PGRAS 2014 Abstracts
The abstracts for the symposium are now ready!
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PGRAS 2014 Programme
We’ve just published the PGRAS 2014 programme!
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Modern Languages’ Alessia Plutino recognised in Excellence in Teaching Awards
Alessia Plutino, an Italian tutor from Modern Languages at Southampton, was recognised for her work this week at the Excellence in Teaching Awards (ETAs), hosted by the University’s Student Union.
Alessia’s work with Twitter and new technologies was acknowledged twice, first with an award in the innovative teaching category for the Faculty of Humanities, and then with a high commendation for the overall University prize.
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New Discoveries at Ostia Antica and the Isola Sacra
David Knight undertaking magnetometry in the vicinity of the Tiber levee on the Isola Sacra in 2008
The new discovery of extensive urban remains to the north of the river Tiber at Ostia Antica http://www.portusproject.org/blog/2014/04/new-city-wall-discovered-ostia/#.U063XyX5rTc.twitter highlights part of the survey project conducted between 2008 and 2012 across the Isola Sacra, the area of delta between Ostia Antica and Portus.
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Modern Languages at the University of Southampton does well in the Complete University Guide
French and Iberian language disciplines now both figure in the top 10 for their section of the Complete University Guide, boosting the University of Southampton’s overall position to 16th in the recently published table.
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Winchester Chamber Music Festival Masterclass
Postgraduate pianist Ellen Day tells us about a masterclass at the Winchester Chamber Music Festival with the Bridge Piano Quartet:
This year three other students and I formed a new ensemble, The Bridge Piano Quartet, and on Sunday 4th May we attended a masterclass with the London Bridge Ensemble as part of the Winchester Chamber Music Festival.
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CLLEAR seminar Wednesday 14 May, Dr Jennifer Smith,University of Glasgow
Please join us for the next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar on Wednesday, 14 May at 5.00pm (Avenue Campus Lecture Theatre C).
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Imaging Event/Hackathon
Few days to go to Rode Imaging Event where ACRG will be represent on power of three: Graeme Earl, James Miles and me. List of presenters at the seminar and workshop day include specialist with different expertise: multispectral imaging, 3D data acquisition and processing and theoretical approach.
Hackathon weekend is supported by Garage48, people specialised in hackathons and helping start-ups.
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CLLEAR seminar: ‘The loci of inherent variability: what young children reveal’
The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 14th May 2014 at 5.00pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled: ‘The loci of inherent variability: what young children reveal’ and will be delivered by Dr. Jennifer Smith from the University of Glasgow.
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Historiens de la Caraïbe
The 46th annual conference of the Association of Caribbean Historians will take place between 11 and 17 May at the Universite des Antilles et de la Guyane in Martinique. Christer Petley (editor of S&R) will present a paper about the material culture of Jamaican slaveholders.
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