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Institute for Language and Culture lecture: “Trends and issues of migration flows in the Middle East”

The Institute for Language and Culture at the University of Southampton will be hosting a lecture on Tuesday 23rd April 2013 at 12pm in Building 65, Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus entitled ‘Trends and issues of migration flows in the Middle East’. The talk will be delivered by Dr MichĂšle Baussant, a social anthropologist from the University Paris-Ouest Nanterre La DĂ©fense who has published extensively on the issues of migrations, memory and cultural heritage. Continue reading →

Are poor language skills contributing to UK market failure?

The British Academy has published a comprehensive review entitled ‘Languages: the State of the Nation’, which suggests that a poor use of language skills in the UK is contributing to UK market failure. The review draws on research, including a survey of UK employers and labour market intelligence and argues that whilst there is a plentiful supply of multilingual skills in UK society, not enough is being done to tap into this supply. Continue reading →

A new tool developed to reconstruct ancient languages

The BBC has reported on a new tool that has been developed that can reconstruct languages that are long-dead. The software, created by researchers at the University of California, is able to rebuild protolanguages – the ancient tongues from which our modern languages evolved. The team tested the system using 637 languages currently spoken in Asia and the Pacific to recreate their early ancestor language. Their full work is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Continue reading →

Centre for Global Englishes lecture: “Global communicative competence in business – the role of Business English as a Lingua Franca”

The Centre for Global Englishes is hosting a lecture on Wednesday 13th March, 5.00-6.30pm, Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus, as part of the Institute of Language and Culture’s visiting scholar programme. The lecture is entitled “Global communicative competence in business – the role of Business English as a Lingua Franca” and will be delivered by Anne Kankaanranta from Aalto University, Finland. Continue reading →

Portuguese studies lecture tomorrow: “The evolution of the Portuguese Language and the Constitution of the Norm in Modern Portuguese”

Portuguese Studies at the University of Southampton will be holding a lecture tomorrow, Thursday 7th March, 18:00-20:00, in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus, entitled “The evolution of the Portuguese Language and the Constitution of the Norm in Modern Portuguese”. The lecture will be delivered by Professor Clara Barros, from the University of Oporto. Continue reading →

Next TNS seminar: ‘Austerlitz, LĂ©vitan, Bassano, 1943-1944. The difficult writing and the always evanescent memory of the three Paris camps’

The next TNS seminar will take place at 5pm on Wednesday 6th March in Room 1097, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The speaker will be Jean-Marc Dreyfus from Manchester University who will be speaking about ‘Austerlitz, LĂ©vitan, Bassano, 1943-1944. The difficult writing and the always evanescent memory of the three Paris camps’. Continue reading →

Next TNS seminar: ‘Austerlitz, LĂ©vitan, Bassano, 1943-1944. The difficult writing and the always evanescent memory of the three Paris camps’

The next TNS seminar will take place at 5pm on Wednesday 6th March in Room 1097, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The speaker will be Jean-Marc Dreyfus from Manchester University who will be speaking about ‘Austerlitz, LĂ©vitan, Bassano, 1943-1944. The difficult writing and the always evanescent memory of the three Paris camps’. Continue reading →