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Read more at: MMLL to participate in new Cambridge Foundation Year programme

MMLL to participate in new Cambridge Foundation Year programme

Cambridge Foundation Year offers a new route to undergraduate study for educationally and socially disadvantaged students. MMLL is excited to be amongst the Faculties that students can progress to after successfully completing the programme.


Read more at: Dr Christophe Gagne published book entitled, 'English-French Translation: A Practical Manual'

Dr Christophe Gagne published book entitled, 'English-French Translation: A Practical Manual'

We are happy to share that Dr Christophe Gagne has just co-authored an excellent publication entitled, 'English-French Translation: A Practical Manual.'


Read more at: Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Professor Helena Sanson publish new book
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Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Professor Helena Sanson publish new book

We are delighted to announce the publication of a new book, Women in the History of Linguistics, edited by Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Professor Helena Sanson.


Read more at: Radek Rochowiak wins first place in Olympiad in Russian as a foreign language.
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Radek Rochowiak wins first place in Olympiad in Russian as a foreign language.

Slavonic Studies would like to congratulate second year student Radek Rochowiak who entered and won first place in the Second International Russian as a Foreign language Online Olympiad (organised by St Petersburg University in collaboration with the Russian Ministry of Education). A great achievement! The Olympiad was...


Read more at: The ‘Single Out’ campaign

The ‘Single Out’ campaign

Lent Term is the University's "Spotlight On" single use disposables. The Sustainability Team and others around the University will be working on many environmental issues over the coming months. If you'd like to read more and find out how you or your team can reduce single use disposables then please visit the Sustainably...


Read more at: University Professional Services Recognition Scheme 2020

University Professional Services Recognition Scheme 2020

Many congratulations to Rachel Plunkett for being shortlisted for the University Professional Services Recognition Scheme 2020, for exceptional contribution during the Covid crisis. The shortlist for this award was chosen from a pool of over 100 nominations. Thanks to Rachel for her amazing work managing the Faculty over...


Read more at: Eleonora Serra (PhD in Italian, 2019), winner of the 2020 Vivien Law Prize for the history of linguistics
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Eleonora Serra (PhD in Italian, 2019), winner of the 2020 Vivien Law Prize for the history of linguistics

Eleonora Serra (PhD in Italian, 2019), winner of the 2020 Vivien Law Prize for the history of linguistics The Italian Section is delighted to congratulate Eleonora Serra (PhD in Italian, 2019) for the award of the 2020 Vivien Law Prize for the best essay on any topic within the history of linguistics by a student within 5...


Read more at: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships 2021

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships 2021

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics welcomes applications from potential applicants for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2021.


Read more at: Gender agreement in heritage languages: Agreement Puzzles in Monolingual Grammar and Beyond
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Gender agreement in heritage languages: Agreement Puzzles in Monolingual Grammar and Beyond

Professor Maria Polinsky will give a talk on her research on heritage Russian (“Heritage” language is a language learned at home, but without input from the social environment, as often occurs in situations with children of immigrants). The goal of this talk is twofold; Professor Polinsky will firstly present and analyse...


Read more at: The CUS Conversation Series: Conversation with Nina Jankowicz
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The CUS Conversation Series: Conversation with Nina Jankowicz

Join Cambridge Ukrainian Studies for an online conversation with Nina Jankowicz, who tackles Russian disinformation in her new book ‘How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict (2020). Please join the conversation on 24th November 2020 at 18:00 (GMT) Register in advance at: https://zoom...