M. Christophe Girard lectures on "Culture and Conservatives: a French Case Study"

Tuesday 16 November 2010

Elected in 2007, President Nicolas Sarkozy has launched controversial reforms of French social, political and economic institutions. What is his agenda? How is he attempting to apply it? What will be the effects? Who is reacting and how? In a series of public lectures hosted by the University of St Andrews and entitled “Understanding Sarkozy’s France”, visiting speakers address different aspects of contemporary France, helping us to see what is really new about the Sarkozy years.

Prof Milne: bookworm not beachbum

Wednesday 20 October 2010

It’s tough, I assure you, and I do it only because I’m a dedicated professional academic. Colleagues who frequent archives in Lille or Mulhouse have no idea how lucky they are, nor can they imagine how I suffer. Yet every time I mention my research trips to the French Caribbean, envy and scepticism rain down upon me. From the steamy shade of my Martinican hotel terrace, with a languid electric fan gently circulating the aroma of a nearby drain, let me tell you the truth of the matter...

Twenty-First Century European Literature: Mapping New Trends

Tuesday 14 September 2010

International Conference at St Andrews
(15 - 17 September 2010)

This international conference hosted by the School of Modern Languages brings together eighty speakers from fourteen countries and five continents. These scholars cover the fields of French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and UK contemporary literatures in a series of inter-disciplinary panels to explore some of the convergences, divergences and cross-fertilisations in European literature today.

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modlangs/events/europeanliterature/
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modlangs/Research/Centresandinstitutes/

New Alumni Webpages

Wednesday 06 October 2010

The School of Modern Languages has today launched its alumni webpages. They help to foster the relationship between our alumni, individual departments and the School. This section of our website covers a wide range of topics, such as the School as a learning community extending beyond graduation, shared memories and giving to the School. In the careers section, current undergraduates will find insight into the things St Andrews Modern Languages graduates do with their lives.

Anthony Lodge is awarded the Prix Dauzat

Sunday 12 September 2010

Anthony Lodge, Emeritus professor of French language and linguistics in the SoML, was awarded the Prix Dauzat by the Societa di Linguistica i Filologica Romaniques at its triennial congress in Valencia (Spain) in September 2010, in recognition of paradigm-shifting work on the historical development of two Romance languages - French and Occitan. This is the first time in the 80-year history of the Society that the Dauzat Prize has been awarded to a researcher from the UK. Read the full story

Lectura Dantis Andreapolitana: next meeting 8th October 2010

Thursday 30 September 2010

The 4th meeting of the LDA continues the series with a day of readings and lectures on the next four cantos, XII-XV, of Dante’s Inferno. Prof. Andrea Mazzucchi (Naples), Dr Claudia Rossignoli (St Andrews), Dr Nicola Gardini (Oxford), and Prof. Corrado Calenda (Naples) will read and comment on Cantos XII to XV of the Inferno. The day ends with a round table discussion of questions from the audience, chaired by Dr Robert Wilson (St Andrews). As always, the lectures are open to all and entry is free. Those unable to make all lectures are very welcome to attend what they can. Read the full story

New Fontane translations

Thursday 30 September 2010

Professor Helen Chambers and her husband Hugh Rorrison have published a new translation of Theodor Fontane's novel
'Unwiederbringlich' as 'No Way Back'. Fontane is the foremost German realist writer of the nineteenth century and is extensively taught at St Andrews and in other universities.

Recent Research Highlights

Wednesday 29 September 2010

Henriette Partzsch, Eleni Kefala and Gavin Bowd tell about their recent research activity. Read the full story