Congratulations to the nine students from the University of Kent who have been awarded the prestigious Diplôme de français professionnel Affaires. Five students obtained the … Read more
Category: Modern Languages and Linguistics
Language mentoring scheme a hit with south east A-Level pupils
The Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics launched the Language Mentoring Scheme in 2020, to provide A-Level pupils across Kent the opportunity of speaking-practice virtual discussions … Read more
Dr David Hornsby comments on research on UK accents being closely linked to social status
Recent research has highlighted that Essex and London accents are deemed less intelligent. Dr David Hornsby, an expert in sociolinguistics in the University of Kent’s … Read more
Professor Natalia Sobrevilla Perea awarded grant by Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library
Professor of Latin American History, Natalia Sobrevilla Perea, has been awarded a grant by the Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) at the British Library to fund … Read more
Modern Languages Teaching Forum: call for papers
Postponed until Autumn term – date TBC The fifth Modern Languages Teaching Forum will be now held in the Autumn term. The theme for the … Read more
Now that I’m here: a conversation with Robert Rotifer
The Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, along with the German Society and the Modern Languages Society recently hosted a live talk with Austrian musician, … Read more
Dr Thomas Baldwin’s latest book shortlisted for R. Gapper Book Prize 2020
Reader in French, Dr Thomas Baldwin’s latest book, Roland Barthes: The Proust Variations, has been shortlisted by The Society for French Studies’ R. Gapper Book … Read more
Pride 2021: Gender Fluidity in Opera: Balzac’s Sarrasine
By Iris Matthews BA (Hons) Art History and French Gender fluidity in opera is not as uncommon as one might think. There have been many famous … Read more
Asian Studies and German student, Safron Salhan, shares her own personal mental health journey for Mental Health Awareness week
By Safron Salhan Second year, BA (Hons) Asian Studies and German As we come towards the end of another academic year, we find ourselves again … Read more
Dr Alex Marlow-Mann’s documentary screened at CineMaOltre: Paladium Film Festival
Aside from presiding over the jury of the CineMaOltre: Paladium Film Festival (9-14 March 2021), Dr Alex Marlow-Mann also saw one of his own works … Read more