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Read more at: Cambridge Language Collective: Schools’ Essay Competition 2025. Results Announced!

Cambridge Language Collective: Schools’ Essay Competition 2025. Results Announced!

We are delighted to share the results of the Fourth Annual Schools’ Essay Competition, organised by the Cambridge Language Collective. This nationwide initiative attracted entries from pupils across the UK, spanning many age groups. We warmly congratulate all participants for their creativity and dedication. Our thanks...

Read more at: Book Launch: Stanley Bill and Ben Stanley on Poland's Illiberal Revolution

Book Launch: Stanley Bill and Ben Stanley on Poland's Illiberal Revolution

Friday, 24 October 2025, 5:30pm William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College We invite you to a free event to discuss the recently published book co-written by our Professor of Polish Studies, Stanley Bill , and Ben Stanley (SWPS University, Warsaw), entitled Good Change: The Rise and Fall of Poland's Illiberal Revolution (...

Read more at: Call for papers. Translating conflict and refuge: language, displacement, and the politics of representation
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Call for papers. Translating conflict and refuge: language, displacement, and the politics of representation

Call for papers Translating conflict and refuge: language, displacement, and the politics of representation Date: Friday 24 April 2026 Place: The University of Cambridge / part hybrid Submission deadline for abstracts: 5 December 2025 Papers are invited for this one-day conference to take place in Cambridge (UK) next April...

Read more at: Croatian Author Magdalena Blažević in Conversation at Heffers Bookshop

Croatian Author Magdalena Blažević in Conversation at Heffers Bookshop

The Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages and Linguistics is pleased to share details of an upcoming literary event hosted by independent publisher Linden Editions and Heffers Bookshop. On Thursday 11 September, Croatian author Magdalena Blažević will join Burhan Sönmez, President of International PEN and acclaimed...

Read more at: Cambridge launches survey on Llanito and Gibraltar English

Cambridge launches survey on Llanito and Gibraltar English

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have launched a new study into Llanito, the distinctive hybrid vernacular spoken in Gibraltar, and its relationship to Gibraltar English. The project is led by Professor Brechtje Post, Professor Ioanna Sitaridou, Professor Laura Wright, and Research Assistant Amber Holt, and forms...

Read more at: Dr Claire White publishes Zola’s Dream: Idealism on Trial with Cambridge University Press

Dr Claire White publishes Zola’s Dream: Idealism on Trial with Cambridge University Press

We are delighted to share the news that Dr Claire White, Associate Professor of French in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, and Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge, has published her new book, Zola’s Dream: Idealism on Trial , with Cambridge University Press. The study takes as its starting...

Read more at: Sophia Khwaja-Clarke Wins the 2025 Phoebe Taylor Prize for Outstanding Work in Spanish Translation

Sophia Khwaja-Clarke Wins the 2025 Phoebe Taylor Prize for Outstanding Work in Spanish Translation

This year, the Phoebe Taylor Prize for Outstanding Work in Spanish Translation was awarded to Sophia Khwaja-Clarke for her project on translations of selected poems from the collection Un Montón de escritura para nada by Mexican poet and academic Sara Uribe. Like Phoebe’s project, this translation focuses on a Latin...

Read more at: Anna May Wong Retrospective at the BFI

Anna May Wong Retrospective at the BFI

Dr Xin Peng has curated the upcoming BFI retrospective on Anna May Wong, drawing on her extensive research into the early Chinese American star's racialised performance, cosmopolitanism, and innovative engagement with new media technologies. This carefully curated season celebrates Wong’s remarkable and diverse career...

Read more at: MultiLila Project Impact Film Now Live

MultiLila Project Impact Film Now Live

We’re delighted to announce that the Raising Learning Outcomes (RLO) impact film focusing on Professor Ianthi Tsimpli’s ten-year long, collaborative work in India, which began with the MultiLila project (ESRC-FCDO), is now live on the UKRI for Researchers YouTube channel. Watch the film here: https://youtu.be/aeej6iZ7Dkw...

Read more at: Sophia Khwaja-Clarke Wins 2025 Phoebe Taylor Prize for Spanish Translation

Sophia Khwaja-Clarke Wins 2025 Phoebe Taylor Prize for Spanish Translation

The 2025 Phoebe Taylor Prize for Outstanding Work in Spanish Translation has been awarded to Sophia Khwaja-Clarke for her project on translations of selected poems from Un montón de escritura para nada by award-winning Mexican poet and academic Sara Uribe. Like Phoebe Taylor’s own prize-winning project, Sophia’s work...

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