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We are delighted to announce two special screenings with film director Pietro Marcello, one of the most original voices in contemporary cinema. Both events are free and open to the public.Monday 4 May: Public film screening of DuseVenue: St John’s College, Palmerston Room.6.15pm reception, Fisher Foyer.7pm: Duse (2025, 122’), directed by Pietro Mar…

Disability Studies Plenary LectureNot Just an Other: Archaeologies of DisabilityKyle L. JordanLecture Theatre A, Student Services Centre, New Museums Site5.15pm, May 5, 2026Reception, The Atrium, SSC, 6.30pmAbstract: Modern models and experiences of disability are typically defined by ‘otherness’ in relation to an institutional or social-cultural i…

Trinity College is delighted to host a series of events next week celebrating the rich linguistic, literary, and cultural heritage of Madagascar. The visit is made possible thanks to the efforts of Trinity College Lectrice Anne-Élise Rakotovao, who will welcome Oliva Ramavonirina, Head of Research at the Malagasy Academy.Across three events, staff …

The 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA), 16–18 April 2026Language remains one of the most profound mysteries of human cognition, deeply intertwined with thought, creativity, and what it means to be human. Our remarkable capacity to acquire and use multiple languages across the lifespan offers a unique window…

MMLL Open Days are:§ Thursday 9 July 2026: Undergraduate Open Day (MMLL, Colleges and support services will be open) § Friday 10 July 2026: Undergraduate Open Day (MMLL, Colleges and support services will be open) These events are designed for prospective applicants from Year 12, Year 13 (or equivalent) and mature applicants (aged 21 or over), to l…

A new case study highlighting the success of Cambridge spinout Trismik has been published as part of the Cambridge Enterprise Annual Review 2025 campaign.Trismik originated in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics and reflects the strength of innovation emerging from Cambridge’s languages and linguistics community. The company’s fou…

The Society for French Studies announced that the winner of the 2025 R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize is Isabel Maloney (University of Cambridge), for her essay, entitled ‘The Communard Family in Léon Cladel’s Censored Short Fiction’.The Jury adjudged ‘From Dragons to Divinators: Re-Imagining Muslim Women in the Old French Crusade Cycle’, by Saal…

The Poetics of Tao: French-Chinese Dialogues on Poetry, Art, and the Limits of Subjectivity took place on 22 November 2025 at Wolfson College, Cambridge. The conference brought together an international group of scholars to explore the dialogue between Taoist thought and modern French philosophy, literature, and visual art. Across keynote lectures …

Professor Sally Faulkner (Department of Spanish and Portuguese) has published a new blog post with Manchester University Press reflecting on her recent book The Cinema of Cecilia Bartolomé: Feminism and Francoism.In the post, Professor Faulkner explains her motivation for writing the book, beginning with the striking originality of Bartolomé’s work…

Professor María Noriega-Sánchez, Professor of Spanish and Translation Studies in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics (MMLL), has been awarded a Pilkington Prize for 2026 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to teaching excellence.The Pilkington Prizes are awarded annually to members of academic staff across the Un…

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Dr. Doyle Calhoun, University Assistant Professor of Francophone Postcolonial Studies and Fellow of Peterhouse, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library for the 2026–2027 academic year.Dr. Calhoun is one of o…

Workshop on ‘Tracing the African roots of Sri Lanka Portuguese’PROGRAMME on Monday 11th May 202610.00–10.30 amIntroduction & WelcomeIoanna Sitaridou (University of Cambridge)10.30–11.00 amTracing the African roots of Sri Lanka Portuguese: a forgotten communityIoanna Sitaridou (University of Cambridge)Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya (University of Cambri…

The MMLL Library is delighted to launch the HML/MML Year Abroad Photography Competition Exhibition. Designed in collaboration with Dott. Claudia Domenici and the MMLL Faculty, the exhibition brings together photography submitted to the MMLL Faculty’s Year Abroad Photo Competition over the last decade. It includes recent winners and other standout e…

On the occasion of Jordi Savall’s receipt of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (often described as the “Nobel Prize of Music”), this piece revisits a memorable encounter with the renowned musician at the University of Cambridge. In December 2014, Savall addressed graduate students and faculty in Spanish and Portuguese Studies, offering a lecture as…

Honouring Dr Isabelle McNeill’s legacy, the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics and Trinity Hall are establishing a studentship to support a talented MPhil student in Film and Screen Studies.Dr Isabelle McNeill was a brilliant scholar and inspiring teacher. Her work as supervisor, teacher, and researcher was felt across the Fac…