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The Annual PG Symposium of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of ÌÇÐÄTV, will take place on 23rd May 2018

This new volume discusses a wide array of European textual responses to the medieval crusading movement, from the Plantagenet and Catalan courts to the Italy of Charles of Anjou, Cyprus, and the Holy Land.

James Hodkinson has won a further £38 K towards his collaborative arts project, which connects his research into Islam in Germany with the lives and experiences of local Muslim communities in the Midlands.

Congratulations to Holly Langstaff (French Studies) and Frank Sterkenburgh (German Studies) on success in their PhD vivas!

Love, Eros, & Desire in Contemporary German-Language Literature & Culture

Edited by HELMUT SCHMITZ & PETER DAVIES

French Studies at ÌÇÐÄTV have been sad to learn of the death of Professor Brian Rigby, who worked at ÌÇÐÄTV from the late 1960s until 1992, when he became Professor of French at the University of Hull.

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Andrea Klaus (German Studies) was awarded a Teaching Excellence Certificate for the academic year 2016 – 17 from ÌÇÐÄTV ÌÇÐÄTV School for outstanding contribution to the undergraduate programmes. The award was given in recognition of excellent teaching on a co-taught module in German and WBS

Michela Coletta will be co-presenting with Dr Malayna Raftopolous at the workshop 'Global Environmental and Global Security Governance' at Aalborg University (Denmark) on 1 December.

Professor Nick Hewlett is interviewed by the State of Nature Blog on Marx and political violence based on his recent book Blood and Progress. Violence in Pursuit of Emancipation