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New research stories available

Visit the ILC website to read two new research stories by our researchers: The art of Ana Clavel by Jane Lavery and The ‘international university’ and English Medium Instruction by Jennifer... Continue reading →

Meet our PhD Students: Jen Arnold

In the latest in our series exploring the work of the Parkes Institute’s thriving postgraduate research community, we meet Jen Arnold. Jen began her PhD this academic year, and is working under Professor Tony Kushner, head of the Parkes Institute and an internationally recognised historian of British Jewry. Continue reading →

Call for papers – Refugees and Migrants: Unaccompanied Children in Britain 1914-2014

Against the backdrop of intense contemporary debate on immigration, the University of Southampton’s Parkes Institute and the Centre for German-Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex are pleased to announce an interdisciplinary and international conference on unaccompanied child migration both in and out of the UK over the past century. Continue reading →

The Ian and Mildred Karten Memorial Lecture 2014

You are cordially invited to the 2014 Ian and Mildred Karten Memorial Lecture which will be given by Dr James Jordan. ‘Reviewing the Extermination: Dr Who, Daleks and the Changing Face of Jewish Identity’ The lecture will be chaired by Malcolm Ace, Chief Operating Officer at the University of Southampton. Continue reading →

What motivates language learning?

An article has been published by the Guardian, discussing some recent findings in language learning motivation research, which help us to understand what happens in the brain when we try to learn a language and how this drives our language learning. Continue reading →

MA Jewish History and Culture now recruiting

The Parkes Institute is now recruiting for its MA in Jewish History and Culture. The Programme The Parkes MA programme offers a rich encounter with the main currents in Jewish history and culture from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Reflecting the heritage of James Parkes’ scholarship, the programme places an emphasis on the study of Jewish/non-Jewish relations. Continue reading →

Another Conspiratorial meeting

On the sixth day of March, in the town of Eastleigh, I met with a group of potential conspirators… Not really, but I did run a focus group to inform the development of the nacsent “Conspiracy 600″ project (or whatever it ends up being called). So what did I learn? First of all, don’t rely on the SoundNote app. It crashed half-way through my focus group, and I’ve lost the recording of the first half of the session. Luckily I took notes. Continue reading →

SPECIAL NOTICE: Please complete my survey!

I’m doing a little research into how people play games, which has suddenly become quite urgent, please help by completing my survey, and sharing the link with any other gamers you know: Click here to take the survey ... Continue reading →

Workshop by Professor Ute Smit: “Methodological issues in longitudinal ELF research: Focus on educational settings”

Professor Ute Smit, currently visiting from the University of Vienna, will be delivering a workshop on Friday 21st February 2014 in Room 1097, Building 65, Avenue Campus on “Methodological issues in longitudinal ELF research: Focus on educational settings”. The workshop is aimed primarily at PhD students, but is also open to other interested researchers. This workshop follows Professor Smit’s talk as part of the CLLEAR/CGE series yesterday. Continue reading →

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