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TNS Seminar Wednesday 22nd February: Prof Patrick Stevenson

Please join us for the next Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) seminar. When: Wednesday 22nd February, 5-6.30pm Where: Building 65, Room 1177, Avenue Campus Who: Prof Patrick Stevenson, University of Southampton The Language of Others: Writing Berlin Lives Berlin is a multicultural and multilingual city in the heart of Europe. Continue reading →

Debating Ethnography

The Centre for Transnational Studies hosts a new initiative on Debating Ethnography. The initiative was launched by Professor Marion Demossier and ML postgraduates Shawnee Harkness and Clelia Viecelli Giannotti. Its aim is to foster a research forum across the various disciplinary strands in Modern Languages, to engage more widely with ethnography as a research method, involve multi-disciplinary interest across the University and to examine its relevance to modern societies. Continue reading →

Next TNS event: ‘Cross-Faculty Debate on Migration Research’

The Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) and the interdisciplinary Migration@Soton Research Network are organising a joint meeting to discuss the current state of the art in migration research, and to develop new plans for joint initiatives in research projects and joint publications. This event will take place from 5:00-6:30pm on Wednesday 27th April 2016 in Room 1177, Building 65, Avenue Campus, and is entitled ‘Cross-Faculty Debate on Migration Research’. 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 →

Joint TNS and Archaeology seminar: ‘Assembling Alternative Futures for Heritage’

A joint Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) and Archaeology seminar will be taking place from 5:00-6:30pm on Wednesday 9th December 2015, in Room 1173, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled ‘Assembling Alternative Futures for Heritage’ and will be presented by Dr Rodney Harrison, Reader in Archaeology, Heritage and Museum Studies at University College London and Director of the Assembling Alternative Futures for Heritage research programme. Continue reading →

Next TNS Seminar: ‘The Impact of Research: What do we understand by it and what counts as evidence in the Humanities and the Social Sciences?’

The next Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) seminar will take place from 5:00-6:30pm on Wednesday 25th November 2015 in Room 1173, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The session is entitled ‘The Impact of Research: What do we understand by it and what counts as evidence in the Humanities and the Social Sciences?’. Continue reading →

TNS seminar today: ‘Ethnographic Insights into the Superdiverse Language Context of Belize’

Dr Britta Schneider of the Free University, Berlin, will be presenting findings from her current project in Belize at today’s Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) seminar. The seminar will take place at 5:15-6:30pm today, Wednesday 7th October 2015, in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar title is: ‘Ethnographic Insights into the Superdiverse Language Context of Belize’. Continue reading →

First TNS seminar of new semester: ‘Ethnographic Insights into the Superdiverse Language Context of Belize’

The first Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) seminar of the new semester will take place at 5:15pm on Wednesday 7th October in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar will be led by Dr Britta Schneider of the Free University, Berlin, who will be presenting findings from her current project in Belize. The seminar title is: ‘Ethnographic Insights into the Superdiverse Language Context of Belize’. Continue reading →