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eLearning Symposium – Humans and the machine

The 11th LLAS eLearning Symposium was held on January 21-22 at the University of Southampton. The Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) is part of Modern Languages at Southampton, and this annual event has become an established fixture for the language-teaching community to come together and share their work. The event ran over two days and featured contributions from teachers and researchers around the globe. Continue reading →

Next TNS Seminar: “‘A place of utter desolation and abandonment…’: Administrative noise, neglect and the commemoration of the camp de Gurs.”

The next Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) seminar will take place from 5:00-6:30pm on Wednesday 10th February 2016 in Room 1177, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The session is entitled “‘A place of utter desolation and abandonment…’: Administrative noise, neglect and the commemoration of the camp de Gurs” and will be led by Dr Scott Soo from Modern Languages at Southampton. Continue reading →

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 →

‘Welcome to Our World’ Festival at Avenue Campus this Saturday

Languages at Southampton blog readers may be interested in the ‘Welcome to Our World’ Festival, taking place on Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, on Saturday 6th February 2016 from 10:00 – 16:00. The festival is organised by students of the University and celebrates the cultural diversity of the University and the city of Southampton. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Salvatore, questa è la vita / Salvatore, this is life (Gian Paolo Cugno, 2006)

The Italian film, Salvatore, questa è la vita / Salvatore, this is life (Gian Paolo Cugno, 2006) (90 minutes, in Italian with English subtitles), will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 1st February 2016. Review, introduction and discussion by Sara Andrade, final year student, BA Modern Languages (Spanish, Portuguese & Italian). All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. Continue reading →

THaWS 2016. A Late Start and Sediments Beyond the Temple of Ay and Horemheb

So another season of survey and augering is under way at Thebes. The Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Survey has, for the past 5 years, been using geoarchaeological and geophysical survey to study the changing floodplain of the river Nile, and the dynamics between the ancient harbours and waterways and the Theban temple complexes on the West Bank and Luxor and Karnak temples. Continue reading →

DanzĂłn in Mexico Week

As part of the University of Southampton’s, ‘Mexico Week’ in November 2015, a danzĂłn workshop was held at Turner Sims, organised by the University’s Music department and led by danzĂłn expert Dr Hettie Malcomson. DanzĂłn is a popular form of Cuban and Mexican dance and music, and a precursor to modern styles such as the mambo and the cha-cha-chĂĄ. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: “L2 Classroom Interactional Competence and Teacher Development”

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 3rd February 2016 from 4:00-5:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “L2 Classroom Interactional Competence and Teacher Development” and will be delivered by Professor Steve Walsh from Newcastle University. Continue reading →