SMLC - News and events
Touring exhibition opens: 'Following Islam through German History, 1770-1918.'
Dr James Hodkinson's touring exhibtion has now opened in schools in Surrey. It will be touring educational institutions in the UK over the next 12-18 months.
The exhibition takes visitors on a journey through representations of Islam in German-speaking culture from the late Enlightenment to the Great War of 1914-1918. Looking at texts and images, it tracks the shifting values and functions attributed to Islam in German and Austrian society, culture, thought and politics, highlighting both the Islamophobia and Islamophilia of the age and asking visitors to reflect on how these patterns are still with us today.
SMLC Newsletter
Welcome to the newsletter for SMLC. The purpose of this publication is to pass on information in a more digestible and succinct manner. It aims to create a platform for communicating as one whole department. News and information can be shared, but with a personal touch. Feel free to circulate to any staff that it may benefit.
Congratulations to Dr Leticia Villamediana Gonzalez (Hispanic Studies) on being awarded the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies' Teaching Prize for 2017!
Dr Villamediana González was awarded the prize for Images and Representations of 18th-Century Spain.
Congratulations to Dr Oliver Davis (French) on his appointment as Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts!
Dr Oliver Davis is delighted to have been appointed as Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts for a two year term commencing April 2017. He looks forward to collaborating with colleagues in Philosophy and from departments across the Arts Faculty to develop the work of this internationally renowned forum for interdisciplinary research and exchange.
Congratulations to Elio Baldi in Italian Studies
Congratulations to Elio Baldi in Italian Studies, who will be awarded his PhD after a successful viva on 26th January!
Congratulations to Matt Coneys in Italian Studies
Congratulations to Matt Coneys in Italian Studies, who will be awarded his PhD after a successful viva on 19th January!
SMLC Research Seminar
On Wednesday, 25th January, we will have this year’s first event in the SMLC Lunch-Time Seminars.
Nick Hewlett and Oliver Davis (French) have agreed to give two papers on the topic: 'Policing Mai 68: theories, techniques, legacy’.
Please join us for this very interesting event.
Details: 1:00-2:00, H5.45, Wed. Week 3 (25th January). All welcome. Bring your own lunch.
Trailer released for Dr James Hodkinson's Film
Together with Dr Ian Roberts, Dr James Hodkinson is making a series of films charting his impact project on Islam in Germany. Watch the trailer .
Sophie has just successfully defended her PhD on Uruguayan Theatre in Translation: Performability, Mobility and Intercultural Dialogue at King's College London. Congratulations, Dr Stevens!
Andrea Klaus (German Studies) will give a paper on "The Year Abroad, Erasmus+ and Brexit" at the UCML Plenary on 6th January 2017
Andrea Klaus (German Studies) will give a paper on "The Year Abroad, Erasmus+ and Brexit" at the UCML Plenary on 6th January 2017 at Europe House, London.
Andrea Klaus(German Studies) has published a study on the Year Abroad/Erasmus+ and Brexit together with Silke Mentchen, University of Cambridge
New TRC Opening times
The TRC Resources Room H0.81 is now open from 8.00am until 11.00pm Monday to Friday to all students registered to a module in the SMLC