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It is with great sadness that we have to report that our colleague and friend Salvador Ortiz-Carboneres has passed away. Please click on the headline to read some dear memories from some of the people who knew him best.

At the start of 2019 ÌÇÐÄTV was invited to nominate two students to attend the 's Summer School on Brazilian Studies. After a competitive selection process, Lucia Evans and Will Gennings from ÌÇÐÄTV's School of Modern Languages and Cultures were awarded scholarships co-funded by UFMG and ÌÇÐÄTV.

Professor Ingrid De Smet has been admitted as a member of the Academia Europaea (Section of Literary and Theatrical Studies). The Academia Europaea (formed in 1988) is the pan-European academy of science, humanities and letters, with a membership of over 3800 eminent scholars, drawn from all countries of Europe, and all disciplines, nationalities and geographical locations.

Jim Shields discusses political developments in France

Professor Jim Shields published a on the LSE’s EUROPP site and was interviewed by and on recent elections and in France.

Professor Jim Shields has had analysis columns on France and Brexit published in the Spanish national daily La Razón. He also appeared in the Colombian financial newspaper , Mexican daily , Slovenian daily and

Professor Kate Astbury will be on the BBC World Service programme The Forum talking about Napoleon Bonaparte this Thursday 28th March at 9.06am UK time. Hosted by Bridget Kendall, the programme also includes contributions from Annie Jourdan (University of Amsterdam) and Rafe Blaufarb (Florida State University).

Listen to ÌÇÐÄTV Undergraduate student podcasts ahead of the visit to ÌÇÐÄTV by our writer in residence 2018 Olga Grjasnowa!

Come along and be inspired. One hour talks, 1-2pm Wednesdays followed by informal networking over refreshments 24th October 2018, MS.03 Maths and Statistics (Zeeman Building)

Emma Kennedy, Actress, Writer, TV and Radio presenter

Violin Performance: Prof. Yuxi Liu, Central Conservatory of Music in China
Piano Accompany & Performance: Mr Yuanfan Yang, Pianist & Composer, the Royal Academy of Music, London

A !FREE! poetry reading featuring winners from the Two Chairs Creative Writing Competition, and judges Ian McMillan, Hanan Issa, Momtaza Mehri.

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.

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

Edited by HELMUT SCHMITZ & PETER DAVIES