09 September 2021 Grant win for "'Heritage speakers of Spanish: the case of Latin American Londoners" project The project (March 2022-March 2024) aims at investigating the varieties of Spanish spoken by the Latin Americans of London
17 August 2021 Translation careers talk with The Word Hub MA Translation Studies and BA Modern Languages students at the University of Birmingham had the opportunity to hear first hand from Translation experts with a special careers talk with translation agency The Word Hub.
14 June 2021 Lost in the storm: arts venues re-open too late for some migrant artists Sara Jones and Kinga Goodwin reflect on how arts venues reopening might be too late for the central and eastern European artists leaving the UK due to xeno-racism, Brexit and the Coronavirus, in the Byline Times
10 June 2021 Modern Languages PhD focus: Online language learning before and after COVID-19 Distance Learning PhD student Simona Scanni introduces her research on online language learning before and after COVID-19.
07 June 2021 Urban Terrorism in Europe (2004-19): Expert seminar with Professor Emerita Nina Lykke The UrbTerr project team at The University of Birmingham had the wonderful opportunity to virtually meet and engage in posthumanist critical theoretical conversations with Professor Emerita Nina Lykke.
14 May 2021 Global success for a virtual conference in the Department of Modern Languages exploring the Legacy of Colonialism on Post-Imperial Societies Report on the the international virtual conference organized in partnership with the University of Aix-Marseille (France).
28 April 2021 (Bio)art & ecologies of non/living matters Visual artist Emanuela Cusin and philosopher Dr Marietta Radomska present their artistic and philosophical engagements with the matter(s) - and materialisation - of (bio)art and ecologies of the non/living
24 March 2021 The year abroad: more than just a language lesson University of Birmingham Modern Languages and History graduate Freya Hoppe tells us about the year abroad she spent in Seville Spain, from September 2018 - June 2019.
09 March 2021 'Who are you to tell the story?': Exploring the experience of Central and Eastern European migrant artists Dr Kinga Goodwin, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Modern Languages, discusses the lived experience of CEE artists, and the implications they feel their migrant status has on their careers.
19 February 2021 Upstairs, Downstairs, and the Spaces In-Between Dr Kinga Goodwin, Policy Impact Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Modern Languages, discusses the intersections of various cultural identities, and how this impacts on migrant artists.
18 January 2021 Grant success for Post-Socialist Britain project Professor Sara Jones, Dr Charlotte Galpin (University of Birmingham) and Dr Jenny Wüstenberg (Nottingham Trent University) have received a grant of £935k from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
18 December 2020 Why knowing languages matters Professor Dagmar Divjak comments on the British Academy joint statement warning that the pandemic should serve as a wakeup call on the decline of language learning across the English speaking world
Sustainability and environments How we are exploring issues of climate through the arts, humanities and law.
Birmingham ranked in top 70 in the world for Arts and Humanities The College of Arts and Law is placed 67th in the Times Higher Education 2022 rankings, making it one of the best places for study and research in this field globally.
British and German soldiers' stories reveal historic cinema and theatre insight A University of Birmingham expert is joining forces with British Army and the Bundeswehr to help strengthen bonds between German and British soldiers