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Read more at: Book talk: Jessica Maratsos in conversation with Stuart Lingo presents her new book: Pontormo and the Art of Devotion in Renaissance Italy
Poster for Jessica Maratsos's book talk

Book talk: Jessica Maratsos in conversation with Stuart Lingo presents her new book: Pontormo and the Art of Devotion in Renaissance Italy

Congratulations to Jessica Maratsos on her new book 'Pontormo and the Art of Devotion in the Renaissance Italy'. Please join Jessica Maratsos and the UMB Catherine Frisone Scott Center for its first event of the spring semester, on Zoom. On 10th February 2023, from 20:00-22:00 (GMT) (15:00 - 17:00 EST) Jessica Maratsos...

Read more at: In Memoriam - Jean Franco (1924-2022)
Jean Franco

In Memoriam - Jean Franco (1924-2022)

It is with great sadness that The Spanish and Portuguese section of MMLL at The University of Cambridge learned that Professor Jean Franco passed away on 14 December 2022.

Read more at: Professor Robert Gordon's new book: Modern Luck: Narratives of Fortune in the Long Twentieth Century
Image: Robert Gordon's book 'Modern Luck: Narratives of Fortune in the Long Twentieth Century'

Professor Robert Gordon's new book: Modern Luck: Narratives of Fortune in the Long Twentieth Century

Professor Robert Gordon’s new book, Modern Luck: Narratives of Fortune in the Long 20th Century has just appeared with UCL Press. The book is a wide-ranging study of the workings of luck in modern storytelling, between literature and film.

Read more at: Orli Vogt-Vincent wins German Historical Society's national Undergratudate Prize

Orli Vogt-Vincent wins German Historical Society's national Undergratudate Prize

Congratulations to former History and Modern Languages student, Orli Vogt-Vincent, who has just won the German Historical Society's national Undergraduate Prize.

Read more at: Applications open for Fairlie-Hutchinson Research Fellowship in French

Applications open for Fairlie-Hutchinson Research Fellowship in French

Girton College invites applications for the Fairlie—Hutchinson Research Fellowship in French.

Read more at: New publication edited by Professor Nicholas Hammond

New publication edited by Professor Nicholas Hammond

The first scholarly special number devoted to the modern French novelist Philippe Besson, edited by Nicholas Hammond and his colleague at Kansas University, Paul Scott, has just been published.

Read more at: PhD Student Publishes Article in 'Expressions maghrébines'

PhD Student Publishes Article in 'Expressions maghrébines'

We are proud to share that current PhD student Tobias Barnett has just published the article, 'Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche's Terminal Sud (2019) and the Resurgence of a Franco-Algerian Archive,' in the journal Expressions maghrébines.

Read more at: Cambridge British-Polish Cultural Symposium
Symposium

Cambridge British-Polish Cultural Symposium

A one-day symposium exploring British-Polish cultural and historical connections over the past 100 years.

Read more at: Mark Chinca on BBC R4 In Our Time on Thursday 1 December

Mark Chinca on BBC R4 In Our Time on Thursday 1 December

Prof Mark Chinca will be one of Melvyn Bragg’s guests on BBC Radio 4 In Our Time this Thursday at 9:00am, when the programme will be discussing medieval Germany’s most famous and notorious epic, the Nibelungenlied. Listen online here .

Read more at: Diversity in French and Francophone Studies: a CPD workshop series for teachers

Diversity in French and Francophone Studies: a CPD workshop series for teachers

Join us on 23 November for workshop, 'Writing Contemporary France' with Dr Sura Qadiri.

 

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