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Read more at: Elena Sottilotta (PhD candidate, Italian) winner of the 2020 Polly Stewart Award 2020
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Elena Sottilotta (PhD candidate, Italian) winner of the 2020 Polly Stewart Award 2020

We are delighted to congratulate Elena Sottilotta (PhD candidate, Italian) for winning the 2020 Polly Stewart Award, for her research on women folklorists of Italy and Ireland. The award is given by the Women's Section of the American Folklore Society to support young scholars in the field (further details at: https://www...


Read more at: Virtual Seminar Series Michaelmas 2020

Virtual Seminar Series Michaelmas 2020

We are very happy to announce our seminar series for Michaelmas 2020, which will be entirely virtual. Speakers are: Speaker: Professor Jesús Rodriguez Velasco, Yale University Day: 14 October Time: 5pm Title: “Science of the Soul, Bodies of Law.” Abstract: Examining legislations and legal theorizations from the Middle Ages...


Read more at: Book Launch
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Book Launch

The Launch of Vivien Kogut-Lessa de Sa’s new book on British travellers in Brazil will take place this Thursday at 11pm UK time.


Read more at: ​Student guidance for in person teaching

​Student guidance for in person teaching

Student guidance for in person teaching in the Lecture Block , Lady Mitchell Hall , and any of the Mill Lane Lecture theaters.


Read more at: New monograph by Section member Simone Kügeler-Race
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New monograph by Section member Simone Kügeler-Race

We are happy to offer our congratulations to section member Simone Kügeler-Race for her publication of her new book, entitled: "Frauenmystik im europäischen Kontext: „The Book of Margery Kempe“ und die deutschsprachige Viten- und Offenbarungsliteratur des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts". Köln/Wien/Weimar: Böhlau 2020 (...


Read more at: PhD student Melina Mandelbaum wins Forum for Modern Languages Studies essay prize

PhD student Melina Mandelbaum wins Forum for Modern Languages Studies essay prize

We're proud to announce that PhD Student in the German Section, Melina Mandelbaum , has won the Forum for Modern Language Studies essay prize for her essay titled, "Administering Exclusion: Statelessness, Identity Papers, and Narrative Strategy in B. Traven's Das Totenschiff (1926)".


Read more at: Professor Abigail Brundin wins honorable mention for the SRS 2020 Book Prize
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Professor Abigail Brundin wins honorable mention for the SRS 2020 Book Prize

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Abigail Brundin was given an honourable mention for her jointly authored book The Sacred Home in Renaissance Italy (Oxford University Press, 2018) by the Society for Renaissance Studies 2020 book prize. The judges received over forty books this year and the standard was extremely...


Read more at: CPSL Mind Tools and Techniques Workshop

CPSL Mind Tools and Techniques Workshop

CPSL Mind (the local Cambridge Mind mental health charity) and the University of Cambridge have teamed up with Mind, the leading mental health charity, to pilot their new Mentally Healthy Universities programme. The programme offers a short four-part course designed specifically for undergraduates and delivered by...


Read more at: Dr Marion Glaumaud-Carbonnier

Dr Marion Glaumaud-Carbonnier


Read more at: Pembroke College opens post for College Lecturer in Modern & Medieval Languages

Pembroke College opens post for College Lecturer in Modern & Medieval Languages

Pembroke College has just opened applications for the 5 year post of College Lecturer in Modern and Medieval Languages, specializing in Italian.