Visit from German Saturday School 18 December 2024
The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures recently hosted a school visit with German learners from the German Saturday School.
Dr Rebekah Vince Awarded Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize 16 December 2024
MLC colleague Rebekah Vince won Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for co-translation of A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean.
New Intercollegiate MA: Languages and Cultures Across Borders 4 November 2024
Applications are now open for the new MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders, with contributions from academics in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures.
Dr Rachel Randall awarded funding from Migration Mobilities Bristol 28 October 2024
Dr Rachel Randall was awarded funding from Migration Mobilities Bristol (MMB).
Funded PhD in French Sociolinguistics or Applied Linguistics 15 April 2024
SLLF is delighted to announce a fully funded PhD studentship on linguistic integration in Quebec.
Leverhulme research project grant: ‘The ethics of linguistic integration: realities, expectations, prospects’ 29 March 2024
Queen Mary has been awarded a Leverhulme research project grant for a 3-year project beginning in September 2024 entitled ‘The ethics of linguistic integration: realities, expectations, prospects’.
Russian Play 2024 21 March 2024
Publication of Rachel Randall’s new book "Paid to Care: Domestic Workers in Contemporary Latin American Culture" 24 January 2024
Rachel Randall’s new book, Paid to Care: Domestic Workers in Contemporary Latin American Culture, was published by the University of Texas Press on 23 January 2024.
73rd Sephardic Culture finalists 24 January 2024
2 November 2022
Emeritus Professor Chris Pountain, with Irene Macías Fernández of the University of Bath, has published El mundo hispanohablante en textos / Reading the Spanish-Speaking World (London & New York: Routledge). The book, written entirely in Spanish, is a content-based textbook set at B2 and C1 levels (immediately post A-Level) which aims to develop command of the Spanish language and critical thinking skills through response to a series of texts originating from a number of different Spanish-speaking countries. A full description is available at https://www.routledge.com/El-mundo-hispanohablante-en-textos--Reading-the-Spanish-Speaking-World/Fernandez-Pountain/p/book/9780367349448.
Education Awards 6 April 2022
Employment Enhancement through Free Language Speaking Practice and Championing Student Voices
Kathryn's favourite spots in St Petersburg - Semester Abroad 20 January 2022
Kathryn Hurley is a modern languages and cultures student, studying Russian. As a Turing scheme grant recipient, Kathryn studied abroad at St Petersburg state university last semester.
11 January 2022
Creative Careers: Media Summit 1 December 2021
On Wednesday 24 November, the Careers team held their annual Media Summit, this time in partnership with No Turning Back who aim to to increase BAME representation within the UK PR, Communications, Marketing and Sports Marketing sectors.
Alumna commended by Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 1 December 2021
Alumna, Gabriella Castillo, was commended by Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last month at a Joint Ministerial Council reception.
Happy Birthday Niedersachsen 2 November 2021
Former Queen Mary doctoral graduate Dr. John Goodyear presents German TV documentary celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of Lower Saxony
PhD Studentship in Catalan Studies 11 June 2020
Balearic Islands Doctoral Studentship in Catalan Studies
The Centre for Catalan Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, invites applications for a Doctoral Studentship in any aspect of Catalan Studies.
Prof. Leigh Oakes awarded grant for project on 'The ethics of language policy and planning' 17 December 2019
Reconfiguring Relationships: Britain and the Bauhaus 17 October 2019
A one-day research workshop at Tate Britain, co-organised by Emilie Oléron Evans, explores the material, textual, and historiographical legacies of the Bauhaus
Rüdiger Görner interviewed by Deutschlandfunk 25 September 2019
Prof. Görner (German) on Brexit, an interview with national radio broadcaster Deutschlandfunk.
A series of talks by Maya Slater and Nicolas Pasternak Slater to introduce a new translation of 'Doctor Zhivago' 17 September 2019
Eddie Hughes, Professor in French, has been made a Fellow of the British Academy 20 August 2019
New book by Elza Adamowicz: 'Dada Bodies: Between Battlefield and Fairground' 3 May 2019
Major initiative of Modern Languages and Cultures collaborating with the José Saramago Foundation in Lisbon 20 February 2019
The Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations welcomes Judith Kuckart as Writer in Residence 16 November 2018
MLC welcomes Russian filmmaker Sergei Kachkin 21 September 2018
On Wednesday 17 October, The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, QMUL, will be screening Perm 36. Reflexion. A documentary film by Sergei Kachkin (7pm, Arts One, G.19 The Hitchcock Theatre). Sergei Kachkin will be in attendance and give a Q&A about the film, following the screening.
All welcome.
Excellent National Student Survey Results 15 August 2018
Languages have scored highly in the 2018 National Student Survey, following on from impressive 2017 results.
The survey questioned UK undergraduates on various aspects of the student experience, including their overall satisfaction.
First Symposium on the feminization of the literature by Brazilians abroad 8 August 2017 Professor Else Vieria is the organizer of the first symposium on the feminization of the literature by Brazilians abroad, as part of the project “A Literature out of the Tropics".
Conference on Judeo-Spanish and Sephardi Studies 8 August 2017 The conference on Judeo-Spanish and Sephardi Studies will take place at Queen Mary 5-7 September 2016.
