Complimenting this year's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages (MML) Graduate Conference, a cross-period, multilingual book display will run for a week in the Voltaire Room of the Taylor Institution, from June 13 - 20, 2018.
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The next MIMSS (Magdalen Iberian Medieval Studies Seminar) event is taking place on Friday next week: the Colloquium on Hispanic Texts and Manuscripts will be held at Magdalen College on June 8th, from 2 pm.
The colloquium programme includes accounts by four British researchers, whose works showcase different strains of Hispanic Studies in Oxford and London. The Faculty is represented by Professor María Morrás, whose presentation will conclude the event. All are welcome.
To learn more about MIMSS activities, please, follow this link.
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages and the Maison Française d’Oxford are hosting a meeting of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (https://www.auf.org/) and of UK universities on 6 — 7 June 2018. We warmly invite representatives of academic institutions to attend.
On Friday, June 1st 2018, we welcome you to a podium discussion dedicated to one of the most influential authors of the 20th century, Franz Kafka. Titled 'Bringing Kafka's Castle to Life', this event will take place in the Auditorium of St John's College from 5.00 pm.
The panel event will examine the legacy of the novel, bringing Kafka to new audiences, and Oxford’s position on the global map of Kafka Studies. Professors Carolin Duttlinger, Katrin Kohl, Barry Murnane, and Ritchie Robertson of the Oxford Kafka Research Centre will be joined by Roland Reuß, co-editor of the FKA Historical-Critical Kafka Edition, and award-winning playwright Ed Harris, who recently adapted the novel for BBC Radio 4.
The Russian Sub-Faculty alongside the Vintage Film Club is very pleased to continue the Russian classic film series as part of the European Humanities Research Centre Visibility Project. The project aims to introduce film adaptations of Russian classical literature to students in connection with the FHS course in Russian (Papers VIII and X). Also, anyone interested in Russian literature and language is welcome.
From Tuesday, May 29th to Saturday, June 2nd the dramatic adaptation of The Trial (Der Process) by Franz Kafka will be shown at the Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse. Presented by The Oxford German Play, their sixth production is a contemporary student reading of a classic Modern text.
The play is staged in the original language, with English subtitles. All are welcome, and tickets can be booked online.
On Friday, May 25th2018 we present Richard Anconina in conversation with students and members of the public. The famous French actor, whose work spans genres and decades, will be speaking about the art of cinema and his work. Richard Anconina is a winner of two César Awards (Best Supporting Actor, Most Promising Actor) and has worked with such directors as Claude Berri and Claude Lelouch.
This conversation will be convened by Dr Michael Abecassis and take place in the Auditorium of St John's College.
The event is free and open to all, and will be in French.
The next session of the Magdalen Iberian Medieval Studies Seminar is taking place on Friday, May 25th 2018. Professor Bienvenido Morros (Autonomous University of Barcelona) will give a lecture titled 'Las serranas del Arcipreste de Hita y las pastorelas francesas'. Dedicated to works of medieval Castilian poet Juan Ruiz — otherwise known as the Archpriest of Hita — the talk will explore the connection between the lyrical musings of Ruiz and French pastorals.
The lecture given by Professor Morros will take place in the Oscar Wilde Room at Magdalen College, from 5 pm.
The event is free and open to all, and will be in Spanish.
An Ilchester Lecture by Knut Andreas Grimstad (University of Oslo)
Professor Knut Grimstad’s research interests lie in the area of Polish literature and culture, including Polish-Jewish cultural relations, Polish national identity discourse after 1989, language and literature in contemporary Poland, and cinema and screen culture after 1989. He has published several books and many articles in these areas, as well as on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Polish and Russian literature. For a synopsis of his lecture, please see the obverse.
The Russian Sub-Faculty alongside the Vintage Film Club is very pleased to continue the Russian classic film series as part of the European Humanities Research Centre Visibility Project. The project aims to introduce film adaptations of Russian classical literature to students in connection with the FHS course in Russian (Papers VIII and X). Also, anyone interested in Russian literature and language is welcome.
On Tuesday, May 15th 2018 we invite you to the keynote lecture of the Faculty Francophone Seminar: 'Aimé Césaire and the Hermeneutical Circle, or, How We Know What We Know' by Professor A. James Arnold. The speaker will share his insight into the works of the famous Martinique author and founder of the négritude movement in Francophone literature.
Professor Arnold is one of the leading specialists in the field, with several publications dedicated to Césaire, including The Complete Poetry of Aimé Césaire in 2017. The subject of 'Aimé Césaire and the Hermeneutical Circle, or How We Know What We Know' is the shift in epistemological assumptions from retrospective to prospective editions of an author’s work.
The talk will be held in the Main Hall of the Taylorian Institute at 5 pm. The event is open to all and no booking is required.
On Monday 7 May, the Madariaga Series will host a fascinating lecture on the Catalan independence movement, by Dr Pédro Sánchez, Secretary General of PSOE (Spanish Socialists and Workers' Party), leader of the opposition in Spain and vice president of the Socialist International.
The Russian Sub-Faculty alongside the Vintage Film Club is very pleased to continue the Russian classic film series as part of the European Humanities Research Centre Visibility Project. The project aims to introduce film adaptations of Russian classical literature to students in connection with the FHS course in Russian (Papers VIII and X). Also, anyone interested in Russian literature and language is welcome.
We are pleased to announce that the 2018 Clara Florio Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor Diego Zancani and titled 'Italian Renaissance Food and its Representation in Britain and Italy'. Taking place on May 8th at 5 pm, the lecture is open to all and will be followed by a drinks reception.
Joining the evening will be a delegation from the University of Padua and the Comune, celebrating a unique collaboration and possible twinning of cities and universities.
We are holding an open day for sixth-formers interested in applying for Modern Languages degrees at Oxford on Saturday, April 28th, 2018. The Open Day will take place at the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BG, and will begin at 10.50 am.
There will be both talks and opportunities for discussion between sixth-formers, undergraduates, teachers, and Faculty tutors. In the morning, to ensure that all potential applicants have access to the main room, their parents, guardians, and teachers will be hosted in an overflow room with audio-visual links to the main session. Please, note that there is no parking at the Examination Schools.
The Galician Film Series in Oxford is an event jointly organized by The John Rutherford Centre for Galician (University of Oxford) and the Galician Film Forum (GFF)-London. The last screening will be offering a Documentary Session: “Os días afogados” -'The Drowned Days'- (2014), by César Souto Vilanova and Luis Avilés Baquero.
The Portuguese Sub-Faculty presents a two day conference, "Objects of Culture in the early modern Portuguese world", which will take place on April 27 2018 at the Taylorian Institute, and on April 28 2018 at St. Peter's College, Oxford.
On occasion on the publication of Roger Boase’s monograph, Secrets of Pinar's game: court ladies and courtly verse in fifteenth-century Spain (Leiden: Brill, 2017, 2 vols.), MIMSS will held a session on Isabel I and her ladies: A literary court at play.
We are pleased to announce that the 15th Annual Oxford German Graduate Symposium will take place at New College on Saturday, April 21st, 2018. The theme for the Symposium is Performing Philosophy.
Our keynote speaker is Stephen Mulhall, Professor of Philosophy at Oxford and Fellow and Tutor at New College. The Symposium offers an opportunity for graduate students and Faculty members to come together and share their research in a friendly, productive setting. We particularly encourage graduate students of all stages (Master's and DPhil) to apply to present.
Lady Gaga meets Brecht in this walk on the wild side of the twentieth century avant-garde! A Berlin Kabaret is a vibrant presentation of lyrical anti-war songs.