by Marco Biasioli | May 27, 2020 | Research blog
Marco Biasioli PhD candidate, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, The University of Manchester It’s a frosty night in March 2018, but inside the 7000-capacity Moscow’s Adrenaline Stadium a band is heating up the crowd. The band sings in English, and people seem to...
by Professor Stephen Hutchings | Feb 11, 2020 | Research blog
Stephen Hutchings Professor of Russian Studies, The University of Manchester (Principal Investigator) Cultural diplomacy’s relationship with language seems on the face of it to be readily apparent and unproblematic. Cultural diplomacy strategies invariably include a...
by Charlotte Jones | Jan 13, 2020 | Event
The Cross-Language Dynamics team invite you to Language, Community and Creativity at the Martin Harris Centre, Manchester on Friday 31st, 1.30pm. This event presents three initiatives demonstrating how appreciation of linguistic diversity, and of the migrant...
by Charlotte Jones | Nov 19, 2019 | Event, News
We were delighted to host our second mini film festival this month as part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Science. The event showcased short films made by former students of the University of Manchester’s Visual Anthropology MA programme, who are now independent...
by Professor Andy Byford | Oct 28, 2019 | Research blog
Professor Andy Byford Durham University The Sector and the Degree When diagnosing the ‘crisis’ of Modern Languages (ML) in the UK, the most widespread supporting illustration is the significant reduction in the number of student enrolments on degrees in ML, especially...
