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Read more at: Dr. Maya Feile Tomes shortlisted for the Sundial Translation Award

Dr. Maya Feile Tomes shortlisted for the Sundial Translation Award

The Spanish and Portuguese Section is delighted to announce that Dr. Maya Feile Tomes has been shortlisted for the Sundial Translation Award from the University of Columbia for her translation of 'Ciudades en las que nunca has estado' by César Sánchez.


Read more at: The Phoebe Taylor Prize 2023
Phoebe Taylor winner

The Phoebe Taylor Prize 2023

This year, the Phoebe Taylor prize for outstanding work in Spanish Translation was awarded to Rosie Aylard for her project on the 2020 illustrated novel Ese Verano a Oscuras by Mariana Enríquez. Like Phoebe’s project, this translation focuses on a Latin American author, with Rosie taking up the work of contemporary...


Read more at: Do the arts, humanities and social sciences need their own conception of open research?

Do the arts, humanities and social sciences need their own conception of open research?

We are pleased to share that Professor Emma Gilby will be featured on the upcoming Research Culture Seminar at CRASHH. This event is entitled, 'Do the arts, humanities and social sciences need their own conception of open research?'


Read more at: Dr Edmund Birch featured on BBC Radio 4

Dr Edmund Birch featured on BBC Radio 4

We are pleased to share that Dr Edmund Birch has just been featured on the BBC Radio 4 Programme, In Our Time.


Read more at: Cambridge Postgraduate Virtual Open Days 2023
Cambridge Postgraduate Open Days

Cambridge Postgraduate Virtual Open Days 2023

You are invited to the Cambridge Postgraduate Virtual Open Days 2023! MMLL will be holding Faculty/Section -specific events on Monday 23 October 2023. There will be a separate session for each of the postgraduate courses we offer. Sessions will be held online and will each consist of a short presentation followed by an opportunity for Questions & Answers.


Read more at: Centre for Human Inspired Artificial Intelligence Announces Funding Partnership with Google
CHIA Research Day

Centre for Human Inspired Artificial Intelligence Announces Funding Partnership with Google

We are delighted to share that the Centre for Human Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA), directed by MMLL's Professor Anna Korhonen, has just announced a funding partnership with Google to facilitate AI research.


Read more at: Dr Claire White in Newly-Published Volume for Degas Exhibition
Degas and the Laundress

Dr Claire White in Newly-Published Volume for Degas Exhibition

We are pleased to share that Dr Claire White is a contributor to the newly-published volume accompanying the current exhibition on Edgar Degas at The Cleveland Museum of Art (8 October 2023-January 14 2024).


Read more at: Applications Open for the Professorship of Spanish

Applications Open for the Professorship of Spanish

The Board of Electors to the Professorship of Spanish in the University of Cambridge invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship (broadly understood) to take up appointment on 1 October 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. For further information...


Read more at: Professor Rory Finnin Shortlisted for European Studies Book Prize
Blood of Others

Professor Rory Finnin Shortlisted for European Studies Book Prize

Professor Rory Finnin’s new book, Blood of Others: Stalin’s Crimean Atrocity and the Poetics of Solidarity (2022), has been shortlisted for the Laura Shannon Prize, which is recognized internationally as one of the leading book prizes in the field of European studies.


Read more at: German Graduate Research Seminar - Michaelmas 2023

German Graduate Research Seminar - Michaelmas 2023

The Section is pleased to announce the schedule for the German Graduate Research Seminar, Michaelmas 2023. This year, we are delighted to host the following speakers: Alex Mentzel (Cambridge), Triangulating Virtual Scenographies in Franz Kafka’s Der Verschollene and Walter Benjamin’s Schauplatz Thursday, 26th of October, 5...