by jobradley | Aug 14, 2019 | Conference, Events, Translingual Minorities
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...
by jobradley | Jun 21, 2019 | Conference, Events, Translingual Minorities
On 30 May, Margaret May enjoyed a rewarding encounter at the Institute of Modern Languages Research between the Ukrainian-born author Katja Petrowskaja, and Shelley Frisch, her New York-based translator into English. She reflects on the experience of being part of an...
by jmillington | Feb 2, 2019 | Events, News, Public Engagement, Translingual Minorities
Friday 8 Feb 2019: Reay Primary School, London SW9 This creative writing workshop, devised by 2018 OWRI Fellow Dr Catherine Barbour (University of Surrey), examines the role of translingualism in the experiences and education of young children and asks how...
by jmillington | Jan 25, 2019 | News, Translingual Minorities
Anje Müller Gjesdal (OWRI Fellow in Languages and Communities 2018) argues that narratives of exile and migration can change the way we think about Modern Languages. Migration, globalisation and various forms of mobility are increasingly shaping the world around us,...
by jmillington | Oct 8, 2018 | Events, News, Translingual Minorities
The 12th annual Native Spirit Film Festival returns to London’s historic Bloomsbury to present Indigenous Film, Native Media and Artists. There will be a focus on languages in the run-up to UNESCO 2019 Year of Indigenous Languages, and two of the programmed films were...
by jobradley | Feb 12, 2018 | Conference, Events, Translingual Minorities
This conference, held in Gorizia, Italy, was the fruit of a collaboration between Dr Katia Pizzi (OWRI Cross-Language Dynamics, Translingual communities) and SLORI (Slovenian Research Institute). The impetus was to create a forum of discussion on language education...
