DPhil Candidate Oliver Jones has been named joint winner of the Forum for Modern Language Studies Prize 2021 for his article ‘Reading Implication: Moral Injury in Heinrich Böll’s Billard um halb zehn and Vasilii Grossman’s Vse techet’.
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On 8th October 2021, the Sub-faculty of Portuguese in collaboration with St Peter’s College, hosted a colloquium in honour of Professor T.F. Earle, the first holder of the King John II Professorship. He recently turned 75.
Professor Andrew Kahn has been appointed Academic Editor of Electronic Enlightenment.
On the first anniversary of Samuel Paty's assassination, and at a time when many children across the world, particularly girls, are being denied access to education, the Faculty wishes to stress that it condemns any violence against those seeking to dispense or acquire learning.
Both winners of the 2021 Arthur Terry Postgraduate Essay Prize have just graduated with an MSt degree in Modern Languages from Oxford.
The Sub-faculty of Portuguese at the University of Oxford in conjunction with St Peter’s College will be hosting a colloquium in honour of the first holder of the King John II Professorship, T.F. Earle, who turned 75 this year.
The faculty has been awarded funding from the Oxford Diversity Fund for this academic year to support the Diversity Translation Project.
Professor Karen Leeder went on BBC's 'Start the Week' programme this week.
Research project, Creative Multilingualism, funded recent graduate Jamie Green, who passed his viva on ‘Cultural identity and multilingualism in South Tyrol from 1919-2019’.
Professor Catriona Seth films documentary by Priscilla Pizzato about Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses.
Alain Viala, 20th November 1947 – 30th June 2021, Emeritus Professor of French Literature and Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.
The Guardian university ranking 2021 confirms the faculty as the best Modern Language department in the UK
The Faculty is sad to announce the death of Dr Gerald Stone FBA on Saturday 11 September 2021.
Professor Karen Leeder gave a talk called"White Gold: Meissen Porcelain and The Destruction of Dresden".
We are delighted to announce that Professor Karen Leeder has been elected to the Schwarz Taylor Chair of the German Language and Literature.
Congratulations to Professor Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, whose new book Projecting Imperial Power has just been published by Oxford University Press.
The Faculty has received a generous donation to appoint a full time Schools Liaison and Outreach post from 2021/22 for five years.
Professors Geraldine Hazbun and Patrick McGuinness have collaborated on a new translation of Jorge Manrique's 'Coplas a la Muerte de su Padre'.
Professor Ritchie Robertson gave the lecture on Tuesday 15 June 2021, marking his retirement.
Professor Julie Curtis gave the lecture on Friday 11 June 2021, marking her retirement.