by Talking Humanities | Dec 17, 2020 | Features, Languages & Literature, Public Engagement
Actor Jack Tarlton looks back on this year’s virtual theatre workshops Playing with Prose, introducing two new festive-themed plays created by participants. As we approach Christmas in this strangest of years, it somehow feels right to present two short Christmas...
by Talking Humanities | May 5, 2020 | Digital, Features, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources
Dr Godela Weiss-Sussex, acting director of the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR), discusses the institute’s new online resources and the importance of keeping connected in a time of uncertainty. As Being Human’s director Professor Sarah Churchwell...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 20, 2019 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Languages & Literature
On 30 May, Margaret May enjoyed a rewarding encounter at the Institute of Modern Languages Research between the Ukrainian-born author Katja Petrowskaja, and Shelley Frisch, her New York-based translator into English. She reflects on the experience of being part of an...
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’,...
by Talking Humanities | May 22, 2019 | Events, Features, Languages & Literature
Dr Godela Weiss-Sussex, co-director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing (CCWW), previews one of the unmissable events celebrating the centre’s 10th anniversary. ‘Across languages’, a major international conference in the Institute of Modern...
