Brazilian food entrepreneurs in the UK, learning from the food service sector
Author: Francielle Carpenedo, Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study One of the interests of my PhD research at the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) is to gain insights into Brazilian culture in the UK through the communicative...

“Reading across continents”: Playing with Prose with Others on your Own
Ahead of July's Playing with Prose workshops, actor Jack Tarlton discusses his first experience of running a virtual theatre workshop as the world went into lockdown – and reflects on the ways on which it connected students around the world. In the last few weeks...

From Tokyo to Toulouse: The harp in translation
Ahead of her livestreamed concert on 30 May, harpist Tamsin Dearnley reflects on her experiences moving between different musical traditions in Britain, France and Japan, and the extent to which music behaves like spoken language. When we want to express something...

Millie and Bird and The Redemption of Galen Pike: Two short plays created through Playing with Prose
Ahead of our online Playing with Prose workshops over 12-19 May, actor and workshop leader Jack Tarlton shares two new short plays created by students during previous sessions. Book now for Playing with Prose Why adapt a book for the stage, and how do we adapt a book...

The London Spanish Book and Zine Fair, 4 and 5 October 2019
The London Spanish Book and Zine Fair, the first dedicated event to publications in Spanish in the United Kingdom, will take place on the Friday 4th and Saturday 5th of October 2019 at InSpire, the Crypt of St Peter’s, Liverpool Grove, SE17 2HH. LSBF will showcase...

Conference Report ‘Across Languages: Translingualism in Contemporary Women’s Writing’
IMLR, 30-31 May 2019 This two-day conference convened a number of scholars specialising in the fields of translingualism and contemporary women’s writing in a series of panel presentations that spanned nations, languages and disciplines. The conference was...

Latest OWRI short film
As part of a series of short films commissioned by Translingual strand, this latest production from Valeria Luongo and Ryhs Aaron Lewis explores the lives of the Mexican migrant community living in Chicago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYip6ZCOeXM#action=share Sin...

The Politics of Contemporary German Culture – conference report
Frauke Matthes reports on the 'Politics of Contemporary German Culture’ conference, held at the University of St Andrews on 26-27 April 2019. The conference was organised by Dr Dora Osborne (St Andrews), Dr Frauke Matthes (Edinburgh), and Dr...

Cartoneras Exhibition
Join the Latin American Youth Forum (LAYF) for an exhibition of Cartonera books produced during a series of workshops with young Latin Americans from Southwark and Lambeth. Find out more about the project

Migrants, refugees, exiles, and literary fiction: A round table discussion at MALBA museum Buenos Aires
Katia Pizzi reports on her trip to Buenos Aires in April 2019. In 2001, the Argentinian government approved a law granting the title of ‘site of memory’ to sites that operated as clandestine detention centres prior to 1983. Memories of disappearance, genocide and...