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Pérez de Ayala Lecture 2015: ‘A Latin American Country: The United States’

Humanities at the University of Southampton is delighted to welcome Felipe Fernández-Armesto, writer and British historian, who will be delivering the Pérez de Ayala Lecture 2015 on Monday 2 March 2015, at 6:15pm at the University’s Avenue Campus. The lecture is entitled ‘A Latin American Country: The United States’ and will be chaired by Professor Clare Mar-Molinero, Associate Dean (Internationalisation) and Professor of Spanish. Continue reading →

CGE seminar tomorrow: “Rethinking competence: goals for lingua franca pedagogy and teacher education”

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 4th February 2015, from 5:00-6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled, ‘Rethinking competence: goals for lingua franca pedagogy and teacher education’, and will be led by Andrew Blair, University of Sussex. All welcome! Here is a description of the session: competence noun [C or U]: the ability to do something well. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: La notte di San Lorenzo (Paolo e Vittorio Taviani, 1982)

The Italian film, La notte di San Lorenzo (Paolo e Vittorio Taviani, 1982), will be showing in Lecture Theatre A at 6.30pm on Monday 2 February 2015. Review, introduction and discussion by Neil Tibbetts. All welcome! ************************************************* Questo film ambientato in Toscana negli ultimi giorni della Seconda Guerra Mondiale ha vinto il Gran Premio Speciale della Giuria a Cannes nel 1982. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: “Sourcing (some) differences in heritage language bilingualism and why different is NOT deviant NOR incomplete”

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 28 January 2015 from 5:00-7:00pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “Sourcing (some) differences in heritage language bilingualism and why different is NOT deviant NOR incomplete” and will be delivered by Professor Jason Rothman from the University of Reading and University of Tromsoe. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Agata e la tempesta (Silvio Soldini, 2004)

The Italian film, Agata e la tempesta (Silvio Soldini, 2004), will be showing in Lecture Theatre A at 6.30pm on Monday 26 January 2015. Review, introduction and discussion by Laura Nera. All welcome! ************************************************* Il primo film di questa rassegna è una commedia sentimentale dello stesso regista del famoso “Pane e tulipani”. Continue reading →