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Día de los Muertos – the Mexican Day of the Dead at Avenue Campus

There has been an altar celebrating the Day of the Dead at the Avenue Campus at the University of Southampton each year for a number of years, and this year is no exception! In Mexico, Día de los Muertos which, despite the name, celebrates life, is celebrated on 2nd November with a national holiday. You can find out about how Mexico City has been celebrating in this report on the Guardian website. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: La ragazza del lago / The Girl by the Lake (Andrea Molaioli, 2006)

The Italian film, La ragazza del lago / The Girl by the Lake (Andrea Molaioli, 2006) (91 minutes, English subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 31th October 2016. Review, introduction and discussion by Paola Visconti. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. ************************************************* Questa settimana vi proponiamo un giallo ambientato nel Friuli con Toni Servillo nelle vesti del commissario Sanzio. Continue reading →

Next Intercultural Staff Café

The next Intercultural Staff Café hosted by Intercultural Connections Southampton (ICS) will take place on Thursday 10th November 2016 from 14:30 to 16:30 in the Nuffield Kitchen, Highfield Campus. This will be an opportunity to meet the University’s new Vice-President for Internationalisation, Professor Colin Grant. The café is a drop-in event and is open to all University of Southampton staff, including PGR students. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Non ci resta che piangere / Nothing Left to Do but Cry (Roberto Benigni and Massimo Troisi, 1984)

The Italian film, Non ci resta che piangere / Nothing Left to Do but Cry (Roberto Benigni & Massimo Troisi, 1984) (111 minutes, Italian subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6:30pm on Monday 24th October 2016. Review, introduction and discussion by Emanuela Venditti, Postgraduate from Sapienza University of Rome (Linguistics). All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: “Humpty-Dumpty’s Problem: how do we put morphologically complex words back together again?”

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 19th October 2016 from 4:00-6:00pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “Humpty-Dumpty’s Problem: how do we put morphologically complex words back together again?” and will be delivered by Dr Linnaea Stockall from Queen Mary University of London. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Ma che bella sorpresa / What a Beautiful Surprise (Alessandro Genovesi, 2014)

The Italian film, Ma che bella sorpresa / What a Beautiful Surprise (Alessandro Genovesi, 2014) (88 minutes, English subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 17th October 2016. Review, introduction and discussion by Carla Ringland Mendez, (Final Year BA Modern Languages in Italian, French & Spanish). All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. Continue reading →

University of Southampton Confucius Institute Day 2016

The University of Southampton Confucius Institute is hosting a mid-Autumn festival and Confucius Institute Day on Wednesday 19th October 2016 from 4:30-6pm in the Terrace Restaurant, Highfield Campus. The theme of this free event, sponsored by Chinese Hanban is “Blooming Flowers and a Full Moon”, and aims to engage Southampton locals with an interest in Chinese culture and language. Participants can enjoy music and dance, cultural experience corners, quizzes and refreshments. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Il segreto di Santa Vittoria/The Secret of Santa Vittoria (Stanley Kramer, 1969)

The Italian film, Il segreto di Santa Vittoria/The Secret of Santa Vittoria (Stanley Kramer, 1969) (134 minutes, dubbed into Italian with no subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 10th October 2016. Review, introduction and discussion by Paola Visconti. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. Continue reading →