A week today! On 30 October, we will welcome Dr Elaine Sanderson (Liverpool) for our second research seminar of the year on 'Re-Making Memories: Reading Trauma and Recovery in Cicero’s Civil War Letters', 17:15-18:30 UK time. The talk will be hybrid (online joining instructions below). All welcome!

So excited to launch our new MA in Classics and Ancient History now recruiting for 2026 entry! 🎉💐🥳

The UK Linguistics Olympiad is a national language-analysis competition for students in KS2-KS5. Free to enter, the UKLO contains language puzzles that provides an opportunity to apply formal reasoning from STEM subjects. This online session for teachers will outline how the UKLO works. #languages

In 2020, during lockdown, photographic artist Alan Ward bought 7 German negatives from the First World War. This workshop will present some of Alan’s work and the responses of the inhabitants of Grandpré. Free. Booking required: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/inter...

Leeds City of Languages is a vibrant celebration of the city's languages, cultures, and communities, highlighting our connections with the world. Check out our webpage: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk #leedscityoflanguages #languages #mfl

The rich and diverse programme of activities is brought to life through the generous support of our local, national & international partners, who contribute their expertise, time and resources to enrich the lives of children, young people & communities throughout Yorkshire. Thanks for your support!

Do you want to boost your language students at A-level? Sign up to this webinar with Michael Slavinsky, founder of Languages For All, a charity which aims to increase the number of students at A-level & degree level from state schools. More info 👇: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/programme/we...

We are delighted to support @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social - a two-week celebration of languages, cultures and global connections! Take a look at the varied programme of over 80 events taking place in and around Leeds and online, and the dedicated resources page for schools! #LeedsCityOfLanguages

Would you like to understand the EAL label? In this webinar Prof Cecile de Cat will talk about the complex realities of EAL children and how teachers can learn to support these pupils. For more info and how to sign up: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/webin... #leedscityoflanguages #eal

Alliance Française Leeds are offering free online French lessons as part of Leeds City of Languages. If you would like to find out more about them and how to sign up check our website: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/onlin... #leedscityoflanguages #french #languages

Webinar: Oracy is for everyone, by Prof Stephen Coleman Oracy is about enabling every young person to leave school with the confidence to speak in ways that will allow them to flourish. Wednesday 12th November at 4pm. Free. Webinar. Booking required: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/webin...

Dr Pete Watson discusses the various meanings, symbolisms and power of football in Colombia over the last decade, from the 2014 Men’s World Cup to the 2023 Women’s World Cup and asks: “What power does football really have?” More info on: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/talk-... #languages

Have you heard of a 'Somali village' in Bradford? Come and explore a disturbing yet surprising form of cultural encounter. Talk: Racial hierarchy in Edwardian Yorkshire: Bradford's Somali Village of 1904, by Prof Fozia Bora  #Somalia #Bradford #Culture #History #LeedsCityofLanguages

Does #German really sound aggressive? Why do some people find the sound of #French romantic and sexy? And how about the friendly-sounding Geordies? Join us for a public lecture by Prof Sascha Stollhans. 👉 Find out more: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/talk-... @saschastollhans.bsky.social

Join us for the webinar: What languages can do for you: Opportunities across the globe. Dr Peter Haysom-Rodríguez will discuss how the study of #languahes and global cultures can help you stand out in the job market! Booking required: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/talk-... #employability

Our second October open day is off to a fantastic start! Welcome to all our prospective students, their families, carers and friends, and even the four-legged kind! Leeds also welcomes all its canine visitors to campus! 🐶 🐕 Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Call for Papers! Symposium in honour of our much-missed colleague Prof. Malcolm Heath, Leeds, 21-2 May 2026. Paper proposals of no more than 500 words to be sent by 1 December to Prof. Emma Stafford ([email protected]) ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/r... fb.me/e/3B3AY9ZZZ

It may be stormy but the Leeds Open Day is still on! Chat to our staff and students in Michael Sadler LG 10 throughout the day, and check out our Classics and Ancient History talks at 10.00 in Roger Stevens Building Lecture Theatre 22 and 13.00 in Lecture Theatre 19 www.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/137...

It’s blowing a gale here in Leeds but it’s warm in our building and full of staff, students and stories! Welcome to our Open Day! 🥳🎉

We are so sorry to announce the death of our long time colleague and friend, Nigel Armstrong. He taught and researched here in French for twenty years and will be deeply missed by colleagues and students alike.

Our research seminars resume soon with a talk from Dr Simon Glenn (British Museum/ Leeds) on ‘The Bactrian Mirage: coins and history in Hellenistic Central Asia’ on Thursday 16 October, 17:15-18:30 UK time (venue and online joining instructions below). All very welcome to attend!

Congratulations to finalist Sophie Starsmore who is the winner of this year's ASMCF essay prize! Her essay for the module, Paris in Revolt, was ‘Dans quelle mesure les feministes du MLF etaient-elles ‘les filles de mai ‘68’ (Lisa Greenwald)? Huge congratulations to Sophie! 🇫🇷 @asmcf.bsky.social

Absolutely delighted that Leeds finalist Sophie Starsmore has just won the ASMCF undergrad essay prize (Brian Darling) for an essay she submitted to my module on May 1968. Her essay, written in French, examined the legacy of 1968 for 2nd wave feminism in 🇫🇷 @lcsleeds.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social

For our latest blog, we spoke with Dr Gisela Tomé Lourido at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social @lcsleeds.bsky.social to explore the real impact of accent bias. whiterose.ac.uk/news/tacklin...

