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Translating secularism conference: updated programme

Translating secularism/ Traduire la laïcité Varieties of secular society 18-19 September 2015 Institut Français de Londres Professor Michael Kelly  will be hosting a two-day conference at the Institut Français de Londres on 18-19 September 2015 on: Translating secularism/ Traduire la laïcité: Varieties of secular society. Please see below for the updated programme. To register for this event, please email :  tstl2015@soton.ac. Continue reading →

New research repository: LANGSNAP

A new research repository is now available on the research materials page. The 2011-2013 LANGSNAP project tracked the language learning and social integration of 57 students during their Year Abroad in France, Spain and Mexico. With support from Adam Field of iSolutions, and using ePrints technology, we have now created a repository which makes selected LANGSNAP data available to researchers worldwide. The repository can be viewed at: http://langsnap.soton.ac.uk . Continue reading →

Research grant success for Julia Hüttner

Congratulations to Julia Hüttner who has been successful in obtaining funding for her project “Fallstudien zur Implementierung von CLIL in den Regelunterricht an HTLs” (Case studies on the implementation of CLIL in mainstream education at colleges of technology) which will run for the next 12 months. Julia is co-investigator on the project, which is led by Professor Ute Smit (University of Vienna) and which has been granted €19,457 by the Austrian Ministry of Education and Women. Continue reading →

FAO REF staff: Information on EU calls

Please find information on EU calls sent by Jen Burnell (the new replacement for Bridget Trezise, now at the University’s EU office, and happy to discuss with interested applicants). I am also circulating information on the University’s call for new University Strategic Research Groups (USRGs), which bring together researchers from across the University and where collaboration activities are already in place. Simon Keay will need  any completed nominations for new USRGs by 21 August 2015. Continue reading →

“The threatening ‘Other’? On the collective imagination surrounding the Roma in France” Why Anthropology matters?: Contribution by Prof Marion Demossier

Professor Marion Demossier was recently invited to contribute to a workshop in Paris, Fondation Jean Jaurés on “The threatening ‘Other’? On the collective imagination surrounding the Roma in France”. The workshop was organised by Counterpoint, a research consultancy based in London as part of the Bridges Project in collaboration with the Open Society European Policy Institute, Brussels. Continue reading →

Schenker Documents Online

>The web-based project Schenker Documents Online, which received a major >grant from the AHRC and was based at Southampton University from 2011 >to 2014, has been awarded a new grant amounting to €300,000 from the >Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for a further three years, beginning in >July 2014. The principal grant-holder is the University of Music and >the Performing Arts in Vienna, and much of the research will be carried >out there by Prof. Martin Eybl and Dr. Continue reading →