University of Cambridge
Department of Slavonic Studies
Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge CB3 9DA
Telephone: +44 (0)1223 335 007
General email enquiries: slavonic@mmll.cam.ac.uk
Dr Stanley Bill, Lecturer in Polish Studies: sb2054@cam.ac.uk
MLA Scaglione Prize Awarded to Cambridge’s Doyle D. Calhoun
3 December 2025
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...
SIS Postgraduate Colloquium 2025 at Cambridge
1 December 2025
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...
Rifiabare: A Literary Geography Workshop
5 November 2025
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...
PhD Student Toby Barnett Wins Paragraph Prize for Best Article of 2023/24
30 October 2025
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...
Seven New Colleagues Join MMLL
28 October 2025
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...
French Section Events – Michaelmas Term 2025
22 October 2025
Michaelmas Term 2025 Dr Chiara Quaranta (University of Edinburgh) Title: The Bright Night of Images: On the Black Screen in French Cinema Time: Monday 20 October, 5:15pm Venue: McCrum Lecture Theatre, Corpus Christi College, Bene’t Street, Cambridge Description: French cinema seems obsessed with images on the edge of...
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