MMLL Library
@mmll-library.bsky.social
Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics Library at the University of Cambridge📚
Currently closed until 5th January.
https://linktr.ee/mmll_library
Currently closed until 5th January.
https://linktr.ee/mmll_library
The end of another term is in sight! Well done to all those finishing up on essays, articles and teaching!
You may be wondering what to do with your library books as you head off for the holidays - except for short loans you can keep them all over the vacation!
You may be wondering what to do with your library books as you head off for the holidays - except for short loans you can keep them all over the vacation!
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The end of another term is in sight! Well done to all those finishing up on essays, articles and teaching!
You may be wondering what to do with your library books as you head off for the holidays - except for short loans you can keep them all over the vacation!
You may be wondering what to do with your library books as you head off for the holidays - except for short loans you can keep them all over the vacation!
Relive the recent symposium on La Noire de… at the MMLL Library with our new exhibition!
Put together in collaboration with Dr Doyle Calhoun for the symposium, it combines Ousmane Sembène’s films and literary works, along with relevant scholarship.📚
Put together in collaboration with Dr Doyle Calhoun for the symposium, it combines Ousmane Sembène’s films and literary works, along with relevant scholarship.📚
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Relive the recent symposium on La Noire de… at the MMLL Library with our new exhibition!
Put together in collaboration with Dr Doyle Calhoun for the symposium, it combines Ousmane Sembène’s films and literary works, along with relevant scholarship.📚
Put together in collaboration with Dr Doyle Calhoun for the symposium, it combines Ousmane Sembène’s films and literary works, along with relevant scholarship.📚
Happy Bridgemas!⛄️
Look out for multilingual crocheted Christmas trees around the library foyer, and for some festive treats at Tea & Biscuits!
Look out for multilingual crocheted Christmas trees around the library foyer, and for some festive treats at Tea & Biscuits!
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Happy Bridgemas!⛄️
Look out for multilingual crocheted Christmas trees around the library foyer, and for some festive treats at Tea & Biscuits!
Look out for multilingual crocheted Christmas trees around the library foyer, and for some festive treats at Tea & Biscuits!
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Call for papers 🌊
Thalassopoetics: Ocean readings in French
When we consider French literary traditions from the sea rather than the land, what perspectives does it give us, and what questions are we prompted to ask?
20-21 April 2026
Murray Edwards College
Deadline 31 Dec 2025
bit.ly/47S2nyb
Thalassopoetics: Ocean readings in French
When we consider French literary traditions from the sea rather than the land, what perspectives does it give us, and what questions are we prompted to ask?
20-21 April 2026
Murray Edwards College
Deadline 31 Dec 2025
bit.ly/47S2nyb
Thalassopoetics: Ocean readings in French
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Call for papers 🌊
Thalassopoetics: Ocean readings in French
When we consider French literary traditions from the sea rather than the land, what perspectives does it give us, and what questions are we prompted to ask?
20-21 April 2026
Murray Edwards College
Deadline 31 Dec 2025
bit.ly/47S2nyb
Thalassopoetics: Ocean readings in French
When we consider French literary traditions from the sea rather than the land, what perspectives does it give us, and what questions are we prompted to ask?
20-21 April 2026
Murray Edwards College
Deadline 31 Dec 2025
bit.ly/47S2nyb
Our current exhibition is based around events happening locally to mark Black History Month, with a focus on audio/visual culture, from music and art to black divas throughout history.🎨🎼
Find out more about the events still happening across Cambridge via the link in our bio!
Find out more about the events still happening across Cambridge via the link in our bio!
October 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Our current exhibition is based around events happening locally to mark Black History Month, with a focus on audio/visual culture, from music and art to black divas throughout history.🎨🎼
Find out more about the events still happening across Cambridge via the link in our bio!
Find out more about the events still happening across Cambridge via the link in our bio!
If you've been in the library recently you may have noticed the cabins for the Stirling Building refurbishment blocking some windows. Not to fear - we've replaced these with some sights we'd all much rather be looking out on!
Can you identify these dream Year Abroad destinations?
Can you identify these dream Year Abroad destinations?
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If you've been in the library recently you may have noticed the cabins for the Stirling Building refurbishment blocking some windows. Not to fear - we've replaced these with some sights we'd all much rather be looking out on!
Can you identify these dream Year Abroad destinations?
Can you identify these dream Year Abroad destinations?
