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The Michael K O'Rourke PhD Best Publication Award 2013

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Doctoral researcher Islam Issa wins award for 'Fragmentation, Censorship and an Islamic Journal: A History of the Translation of Milton into Arabic'.
Date:
17/05/2013

Investigating Interdisciplinary Research Discourse: the case of Global Environmental Change

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Paul Thompson and Susan Hunston have been successful in their application to the ESRC for funding for this two year research project on interdisciplinary discourse.
Date:
13/05/2013

MA Translation student wins CRCC Asia-British Council Scholarship

MA Translation student wins CRCC Asia-British Council Scholarship
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An opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the unique Chinese business and cultural environments through a professional internship with the British Council, Shanghai.
Date:
13/05/2013

MA Translation student offered internship at United Nations in New York

MA Translation student offered internship at United Nations in New York
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Emily Russell has been offered a two-month summer internship at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Date:
13/05/2013

Primed for Violence? A corpus analysis of jihadist discourse

Primed for Violence? A corpus analysis of jihadist discourse
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Professor Tony McEnery (Lancaster University) delivered the annual John Sinclair Lecture [streaming video].
Date:
10/05/2013

Collocation: Applications and Implications

Collocation: Applications and Implications
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Dr Geoff Barnbrook and Dr Oliver Mason have just published an exciting new book with co-author Ramesh Krishnamurthy on collocation.
Date:
29/04/2013

Alumni nominated for Man Brooker Prize

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Contemporary Indian writer, and University of Birmingham alumnus U.R. Ananthamurthy is celebrating being shortlisted for a Man Booker Prize in 2012 with his novel Bharatipura.
Date:
22/04/2013

People, Products, Pests and Pets: the discursive representation of animals

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A major new research collaboration between Professor Guy Cook, from the Department of Education & Professional Studies, King's College London and Dr Alison Sealey at the University of Birmingham.
Date:
03/04/2013

Figurative Language, Genre and Register

Figurative Language, Genre and Register
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Jeannette Littlemore co-authors a book on Figurative Language, Genre and Register. Information about the book and a podcast from Jeannette and her two co-authors, Alice Deignan and Elena Semino can be found here on the Cambridge University Press Website.
Date:
03/04/2013

Visit to Urbana-Champaign

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Paul Thompson will visit the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to discuss possible research collaboration.
Date:
22/03/2013
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