by Talking Humanities | Jan 30, 2018 | Features, Languages & Literature
Dr Dominic Glynn, lecturer in French studies at the Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study, remembers Paul Otchakovksy-Laurens, a major figure in the French publishing industry who died in a car crash in the French Antilles. The death of a...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 21, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature
Dr Anna-Louise Milne decided to take the plunge and set aside her native English tongue in order to write her recent book in French, a language she learnt as a teenager and adult. In this post she discusses the reasons for this choice and how it relates to the concept...