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Good morning. We are aware that selective ebooks platforms are down. These include JSTOR, EBSCOhost, Taylor & Francis and BorrowBox (audiobooks). We believe that a major contributing factor is the disruption to Amazon Web Services, health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
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October 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Good morning. We are aware that selective ebooks platforms are down. These include JSTOR, EBSCOhost, Taylor & Francis and BorrowBox (audiobooks). We believe that a major contributing factor is the disruption to Amazon Web Services, health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
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Lauren Berlant reading group 📚
Join CRASSH Fellow @darlingorlaith.bsky.social in tracing Berlant’s understanding of normative fantasies and their role in maintaining and critiquing the social and political orthodoxies of given eras
From 13 October, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP
bit.ly/4nFi9C0
Join CRASSH Fellow @darlingorlaith.bsky.social in tracing Berlant’s understanding of normative fantasies and their role in maintaining and critiquing the social and political orthodoxies of given eras
From 13 October, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP
bit.ly/4nFi9C0
October 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Lauren Berlant reading group 📚
Join CRASSH Fellow @darlingorlaith.bsky.social in tracing Berlant’s understanding of normative fantasies and their role in maintaining and critiquing the social and political orthodoxies of given eras
From 13 October, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP
bit.ly/4nFi9C0
Join CRASSH Fellow @darlingorlaith.bsky.social in tracing Berlant’s understanding of normative fantasies and their role in maintaining and critiquing the social and political orthodoxies of given eras
From 13 October, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP
bit.ly/4nFi9C0
Welcome to all those arriving in Cambridge for the new academic year!🍂📚
Here's a quick rundown of what's been happening at the MMLL Library in advance of the new term🧵
- Cozy lighting in the Student Room.
- English-language fiction translated into Tripos languages.
Here's a quick rundown of what's been happening at the MMLL Library in advance of the new term🧵
- Cozy lighting in the Student Room.
- English-language fiction translated into Tripos languages.
October 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Welcome to all those arriving in Cambridge for the new academic year!🍂📚
Here's a quick rundown of what's been happening at the MMLL Library in advance of the new term🧵
- Cozy lighting in the Student Room.
- English-language fiction translated into Tripos languages.
Here's a quick rundown of what's been happening at the MMLL Library in advance of the new term🧵
- Cozy lighting in the Student Room.
- English-language fiction translated into Tripos languages.
Over the holidays we’ve been busy with book moves and collection expansion at MMLL!
We’ve added a selection of foreign-language cookbooks and popular fiction translated from English into MMLL Tripos languages - look out for speech bubbles marking this on the books’ spines💬
#UniversityofCambridge
We’ve added a selection of foreign-language cookbooks and popular fiction translated from English into MMLL Tripos languages - look out for speech bubbles marking this on the books’ spines💬
#UniversityofCambridge
September 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Over the holidays we’ve been busy with book moves and collection expansion at MMLL!
We’ve added a selection of foreign-language cookbooks and popular fiction translated from English into MMLL Tripos languages - look out for speech bubbles marking this on the books’ spines💬
#UniversityofCambridge
We’ve added a selection of foreign-language cookbooks and popular fiction translated from English into MMLL Tripos languages - look out for speech bubbles marking this on the books’ spines💬
#UniversityofCambridge
At MMLL we’ve been tracking the beautiful ginkgo trees outside the library throughout the seasons!🌳
As we come to summer, the library will be closing to allow for staff annual leave and book move projects. We will be closed from 4th-26th August inclusive.
As we come to summer, the library will be closing to allow for staff annual leave and book move projects. We will be closed from 4th-26th August inclusive.
July 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
At MMLL we’ve been tracking the beautiful ginkgo trees outside the library throughout the seasons!🌳
As we come to summer, the library will be closing to allow for staff annual leave and book move projects. We will be closed from 4th-26th August inclusive.
As we come to summer, the library will be closing to allow for staff annual leave and book move projects. We will be closed from 4th-26th August inclusive.
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💥 CRASSH at 25!
Be part of our 2026 anniversary programme!
Submit your ideas in response to our anniversary open calls for a special annual lecture and a series of funded half-day events on the theme of
'Knowledge in a Fractured World'
buff.ly/MdzMVzX
Be part of our 2026 anniversary programme!
