This symposium will bring together scholars working on translingual women’s writing in the language fields of Italian, French and German. We will explore the particular richness of texts produced by […]
This international symposium aims to contribute to the intellectual and multidisciplinary framework of studying translingual and transcultural communication that will help develop a better understanding of key issues in the […]
Professor Rosaleen Howard is Chair of Hispanic Studies at Newcastle University. She joined the School of Modern Languages at Newcastle from the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University […]
This one-day workshop aims to probe whether the label and concept of a ‘minor literature’ (Deleuze/Guattari, 1975) can be usefully applied to contemporary writing by female Jewish authors in Germany […]
This half-day workshop will explore research across languages as an embodied, sensory process. Scholars working with film, literature and participatory methods will focus particularly on questions of positionality and the […]
Recent years have seen a growing interest in ‘sound studies’, a field of study that addresses the role of the auditory in culture and society. This one-day symposium seeks to […]
Paris was the principal centre of surrealist activity and the focus of connections between surrealist literature, ethnology, sociology, visual arts and music. The links between surrealism and the emerging disciplines […]
Join us for a piano recital of relevant French repertoire by the outstanding young pianist Alexander Soares. Praised as a pianist of “huge intensity” (The Telegraph), Alexander Soares is developing […]
This symposium aims to examine cultural manifestations of the movement and encounter between nations, cultures and languages in urban environments. It will straddle the literary disciplines as well as art history, architecture, visual studies, film studies, cultural geography and theory. Architecture and Urbanisation Francophone Perspectives Fluid Practices Writing the City CLICK HERE FOR PROGRAMME AND […]
This one-day event brings together leading thinkers in Modern Languages pedagogy from secondary schools and universities to share ideas and best practice, and to celebrate collaboration across the MFL community. The symposium will open with a headline address from Professor Neil Kenny (British Academy Lead Fellow for Languages) on the future of MFL in the […]