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Read more at: Prof JD Rhodes on props and property

Prof JD Rhodes on props and property

The Prop , by Prof JD Rhodes (MMLL, University of Cambridge) and Dr Elena Gorfinkel (Film Studies, King’s College London), was published by Fordham Press on 4 March. The Financial Times spoke to Prof Rhodes in February about Joanna Hogg’s film Autobiografia di una Borsetta , which was inspired by Rhodes’ and Gorfinkel’s...


Read more at: A Midsummer Night's Dream, translated by János Arany – critical edition by Dr Julia Paraizs

A Midsummer Night's Dream, translated by János Arany – critical edition by Dr Julia Paraizs

Dr Julia Paraizs has recently published a critical edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the highly acclaimed and popular translation (1864) of the renowned Hungarian poet, János Arany.


Read more at: Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies
The organisers of the CUGS smiling and toasting at St Catharine's College.

Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies

2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies. On Saturday 1 March, we were delighted to welcome undergraduate speakers, school pupils and teachers to Cambridge from across the UK.


Read more at: Dr Charlotte Lee appears on Radio 4

Dr Charlotte Lee appears on Radio 4

Dr Charlotte Lee, Associate Professor of German Studies and Director of the German Section, recently appeared on BBC Radio 4 for a piece on Goethe for 'Great Lives'.


Read more at: Italian Research Seminars - Lent Term

Italian Research Seminars - Lent Term

Italian Research Seminars in Lent Term 2025 are scheduled for 26 February and 6, 21–22 and 24 March.


Read more at: Former graduate student Stefan Lacny awarded BASEES PGR prize

Former graduate student Stefan Lacny awarded BASEES PGR prize

Stefan Lacny, a former graduate student in the Department of Slavonic Studies at MMLL, has received the annual prize for Best Scholarly Article by a Postgraduate Student from the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies.


Read more at: Languages at the University of Cambridge East Midlands Student Conference

Languages at the University of Cambridge East Midlands Student Conference

Professor Silke Mentchen will represent the Faculty of MMLL at a special Cambridge admissions event in Leicester on 1 April, aimed at Year 12 students and student groups (or Y13 NI or S5 Scotland).


Read more at: Slavonic Studies Translation Speaker Series: 'Translating Postcoloniality in Post-Soviet Literature and Culture’
Translating Postcoloniality in Post-Soviet Literature and Culture

Slavonic Studies Translation Speaker Series: 'Translating Postcoloniality in Post-Soviet Literature and Culture’

We warmly invite you to attend the Slavonic Studies/CamCCEEES joint 2024-25 Speaker Series, which will focus on translation.


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.


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

Book publication: The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature

The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature (Cambridge University Press) has been edited by Prof Simon Franklin, Dr Rebecca Reich and Prof Emma Widdis.