Submit your ideas in response to our anniversary open calls for a special annual lecture and a series of funded half-day events on the theme of
'Knowledge in a Fractured World'
buff.ly/MdzMVzX
July 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
💥 CRASSH at 25!
Be part of our 2026 anniversary programme!
Submit your ideas in response to our anniversary open calls for a special annual lecture and a series of funded half-day events on the theme of
'Knowledge in a Fractured World'
buff.ly/MdzMVzX
Be part of our 2026 anniversary programme!
Submit your ideas in response to our anniversary open calls for a special annual lecture and a series of funded half-day events on the theme of
'Knowledge in a Fractured World'
buff.ly/MdzMVzX
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🎤 in this Q&A, CIRN Fellow Pietro Agnoletto tells us about his upcoming event ‘Reimagining Ecologies in Italian Visual Culture’, which takes place on 11 June at CRASSH, and explores how environmental humanities can engage with the value placed on 'nature' and environmental issues
bit.ly/43HcXok
bit.ly/43HcXok
Tell us about ‘Reimagining Ecologies in Italian Visual Culture’ - CRASSH
Visual culture has profoundly shaped and shapes societal attitudes toward nature and non-human animals since the of the earliest images
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June 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🎤 in this Q&A, CIRN Fellow Pietro Agnoletto tells us about his upcoming event ‘Reimagining Ecologies in Italian Visual Culture’, which takes place on 11 June at CRASSH, and explores how environmental humanities can engage with the value placed on 'nature' and environmental issues
bit.ly/43HcXok
bit.ly/43HcXok
As you can imagine, the books we purchase for MMLL are shipped from all over the world.📦
We’ve recently started collecting the gorgeous stamps which arrive on these parcels in order to make them into magnets as a small Easter term freebie!
We’ve recently started collecting the gorgeous stamps which arrive on these parcels in order to make them into magnets as a small Easter term freebie!
May 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
As you can imagine, the books we purchase for MMLL are shipped from all over the world.📦
We’ve recently started collecting the gorgeous stamps which arrive on these parcels in order to make them into magnets as a small Easter term freebie!
We’ve recently started collecting the gorgeous stamps which arrive on these parcels in order to make them into magnets as a small Easter term freebie!
Cambridge is getting busy with students settling back in for Easter term!
We’re taking this opportunity to also welcome some new punny trolleys to the library trolley team: meet Gabriel Cartcía Márquez, Bookrecia Martel, Cartemisia Gentileschi and Samuel Bookett!
We’re taking this opportunity to also welcome some new punny trolleys to the library trolley team: meet Gabriel Cartcía Márquez, Bookrecia Martel, Cartemisia Gentileschi and Samuel Bookett!
April 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Cambridge is getting busy with students settling back in for Easter term!
We’re taking this opportunity to also welcome some new punny trolleys to the library trolley team: meet Gabriel Cartcía Márquez, Bookrecia Martel, Cartemisia Gentileschi and Samuel Bookett!
We’re taking this opportunity to also welcome some new punny trolleys to the library trolley team: meet Gabriel Cartcía Márquez, Bookrecia Martel, Cartemisia Gentileschi and Samuel Bookett!
📣The University of Cambridge now has online access to over 50 Latin American newspapers from the nineteenth and early twentieth century!
You can find the full collection via the University's A-Z of databases or by searching for the newspapers on iDiscover.
libguides.cam.ac.uk/az/databases...
You can find the full collection via the University's A-Z of databases or by searching for the newspapers on iDiscover.
libguides.cam.ac.uk/az/databases...
April 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
📣The University of Cambridge now has online access to over 50 Latin American newspapers from the nineteenth and early twentieth century!
You can find the full collection via the University's A-Z of databases or by searching for the newspapers on iDiscover.
libguides.cam.ac.uk/az/databases...
You can find the full collection via the University's A-Z of databases or by searching for the newspapers on iDiscover.
libguides.cam.ac.uk/az/databases...
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🌇 Join us for '#EntangledCities: Spaces of improvisation in contemporary Latin American urban culture'
Explore how Latin American urban cultures open new ways of thinking through improvisation and creative assemblage
2-3 May 2025
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Register at buff.ly/qJytl9r
1/3
Explore how Latin American urban cultures open new ways of thinking through improvisation and creative assemblage
2-3 May 2025
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Register at buff.ly/qJytl9r
1/3
April 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🌇 Join us for '#EntangledCities: Spaces of improvisation in contemporary Latin American urban culture'
Explore how Latin American urban cultures open new ways of thinking through improvisation and creative assemblage
2-3 May 2025
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Register at buff.ly/qJytl9r
1/3
Explore how Latin American urban cultures open new ways of thinking through improvisation and creative assemblage
2-3 May 2025
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Register at buff.ly/qJytl9r
1/3
New MMLL reads!📚
Look out for these on our new book displays around the library.
