Prof. Karen Leeder was broadcast on BBC radio in December 2025 Poetry - Reading, writing, editing and translating STW 22 December 2025 BBC Radio 4 How much can we truly know about the inner lives of others?
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A major conference on Beaumarchais will take place in Oxford on 4 and 5 June 2026. It is organised by Dr Linda Gil of the University of Montpellier and Professor Catriona Seth of Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages.
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UNIQ is Oxford’s free access programme for UK state school students. Featuring a sustained contact programme and in-person summer residential, you’ll be taught by Oxford academics and explore subjects aligned with your academic interests.
Our annual creative writing competitions for school pupils are now open for submission
Congratulations to Professor Cláudia Pazos Alonso on the recent publication in Brazil of a collection of essays in her honour, titled De sóror e outras Florbelas: textos do Congresso em comemoração dos 100 anos do livro de “Sóror Saudade” e homenagem a
The Oxford Kafka Research Centre is pleased to announce its 2026 Kafka Undergraduate Essay Prize
The Call For Papers for Living With Kafka International Conference is now available and the deadline to apply is 20 December 2025.
Congratulations to Shaw Worth, a joint DPhil student in French and English, who was elected on November 2 to a highly competitive Prize Fellowship at All Souls College.
Cameron Etherton (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford) and Eve Judah (Newnham College, Cambridge) have been awarded a generous grant by the Society for French Studies.
Professor Catriona Seth was President of the 2025 Institut Universitaire de France Selection Panel The Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) distinguishes 200 academics in France (100 at junior and 100 at senior level) every year across all disciplines.
At the invitation of Professor Francesca Pagani and the PhD programme in Transcultural Studies in Humanities of the University of Bergamo, Professor Catriona Seth recently gave a guest lecture titled "Who’s that in the painting?
The Oxford Linguist is Oxford’s first multilingual, digital student magazine
Professor Douglas Mao delivered a series of unforgettable events on the timely subject of Utopia during the third week of Michaelmas Term.
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages is delighted to announce the launch of a new course, the MSt in Creative Translation.
An exciting new project is bringing together academics from Oxford and Switzerland for interdisciplinary research into AI and portraiture.
Medieval and Modern Languages Graduate Open Day Online Wednesday 19 November, 5-6pm Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages will be holding an online Graduate Open Day via Microsoft Teams for all prospective graduate applicants on Wednesday 19th
Aditi Gupta has been awarded a prestigious residency grant at the Bibliothèque et Villa Marmottan in Paris.
The Ralph Gibson Bursary has been awarded to Aditi Gupta.