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CALR lecture tomorrow: The mortality of Hindustani: Can there be an Indian national language?

The next CALR lecture is taking place on Wednesday 27th February 2013 from 5.00 – 6.30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton. The lecture is entitled “The mortality of Hindustani: Can there be an Indian national language?” and will be presented by Dr Priti Mishra, scholar of language policy in colonial and postcolonial India, from the University’s History department. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: La stella che non c’è (2006)

The Italian film, La stella che non c’è (Gianni Amelio, 2006) will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 25th February 2013. A review, introduction and discussion will be led by Leonardo Provvedi. Vincenzo Buonavolontà lavora per un’acciaieria italiana che sta ormai chiudendo e il cui altoforno è stato venduto ad un’azienda cinese. Vincenzo sa che l’impianto ha un difetto ma, nonostante informi il nuovo acquirente, non viene ascoltato. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: La prima cosa bella (2010)

The Italian film, La prima cosa bella (Paolo Virzì, 2010) will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 18th February 2013. A review, introduction and discussion will be led by Laura Nera. La prima cosa bella racconta la storia di una mamma formidabile ed ostinatamente ottimista anche di fronte a grandi difficoltà. Attraverso pene e dolori insegna ai suoi figli il valore delle piccole cose che danno gioia nella vita. Continue reading →

First CALR lecture of the semester tomorrow

The first CALR lecture of the new semester is taking place on Wednesday 6th February 2013 from 5.00-6.30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton. A joint event in conjunction with the Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS), the session is entitled “Choose your language! Categorisation and control in cyberspace” and will be presented by Helen Kelly-Holmes from the University of Limerick. All welcome. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Il sorpasso (1962)

The Italian film, Il sorpasso (Dino Risi, 1962) will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 4th February 2013. A review, introduction and discussion will be led by Alessia Plutino. Considerato come il capolavoro del regista Dino Risi, il cast del primo film di questa rassegna include il grande Vittorio Gassman nel ruolo di Bruno, un quarantenne immaturo e sfacciato e un giovanissimo Jean-Louis Trintignant nel ruolo di Roberto, un timido studente di legge. Continue reading →

Italian film season to begin next week

The University’s new Italian film season starts next week with a screening of ‘Il sorpasso’ (Dino Risi, 1962) on Monday 4th February 2013 at 6.30pm in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton. Weekly films offer a mixture of old and new and cover different genres and subject matters. All films have English subtitles. Films are introduced in Italian by a tutor, a student or a guest speaker, and are followed by a discussion in Italian and in English. Continue reading →

CALR lectures for Semester 2 to begin next week

The first Centre for Applied Language Research (CALR) lecture of Semester 2 will be taking place at 5pm on Wednesday 6th February in Lecture Theatre C at the Avenue Campus, University of Southampton. A joint event in conjunction with the Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS), the session is entitled “Choose your language! Categorisation and control in cyberspace” and will be presented by Helen Kelly-Holmes from the University of Limerick. All welcome. Continue reading →

Talk on careers in EU institutions

A talk on career opportunities for language graduates in EU institutions will be taking place on Wednesday 13th February 2013 from 6.00 – 7.00pm in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus. Exploring, in particular, the work of translators, the talk will offer insight into the challenging and varied work on offer, explain the recruitment procedure and will provide information on the traineeship scheme. The talk will be followed by a question and answer session. Continue reading →