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 | Mar 12, 2019 | Latin Americans in the UK, News
Dr María Soledad Montañez, Research Fellow in Community Engagement, introduces the phenomenon of hand-made books and a new OWRI initiative Image: cartonerapublishing.com Cardboard publishing “Cartonera” is a contemporary publishing phenomenon that lies at the...
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 | Aug 3, 2017 | Translingual Minorities
Unsettling Communities: Minor, Minority and Small Literatures in Europe 23-24 February 2017 This conference focused on the comparative study of content, form, status, and reception of ‘minority’ writing in Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries. Speakers from...
by jobradley | Mar 14, 2017 | Conference, Translingual Minorities
Following on from a successful conference held in October 2015, Interpreting Communities: Minority Writing in European Literary Fields, this Institute of Modern Languages Research conference brought together scholars at the School of Advanced Study (University of...
