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Wednesday 10th December, 6pm, FAB cinema

Weimar 100 event marking the centenary of G. W. Pabst's Die freudlose Gasse (Joyless Streets)! Introductory lecture by Ian Roberts followed by & subtitled screening with refreshments.

Please register: tinyurl.com/y2kdrfpd
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
💥NEW BOOK ALERT!

🎉Susannah Wilson has published with @cornelluniversity.bsky.social A Most Quiet Murder: Maternity, Affliction, and Violence in Late Nineteenth-Century France

👉Publisher's website: tinyurl.com/46yhetf2

👉Blog by Susannah for Legal History Miscellany : tinyurl.com/4xd69h2x
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Happening TODAY!

French Studies Seminar Series - two of our PhD candidates, Adam Agowun and Airelle Amedro, will be presenting their research. Airelle will present her work on author Virginie Despentes and Adam his work on Nicolas Sarkozy's political communication strategy.

16.30-18.00, FAB3.30
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Amazing photos from last week's #IPCITI2025 conference!
We've had another busy week of research, with amazing talks for the German, Italian, and Falling Skies seminar series.
And TODAY, we have the Dante Futures conference: Wolfson Research Exchange from 16.45. Be sure to tag us if you're posting!
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
SMLC seminars THIS WEEK

19.11: The Gestalt of the Worker: The New Man in Ernst Jünger's Weimar Photobooks (Thomas Crew, German, FAB4.74, 17-18.30)

19.11: Falling Skies: Extraction (Pierre-Phillipe Fraiture, French, FAB4.79, 17-18.00)

20.11: Book Launch: The New Life (Italian, FAB2.32, 17-19.00)
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Languages & Careers 60 Midlands students attended language/culture tasters & alumni careers/employability talk with brilliant alumni Maria Dunkley Freelance Translator & Ella Hillyard Senior Consultant @deloitteinsights.bsky.social Amazing feedback & our Ambassadors Seun, Abi & Natalia were amazing!
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
#IPCITI2025 Intl PG Conf in Translation & Interpreting: happening at Warwick THIS WEEK!

📍 Online attendance for Dr Pauline Henry-Tierney's keynote "Translating Rape" is free and open to all

⏰ Thurs 13 Nov, 9.30-11

Register by Wednesday, 12 November

🔗 warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/mod...
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
TOMORROW 11 Nov, Dr Miriam Gordon, French, SMLC is talking about: 'Towards a Biblical Postcolonial Theory: Reflections from the French Caribbean', 5:30pm in OC1.07

This talk will explore the intersections between postcolonial theory, French Caribbean and the Bible. All welcome to attend!
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@warwicktranslation.bsky.social have had another busy week of events: a meeting of their PG/staff reading group and a talk by Ye Tian @universityofleeds.bsky.social about translation and the city. You can read more about their events here: tinyurl.com/39ch3e5j

#translation #china #research
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Second session of 'Falling Skies' seminar series, Weds 19 Nov, 5-6pm, FAB4.79 on EXTRACTION through Sammy Baloji’s documentary L’Arbre de l’authenticité [The Tree of Authenticity] and led by Pierre-Philippe Fraiture (SMLC)

Sign up tinyurl.com/yx5xvvvd

We hope to see many of you there!
November 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
SMLC research seminars are in full swing! After Kate Astbury's fascinating talk on Napoleonic theatre @100days1815.bsky.social, this last week has seen @stefanoserafini.bsky.social on the gothic in Italy and as we speak the first 'Falling Skies' seminar! Watch this space for more events coming soon!
October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
EUTOPIA Connected Community Francophonies brings together students for activities linked to Francophone language/culture. Warwick students learning French can take part in the ‘Enquête croisée sur la francophonie’

Sign up: forms.office.com/e/Bf2akeec7w

Deadline 31 Oct! @eutopiauni.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A wonderful outreach day @coventrycathedral.bsky.social for the 'Language Learners as Peacemakers' event. Many thanks to the staff and student ambassadors who gave up their time to help ❤️ Find more pics on our Instagram tinyurl.com/2475acm9 And why not give us a follow?
October 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Also happening tomorrow, Italian Studies' first seminar of the year: 'Darkest Italy: Modernity and the Gothic After Unification' with @stefanoserafini.bsky.social . Talk begins 17.00 in FAB4.73.
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
New seminar series run by Michela Coletta & Paola Sanges Ghetti: 'Falling Skies'. A cross-disciplinary series about eco-social catastrophes. Starts 29 October, 17.00, FAB4.78 with Dr Curie Virag (Philosophy) on the theme 'Human'.

#interdisciplinary #crossdisciplinary #human #seminar
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“Environmentalism without class struggle is gardening.” – Chico Mendes

Did you know Alison Ribeiro de Menezes from Hispanic Studies works with a theatre company? Their play 'UPROOTED' is at New Diorama Theatre in London until 25 October!

newdiorama.com/whats-on/upr... @newdiorama.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
NEW PUBLICATION: Andrea Klaus (@warwickuni.bsky.social) & Yuliia Lysanets (Poltava State Medical University, Ukraine) have published Essay Writing Skills in German and English as a Second or Further Language: A Practical Guide (Uni of Warwick Press, 2025).

tinyurl.com/a2y2jmm8 #german #essay #study
October 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Continuing their celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival on 3rd Oct., Warwick Language Centre students went to the mooncake making workshop at Panda Mami restaurant on campus after their presentation in the FAB. See more www.instagram.com/p/DPyX2bajPh...

#mooncake #china @warwickuni.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Members of the SMLC were very excited to participate in a joint interdisciplinary symposium with staff and PGRs from WashU this week @washu.edu

You can read more about the visit and our parternship here: warwick.ac.uk/global/news-...
October 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
COMING SOON! Kate Astbury: 'Napoleon, theatre and the Hundred Days', FAB6.02, 17.00, 15.10.25
"Napoleon’s return to power is an anomaly in theatre history. Scholars stop in 1814 or skip the Hundred Days. But it's a unique space to see the interplay of art and politics in Napoleonic theatre..."
October 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Great to welcome back our 2nd and Final year students last night! Always fun to have the students back on campus. Now down to the serious business of teaching and studying 💪📚📝
#work #study #languagelearning #warwickuni
October 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It was so lovely to welcome back our students returning from the Year Abroad and to hear all about their adventures!
Don’t forget the drinks reception this evening at 18.30, FAB Floor 4, for all 2nd and Final year students!
#welcomeweek #warwickuni #student #drink
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
t's Week 1! Remember to attend your module inductions, lectures & seminars this week.

There are social events for 2nd & Final Years:

- Monday 6: Welcome back from Year Abroad, 18.00-19.30, TRC

- Tuesday 7: Returning students drinks reception, 18.30-20.00, FAB Floor 4

See you there!
October 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival from the Language Centre! We welcomed students to nibble mooncakes (representing unity, completeness and good luck) and to hear their experiences of visits to China. Thanks to campus restaurant Panda Mami for the food and the mascot @warwickuni.bsky.social #welcomeweek
October 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
On 1 October the School Outreach team (Zhiqiong and Orla) along with our super ambassadors Selorm, Charlotte, Aimie and Daniella led 2 workshops for 60 students at Sidney Stringer Academy (Coventry): Chinese Calligraphy and an introduction to German as part of a "Language and Culture Day".
October 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM