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“Physical Pain and Barroque Suffering in Modern Spanish History” – the 2018 Perez de Ayala Lecture

The annual Perez de Ayala Lecture will be given by Javier Moscoso, Research Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the Institute of History of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The lecture is entitled “Physical Pain and Barroque Suffering in Modern Spanish History” and will be held at 6pm on Wednesday 25th April 2018 at Avenue Campus. To see more information and to book your place visit the Humanities events website. Continue reading →

Get Ready for Southampton!

The eLanguages team in Modern Languages and Linguistics have launched the 2018 edition of the free online course Get Ready for Southampton. This course aims to show what life and study is like for international students at the University of Southampton, and provides an opportunity for students to network prior to arrival. Last year over 3200 students used the course, and this year over 50 students had signed up within an hour of its launch. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Profondo rosso / Deep Red (Dario Argento, 1975)

The Italian film Profondo rosso / Deep Red (Dario Argento, 1975)(126 minutes, English subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6:30pm on Monday 12th March 2018. Review, introduction and discussion via Skype by Emilio Audissino. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. ************************************************* Dario Argento è stato chiamato “l’Alfred Hitchcock italiano”, un maestro della suspense. Continue reading →

Second call for papers – 14th Annual Conference of the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG

“Language teaching and learning in unstable times, and in changing political landscapes” – the 14th Annual Conference of the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching Special Interest Group 12 & 13 July 2018 Hosted by the Centre for Language Learning, Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR), Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (MLL), University of Southampton, Southampton, UK Proposal deadline is Friday 16th March 2018 CONFERENCE THEME: “Language teaching... Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: L’ora legale / It’s the Law (Salvatore Ficarra e Valentino Picone, 2017)

The Italian film L’ora legale (Salvatore Ficarra e Valentino Picone, 2017)(89 minutes, Italian subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6:30pm on Monday 5th March 2018. Review, introduction and discussion by Leonardo Provvedi. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Amarcord (Federico Fellini, 1973)

The Italian film Amarcord (Federico Fellini, 1973)(118 minutes, English subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6:30pm on Monday 26th February 2018. Review by the late Sandro Filipik who presented the film to us in 2009; introduction and discussion by Paola Visconti. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. ************************************************* Amarcord è certamente il film più autobiografico di Fellini. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: Swearing in English L1 and LX: the effect of situational, psychological and sociobiographical variables

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 21st February 2018 at 17:00 in Lecture Theatre C (Room 1175), Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “Swearing in English L1 and LX: the effect of situational, psychological and sociobiographical variables” and will be delivered by Jean-Marc Dewaele from Birkbeck, University of London. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: L’arbitro / The Referee (Paolo Zucca, 2013)

The Italian film L’arbitro / The Referee (Paolo Zucca, 2013)(93 minutes, English subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6:30pm on Monday 19th February 2018. Review, introduction and discussion will be via Skype by the director himself, Paolo Zucca. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. ************************************************* L’Arbitro sviluppa diverse trame incrociate, tutte legate al mondo del calcio. Continue reading →