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Read more at: Mark Chinca on Radio 4

Mark Chinca on Radio 4

Mark Chinca will be a guest on “In our time,” the popular discussion series presented by Melvyn Bragg.

Read more at: Poetic Battlefields - The First World War in Poetry

Poetic Battlefields - The First World War in Poetry

The two-part performance Poetic Battlefields on 4 November 2015 brought together historical and contemporary perspectives on the poetry of the First World War.

Read more at: Schnitzler Edition Project ran transcription sprint
Writings of Schnitzler

Schnitzler Edition Project ran transcription sprint

Arthur Schnitzler’s literary archive went online! Anybody who is interested in deciphering difficult handwriting of Schnitzler’s literary texts could join the conversation. The transcription initiative ran from 19th October-16th November 2015.

Read more at: Killing Hitler - German Resistance Before and After the July Plot

Killing Hitler - German Resistance Before and After the July Plot

The 2015 Schröder Lecture was held by Professor Randall Hansen from Toronto on 21 October and attracted a huge audience.

Read more at: Schnitzler Edition Project - Crowdsourcing Project launched

Schnitzler Edition Project - Crowdsourcing Project launched

Completed. The Transcribing Schnitzler ‘sprint' aimed to 'source' a public crowd, across different generations, which could transcribe a set of Arthur Schnitzler’s papers in four weeks. Details of the results will soon be published here.

Read more at: Podcast on '"Dying Well": Enacting Medical Ethics' now online

Podcast on '"Dying Well": Enacting Medical Ethics' now online

A podcast and digital archive of last month’s symposium on ‘“Dying Well”: Enacting Medical Ethics’ is available now online. The event brought together scholars and professionals from eight different disciplines including Science Journalism, Health Care Law, Literary Studies and Medicine.

Read more at: Embodied Cognition Conference
Embodied Cognition Conference

Embodied Cognition Conference

A two-day international conference on intellectual activity in the German-speaking world between 1750 and 1830 and the findings of modern cognitive science took place at Murray Edwards College on 14 & 15 September, 2015.

Read more at: German Department History - Schröder Cup discovered
Schröder Cup

German Department History - Schröder Cup discovered

Following a chance discovery of old documents in the Modern Languages Faculty it has been possible to trace the Schröder Cup.

Read more at: Prof Jo Whaley has been elected Fellow of the British Academy

Prof Jo Whaley has been elected Fellow of the British Academy

Professor Jo Whaley from the Department of German & Dutch has been elected to the fellowship of the British Academy.

Read more at: Schnitzler Project - Archival Discovery

Schnitzler Project - Archival Discovery

Schnitzler Project in the Guardian

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PhD student in German wins book proposal prize

13 May 2024

We are delighted to announce that Katie Unwin has won a prize in the Oxford German Olympiad, presented in association with major publisher, Camden House.

Modern Languages taster day at Cambridge on Saturday 11th May 2024

2 May 2024

Modern Languages taster day at Cambridge on Saturday 11th May 2024 (11:00-16:30). This event is geared primarily towards UK-domiciled State School students of colour who are currently in Year 12 (England and Wales), Year 13 (Northern Ireland) and S5 (Scotland). The programme contains a series of talks to provide an insight...

What’s novel about a novel? Storytelling and travelling knowledge – Shida Bazyar in conversation with Miriam Schwarz & Tara Talwar Windsor

22 March 2024

Join prize-winning novelist Shida Bazyar in conversation with Miriam Schwarz and Tara Talwar Windsor to discuss how novels take their characters and their readers on journeys across cultural contexts, and how this can make both characters and readers re-assess the things they think they know.

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