Dr Rhiannon McGlade presents her book at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona 8 August 2017 Following the successful launch of her new book Catalan Cartoons: A Cultural and Political History (University Wales Press) at QM in February, outgoing Catalan Research Fellow Dr Rhiannon McGlade was
Prof. Schonle elected fellow of the British Academy 21 July 2017
The Social Condenser - New special issue edited by Michał Murawski and Jane Rendell 5 June 2017
Prof. Rüdiger Görner received the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) 31 May 2017
Autobiographical Experiments 25 April 2017
Dr Anna Kemp has been awarded a year-long Leverhulme Research Fellowship to complete her book Oulipography: Life as Creative Constraint.
Anna Ananieva on cultural news coverage in Prague and Budapest 3 January 2017 Dr Ananieva presents a paper on the early journalistic work of the Habsburgian composer, music historian and critic August Wilhelm Ambros (1816–1876)
Prof Schönle and Dr Ananieva on Nikolay Karamzin’s Writing 3 January 2017 Andreas Schönle and Anna Ananieva joined the international conference organized by the Institute of Russian Literature – Pushkin House – Russian Academy of Sciences.
QMUL Russian Film Season: Revolution or ‘Catastrophe’ 1917-1991 3 January 2017 QMUL Russian Department is coordinating a Film Season to Mark the anniversaries of 1991 and 1917
Michal Murawski to speak on Palmyra and Putin 3 January 2017 Dr Michal Murawski will present a talk at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, on 31 October at 18:30. His talk is entitled "Late Putinist Hellenism? Zombie Monumentality, from Palmyra to Moscow"
QMUL Russian Department 4th in the country 3 January 2017 In the recent Complete University Guide, Queen Mary University of London's Department of Russian was ranked fourth in the country, the top Department in London.
Professor Jordan to become Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing 13 October 2016 Professor Shirley Jordan has been invited to become Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing (CCWW).
Critical lives - Albert Camus lecture by Professor Edward Hughes 13 October 2016 Professor Edward Hughes will be giving a lecture on Albert Camus.
NSS 2016 12 August 2016
NSS 2016 Results 12 August 2016
New MA Bursary in Comparative Literature with French 23 June 2016
Literary prize for new book on Albert Camus 18 May 2016 Professor Edward Hughes has been nominated joint winner of the Franco-British Society Literary Prize 2015 for his new book
Professor Trevor Dadson taking part in conference to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the deaths of Cervantes and Shakesperare 4 April 2016
Professor Trevor Dadson invited to a round table discussion on Hispanism in the UK at the II Festival Internacional de la Lengua, la Cultura y el Ocio 24 March 2016
Papers given at the Contemporary French & Francophone Studies colloquium 22 March 2016 In March of this year, Professors Shirley Jordan and Edward Hughes were both in St Louis, Missouri in the American Midwest to present research papers at the Contemporary French and Francophone Studies
Debating victory for Queen Mary French students 19 March 2016 The French department and the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film congratulate Chiara Scurati, Annabelle Vassel, Edoardo Fiora and María Fernandez Amado
Understanding foreign language motivation in a globalised world 19 March 2016 Dr Leigh Oakes of the French Department and Dr Martin Howard of University College Cork (UCC) have been awarded a British Academy small grant for a project
Education awards for Dr Elsa Petit and Trisha Mason 19 March 2016
The French department and the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film congratulate Dr Elsa Petit, who was voted Student Rep Champion 2015-16 at an award ceremony held at Draper's Hall
Dr Ananieva spoke on Russian garden history 8 March 2016
New French department blog 15 February 2016
Stellar results for Department of French in 2015 National Student Survey 12 August 2015
Laetitia Calabrese voted Teacher of the Year 28 March 2015 The French department and the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film congratulate Laetitia Calabrese, who was voted Teacher of the Year 2014-15 at an award ceremony held at Draper's Hall on Monday.
China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD studentship in French for 2015 29 October 2014 The French Department is pleased to announce that it has been allocated one China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD studentship for entry in September 2015
'Interrupting the Street': Visiting Fellowship in Amsterdam 27 November 2013
Linguistic justice and public policy in Quebec 13 November 2013
Dr Hicks awarded book prize 15 October 2013 Dr. Jeremy Hicks has been awarded the 2013 Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize
Visual Culture and 'Interruption' in Global Cities 27 June 2013
Transcultural Critical Editing: Vernacular Poetry in the Burgundian Netherlands, 1450-1530 24 June 2013 Professor Adrian Armstrong has been awarded a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
L'Hex: a new online magazine by French students at Queen Mary 21 June 2013
Teaching stars 21 June 2013 The Department is delighted that the teaching of two of its members of staff was highly commended at the QM Students Union Education Awards
Dr Leigh Oakes discusses 'Langue, citoyenneté et identité au Québec' 21 June 2013 Dr Leigh Oakes discusses his book Langue, citoyenneté et identité au Québec.
Professor Edward Hughes speaks at the Collège de France 21 June 2013 On 13 June 2013, Professor Edward Hughes gave a talk at the Collège de France.
Dr Anna Kemp discusses 'Voices and Veils: Feminism and Islam in French Women's Writing and Activism' 21 June 2013 Dr Anna Kemp discusses her book Voices and Veils: Feminism and Islam in French Women's Writing and Activism with Faculti Media.