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At this event in the Weston Library, the Translation Exchange will build a 'Spectacular Translation Machine': all hands on deck to create a collaborative translation of a graphic novel! If you are interested in volunteering to help run the machine on the night, please contact translation.exchange@queens.ox.ac.uk
on International Women's Day
The award-winning German author, dramatist, translator and musicologist will read from his latest novel, Und jeden Morgen das Meer.
The Sub-Faculty of Spanish at the University of Oxford is delighted to welcome to its Research Seminar the former Director of the Real Academia Española, Prof. Darío Villanueva.
Poet and photographer Katja Lehmann will be joined by poet and musicologist Kate Wakeling as they explore how ideas are expressed and understood through different mediums.
A brand new book club for all interested in international fiction. We’ll be reading The Remainder by the Chilean author Alia Trabucco Zerán, translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes. This short novel focuses on the children of those who fought against Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile, and how they cope with its repercussions.
Join us for an evening dedicated to translation and the classics. Nicolas Pasternak Slater will discuss his translation work and introduce his forthcoming version of Pasternak's Dr Zhivago. Nicolas studied Russian at Oxford in the 1960s, before working in machine translation and becoming a doctor. In recent years he has become a celebrated translator of Russian classics. The talk will be followed by a Q&A and a wine reception.
The University of Oxford's "Brazil Week" aims to raise awareness about the richness and diversity of Brazilian culture by organising a number of free events open not only to students and academics, but also to the general public. It celebrates the fact that there are so many academics and students at the University of Oxford who are working in and on Brazil (from areas as wide-ranging as Literature, Politics, Anthropology, Environmental Science, Linguistics, Theology and Ethnomusicology), and to bring them together.
Dr Robert Saunders, (Queen Mary University of London), will discuss his already much praised book.
https://livestream.com/oxuni/events/8557394Realistic Utopias versus Dystopic Realities: Reflections on writing about an alternative economic present
Public Reading in German and English of Gott ist nicht schüchtern, followed by Q&A with the author, hosted by Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT).
The Faculty is holding an information session for MSt and MPhil programmes.
Prof Marco Abel (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) talks about “‘1968’, German Cinema, and the Joys of Violence; or: the Forgotten Case of the Aesthetic Left”
We are pleased to announce that the Zaharoff Lecture 2018 will be given by Pierre Michon. The celebrated French author will join us on November 13th, 2018 (Tuesday of 6th Week, Michaelmas Term 2018) in the Main Hall of the Taylor Institution from 5 o’clock.
All are welcome to attend; for information on booking, please, see below.
We are pleased to announce that Professor Jonathan Thacker will be giving his Inaugural Lecture as the King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish Studies on October 16th, 2018. The title will be 'The World as Stage in Spain’s Golden Age'.
The lecture is taking place in the Main Hall of the Taylor Institution. All are welcome to attend; for information on booking, please, see below.
All members of the Faculty are warmly invited to the launch of The White Rose project and exhibition on Friday, October 12th. The event will take place in Room 2 at the Taylor Institution from 5 o'clock in the evening. There will be a short talk, a chance to view the exhibition, and refreshments. The White Rose: Reading, Writing, Resistance exhibition will continue in the Voltaire Room until the end of October.
Booking for the launch event is required.
2018 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most remarkable instances in the history of German Resistance: the White Rose group trials. To commemorate this event, there will be an exhibition in the Taylor Institution, entitled The White Rose: Reading, Writing, Resistance. The exhibition will run from October 12th to 31st in the Voltaire Room of the Taylorian. It will present information on the members of the White Rose and their resistance activities, as well as examples of literature which influenced them to oppose Nazism.
From Thursday, September 20th to Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 the international conference Women in Transition — Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries will take place at St Peter's College, University of Oxford and at the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin-American Studies, King's College London.
The programme and further details about are available on the conference website. This event is open to the public, but registration is required. To book your place, please, follow this link.
Open Days provide an excellent opportunity to visit the Faculty and meet our tutors and students. The next University of Oxford Open Day of 2018 will take place on Friday, September 14th. Colleges and departments across the University will be running tours and information sessions. To plan your day, see these pages.
To reserve your place at the Open Day, please, follow this link.
Open Days provide an excellent opportunity to visit the Faculty and meet our tutors and students. The University of Oxford Open Days 2018 will take place on Wednesday, June 27th, Thursday, June 28th, and Friday, September 14th. Colleges and departments across the University will be running tours and information sessions. To plan your day, please, see these pages.
To find out more and book your place at an Open Day, follow this link.