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Read more at: Langevity Residential

Langevity Residential

Are you fascinated by languages? Keen to discover more about the different cultures, histories and politics of the world? Would you like to learn some new vocabulary and get a taste for language study at university? If so, Langevity is the programme for you! Langevity is divided into two parts: 1) a webinar series...


Read more at: Scopri l'italiano: Italian Taster Day – Wednesday 18th February 2026

Scopri l'italiano: Italian Taster Day – Wednesday 18th February 2026

Scopri l'italiano: Italian Taster Day – Wednesday 18th February 2026. Sign up here! Organised by the Italian Section of the Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics Faculty, the Italian Taster Day is being hosted for the first year at Robinson College, the newest constituent college of the University of Cambridge. We...


Read more at: Transitions and Beyond: Women's Work in Spanish and Portuguese Cinema & TV
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Transitions and Beyond: Women's Work in Spanish and Portuguese Cinema & TV

The two-day symposium brings Spanish and Portuguese cinema and television into conversation by comparing the 1970s to the present day. It examines ‘then’ and ‘now’ by considering legacies, genealogies and trans-generational memory. Part of the Leading Women in Spanish Film and Television project , it also reflects on...


Read more at: Miriam Schwarz wins W+IGS Book Prize

Miriam Schwarz wins W+IGS Book Prize

We are delighted to announce that Miriam Schwarz has been awarded this year's W+IGS Book Prize.


Read more at: YA Photo Competition 2025 – Announcement of Winners
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YA Photo Competition 2025 – Announcement of Winners

The Committee is delighted to share the official results of the YA Photo Competition 2025. Although winners and commended entrants were informed individually, we had not yet announced the results to the wider community — and we are pleased to do so now. The overall winner received a £100 Amazon voucher, and each category...


Read more at: MLA Scaglione Prize Awarded to Cambridge’s Doyle D. Calhoun

MLA Scaglione Prize Awarded to Cambridge’s Doyle D. Calhoun

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics is delighted to announce that Dr Doyle D. Calhoun, University Assistant Professor of Francophone Postcolonial Studies at Cambridge, has been awarded the Modern Language Association’s Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies for his book...


Read more at: SIS Postgraduate Colloquium 2025 at Cambridge

SIS Postgraduate Colloquium 2025 at Cambridge

The Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages and Linguistics is delighted to host the Society for Italian Studies Postgraduate Colloquium 2025, titled: Italian Literature and Culture Through a Comparative Lens: Transnational and Transhistorical Networks 5 December 2025 SG2, Alison Richards Building, Sidgwick Site...


Read more at: Rifiabare: A Literary Geography Workshop

Rifiabare: A Literary Geography Workshop

Join us for an inspiring in-person workshop on Sardinian fairy tales on 15 November 2025 . Venue: Murray Edwards College, Long Room, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF Workshop leaders: Maria Luisa Mura and Francesca Nardi ( Ischìre – Collettivo mobile di geografia letteraria ) Organiser: Elena Sottilotta (Murray Edwards...


Read more at: PhD Student Toby Barnett Wins Paragraph Prize for Best Article of 2023/24

PhD Student Toby Barnett Wins Paragraph Prize for Best Article of 2023/24

We are delighted to share that Tobias (Toby) Barnett, a fourth-year PhD candidate in the French Section, has been awarded the Paragraph Prize for Best Article of 2023/24 for his publication, ‘Catherine Malabou’s Historical Epistemology’ . Published in Paragraph: A Journal of Modern Critical Theory , the article examines...


Read more at: Seven New Colleagues Join MMLL

Seven New Colleagues Join MMLL

We are delighted to welcome seven new colleagues to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics. Their expertise spans linguistics, Italian studies, film, and digital media, enriching our research and teaching community. Amanda Cole ( Assistant Professor of Sociolinguistics ) Studies language variation...