language subjects.

Oxford Modern Languages Ranked 3rd in World QS University Rankings

The University of Oxford has been ranked 3rd in the prestigious QS World University Rankings for Modern Languages, just behind Harvard University and the University of Cambridge, with the coveted top five-star rating for research, innovation, and teaching.

Referendum Statement

The University of Oxford, founded some nine centuries ago, has enjoyed the closest links, throughout its long history, with the great centres of learning across Europe.

Modern Languages Faculty ranked top in the QS World University rankings

Oxford University has come top in the 2016 QS World University Rankings for Modern Languages. The annual QS World University Rankings is a comprehensive guide to the world’s top universities in a range of popular subject areas.

Faculty to lead major interdisciplinary research project on Creative Multilingualism

Researchers from six universities with joint expertise in over 40 languages will collaborate with 16 external partners to investigate the connection between languages and creativity in an ambitious research programme funded by the AHRC. The £4 million Oxford-led programme on Creative Multilingualism forms part of the Open World Research Initiative (OWRI), together with programmes led by Cambridge, King’s College London and Manchester. Over four years, they will seek to place languages at the heart of academic and public life.

Visibility Award 2: Promoting Minority Languages via Poetry Translation

The EHRC committee is pleased to announce the first recipients of the new Visibility Award Scheme for staff and students in Modern Languages. Number 2 up is the project to roll out a successful blog on poetry and translation

EHRC Challenge: The Visibility of Modern Languages

Bids are invited for EHRC small grants (£2,500) that enhance the visibility of research in Modern Languages. This challenge stems from the idea that there is much going on in Modern Languages which would profit from showcasing.

The challenge should be to encourage everybody working in Modern Languages (faculty, librarians, students) to:


think about the visibility of their research in ways which profit their ongoing work
share best practice in documenting outreach, using social media
link up within the university as much as with external partners