Reformation500 events in October

As the exact date for the quincentenary of the publication of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses is approaching (published on 31 October 1517), there are a number of Reformation events which combine the three strands which have been explored throughout the year (cf. the events during Bonn Week): Translating – Printing – Singing. This might be of interest for anybody interested in the literature, history and music of Protestant Germany and England in the 16th century and its legacy. All welcome! For more information, go to the Reformation 2017 blog of the Taylorian.

International Walter Benjamin Society Conference 2017

The next conference of the International Walter Benjamin Society will be held in Oxford at Worcester College and the Taylorian Institute on 24th-27th September 2017. To coincide with the conference, there will be a small exhibition at the Bodleian Library on the theme of “Reading with Benjamin,” which will include Kafka manuscripts, and other Benjamin-related rarities.

International Baudelaire Colloquium

International Colloquium Marking the 150th Anniversary of Baudelaire's Death and the 160th Anniversary of Les Fleurs du mal.
Organized by Ève Morisi (Oxford), André Guyaux (Paris-Sorbonne) and Bertrand Marchal (Paris-Sorbonne)

"Portal de lingüística hispánica" Digital Humanities Project

Dr. Javier Muñoz-Basols is the Principal Investigator of the recently-launched “Portal de lingüística hispánica – Hispanic Linguistics”, a Digital Humanities project devoted to promoting and disseminating research in Spanish Language and Hispanic Linguistics.

Catriona Seth Elected to the British Academy

Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature and Fellow of All Souls, has been elected to the British Academy. Fellows of the British Academy represent the very best of humanities and social sciences research, in the UK and globally.

Jane Austen and Germaine de Staël 200 Years Later

Chawton House in Hampshire played host to a conference on Germaine de Staël and Jane Austen jointly organised by Dr Gillian Dow of the University of Southampton, Dr Nicola Watson of the Open University and Oxford's Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature, Catriona Seth.

Film now available for Arseholes: a New Play

In June 2017 a team of Oxford University undergraduate students, graduate students, and lecturers joined forces to perform Arseholes, an original new play about the poets Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud’s two-year relationship.

King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia Visit Oxford

Last week His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain and Her Majesty Queen Letizia visited Oxford to see the University’s close academic and cultural links with Spain.

Tolerance volume in Rotterdam

In May Caroline Warman spoke to the teenage delegates of the International Philosophy Olympiad in Rotterdam about the Tolerance volume, which had been translated by 102 Oxford French students and tutors.

Creative Multilingualism in Schools

In June Prof. Jane Hiddleston and Dr Laura Lonsdale ran three workshops for Year 10 pupils from two East London schools, Haggerston School in Hackney and St Paul’s Way Trust School in Tower Hamlets, where a very high proportion of students speak more than one language.

Maison Française/St Catherine's College Visiting Fellowship Scheme

From Michaelmas 2017 the Faculty will welcome the first Maison Française/St Catherine's College Visiting Fellows in Modern and Medieval Languages. They will lecture in the Faculty, be housed at the Maison Française Oxford (MFO) and be Research Associates at the College.

The Idea of Europe: Enlightenment Perspectives

121 students from Oxford, along with their tutors, have translated extracts from 18th century thinkers from France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain and Italy for a new book which has just been published by Open Book.

Storming Utopia this Saturday

The final performance of STORMING UTOPIA is this Saturday: the 'gala' opening show of the Oxford Festival of the Arts.

Part of a Knowledge Exchange Partnership between TORCH, the Pegasus Theatre, MML and others within Oxford, Storming Utopia, co-directed by Wes Williams, and featuring a number of MML colleagues and students as performers, is a show generated by discussions about ideal communities and life in post-Brexit Britain: our group of performers includes academics, refugees, students, and primary school children, cellists, dancers, historians of the theatre, and geographers....

Oxford German Olympiad Essay Prize for Sixth-Formers

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new prize as part of the Oxford German Olympiad: 'A German Classic: Goethe’s Faust, part I - Essay Prize for Sixth-Formers'

The Prize is designed to be the focus of an annual celebration of a classic text of German literature, providing resources that will remain available via our website for the future.

Portuguese Graduate Student interviewed in Brazilian Press

DPhil student, Daniel Mandur Thomaz, was interviewed in the Brazilian newspaper, the Folha de São Paulo, about his research into Antonio Callado and the radio plays he produced for the BBC's Brazilian Service.

Spanish Flash Fiction Competition 2017 Results

Telling a story in just 100 words is no easy task, but our entrants were up for a challenge. What impressed the judges was not just how complete these stories could be, but how they managed to surprise the reader, reimagining familiar situations from a new perspective. The judges chose to award a joint first prize in the Years 7-11 category, and a first prize in the Years 12-13 category.

'New Queer Greece'; Performance, Politics, Identity

This one day colloquium on Saturday 10th June is organized under the auspices of the Journal of Greek Media and Culture and the Sub-Faculty of Byzantine and Modern Greek, Oxford. It was made possible thanks to a generous grant by the Onassis Foundation. All welcome. No prior booking required.

Workshop on Crises of Meaning and Political Theology

The Crisis, Extremes and Apocalypse research network at TORCH is delighted to host a workshop on 'Crises of Meaning and Political Theology' on the afternoon of 6 June. Speakers will include: All are welcome. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be provided.

Guest Professorship for Catriona Seth in Augsburg

Catriona Seth has been appointed Guest Professor for Transnational Research by the Jakob-Fugger-Zentrum at the University of Augsburg.

Call for Speakers: Reading of Luther's 'Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen'

To celebrate Oxford’s Bonn Week, Oxford's Chair of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics, Prof. Henrike Lähnemann, is looking for German speakers who would like to take part in a public reading of Martin Luther’s ‘Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen’ in German which is scheduled to take place on 25 May, 4-5:30pm, at the Taylor Institution Library, Oxford.