Dame Emma Walmsley, who read Classics and Modern Languages as an undergraduate, was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Oxford at the annual Encaenia ceremony in the Sheldonian.
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Congratulations to the Maison Française d'Oxford which is 80 this year. The MFO, in Norham Gardens is well-known to students in French and beyond.
On 22 June 2026, the faculty hosted a symposium, bringing together historians and literary scholars to celebrate Professor Tom Earle's 80th birthday.
Doctoral student Aditi Gupta was invited to speak at the plenary Session of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
Six students have been awarded funding to develop creative projects during their Year Abroad in a German-speaking country. The scheme supports creative, cultural, and research-based projects developed during students’ year abroad.
We are delighted to share that the Queen’s Translation Exchange (QTE) has been recognised with a prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Local Community Engagement.
In December 2025, we launched our annual Flash Fiction competitions, which closed at the end of March.
Prof Claire Williams is on BBC Radio 4's 'In Our Time' programme on 11 June, discussing the great Brazilian author Machado de Assis.
Professor Catriona Seth has been elected to the Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Rouen
Applications are invited for grants to support creative projects with a German theme, to be undertaken alongside the main activities of the Year Abroad.
Acclaimed Portuguese author, Gonçalo M. Tavares, visited Oxford and participated in a roundtable with Dr Marcelo Lachat.
Dr Luca Costa has been awarded a prestigious MHRA Research Scholarship, supporting outstanding early-career postdoctoral researchers to revise their doctoral thesis for publication within the Faculty.
Professor Simon Park delivered the 93rd Annual Domus Seminar at St Anne's College on Disaster in the Age of Discovery
Come join us in the Taylorian for this exhibition on visual representations of Celestina, available until May 15. This will be of particular interest to anyone with an interest on Spanish medieval literature, both at graduate and post-graduate levels.
On the first Monday of Trinity Term, we were delighted to welcome His Excellency, the ambassador of the Czech Republic to the UK, Václav Bartuška, who met undergraduate and graduate students of Czech for a wide-ranging and thought-provoking Q&A at the Sch
We are delighted that Kamel Daoud will be giving the 2026 Zaharoff lecture on the topic: «L’écrivain algérien: peut-il passer du muet au parlant sans perdre son rôle dans le cinéma du monde?
John and Alun Edwards Doctoral Scholarship in Spanish Studies Applications are invited for a doctoral (DPhil) scholarship in Spanish studies (covering history, languages or literature) from 2026/27 at the University of Oxford.
DPhil student Rebecca Schleuß has been selected for two prestigious lecture awards