The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at @royalholloway.bsky.social invites expressions of interest from potential applicants to the 2026 @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social Early Career Fellowship scheme. Details of the process and deadlines here 👇

Wishing good luck to those getting their A-Level results tomorrow! If you enter Clearing keep calm and don't worry. We will have places available on courses including Languages, Liberal Arts and Comparative Literature and Culture. Call us from 8am on Thursday! Tel: +44(0)1784 772455

Another #language piece in the @theconversation.com @uk.theconversation.com (by our own @saschastollhans.bsky.social) focusing on #German and the benefit of language learning/of a curriculum that introduces students to #linguistics and linguistic concepts theconversation.com/learning-ger... #edusky

Congrats 🎉to our doctoral student Gareth on the publication of a great article - read open access here 👇👇

Welsh universities have always been centres of excellence in languages, German in particular - no more, it seems. Cardiff is ditching excellent courses in German, Italian and Portuguese, and now Bangor is proposing the same for German and Chinese. Please sign / share the petition.

On 27 May, 4-6pm, our annual collaborative postgraduate research seminar with the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social takes place (online, via MS Teams). All very welcome to join and listen to the six of our researchers discuss their projects. Details and a meeting link here. @llc-rhul.bsky.social

This was excellent - congratulations to Joe and fellow panellists! Catch up with it via BBC Sounds if you missed it.

Don't miss 'In Our Time' on BBC Radio 4 this Thursday, 24 April, which will feature our colleague Professor Joe Harris as part of a panel discussing the life and work of the playwright Molière. The programme airs at 9am (BST) and will then be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Registration for Nineteenth-Century Legacies is open! Join us at Royal Holloway, University of London (Egham June 3rd) for excellent papers, plenary speakers, and a roundtable discussion. Complete form by 19th May to confirm attendance. forms.office.com/e/RdenySx4D3

Don't miss 'In Our Time' on BBC Radio 4 this Thursday, 24 April, which will feature our colleague Professor Joe Harris as part of a panel discussing the life and work of the playwright Molière. The programme airs at 9am (BST) and will then be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Why did Salas Barbadillo actively contribute to soror Juana’s canonization bid & how were his writings shaped by censorship, patronage & the debate on Mary’s immaculacy? Find out in latest article by @arantzam.bsky.social of @llc-rhul.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This tree, near our building on campus, is quite the show stopper!

Out today: a new book by our colleague Jon on an essential German film classic!

Deadline extended: 25th March 2025. Submit your abstract for the Nineteenth-Century Legacies colloquium being held at Royal Holloway, University of London on June 3rd. See below for more details. Event generously supported by BARS and BAVS.

In case of interest to London people - tickets (£6.50) now on sale for my talk / book launch at the BFI Reuben Library on Monday 14 April: 'New Writings: ‘People on Sunday’ and the Cultural Networks of Weimar Berlin'.

Great to see our Centre for Visual Cultures here - do give them a follow!

Spectacular afternoon on campus!

There's still time to submit your abstract for the Nineteenth-Century Legacies colloquium being held at Royal Holloway, University of London in June, but the deadline is coming up fast! Applications are due Saturday, Mar. 15, so ⏰ is of the essence! See below for more details.

@projectmuse.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social

Updated Post: Top 5 French Reads IV Book Blast Presents https://buff.ly/4bi2xif

Additional cool fact about Madeleine Carroll - she graduated with a BA in French from the University of Birmingham. www.westbromwichhistory.com/people-place...

New research from our colleague Arantza 👇👇

The German 50+1 rule explained via @footpolpodcast.bsky.social Great episode, chP

The call for papers for this year's SFS Postgraduate Conference 'CONDITIONS' closes on Monday 3 March 2025. Send in your entries before the deadline next week! 📨👇

Fascinating podcast from BBC World Service, looking at Dolores Ibárruri, nicknamed La Pasionaria, whose catchprase ¡No Pasarán!' ('They shall not pass') became the battle cry of the Republicans.

