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Three University of Warwick academics elected as Fellows of the British Academy

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:30:00 GMT

One of the highest honours available to UK academics was bestowed on three professors from the University of Warwick.

Silence speaks a thousand words

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 08:07:00 GMT

Researchers at the University of Warwick are working with a professional storyteller to bring a 13^th century story about nonbinary gender identity to new audiences.

Warwick Translation and Cultures MA showcased by British Council in Hong Kong

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:54:00 GMT

How does a book or a map change when it is translated to another language, for people in a different culture? Is it essentially the same as the original, or something new altogether? Find out at an online event from the University of Warwick, City University of Hong Kong, and the British Council.

Charles Dickens and the Ghost of Lille

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:35:00 GMT

Today we associate sharing ghost stories round a fire with Hallowe'en - but for the Victorians, a spine-chilling tale in front of the hearth was an essential Christmas tradition. It's one of which Charles Dickens was a master. But were his tales drawn from imagination...or from real life? Dr Fabio Camilletti from Warwick’s School of Modern Languages and Cultures investigates one possible source of Dickens' terrifying Christmas tales.

Warwick to investigate ‘Romance today’ at free event and film screening

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:14:43 GMT

How we think about romantic couples and families is to be examined at a free event at the University of Warwick on Saturday 29th September, Imagining 'We' in the Age of 'I' - including a free screening of the critically acclaimed ‘Her’, directed by Spike Jonze.

Multilingualism is alive and well says, IANLS President and Warwick Professor, Ingrid De Smet – as is Latin!

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 08:21:23 GMT

As President of the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies (IANLS), Professor Ingrid De Smet, of the University of Warwick’s School of Modern Languages and Cultures and Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, hosted, with fellow members of the Executive Committee and local organisers the society’s XVIIth International Congress.

Two Chairs Creative Writing Competition teaching children about unity

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:22:40 GMT

A new writing competition with prizes of £250, is inspiring Coventry schoolchildren to see the world from the perspective of other people.

The Two Chairs Creative Writing Competition, which is open to all, has seen its competition’s creator, Dr James Hodkinson of the University of Warwick, has been holding workshops in schools to discuss the themes and ideas behind the competition.

Dr Katherine Astbury appears on Radio 4's In Our Time to discuss Germaine de Staël

Thu, 16 Nov 2017 11:18:06 GMT

"A liberal writer and thinker who actively engaged in politics during the early years of the Revolution, she developed a new aesthetic path for the French novel through two essays, on fiction and on literature, and two major novels, Delphine and Corinne.", writes Dr Astubry of de Staël.

Authentic Napoleonic play to be staged at Richmond's Georgian Theatre Royal

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:32:10 GMT

The production forms part of part of a major four-year interdisciplinary project aiming to transform our understanding of theatre during the Napoleonic era by giving a clearer understanding of the complex interplay of art and politics in France at the beginning of the nineteenth century, lead by Dr Katherine Astbury of the University of Warwick's School of Modern Languages and Cultures.

Napoleonic play extracts return to original Portchester Castle theatre, alongside new exhibition

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:01:21 GMT

A new permanent exhibition on Napoleonic prisoners and the theatre they built has been launched Portchester Castle, Hampshire with help from researchers at the University of Warwick – with scenes of an authentic play staged by the prisoners to be performed on the 5-6^th August.