News and events
OWRI Researchers put the case for Modern Languages to MPs and policy makers in Parliament
Cross-Language Dynamics’ Professor Steve Hutchings (University of Manchester) and Professor Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University) addressed a group of parliamentarians and senior policy makers in Westminster last Wednesday November 28th 2018.The purpose of...
Language and Identity: Explorations Through Film
We were delighted to host a mini film festival this month as part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Science.The event showcased four short films made by former students of the University of Manchester’s Visual Anthropology MA programme, who are now...
Languages, community and area studies workshop
We were delighted to hold a half day workshop on ‘Languages, community and area studies: Reflections on concepts and delivery’. Colleagues from a variety of disciplines discussed existing practice in Modern Languages, and debated how cross-disciplinary...
Abir Hamdar wins Durham University Impact Award
Dr Abir Hamdar, Associate Professor in Arabic Studies, received the Durham University Impact Award in a ceremony that took place in the Lindisfarne Centre on 11 July 2018. A total of 5 awards were made: one per faculty, one for early career candidates and...
“Daedalus” – Multilingual opera to premiere in 2020
Daedalus is a multilingual opera for all based on the Greek myths of Daedalus and Icarus but speaking to the present plight of refugees in Greece and Italy, and to how they adapt to new languages and their feelings of alienation in a foreign culture. While...
Article: Booker Prize: tradition of multilingual writers seems to be dying out – more’s the pity
Our partners at Swansea University have recently had an article published in The Conversation. Click here to read 'Booker Prize: tradition of multilingual writers seems to be dying out – more’s the pity' by Julian Preece and Aled...
Conference: Beyond Words: Multimodal Encounters in Translation
July 5 at 9:00 am - July 6 at 4:00 pm Research into the theory and practice of translation has traditionally focused on the conversion of source texts into target texts. However, during the past decade the rise and sprawl of digital media has ensured that...
Event: Chartered College of Teaching Languages Summer Symposium
30th June 2018 This one-day event brings together leading thinkers in Modern Languages pedagogy from secondary schools and universities to share ideas and best practice, and to celebrate collaboration across the MFL community. The symposium will open with...
Workshop: Surrealism and Music in France, 1924-1952: Interdisciplinary and International Contexts
8 June 2018, 9.30am - 7.00pm Bloomsbury Room, G35, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Paris was the principal centre of surrealist activity and the focus of connections between surrealist literature, ethnology, sociology, visual arts and music....
Call for expressions of interest
The Multilingual Communities strand of the AHRC-OWRI consortium ‘Cross-language Dynamics: Re-shaping community’ is offering two grants at a value of up to £11,500 each (at 80%, in line with AHRC funding rules) for projects that are devoted to university engagement...