Languages carry history, identity & knowledge. Yet 40% of learners are not taught in their mother tongue. Join us on #MotherLanguageDay to support multilingual #education worldwide & ensure all children can learn in their own language. on.unesco.org/3wu2QD2

International Mother Language Day 2025 - a worldwide holiday to celebrate #multilingualism and linguistic diversity globalvoices.org/special/inte... via @globalvoices.org #imld25 #language #langsky

Our educational website #TheHolocaustExplained includes eyewitness testimonies from survivors to support learning about the essential facts of the Holocaust, as well as unique primary source materials from our archive Explore the site now 🔗

An excellent and informative website in defence of the Modern Languages department at @cardiffuni.bsky.social. Well done to the team behind this ✊✊ #SaveCardiffLanguages

Had a great afternoon taking a small but keen group of @llc-rhul.bsky.social students to the Holocaust Galleries at the Imperial War Museum in London. It’s such an impressive exhibition. We also liked the section of Berlin Wall!

"For Cardiff University final-year languages student Darcie James, 23, the headlines hit close to home after her university last month announced plans to cut 400 jobs and close some courses."

Feeling foxy? We love the woodland sculptures on our campus. Watch this space for the others…@royalholloway.bsky.social

A petition in support of Modern Languages at Cardiff, which the university wishes to axe. I know this department very well and their staff and students deserve better.

How fabulous to see this feature from our colleague James Kent in @theguardian.com! The photograph in question can currently be seen in the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London - it runs until 16 February.

We're looking forward to this upcoming talk, hosted by our Centre for Visual Cultures. All welcome. Thurs 6 February, 6-7 pm, Windsor 0-02, Royal Holloway (Egham Campus). Dr Niccola Shearman (Courtauld Institute): 'A black and white world: the German modernist woodcut and the period eye, 1918-24'

A very cool world record. Which books are the record-holders in other languages? In German it is - we think - Grimms' Fairy Tales (but nowhere near 600 translations).

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Thank you, @historyinpublic.bsky.social, for publishing (a shorter version of) my lecture for the symposium ‘Sounding the Spaces of Historical Experience: Remapping the Cinema of the Holocaust’ at @llc-rhul.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social last year: doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/23/i....

Fantastic day with local schools in full swing on campus - all passionate about languages! With Reach Academy/ RHUL APP project @michaelslav.bsky.social @llc-rhul.bsky.social

"There are good reasons for arguing that for the Jews, especially the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, the Holocaust definitively closed that era when notions of emancipation, religious tolerance, Jewish social and political progress, and civic acceptance came to an end"

A podcast recommendation for Hispanists, and anyone with an interest in sport, language and culture!

She was honored with a Nubian Jak blue plaque on March 25th 2022, which was sponsored by Black History Walks and Royal Holloway, University of London. It stands at Grenville Street, London. You can watch the unveiling of her plaque here: youtube.com/watch?v=9yMpD7bf2A0 #OTD #EachOneTeachOne✊🏿

We are delighted to announce that the wonderful Professors @sarahwright.bsky.social of @llc-rhul.bsky.social and Lesley Wylie of University of Leicester are now Editors-in-chief @spanishbulletin.bsky.social, making us a 4-person model once again

Our first online Open Day of the year is happening next Wednesday, 15 Janaury! Choose between 10am or 3pm starts. This is an easy way to learn about us and the courses we offer: Modern Languages, Compartive Literature/Culture, Liberal Arts and more. Registration link here:

The famous green owl app Duolingo is going even harder into AI made by stolen content. It's not curated by native speakers so you have no idea if what you're learning is correct. Their algorithm overall tries to hit the happy brain juices instead of helping you learn. So here are some alternatives!

It's been joyous directing the Centre for Victorian Studies alongside two PhD researchers this year. Here, Izzy Barrett-Lally of @llc-rhul.bsky.social reflects on our event to bring together a broader 19thC research community from across campus - and yes,it included pinning ourselves on a world map!

Who wants to join in the @muahi.bsky.social Intersectional Humanities Summer School? Register your interest here: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/arts-and-hum... #arts #humanities #europe #race #class #gender #sex #crip #disability @irishhumanities.bsky.social

We love this write-up of the launch event for 'Languages for All' which we had the pleasure of hosting in October, and which we are proud to support. The project involves a number of our local state schools and colleges and is aimed at promoting + improving opportunities for MFL study. Bravo all!

Happy St. Nicholas Day to all who celebrate it! And if you're Austrian or Bavarian, good luck dealing with Krampus!