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Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics

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Prospective Undergraduates

Thinking about studying Linguistics or Modern Languages? These are rich, intellectually rewarding fields, through which your degree course may chart one of many diverse routes, all fostering skills that are highly sought-after by top employers.


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Our academic staff are leaders in world-class scholarship and teaching, and conduct research in one or more of the following areas: linguistics, film and screen studies, history and thought, and literary and cultural studies.


Latest news

Emma Claussen selected as Member of the Institute for Advanced Study

3 October 2025

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics is delighted to share the news that Dr Emma Claussen, Fellow of Trinity College and Trinity Assistant Professor in French, has been selected as a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton for the 2025–26 academic year and will join for the...

Slavonic Studies presents the "Freedom" Speaker Series 2025-26

3 October 2025

We warmly invite you to attend the Slavonic Studies/CamCCEEES joint 2025-26 Speaker Series, which is dedicated to the subject of Freedom The talks will take place in Michaelmas and Lent Terms on Thursdays from 5:30pm in the Knox Shaw Room in Sidney Sussex College 30 October 2025 “Surrogates of Freedom: Authoritarian...

La Noire de… at 60. Reflecting on the life and legacy of an African classic

29 September 2025

Date: 12 - 14 Nov 2025, All day Location: Various locations A landmark of African cinemas turns 60. In 1966, Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène’s La Noire de… / Black Girl made history as the first feature-length film by a Black African director. Nearly sixty years later, this three-day film series and international...