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Academic conferences and schools outreach: an integrated approach in modern languages

Academic conferences and schools outreach: an integrated approach in modern languages

by Talking Humanities | Jun 6, 2019 | Analysis & Comment, Languages & Literature

Dr Joseph Ford believes that falling admissions to modern languages (ML) programmes at UK universities and the ongoing threat of closure to some departments, makes it incumbent on academics to consider their research within the wider teaching landscape. ‘Doing so’,...
Liberté, égalité and the power of the word

Liberté, égalité and the power of the word

by Talking Humanities | May 14, 2019 | Events, Fellowships & Networks, Languages & Literature

The struggle continues at the 15th biennial Women in French UK (WiF) conference, ‘Women and Power in French and Francophone Cultures and Societies’, at Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 17–19 May.  Professor Shirley Jordan provides some background about the  formation...
Beirut: the urban memory machine   

Beirut: the urban memory machine  

by Talking Humanities | Jan 19, 2016 | History & Classics, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series

 Dr Claire Launchbury, School of Advanced Study’s (SAS) research fellow in French and city studies in the Institutes of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) and Historical Research (IHR), discusses her research into Beirut’s memory cultures and how buildings and streets...

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