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Confucius Institute Open Day 2018

On Wednesday 10th October the Confucius Institute is holding an open day in the Hartley Suite at Highfield Campus. The event will run from 5pm-7pm and with include Chinese music, cultural workshops and refreshments. There will be a jumble sale at SUSU selling Chinese-style accessories. This event is free – just turn up on the day! There is more information on the downloadable event poster. Continue reading →

Next TNS seminar: ‘On Cultural Transnationalisms: The case of World(-)literatures in Portuguese’

Dr Emanuelle Santos from the University of Birmingham will be speaking at the next Centre for Transnational Studies seminar taking place on Wednesday 22nd November 2017 from 5-6:30pm in Room 1177, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled ‘On Cultural Transnationalisms: The case of World(-)literatures in Portuguese’. Continue reading →

Explore and experience Portuguese food cultures

Foodways of Knowing: Culture and Identity in the Portuguese Diaspora Join us on Monday 6th March at 5pm in Avenue 65/1163 for an evening of exploring and experiencing Portuguese food cultures, with Dr Rhian Atkin, Senior Lecturer in Portuguese and Lusophone Studies at Cardiff University and Principal Investigator of Calouste Gulbenkian-funded research project ‘Pão e Vinho sobre a Mesa: Portuguese Food Cultures, Mobility and Migration. Continue reading →

‘Cultural collision’: the challenges of cultural adaptation for international students

The PIE News has published an article discussing the challenges related to cultural differences that many international students encounter when studying abroad. The article also considers what educators can do to help prepare their students for cultural assimilation in a new study environment. To read the article, visit The PIE News. Continue reading →

New research story available: Mapping knowledge in culture and science by Mary Orr

Mapping knowledge in culture and science Research story by Mary Orr Mapping – cartographical, cultural, linguistic, scientific – has been central to development of European networks of knowledge and exchanges with other cultures, but saw a period of particularly important development in the early nineteenth century. Bitter military rivalries such as the Napoleonic Wars are only one side of the story. Continue reading →

Welcome to the ILC

Welcome to the website for the Institute for Language and Culture (ILC) at the University of Southampton. The ILC brings together researchers from Modern Languages and other departments in the Faculty of Humanities and provides support for the Faculty’s world-leading researchers in the area of language and culture. The ILC also undertakes outreach activities to bring the findings of our research to a wider public. Continue reading →