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- Dr David Hornsby, Senior Lecturer in French and Linguistics, explores the relationship between language and society in\u00a0Franglais: a beginner’s guide<\/a>, and discusses how “borrowed” words from other languages have developed the lexicon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Poetry and philosophy<\/b><\/p>\n
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- Dr Ian Cooper, Lecturer in German, asks whether\u00a0German literature and German philosophy can tell us anything about Coronavirus<\/a>; the experience of isolation, and of being cut off from things, people and places that we normally take for granted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Visual art<\/b><\/p>\n
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- Dr William Rowlandson, Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, explores\u00a0the theme of suffering in the paintings of Frida Kahlo<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Film<\/b><\/p>\n
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- Dr Alex Marlow-Mann, Lecturer in Italian, explores how\u00a0film has been used to persuade<\/a>, indoctrinate, and convey political messages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Literature and national identity<\/b><\/p>\n
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- Dr Alvise Sforza Tarabochia, Lecturer in Italian and Head of the Department of Modern Languages, discusses\u00a0how Pinocchio, a \u201cchampion of Italianness\u201d, escaped the constraints of his own narrative frame<\/a>\u00a0to become a late addition to the pantheon of fairytale characters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Language acquisition and language teaching<\/b><\/p>\n
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- Dr Wissia Fiorucci, Modern Languages Coordinator, asks what it takes to be a good teacher in ‘Languages in the classroom<\/a>‘.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
- Dr Alvise Sforza Tarabochia, Lecturer in Italian and Head of the Department of Modern Languages, discusses\u00a0how Pinocchio, a \u201cchampion of Italianness\u201d, escaped the constraints of his own narrative frame<\/a>\u00a0to become a late addition to the pantheon of fairytale characters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Dr Alex Marlow-Mann, Lecturer in Italian, explores how\u00a0film has been used to persuade<\/a>, indoctrinate, and convey political messages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Dr William Rowlandson, Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, explores\u00a0the theme of suffering in the paintings of Frida Kahlo<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Dr Ian Cooper, Lecturer in German, asks whether\u00a0German literature and German philosophy can tell us anything about Coronavirus<\/a>; the experience of isolation, and of being cut off from things, people and places that we normally take for granted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n