Here is also a quick reminder that the MMLL Library will be closing at 4pm every day next week, and that we’ll be closed from 18th-21st April. Happy Holidays!
Look out for these on our new book displays around the library.
Here is also a quick reminder that the MMLL Library will be closing at 4pm every day next week, and that we’ll be closed from 18th-21st April. Happy Holidays!
April 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New MMLL reads!📚
Look out for these on our new book displays around the library.
Here is also a quick reminder that the MMLL Library will be closing at 4pm every day next week, and that we’ll be closed from 18th-21st April. Happy Holidays!
Look out for these on our new book displays around the library.
Here is also a quick reminder that the MMLL Library will be closing at 4pm every day next week, and that we’ll be closed from 18th-21st April. Happy Holidays!
Absolutely incredible stamp game on this recently arrived parcel at MMLL!
Who thinks we should turn some of these into magnets?👀
Who thinks we should turn some of these into magnets?👀
March 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Absolutely incredible stamp game on this recently arrived parcel at MMLL!
Who thinks we should turn some of these into magnets?👀
Who thinks we should turn some of these into magnets?👀
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💫 Cambridge Festival
Fairy-Tale Mirages: A creative storytelling workshop
👨👩👦 Adults
🗓️ 22 March 4.30-6pm
📍 CB3 9DP
🎟️ buff.ly/TduEwyf
Dive into fairy tales from the Mediterranean sea & activities based on Sicilian and Calabrian fairy tales that feature liminal sea creatures
Fairy-Tale Mirages: A creative storytelling workshop
👨👩👦 Adults
🗓️ 22 March 4.30-6pm
📍 CB3 9DP
🎟️ buff.ly/TduEwyf
Dive into fairy tales from the Mediterranean sea & activities based on Sicilian and Calabrian fairy tales that feature liminal sea creatures
March 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
💫 Cambridge Festival
Fairy-Tale Mirages: A creative storytelling workshop
👨👩👦 Adults
🗓️ 22 March 4.30-6pm
📍 CB3 9DP
🎟️ buff.ly/TduEwyf
Dive into fairy tales from the Mediterranean sea & activities based on Sicilian and Calabrian fairy tales that feature liminal sea creatures
Fairy-Tale Mirages: A creative storytelling workshop
👨👩👦 Adults
🗓️ 22 March 4.30-6pm
📍 CB3 9DP
🎟️ buff.ly/TduEwyf
Dive into fairy tales from the Mediterranean sea & activities based on Sicilian and Calabrian fairy tales that feature liminal sea creatures
To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay, we've gathered some resources which spotlight women in film - from criticism and journals to films by female filmmakers from around the world.
You can also find details about streaming platforms which University members can access - Sunday plans sorted!🍿
You can also find details about streaming platforms which University members can access - Sunday plans sorted!🍿
March 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay, we've gathered some resources which spotlight women in film - from criticism and journals to films by female filmmakers from around the world.
You can also find details about streaming platforms which University members can access - Sunday plans sorted!🍿
You can also find details about streaming platforms which University members can access - Sunday plans sorted!🍿
If you’re at the library today or tomorrow, have a break in the sun and check out the 48-hour installation Sur place & À emporter by Sébastien Hoëltzener and Nina Rendulić, co-ordinated by Prof Hugo Azérad.
A description of the installation can be found here: www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/sur-p...
A description of the installation can be found here: www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/sur-p...
March 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If you’re at the library today or tomorrow, have a break in the sun and check out the 48-hour installation Sur place & À emporter by Sébastien Hoëltzener and Nina Rendulić, co-ordinated by Prof Hugo Azérad.
A description of the installation can be found here: www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/sur-p...
A description of the installation can be found here: www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/sur-p...
The first week of spring felt like a fitting time to join Bluesky! Blue skies at MMLL this week featured below☀️
March 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The first week of spring felt like a fitting time to join Bluesky! Blue skies at MMLL this week featured below☀️