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Read more at: MMLL student wins Brian Darling Memorial Essay Prize Competition

MMLL student wins Brian Darling Memorial Essay Prize Competition

We are proud to share that Georgia Goble has won the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France (ASMCF) Brian Darling Memorial Essay Prize Competition with her essay on Loridan-Ivens, Ernaux and Levinas.


Read more at: MMLL Alumna featured in French Culture Lecture Series
Natalie Sauer

MMLL Alumna featured in French Culture Lecture Series

The investigative journalist and MMLL alumna, Natalie Sauer (Homerton 2013), delivered an engaging presentation as part of the French Culture Lecture Series for second-year French students on the 23rd of February.


Read more at: French Poetry Event at Trinity College
Beatrice Bonhomme

French Poetry Event at Trinity College

Please join us for an exceptional exhibition of the Trinity College French Poetry collection at the Wren Library, followed by a poetry reading by Béatrice Bonhomme.


Read more at: Dr Sura Qadiri awarded CRASSH Early Career Fellowship
Sura Qadiri

Dr Sura Qadiri awarded CRASSH Early Career Fellowship

We are proud to share that Dr Sura Qadiri has been awarded a CRASSH Early Career Fellowship to work on her current book manuscript, Postsecular Poetics: Reading Religion in French and Francophone Literature.


Read more at: Early Modern French Research Seminar dates announced for Lent and Easter Term

Early Modern French Research Seminar dates announced for Lent and Easter Term

We are pleased to share the dates for upcoming Early Modern French Research Seminars during Lent and Easter terms.


Read more at: PhD student awarded inaugural prize by MHRA's journal Modern Language Review

PhD student awarded inaugural prize by MHRA's journal Modern Language Review

Congratulations to Kathryn Bryan, PhD student in French, who has just been awarded the inaugural prize by the MHRA's journal, Modern Language Review, for the best article published in 2023.


Read more at: Dr Emma Claussen featured on BBC Free Thinking

Dr Emma Claussen featured on BBC Free Thinking

We are pleased to share that Dr Emma Claussen will be featured on the BBC Free Thinking programme Wednesday 10 January, discussing Essay writing, Montaigne and much more.


Read more at: New virtual classroom explores North African literature
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New virtual classroom explores North African literature

Dr Sura Qadiri is working with Professor Sonia Zlitni Fitouri from the University of Tunis and MMLL's Dr Hugues Azérad to pilot an online seminar series and reading group that creates a virtual transcultural classroom for academics and students from the Universities of Tunis and Cambridge to discuss francophone literature from the Maghreb.


Read more at: Professor Emma Gilby awarded Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship

Professor Emma Gilby awarded Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship

We are proud to announce that Professor Emma Gilby has been awarded a three-year Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for her new project, entitled 'Women and the Making of Modern Languages: A New Modernism.'


Read more at: 10th Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment 12 July 2024

10th Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment 12 July 2024

We are delighted to announce that, after an enforced hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment is now back for its tenth year and will take place on July 12th 2024. Themes this conference has explored within language endangerment include: language policy and planning, language...


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Two French poetry events with Sandra Moussempès

7 May 2025

All are welcome to two events supported by the Society for French Studies, the University of Cambridge and the University of Birmingham.

MMLL students and staff attend Choix Goncourt UK 2025

2 May 2025

On Friday 28 March, MMLL students Anjola Adesina and Ava Rourke, accompanied by Professor Christophe Gagne and Dr. Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde, joined attendees from fourteen other British universities for the final selection and prize giving of the 2025 Choix Goncourt UK.

Professor Sonia Zlitni Fitouri to visit MMLL

25 April 2025

We are delighted to welcome Professor Sonia Zlitni Fitouri from the University of Tunis to MMLL. Her visit will take place from Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May.