Bettina Bildhauer on BBC Radio 4
Sarah Bowden (KCL), Mark Chinca (Cambridge) and Bettina Bildhauer spoke with host Melvyn Bragg about The Nibelungenlied, a twelfth-century German epic full of blood, violence, fantasy and bleakness.
School news
Vahid Davar Galati wins the Jafar and Shokoh Farzaneh prize for best article on Persian literature
School of Modern Languages wishes to congratulate Vahid Davar Galati, who has won Jafar and Shokoh Farzaneh prize for best article on Persian literature
New book by Élise Hugueny-Léger
Many congratulations to Élise Hugueny-Léger from the Department of French on the publication of her monograph on French autofiction.
Award for Abdulrahman Alsayed from the Alan Turing Institute
The School of Modern Languages warmly congratulates Abdulrahman A. A. Alsayed, PhD candidate in Language and Linguistics, on his Turing Community Enrichment Award from the Alan Turing Institute in London
Professor Will Fowler made member of the Mexican Academy of History
Professor Will Fowler gives his inaugural lecture as an international member of the Mexican Academy of History
Prize for Matthias Beckonert
Matthias Beckonert's essay wins second prize in Arthur Terry Postgraduate Essay Competition
Christian Kracht visiting School of Modern Languages
The German Department is delighted to welcome the author Christian Kracht to the School of Modern Languages this semester.
Number one in the UK for Spanish in Times Guide
The School of Modern Languages has been ranked number one in the UK for Spanish in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023
Seán Allan's collaboration with DEFA Film Library
Many congratulations to Prof Sean Allen from on his collaboration with DEFA Film Library to share his expert knowledge on films from the GDR.
Eleni Kefala's book wins the 2022 Edmund Keeley Prize
Eleni Kefala's book, "The Conquered: Byzantium and America on the Cusp of Modernity", is the winner of the 2022 Edmund Keeley Prize.