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East-Asian Film Week: Young Lives in Focus

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:48:00 GMT

East‑Asian Film Week (4–7 May) presents three acclaimed films—Monster, Burning, and The Farewell—exploring the emotional lives of young people in contemporary East Asia. Through powerful storytelling, the screenings invite reflection on family, identity, class, and social change, followed by engaging post‑film discussions. All are welcome.

From Imagination to Translation: The Lifecyle of A Bilingual Writer's Manuscripts

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:20:00 GMT

If we accept that writing is an extension of ourselves, how do we understand the fear that arises when our words are translated into a language we cannot understand?

This event explores the questions and anxieties surrounding creative writing and translation in conversation with award-winning writer Juhea Kim.

Time: Friday, 23 January 2026, from 3:00 PM.
Venue: Oculus 1.09
Enquires: Dr Yoosun Ko (Yoosun.Ko@warwick.ac.uk)

All are welcome!

The Digital Frontier? New Approaches to Literary and Translation Studies, History and Music

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 17:00:00 GMT

We are delighted to invite you to a research seminar jointly organised by the Department of Italianand the Centre for Digital Inquiry.

Monday 20^th February, 17:00-19:00

FAB 3.26

The Digital Frontier? New Approaches to Literary and Translation Studies, History and Music

Giovanni Pietro Villani (Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin - Paris Saclay)

in conversation with

Federica Coluzzi (Italian/CDI, Warwick)

While it is difficult to answer the question what are the digital humanities, empirically it becomes easier to show what advantages digital brings to research in the humanities. The aim of this talk is to show the inside of a digital laboratory in order to show what are the reflections, failures and successes of using informatics applied to different fields of the humanities. Examples will be shown of studies carried out in the English-speaking, Italian-speaking Francophone and Spanish-speaking areas relating to procedures typical of literary analysis and studies of translation, (socio)linguistics, history and music.

Liliana Odjo

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:14:00 GMT

We are sorry to learn that Liliana Odjo, who studied Spanish with us in the Language Centre has died and we are thinking of her friends and family at this difficult time. Our Wellbeing team are here to provide support to anyone who needs it. More details of Liliana's life can be found here: https://warwick.ac.uk/students/news/newsevents/in-memoriam-lo/

and arrangements for a condolences book will be shared there in due course.