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TNS Seminar Wed 10th February 2016: Dr Scott Soo

Please join us for the next Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) seminar. When: Wednesday 10th February 2016, 5-6.30pm Where: Room 1177, Avenue Campus Who: Dr Scott Soo ‘A place of utter desolation and abandonment…’: Administrative noise, neglect and the commemoration of the camp de Gurs. The camp de Gurs was an internment centre that was initially built in 1939 for refugees from the Spanish Civil War. Continue reading →

Workshop on Impact in research, education and enterprise Wed 27th January

When: Wednesday 27th January 2016, 5-6.30pm Where: Building 65, Room 1177, Avenue Campus Who: Dr Steve Dorney The University is strongly committed to ensuring that all of our activities – in research, education and enterprise (broadly understood) – are of benefit to the wider society outside the institution. In Humanities, there is now a committee dedicated to promoting the public impact of our work and in ML there is clearly a lot of potential in all aspects of what we do. Continue reading →

Presentations from TNS Debate 25th November 2015: Prof Jon Adams, Prof Neil Wrigley and Prof Ulrike Meinhof

The TNS Debate The Impact of Research What do we understand by it and what counts as evidence in the Humanities and the Social Sciences Please see below the presentations from the seminar: Wrigley – TNS Debate Adams – Impact REF2014 Meinhof – Impact study cultural diasporas The post Presentations from TNS Debate 25th November 2015: Prof Jon Adams, Prof Neil Wrigley and Prof Ulrike Meinhof appeared first on The Institute for Language and Culture. Continue reading →

New resources available from ILC research projects

Please visit the ILC research project resources page for an updated list of resources produced through recent research projects in the Department of Modern Languages. These include websites, online exhibitions, databases, lists of publications, and videos from ILC researchers. Enjoy! The post New resources available from ILC research projects appeared first on The Institute for Language and Culture. Continue reading →

New research story: Berlin Lives by Patrick Stevenson

Berlin Lives: Multilingual Metropolis Patrick Stevenson We know a great deal about multilingualism – but not as much as we might think. It’s certainly true, for example, that great efforts have been devoted to identifying and counting the world’s languages: global language research organisations tell us that over 700 languages are spoken by indigenous peoples in Indonesia alone. Continue reading →

CGE Seminar Wed 2nd December 2015: Prof Jennifer Jenkins

Please join us for the next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar. When: Wednesday 2nd December 2015, 5-6.30pm Where: Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus Who: Prof Jennifer Jenkins, University of Southampton International English-language university entry tests: are they fit for purpose? My talk will begin by exploring some empirical data in which international students discuss their views of the international English language university entry tests. Continue reading →

AHRC follow-on funding award: Madagascar in the World

Professor Ulrike Meinhof has been awarded a grant under the AHRC’s Follow-on-Funding scheme worth £100,216 for her project  ‘Madagascar in the World: the impact of music on global concerns’. The project will start on 1 December 2015, and its purpose is the co-production (with the Parisian film company Laterit) of a film, working title  ‘Songs for Madagascar’,  and its international dissemination at film festivals and through workshops. Continue reading →

LANGSNAP project publication

In April 2013 the LANGSNAP research team organised a successful international conference in Southampton on study/ residence abroad. A selection of papers from the conference has now been published as: Mitchell, R., Tracy-Ventura, N, & McManus, K (eds) 2015 Social interaction, identity and language learning during residence abroad. EUROSLA Monographs 4, 310 pp. This is an open access publication and it is free to download from the EUROSLA website at http://www.eurosla. Continue reading →