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Read more at: Sandra Smith on translating Camus, Maupassant, Némirovsky, and more

Sandra Smith on translating Camus, Maupassant, Némirovsky, and more

In December 2022, Prof Christophe Gagne and Dr Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde met with Sandra Smith, a former colleague at Cambridge. They had previously collaborated on a range of translation workshops for the Faculty and benefited from her contribution of a chapter on Maupassant for their book with Routledge (forthcoming...


Read more at: Book publication: 'The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature'

Book publication: 'The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature'

We are happy to share news of the publication of The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature (Cambridge University Press), edited by Prof Simon Franklin , Dr Rebecca Reich and Prof Emma Widdis , and with contributions from thirty-four scholars including Dr Anna Berman , Prof Franklin, Dr Reich and Prof Widdis. This is...


Read more at: Languages, Power and Cultures (Trinity College) and Langevity (Emmanuel College) programmes open for applications

Languages, Power and Cultures (Trinity College) and Langevity (Emmanuel College) programmes open for applications

Do you know a young person who would benefit from a free academic enrichment programme in the humanities subjects? Applications are open for the Languages, Power and Cultures Programme at Trinity College , aimed at students in their penultimate school year: Year 12 (England and Wales), 13 (Northern Ireland), S5 (Scotland)...


Read more at: Slavonic Studies Translation Speaker Series: 'Everything is Translation' with Hamid Ismailov & Donald Rayfield

Slavonic Studies Translation Speaker Series: 'Everything is Translation' with Hamid Ismailov & Donald Rayfield

Slavonic Studies and CamCCEEES present, as part of the Translation Lecture series: Everything is Translation Hamid Ismailov & Donald Rayfield In conversation Thursday, 28 November, 5:30 pm Knox Shaw Room Sidney Sussex College In this presentation, celebrated Uzbek novelist Hamid Ismailov will analyze his experiences as...


Read more at: Selwyn Sykes Cambridge Masters Studentship in Italian Studies

Selwyn Sykes Cambridge Masters Studentship in Italian Studies

Selwyn College have announced that they are offering two studentships for UK MPhil students focusing on Italian studies for entry in October 2025. The Studentships are open to exceptionally well-qualified candidates, of outstanding academic potential, who intend to study at the College for an MPhil with a focus on Italian...


Read more at: Doyle Calhoun on archives, literature and anticolonial resistance

Doyle Calhoun on archives, literature and anticolonial resistance

Content Notice: This article contains discussions of colonial violence and suicide. Dr Doyle D. Calhoun teaches and works on a range of topics related to African and Caribbean literatures and cinemas; Senegalese literature and cinema in French and Wolof; the archives and afterlives of French slavery; Négritude; and the...


Read more at: 2024 Winners of Year Abroad Photo Competition announced
Imogen Barnes, A ticket to Traibwelt

2024 Winners of Year Abroad Photo Competition announced

The winners and commendations are as follows: Overall Winner Author: Imogen Barnes Title: ‘A ticket to Trabiwelt’ Location: Berlin Date: March 2024 Imogen says: " I took this photo just around the corner from Berlin’s famous Checkpoint Charlie during a walking tour. We were passing through this part of the city quite...


Read more at: Faculty members launch Cambridge Translation Studies Network

Faculty members launch Cambridge Translation Studies Network

The Cambridge Translation Studies Network (CTSN) aims to bring together all those interested in translation across the Humanities and Social Sciences, to promote translation as research in an interdisciplinary context, and to support students involved in any aspect of translation studies. It is convened by Prof Ángeles...


Read more at: A Series of International Events on 'The Adventures of Pinocchio'

A Series of International Events on 'The Adventures of Pinocchio'

We are delighted to announce a series of academic and public engagement initiatives aimed at celebrating the legacy of Carlo Collodi’s literary masterpiece The Adventures of Pinocchio in contemporary culture, co-organized by Murray Edwards College Fellow Elena Sottilotta (Italian section, MMLL Faculty) with Pablo a Marca (...


Read more at: Dr Emma Claussen co-hosts 'Proust Curious' podcast with Public Books

Dr Emma Claussen co-hosts 'Proust Curious' podcast with Public Books

Dr Emma Claussen (MMLL, Cambridge) and Dr Hannah Weaver (English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University) are Proust Curious. Their new podcast , produced in partnership with Public Books, covers the experience of reading À la recherche du temps perdu —all seven volumes. Marcel Proust’s cultural touchstone, written...