News in Modern Languages

Deepfake pop, the legacy of civil war & the impact of terror attacks - all at Hay Festival 2024

Large multi coloured letters spelling out Hay with a child climbing on them at the festival
Description:
Leading academics and experts from the University of Birmingham’s College of Arts and Law have been announced as part of this year’s Hay Festival lineup.
Date:
18 March 2024

From state propaganda to populist marketing ploy: the slippery meaning of International Women’s Day

 International Women's Day in 2022 in Spain.
Description:
Sara Jones (University of Birmingham) and Maija Spurina (Latvian Academy of Culture) explore the contradictions of International Women’s Day around the world.
Date:
07 March 2024

Culture and the City – Towards a Collaborative Approach

Hands playing a piano
Description:
Birmingham City Council has announced a potential 100% cut to culture. Professor Sara Jones examines the need for a collaborative approach to the arts sector.
Date:
29 February 2024

COVID-19 Public Inquiry – Does our obedience rely on the obedience of others?

Volunteers drawing hearts on The National Covid Memorial Wall
Description:
Dr Elystan Griffith and Prof Martin Wagner (University of Calgary) consider obedience to law after former PM Boris Johnson appeared at Covid Inquiry.
Date:
18 January 2024

University convenes Birmingham’s top cultural organisations for action on sustainability

Culture Forward Sustainability event.
Description:
Hosted by Birmingham Royal Ballet, the event saw 15 researchers from the College of Arts and Law lead discussions on how culture can promote sustainability.
Date:
07 December 2023

Translation workshops inspire pupils to see language learning as a creative activity

University of Birmingham School students in the translation workshop.
Description:
Dr Emma Wagstaff recently organised several translation workshops, delivered to UoB school students by facilitators from the Stephen Spender Trust.
Date:
27 November 2023

Call for papers: Covid, Adaptation, Representation

Looking at tests in a lab
Description:
Papers Leading to publication(s) for online workshop 13 December 2023 from Lisa Downing, Nigel Harris and Andrew Watts of the Department of Modern Languages
Date:
06 November 2023

Memories of Hunger: History and Russia’s War against Ukraine

Statue of a small girl clutching ears of wheat to her chest at Ukraine’s National Museum of the Holodomor Genocide
Description:
The most recent Russian aggression in Ukraine has brought memories of previous wars and famines to the surface for many Ukrainian families.
Date:
02 November 2023

Hearing ‘bad grammar’ results in physical signs of stress – new study reveals

Woman with her hands on her head in frustration.
Description:
A new study by professors at the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time how our bodies go into stress-mode when hearing misused grammar.
Date:
27 October 2023

Summer research fellowship for Dr Hilary Brown

Herzog August Bibliothek
Description:
Dr Hilary Brown, Associate Professor in Translation Studies is spending a month at the Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB) Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Date:
18 July 2023

In conversation with Dr Natasha Rulyova

Aston Webb building
Description:
Pushkin House and Dr Natasha Rulyova, the University of Birmingham, are launching a second talk on Russophone Literature.
Date:
26 June 2023

University of Birmingham hosts 2023 Association of Adaptation Studies Conference

Aston Webb building
Description:
Last week, the University welcomed almost one hundred international scholars onto campus for the ‘Authenticity and Adaptation’ conference.
Date:
14 June 2023
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