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Staff from the School of Modern Languages and Cultures ran a series of events to mark the university鈥檚 60th birthday and the 80th anniversary since the end of World War Two. Our theme of 鈥淟anguage Learners as Peacemakers鈥� linked perfectly to our collaboration with Coventry Cathedral whose motto of peace and reconciliation drives all of their community engagement. We were delighted to produce a booklet of family friendly visitor activities and a tree of peace on this theme for visitors to the Cathedral during the summer holidays, and work with Coventry鈥檚 Young Poet Laureate Aamani Kanda from whom we commissioned a special poem 鈥渁irplane brother鈥� which introduced our schools poetry competition 鈥淢other Tongue Other Tongue鈥� exhibited with all our finalists across primary and secondary schools in the Chapterhouse. Finally, we hosted 2 evening talks delivered by two of our SMLC academics on their research on the Second World War and hosted a school鈥檚 event for 60 Year 9 pupils from Coventry schools in October. The students were able to reflect on the themes of peace and reconciliation through language learning with a series of language-based tasks and a creative challenge to propose and design a new piece of artwork to mark the link between Dresden and Coventry.

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