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Read more at: What would it take to fake a sonnet by the French Renaissance poet Louise Labé?

What would it take to fake a sonnet by the French Renaissance poet Louise Labé?

Timothy Chesters weighs in on the controversy over the authorship of the Oeuvres de Louise Labé Lyonnaise (1555). Twenty years ago a prominent French critic, Mireille Huchon, caused uproar by alleging that Olivier de Magny, a male poet traditionally believed to have been Labé’s lover, forged her poems as a joke. Since then...


Read more at: Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland

Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland

With Seekers of Wonder, Elena Sottilotta offers the first comparative study of women’s manifold roles in the collection of Italian and Irish folklore and fairy tales between 1870 and 1920. Sottilotta views the often-overlooked work of these women from an interdisciplinary perspective, considering both the politics and...


Read more at: The 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition

The 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition

Welcome! The 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition will take place in Cambridge, U.K. from Thursday 16th to Saturday 18th April 2026. Please see the Call for Papers . Invited Speakers Laura Dominguez, University of Southampton Ayşe Gürel, Bogazici University Cristóbal Lozano, University of...


Read more at: PhD student Juliette Bretan presents BBC Radio 3 programme on Polish tango

PhD student Juliette Bretan presents BBC Radio 3 programme on Polish tango

English PhD student Juliette Bretan recently presented a BBC Radio 3 programme on Polish tango. In the programme, Juliette traces the musical adventure of the tango and its interwar explosion eastwards in colder climes like Warsaw. A rich, unexpected history, encountering some of those who have brought it back to life...


Read more at: Reconsidering Soviet Studies events for Easter Term 2025

Reconsidering Soviet Studies events for Easter Term 2025

All of the events on the term card and listed below as text will be available via Zoom. Content notice: items below discuss themes of famine and war. "The Great Ukrainian Famine: Legacies of Violence in Ukraine and Beyond, 1932-2023" with Karolina Koziura of the European University Institute, Florence Wednesday 21 May, 5...


Read more at: Transforming Polish Language Studies
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Transforming Polish Language Studies

We are very pleased to invite you to a one-day conference on "Transforming Polish Language Studies: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities".


Read more at: Former graduate student Stefan Lacny awarded BASEES PGR prize

Former graduate student Stefan Lacny awarded BASEES PGR prize

Stefan Lacny, a former graduate student in the Department of Slavonic Studies at MMLL, has received the annual prize for Best Scholarly Article by a Postgraduate Student from the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies.


Read more at: Slavonic Studies Translation Speaker Series: 'Translating Postcoloniality in Post-Soviet Literature and Culture’
Translating Postcoloniality in Post-Soviet Literature and Culture

Slavonic Studies Translation Speaker Series: 'Translating Postcoloniality in Post-Soviet Literature and Culture’

We warmly invite you to attend the Slavonic Studies/CamCCEEES joint 2024-25 Speaker Series, which will focus on translation.


Read more at: Book publication: The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature

Book publication: The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature

The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature (Cambridge University Press) has been edited by Prof Simon Franklin, Dr Rebecca Reich and Prof Emma Widdis.


Read more at: Cambridge Polish Studies: Celebrating 10 Years

Cambridge Polish Studies: Celebrating 10 Years

On the ten-year anniversary of the establishment of the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge, we invite you to a celebratory event.