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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.
The next in the series of Treasures of the Taylorian: Reformation Pamphlets, the Sermon von Ablass und Gnade, will be launched on April 19th 2018 in Room 2 of the Taylor Institution.
On April 12th-14th, 2018 international seminar Balzac et l'Angleterre / Balzac and England will be taking place at Maison Française d’Oxford.
The seminar will be conducted in both English and French, with speakers arriving from across Britain and France, but also Morocco, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic, and United States. Over the course of three days this international gathering of scholars will explore the nature of Balzac's engagement with Britain, but also of Britain's — and the world's — engagement with Balzac.
Open Day for prospective Undergraduate students applying to study Italian will take place on Saturday, March 17th, 2018. We welcome everyone interested in the subject and, as the spaces are limited, encourage you to register as soon as possible.
The Open Day will feature a mix of talks and academic taster sessions, with opportunities to ask questions about the course and application process. Visitors will meet students and staff of the Faculty, including Professor Simon Gilson, Professor Emmanuela Tandello, and Professor Francesca Southerden.
To celebrate the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, Alfredo Pérez de Armiñán, President of Patrimonio Nacional, and Carole Souter, Master of St Cross College, University of Oxford, will talk about the challenges faced by the preservation of heritage, both in Spain and in England.
Alfredo Pérez de Armiñán is the current president of the Patrimonio Nacional Board; before that, he was Deputy General Director of Culture of UNESCO and has held different public positions in the field of Spanish cultural heritage.
The talk will take place in West Wing Lecture Theatre, St Cross College from 5.15 pm on March 23rd. This event is free and open to the public.
The fourth screening in the Galician Film Series, jointly organised by The John Rutherford Centre for Galician (University of Oxford) and the Galician Film Forum (GFF)-London, is taking place this Thursday, March 15th. This installment in the series will consist of five short films which will take you to Galicia, stopping by in London and Sweden.
The showings will take place at the Taylorian Institution; the event is free and open to the public upon registration.
On Thursday, March 15th we present Lilian Thuram in conversation with students and members of the public. The famous football defender, who helped France win the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 championships, is a UNICEF ambassador and promotes education as a way to battle racism. He will be speaking about his initiatives, which include a book My Black Stars, used in French schools.
This conversation will be convened by Dr Michael Abecassis and take place in the Holywell Music Room.
The event is free and open to all, and will be in French.
On Thursday 8 March, 2018, there will be a showing in the Main Lecture Hall, Taylor Institution, St Giles, Oxford OX1 3NA, of two films by Boris Frumin, one of the leading directors of the Leningrad 'New Wave' cinema during the 1970s. Frumin has lived since 1978 in the USA, where he has continued directing, scripting, and producing films.
Readings and discussion with the present and former editors of the poetry magazine founded by Ted Hughes.
Open Day for prospective Undergraduate students applying to study Russian and other Slavonic languages will take place on Saturday, March 3rd, 2018. We welcome everyone interested in the subject and, as the spaces are limited, encourage you to register as soon as possible.
The Open Day will feature a mix of talks and academic taster sessions, with opportunities to ask questions about the course and application process. Visitors will meet students and staff of the Faculty, including Professor Polly Jones (Russian) and Professor Julie Curtis (Russian).
On Friday, March 2nd we present renowned comic book author and film director Enki Bilal in conversation with students and members of the public. One of the most sought-after artists in the world will talk working across genres and cultures. The conversation will be convened by Dr Michael Abecassis and take place in the Main Hall, Taylor Institution.
This event is free and open to all, and will be in French.
On Friday, March 2nd Dr Jonathan Patterson, together with Dr Jonathan Williams (Director of College Music, St Hilda's College) and the Faculty of Music, will present a unique seminar: 'Musical and Literary Approaches to the Operas of Jean-Philippe Rameau'.
Dedicated to the works of the 18th-century French composer and music theorist, the seminar will explore Rameau's legacy through the integration of literary and musical analytical techniques.
This event is free and open to all.