SMLC - News and events
Connecting Cultures GRP welcomes eminent translation scholars Karen van Dyck and Lawrence Venuti (Oct 24-27)
The Connecting Cultures Global Research Priority is pleased to be welcoming two distinguished academic visitors to Warwick campus between October 24 and 27: Professor Karen van Dyck, Kimon A. Doukas Professor of Modern Greek Language and Literature at Columbia University, and Professor Lawrence Venuti, Professor of English at Temple University.
Two Chairs Creative Writing Competition Launches!
Dr James Hodkinson and Professor Karen Leeder (Oxford) launch a creative writing competition on Monday 25 Sept.
Warwick hosts UK's national conference for German Studies
The Department of German Studies and the School of Modern Languages and Cultures played host to British and Irish-based Germanists of all backgrounds last week, from 5-7 September. A brief preview follows.
Congratulations to Hispanic Studies undergraduate prizewinners!
We are incredibly proud of our inaugural Hispanic Studies prizewinners. These prizes reflect some really outstanding contributions and achievements. Congratulations to all of you!
Warwick German Studies alumna Emily Wagstaffe receives German Embassy German Teacher Award. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
Many congratulations to our former student Emily Wagstaffe, now Head of German at Oundle School, who has been awarded a very prestigious German Teacher Award by the German Embassy. The ceremony was on 12 June, and Emily received her prize from the Ambassador Peter Ammon and John le Carré. Click here to read the Embassy's report.
Congratulations to Dr Maude Vanhaelen on her Leverhulme Trust research fellowship!
Congratulations to Dr Maude Vanhaelen on the award of a Leverhulme Trust research fellowship to support her project on Plato and his Readers in Sixteenth-Century Italy.
Congratulations to Em. Prof. Ann Caesar on being awarded a Leverhulme Trust Emeritus Fellowship!
Congratulations to Em. Prof. Ann Caesar on being awarded a Leverhulme Trust Emeritus Fellowship for her project The Rise and evolution of the modern Italian novel in eighteenth-century Venice. The project will run from October 2017 until January 2019.
Congratulations to Merryn Everitt (French) on passing her PhD viva!
Congratulations to Merryn Everitt (French) on passing her PhD viva. Her thesis, entitled 'Travelling Saints and Religious Travellers in Twelfth- to Fourteenth-Century Francophone and Occitan Literary Texts’, was supervised by Dr Emma Campbell and Professor Linda Paterson.
Touring exhibition opens: 'Following Islam through German History, 1770-1918.'
Dr James Hodkinson's touring exhibtion has now opened in schools in Surrey. It will be touring educational institutions in the UK over the next 12-18 months.
The exhibition takes visitors on a journey through representations of Islam in German-speaking culture from the late Enlightenment to the Great War of 1914-1918. Looking at texts and images, it tracks the shifting values and functions attributed to Islam in German and Austrian society, culture, thought and politics, highlighting both the Islamophobia and Islamophilia of the age and asking visitors to reflect on how these patterns are still with us today.
Congratulations to Dr Leticia Villamediana Gonzalez (Hispanic Studies) on being awarded the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies' Teaching Prize for 2017!
Dr Villamediana González was awarded the prize for Images and Representations of 18th-Century Spain.
Congratulations to Dr Oliver Davis (French) on his appointment as Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts!
Dr Oliver Davis is delighted to have been appointed as Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts for a two year term commencing April 2017. He looks forward to collaborating with colleagues in Philosophy and from departments across the Arts Faculty to develop the work of this internationally renowned forum for interdisciplinary research and exchange.
Congratulations to Elio Baldi in Italian Studies
Congratulations to Elio Baldi in Italian Studies, who will be awarded his PhD after a successful viva on 26th January!
Congratulations to Matt Coneys in Italian Studies
Congratulations to Matt Coneys in Italian Studies, who will be awarded his PhD after a successful viva on 19th January!
Trailer released for Dr James Hodkinson's Film
Together with Dr Ian Roberts, Dr James Hodkinson is making a series of films charting his impact project on Islam in Germany. Watch the trailer here.
Congratulations to Dr Sophie Stevens, Teaching Fellow in Hispanic Studies, on the award of her PhD!
Sophie has just successfully defended her PhD on Uruguayan Theatre in Translation: Performability, Mobility and Intercultural Dialogue at King's College London. Congratulations, Dr Stevens!
Andrea Klaus (German Studies) will give a paper on "The Year Abroad, Erasmus+ and Brexit" at the UCML Plenary on 6th January 2017
Andrea Klaus (German Studies) will give a paper on "The Year Abroad, Erasmus+ and Brexit" at the UCML Plenary on 6th January 2017 at Europe House, London.