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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...


Read more at: Translation of Professor Mark Darlow's 'Staging the French Revolution' published

Translation of Professor Mark Darlow's 'Staging the French Revolution' published

Professor Mark Darlow's 2012 book Staging the French Revolution: Cultural Politics and the Paris Opéra, 1789-1794 (New York: Oxford University Press) has just appeared in Chinese translation with Orpheus Music Series. The book was runner-up for the Gapper Prize of the Society for French Studies and has established itself...


Read more at: Cambridge Polish Studies: Celebrating 10 Years

Cambridge Polish Studies: Celebrating 10 Years

Cambridge Polish Studies: Celebrating 10 Years Friday, November 8 5.30pm Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Cambridge On the ten-year anniversary of the establishment of the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge, we invite you to a celebratory event. The event will feature two guest speakers to...


Read more at: The Slavonic Studies Section presents the 'Translation Speaker Series' 2024-25

The Slavonic Studies Section presents the 'Translation Speaker Series' 2024-25

We warmly invite you to attend the Slavonic Studies/CamCCEEES joint 2024-25 Speaker Series, which is dedicated to the subject of Translation In conceptualising this lecture series, we conceived of 'translation' in the broadest of terms. That is, not just as the translation of words or texts from one language into another...


Read more at: Book launch, 'The Cinema of Cecilia Bartolomé: Feminism and Francoism'

Book launch, 'The Cinema of Cecilia Bartolomé: Feminism and Francoism'

Professor Sally Faulkner's The Cinema of Cecilia Bartolomé is the first English monograph on this brilliant Spanish director. The book launch will be held at McCrum Lecture Theatre, Corpus, on Wednesday the 23rd of October, 5pm.


Read more at: Cambridge MMLL presents at Goethe Institut Career Roadshow

Cambridge MMLL presents at Goethe Institut Career Roadshow

Professor Silke Mentchen and Dr Mary Boyle represented the Faculty’s German section at the Goethe Institut Career Roadshow in central London on Friday 27 September. Prof Mentchen and Dr Boyle delivered three sessions to packed audiences, covering the study of German at Cambridge, AI, and the future of languages. More...


Read more at: Year Abroad to be focus of 17 October event

Year Abroad to be focus of 17 October event

The Year Abroad, which undergraduates in Modern & Medieval Languages and History & Modern languages typically undertake in their third year, is to be the focus of a 17 October event hosted by Fitzwilliam College. Speaking at the event will be Professor Charles Forsdick , Drapers Professor of French at the Faculty...


Read more at: New book on Christian Petzold

New book on Christian Petzold

Congratulations to Andrew Webber and Stephan Hilpert (Marcromedia University Berlin) on the publication of Screening Work: The Films of Christian Petzold with Legenda!