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Read more at: Multilingual (Con)figurations: Catalan and Ukrainian in Dialogue

Multilingual (Con)figurations: Catalan and Ukrainian in Dialogue

Please join Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies on Friday 24 March for a workshop entitled Multilingual (Con)figurations: Catalan and Ukrainian in Dialogue. This event will take place from 09:30-14:00 at King's College, University of Cambridge.


Read more at: MML and Linguistics Open Day 2017
2016 Open Day

MML and Linguistics Open Day 2017

Bookings for the 2017 MML & Linguistics Open Day are now open.


Read more at: New language routes added to History/Modern Languages joint tripos for 2018
History and Modern Languages

New language routes added to History/Modern Languages joint tripos for 2018

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages is pleased to announce that applicants to the joint tripos for History/ML (HML) will be able to choose from four more language routes starting in 2018.


Read more at: Graduate, get a job … make a difference
Charlotte Dixon

Graduate, get a job … make a difference

Alumnae from MML have been featured in a series of articles highlighting their choices and careers since completing their languages Degrees.


Read more at: Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies

Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies

The third Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies will take place on Saturday 11 February 2017 . The topic is Remembering and Forgetting in the German-Speaking World. The 2017 keynote speaker will be Dr Hubertus Knabe, Director of Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, a museum and memorial in a notorious former Stasi torture prison.


Read more at: The problem with the English
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The problem with the English

Emeritus Schröder Professor of German, Nicholas Boyle, argues that Brexit is the result of an English delusion, a crisis of identity resulting from a failure to come to terms with the loss of empire and the end of its own exceptionalism.


Read more at: Brexit prompts academics to consider future for modern languages

Brexit prompts academics to consider future for modern languages

Silke Mentchen, Department of German and Dutch, in Times Higher Education on the impact of Brexit on modern languages.


Read more at: The value of languages: The top 9 languages for the highest-paid jobs in Britain
Canal Saint Martin

The value of languages: The top 9 languages for the highest-paid jobs in Britain

Business Insider UK reports that speakers of German are likely to get a higher paid job than others in Britain. In a survey of over 1 million job postings, employment search engine Adzuna found German speakers attracted a higher starting salary.


Read more at: Winners announced for the Inaugural Arts and Humanities Impact Pilot Fund

Winners announced for the Inaugural Arts and Humanities Impact Pilot Fund

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Arts and Humanities Impact Fund. The School of Arts and Humanities received excellent applications from all arts and humanities disciplines across both SAH and HSS, and was impressed by not only the quality of the applications...


Read more at: Why we cannot afford to lose Erasmus+

Why we cannot afford to lose Erasmus+

Andrea G. Klaus (University of Warwick) and Silke Mentchen (University of Cambridge) on why Erasmus+ must continue after Britain leaves the EU.