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Read more at: Carlos Fonseca awarded the 2024 Anna Seghers Prize for promising young writers
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Carlos Fonseca awarded the 2024 Anna Seghers Prize for promising young writers

The Faculty is delighted to congratulate Dr Fonseca - novelist, critic and Spanish lecturer - on the award for young Latin American writers.


Read more at: German Undergraduate Conference this Friday!

German Undergraduate Conference this Friday!

The Faculty is delighted to welcome German Studies undergraduates and sixth form students of German to the Faculty for the Undergraduate Conference in German Studies 2024


Read more at: CRASSH/CIRN symposium: 'Islands as crossroads: reimagining mobilities in the Mediterranean'

CRASSH/CIRN symposium: 'Islands as crossroads: reimagining mobilities in the Mediterranean'

A symposium convened by the CIRN Intesa Sanpaolo Fellow 2023-24, Giovanna Di Matteo. 14 March 2024, 9:00 - 18:00 SG2, Alison Richard Building (7 West Road, Cambridge) Scholarly literature on islands and mobilities is not a recent phenomenon. Indeed, even though islands are often described as remote and isolated, separate...


Read more at: In Memoriam: Natasha Squire (1931-2024)

In Memoriam: Natasha Squire (1931-2024)

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Natasha Squire (1931-2024) at the age of 92. Natasha taught Russian in the Department of Slavonic Studies to generations of students. She was an Emeritus Fellow of Lucy Cavendish, a college which she joined in 1966, and where she served as Senior Tutor, and in many...


Read more at: Fundraising in memory of Clarissa Nicholls

Fundraising in memory of Clarissa Nicholls

Last May the Cambridge community suffered a tragic loss when Clarissa Nicholls passed away days before her 21st birthday during her Year Abroad. We would like to invite you to join a fundraiser to help raise money for an ECG Heart Screening Service for Cambridge students to help detect undiagnosed cardiac conditions.


Read more at: MMLL Alumna featured in French Culture Lecture Series
Natalie Sauer

MMLL Alumna featured in French Culture Lecture Series

The investigative journalist and MMLL alumna, Natalie Sauer (Homerton 2013), delivered an engaging presentation as part of the French Culture Lecture Series for second-year French students on the 23rd of February.


Read more at: Languages, Power and Cultures Programme

Languages, Power and Cultures Programme

Trinity College are hosting a widening access programme for prospective students interested in languages, classics, history or literature.


Read more at: The 2024 DH Green Lecture
DH Green Lecture

The 2024 DH Green Lecture

The German Section was delighted to welcome back Dr Simon Pickl, from the Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, to give this year’s D H Green lecture.


Read more at: Teaching translation in the age of AI

Teaching translation in the age of AI

Join us for this workshop which will bring together experts in the field of translation pedagogy and/or AI to discuss developments in generative artificial intelligence and their potential applications in the teaching of translation.


Read more at: French Poetry Event at Trinity College
Beatrice Bonhomme

French Poetry Event at Trinity College

Please join us for an exceptional exhibition of the Trinity College French Poetry collection at the Wren Library, followed by a poetry reading by Béatrice Bonhomme.