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Read more at: Applications open for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2023

Applications open for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2023

The MMLL Faculty welcomes applications from potential applicants for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2023.


Read more at: Professor Anna Elsner wins European Research Council Starting Grant
Assistant Professor Anna Magdalena Elsner

Professor Anna Elsner wins European Research Council Starting Grant

Assistant Professor Anna Magdalena Elsner of French Literature and Culture at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, has been awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. Professor Anna Elsner is a former MPhil and PhD (2011) student at the University...


Read more at: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships 2021-22

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships 2021-22

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics welcomes applications from potential applicants for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2021-22. The scheme provides prestigious three-year fellowships awards for researchers who are near the start of their post-doctoral career. Leverhulme specify that...


Read more at: Simon Franklin's book, The Russian Graphosphere, awarded prestigious book prize.

Simon Franklin's book, The Russian Graphosphere, awarded prestigious book prize.

The Slavonic Section are delighted to congratulate Simon Franklin on his newest book, The Russian Graphosphere, 1450-1850 (Cambridge University Press, 2019), being awarded the prestigious University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies.


Read more at: Updated Call for Applications - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships

Updated Call for Applications - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Faculty welcomes applications for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships.


Read more at: Cambridge University article features research of Dr Rebecca Reich
Peter Reddaway Photograph Collection (MS Russ 78). Houghton Library, Harvard University

Cambridge University article features research of Dr Rebecca Reich

Fantastic piece showcasing Dr Rebecca Reich's recent publication, 'State of Madness: Psychiatry, Literature and Dissent after Stalin'.


Read more at: CFP Cambridge French Graduate conference 25-26 April 2019

CFP Cambridge French Graduate conference 25-26 April 2019

'Retards/Delays’ French Graduate Conference University of Cambridge 25th-26th April 2019 Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Prof. Achille Mbembe, Dr Adeline Desbois-Ientile, Dr Claire White. The ‘temporal turn’ of the last decade has witnessed the return of the concept of delay at the centre of literary and artistic production...


Read more at: MEITS presented research at the House of Commons

MEITS presented research at the House of Commons

MEITS was part of a parliamentary event to present the research of the four OWRI projects at the House of Commons on Wednesday 28 November.


Read more at: Anna Korhonen develops an AI system which may accelerate the search for cancer discoveries

Anna Korhonen develops an AI system which may accelerate the search for cancer discoveries

Anna Korhonen (DTAL and Language Technology Lab) and Masashi Narita (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) have developed an AI system which may accelerate the search for cancer discoveries.


Read more at: How could multilingualism benefit India’s poorest schoolchildren?

How could multilingualism benefit India’s poorest schoolchildren?

Multilingualism is the norm in India. But rather than enjoying the cognitive and learning advantages seen in multilingual children in the Global North, Indian children show low levels of learning basic school skills. Professor Ianthi Tsimpli is trying to disentangle the causes of this paradox.


 

News and Research Opportunities

Applications open for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2023

6 September 2022

The MMLL Faculty welcomes applications from potential applicants for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2023.

Professor Anna Elsner wins European Research Council Starting Grant

9 February 2022

Assistant Professor Anna Magdalena Elsner of French Literature and Culture at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, has been awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. Professor Anna Elsner is a former MPhil and PhD (2011) student at the University...

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships 2021-22

1 November 2021

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics welcomes applications from potential applicants for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2021-22. The scheme provides prestigious three-year fellowships awards for researchers who are near the start of their post-doctoral career. Leverhulme specify that...

Simon Franklin's book, The Russian Graphosphere, awarded prestigious book prize.

19 November 2020

The Slavonic Section are delighted to congratulate Simon Franklin on his newest book, The Russian Graphosphere, 1450-1850 (Cambridge University Press, 2019), being awarded the prestigious University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies.

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