We're hiring - Teaching Fellow in Ancient Greek History! Please see below for details of a half-time post, starting as soon as possible in September, ending 31 August 2026, covering for temporary staff absences. Deadline for applications: 22 August. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Graduation is always a wonderful and iconic day, particularly wie one of your @lcsleeds.bsky.social graduates drives their Trabi up to campus! Huge congratulations to the German graduating class of 2025, and to Dr. Corey Hartley #ProudDoktormutter

Job klaxon 🎉 More posts @lcsleeds.bsky.social - a fixed term 0.5 role in Ancient Greek History. Deadline 22nd August.

Come and join the team! Opportunity to get fantastic experience and be part of a world top 100 University! 🎉

Our permanent German lectureship now has a new deadline of 21st July. Apply at this link: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

16 July, starring @helencfinch.bsky.social (@lcsleeds.bsky.social) and @ankahajkova.bsky.social (Warwick):

The EST Congress 2025 kicked off today with the Online Pre-Congress Day, featuring 81 speakers! Great engagement and a fantastic way to begin the Congress! Huge thanks to attendees and chairs who kept the conversation flowing. #EST #ESTCongress #EST2025Leeds #TranslationStudies

Job klaxon! We are advertising for a permanent lecturer in German (Teaching and Research). Come and join our team here at the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies. Deadline 9th July. @lcsleeds.bsky.social jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Delighted to be headed Devon-wards for the 10th #LanGW4 Colloquium. My focus is the importance of building creative communities & challenging the rhetoric of decline, through advocacy work. How are we building a positive narrative for our disciplines? @ucflangs.bsky.social @gw4alliance.bsky.social

great to see this terrific article on the French care economy by @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social out online with @francemodern.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Curriculum and Assessment Review: ILCS, ALL and UCFL issue a statement. 'The development of a sustainable model for language provision across the whole of the educational sector is of the highest concern to all members of the subject community' Read the statement: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/research-pol...

Always such a pleasure to welcome prospective students, their families and friends to campus for our June Open Days. It’s when we all fall in love with our subjects all over again and stop to take in the joy of working and learning in this tremendous city and institution ❤️ #universityofleeds

Very excited that this book has a publication date! Add it to your wishlists or pre order at the end of August! www.routledge.com/Political-Ou...

Good news that the government is working with the EU on setting up a youth mobility/“experience” scheme! This is a step in the right direction: young (and not so young) people benefit hugely from intercultural experiences! ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/ne... @lcsleeds.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social

Excited to be part of this gorgeous film homage to the natural world through language inspired by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, screening at Sheffield DocFest on 21 June! @HannahPapacekHarper @RetroviseurProductions @extinctionleeds.bsky.social @lcsleeds.bsky.social www.lostforwords.fr

www.mhra.org.uk/news/2025/04... Read about our MHRA-funded project to produce readable summaries for policymakers @themhra.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social @oliviaglaze.bsky.social Watch this space for ways to engage!

In our next @lspjournal.bsky.social opinon piece @clairegorrara.bsky.social and Lucy Jenkins explore the new curriculum for languages in Wales. What could the rest of the UK learn from what Wales is doing? www.lspjournal.com/post/new-cur... @cforsdick.bsky.social

A very busy week for advocacy: @britishacademy.bsky.social & @ucflangs.bsky.social joint Strategic Committee on Langs in HE today; #SchoolofAdvancedStudy Humanities Summit on Thurs; and #UCFL Exec Committee meeting Friday. Never more important for us to undertake this work and never so urgent 🚨

A very exciting afternoon! I’m so grateful to the Faculty and all my wonderful collaborators - all the tackling accent bias in HE work has been (and continues to be) a huge collaborative effort! Congratulations to Henry, Karen, and all colleagues in @lcsleeds.bsky.social and the Language Centre! 🥳

'Rethinking the UK Languages Curriculum: Arguments for the Inclusion of Linguistics' by @mishee54.bsky.social, Alice Corr, Anna Havinga, @jrkasstan.bsky.social & Norma Schifano argues for linguistics in the UK Mod Langs curriculum. Read it #OA: bit.ly/MLO-linguisitics @ciol-linguists.bsky.social

Celebration time 🎉🎈💐 We have been awarded AHC School of the Year 2025 in the partnership awards! Many congratulations to our winners @gisetomelourido.bsky.social for Equality and Inclusion @henryhbclarke.bsky.social for Feedback & Assesment and our Language Centre for Global Impact! 🥳 🎉 🎈

📣 We now have our 4th speaker, Prof Antonio Martínez-Arboleda from @lcsleeds.bsky.social Join us at this in-person event (w lunch) at Uni Leeds on Wed 14 May (11am-2pm) for several exciting OR talks. Register: leeds.libcal.com/event/4369744 @researchcultureuol.bsky.social @openresleeds.bsky.social

I am so delighted to announce that we are #hiring! A two year full-time teaching and research post in French 🇫🇷 Come and join our big and beautiful School of Languages, Cultures and Societies in leafy Leeds! Please post to your networks. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... @lcsleeds.bsky.social

A fascinating special issue on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in German Language Teaching by @juditheberharter.bsky.social and @saschastollhans.bsky.social in gfl-journal.de @lcsleeds.bsky.social

Mourning the loss today of our colleague in Classics, Professor Malcolm Heath (1957-2025). ἡμεῖς δ’ οἷά τε φύλλα φύει πολυάνθεμος ὥρη ἔαρος, ὅτ’ αἶψ’ αὐγῆις αὔξεται ἠελίου, τοῖς ἴκελοι πήχυιον ἐπὶ χρόνον ἄνθεσιν ἥβης τερπόμεθα, πρὸς θεῶν εἰδότες οὔτε κακὸν οὔτ’ ἀγαθόν· Mimnermus