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Modern Languages Virtual Tour of Europe
Colleagues in Modern Languages are raising money for NHS Charities Together
Tradition and Innovation in Franco-Belgian Bande Dessinée
Please see below the programme for the symposium on 13 March 2020
Victorian Studies Centre Spring Seminar Programme
Each spring we host a series of seminars on topics spanning the breadth of Victorian studies. Find out about our 2020 series on this page, or learn more about our past spring seminar series.
FILM SCREENING AND Q&A WITH DIRECTOR MAXIMILIANO DE LA PUENTE
Si los perros volaran. La Historia de Rafael Perrotta [If dogs could fly. Rafael Perrotta’s story] (De la Puente, Díaz, Blanco 2017) 4th February 2020 – Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3 – 18:00-20:00
FILM SCREENING AND Q&A WITH DIRECTOR MAXIMILIANO DE LA PUENTE
Si los perros volaran. La Historia de Rafael Perrotta [If dogs could fly. Rafael Perrotta’s story] (De la Puente, Díaz, Blanco 2017) 4th February 2020 – Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3 – 18:00-20:00
Building Bridges 2019
23 May 2019 - The Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies. Creating links between university programmes and professional translation industry
Why does translation and interpreting matter? – As seen from major events in history and now
16 May 2019 - The 4th annual lecture for the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies. A talk from Prof Binhua Wang from the University of Leeds.
The L1 advantage? :a comparison of L1/L2 speaking rates in ELF business meeting
8 May 2019 - Part of the Interdisciplinary Connections: Explorations in Research Methods seminar series, this paper reports on Dr Rogerson-Revell's study of variation in L1/L2 speech rate in authentic international business meetings.
Decolonising the Vikings: The Midlands Viking Symposium 2019
"The 2019 Midlands Viking Symposium will take place at the University of Leicester on Saturday the 27 April - this year's theme is "Decolonising the Vikings", so we'll be looking at the portrayal of Vikings in TV shows; concepts of nationalism, ethnicity, and gender in the Viking Age; and the (mis)use of Vikings in contemporary politics.
America is also a Québec Novel
25 March 2019 - Colleagues and students are warmly invited to a literary encounter with multi-award winning Québec writers Lise Gauvin and Madeleine Monette.
Cassandra Complex: Mistranslated Prophecies and Apocalyptic Visions
21 March 2019 - Part of the LeCTIS Seminar Series 2018/19 - Spring
Researching Through Exhibitions
20 March 2019 - Department of History of Art and Film Research Seminar.
Evelyn Waugh in America
20 March 2019 - Part of the Interdisciplinary Connections: Explorations in Research Methods seminar series, with speaker Professor Martin Stannard
8th Annual Creative Writing Lecture - Blake Morrison
Literary Leicester and The Centre for New Writing Present: 'Life Writing and the Writing Life', with award-winning author and poet Blake Morrison. In this talk Blake discusses his approach to the challenges of writing books in different genres.
NRPSI and the regulation of professional interpreting
14 March 2019 - Part of the LeCTIS Seminar Series 2018/19 - Spring. A presentation by the Executive Director of the NRPSI on the organisation, its roles and responsibilities, and the benefits of registering for it.
Subtitles and Subtitling: Potential for (Foreign) Language Learning
7 March 2019 - Part of the LeCTIS Series 2018/19 - Spring. A presentation on the research of Subtitling as a tool in the learning of a foreign language and its practical applications.
Columban Texts and Joyce’s ‘book of kills’ (FW 482.33): Insular Manuscripts and the Limits of Paleographic Expertise in Finnegans Wake.
6 March 2019 - Part of the Interdisciplinary Connections: Explorations in Research Methods seminar series, with speaker Dr Anne Marie D'Arcy.
Translating the (M)other: Christina Ali Farah's Madre piccolainto English
21 February 2019 - Part of the LeCTIS Series 2018/19 - Spring. Discussing the English translation of Cristina Ali Farah’s Italian novel Madre piccola (2007), published under the title Little Mother(2011), from a feminist Translation Studies perspective.
Sois sage aux despens de Rome et de la Grèce: Learning from classical, Renaissance and modern Antigones'
20 February 2019 - Part of the Modern Languages Seminar Series 2018/19 Semester 1 - This talk examines the kinds of lessons that classical, Renaissance and modern authors representing the story of Antigone variously in English, French, Greek and Latin were interested in delivering.
