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Next CLLEAR seminar: “Experiencing master’s dissertation supervision: two supervisors’ perspectives”

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 16th March 2016 from 4:00-6:00pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “Experiencing master’s dissertation supervision: two supervisors’ perspectives” and will be delivered by Dr Nigel Harwood from the University of Sheffield. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: La siciliana ribelle / The Sicilian Girl (Marco Amenta, 2009)

The Italian film, La siciliana ribelle / The Sicilian Girl (Marco Amenta, 2009) (109 minutes, in Italian with English subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 7th March 2016. Review, introduction and discussion by Paola Visconti. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. Continue reading →

Modern Languages’ Professor Mary Orr to present pre-show event at the Nuffield Theatre

Professor Mary Orr from Modern Languages at the University of Southampton will be presenting a pre-show event entitled ‘The Unfaithfulness of Adaptation’, before this evening’s performance of The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary at the Nuffield Theatre. The event will take place on Thursday 3rd March 2016 from 6:00-6:45pm at the Nuffield Theatre, CLS Lecture Room C (1083). Continue reading →

Modern Languages writer co-authors new book

Carmen MartĂ­n de LeĂłn (writer) from Modern Languages at Southampton and Tilman SĂĄnchez-Elsner (illustrator) from the Faculty of Medicine have co-authored “El papel higiĂ©nico y otros asuntos de suma importancia”, the first book of the series “El Mundo de Custodio”, Editorial Verbum. Custodio is an apothecary with a big family to feed, a challenge he undertakes during the Spanish “TransiciĂłn” with a “velvet fist in an iron glove”. Continue reading →

Next MeXsu seminar: ‘Racism, privilege and whiteness in Mexico’

The next Centre for Mexico-Southampton Collaboration (MeXsu) seminar will be taking place from 5:00-6:30pm on Wednesday 2nd March 2016, in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled ‘Racism, privilege and whiteness in Mexico’ and will be presented by Dr MĂłnica Moreno Figueroa Fellow in Social Sciences, Downing College Sociology, University of Cambridge. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto / Swept Away (Lina WertmĂŒller, 1974)

The Italian film, Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto / Swept Away (Lina WertmĂŒller, 1974) (114 minutes, in Italian with English subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 29th February 2016. Review, introduction and discussion by via Skype by Emilio Audissino. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. Continue reading →

Routes into Languages employability webinar: “The Versatility of Languages: transferable skills and cultural competencies”

The next Routes into Languages webinar on “The Versatility of Languages: transferable skills and cultural competencies” takes place today, Friday 26th January 2016, from 12:00-1:00pm. The webinar will be live streamed and participants will be able to submit questions to a panel of experts. The discussions can be followed on Twitter at #RoutesLive. For further details about this webinar, including information about the panel of experts, visit the Routes into Languages Live website. Continue reading →