Members of the Spanish sub-faculty were delighted to meet the Spanish Ambassador to the UK, his Excellency José Pascual Marco Martínez, during his recent visit to Oxford.
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Dr Joanna Raisbeck, is the joint recipient of the Novalis-Preis 2022.
Congratulations to Professor Nikolaj Lübecker who has released his new book 'Twenty-First-Century Symbolism'.
Professor Catriona Seth took part in a recent episode of "In Our Time" about French writer and political activist, Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793)
The Voltaire Foundation has just brought to a successful conclusion its ground-breaking work on the 205 volumes of the Complete Works of Voltaire, the first ever full scholarly edition of this Enlightenment author.
Calling all Year 12 French, German and Spanish students from UK state schools – an exciting opportunity awaits.
The programme Creative Multilingualism is offering FIVE awards of up to £500 each for small creative projects.
Applications are invited for grants to support creative projects with a German theme, to be undertaken alongside the main activities of the Year Abroad.
Several current Portuguese students and recent graduates of the Faculty have been providing translations for literary project Maps of Confinement, drawing together a manifesto of confinement experienced during the pandemic.
Our colleagues from The Queen's College share details of their next International Book Club meeting - a really wonderful opportunity for school students to engage with literature from around the world!
On 24 February, Prof. Natalia Nowakowska (Oxford) delivered an Ilchester Lecture on the topic From Tribe to Dynasty? Globalizing the Jagiellonians of Central Europe (1377-1596).
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages and the Sub-Faculty of Russian and Slavonic Languages join our colleagues at ASEEES, AATSEEL, BASEES, and across the Slavic studies community in strongly deploring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. We stand with all those who oppose this act of aggression, and we wish for the safety of our colleagues, students, friends, and family in the region.
We are delighted to announce the launch of the freely searchable CAT19 database of French novels from 1801-1830.
Andrew Kahn and Irina Reyfman's translation of Alexander Radishchev's Journey from St Petersburg to Moscow (Columbia University Press, 2020) has been awarded the 2021 AATSEEL Book Prize for Best Literary Translation.
This year's Brazil Week focussed on the cultural impact of the ‘Semana de Arte Moderna’ [Modern Art Week].
Professor Carolin Duttlinger went on BBC Radio 4’s ‘In Our Time’ last week to discuss the life, work and legacy of Walter Benjamin.
Professor Karen Leeder is the winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize 2021 of the Society of Authors for her translation of Durs Grünbein, Porcelain: Poem on the Downfall of my City.
Applications for the BAME Humanities Study Day are open until 20th February.