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Read more at: Escape from Colditz - an exhibition of works by Annette Schröter Papercuts, Collage and Installation
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Escape from Colditz - an exhibition of works by Annette Schröter Papercuts, Collage and Installation

Papercuts, Collage and Installation 25 October 2025 – 9 January 2026 Robert Cripps Gallery, Magdalene College, Ƶ We are delighted to announce Escape from Colditz , an exhibition of works by Leipzig-based artist Annette Schröter, co-curated by Professor Silke Mentchen (Magdalene College, University of...


Read more at: Année haïtienne: Celebrating Haiti at MMLL
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Année haïtienne: Celebrating Haiti at MMLL

This year, the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics (MMLL) and the French Section are celebrating Haiti. Our Année haïtienne pays tribute to the literature, culture, and thought through which the nation of Haiti continues to dream itself into being. Haitian literature emerged with independence in 1804...


Read more at: Romanian at Ƶ: new Lectorate launches Open Courses in language and culture
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Romanian at Ƶ: new Lectorate launches Open Courses in language and culture

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics (MMLL) is delighted to announce the institution of a Romanian Lectorate at the Ƶ. The Lectorate will offer Open Courses in Romanian language and a programme of cultural events open to all members of the University. In October 2025 the...


Read more at: Masterclass: “Hail Mary: Motherhood on Page and Screen”
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Masterclass: “Hail Mary: Motherhood on Page and Screen”

Date: Friday 31 October 2025, 17:00–18:30 Location: Peterhouse, Lubbock Theatre Followed by: Drinks reception Join author and academic Katixa Agirre and members of the Leading Women project team for a masterclass exploring motherhood in contemporary Spanish literature and film. The masterclass follows double-bill...


Read more at: Ƶ Film Festival Double-Bill Screening
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Ƶ Film Festival Double-Bill Screening

Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm Ƶ Arts Picturehouse As part of the Ƶ Film Festival, there will be a special double screening of: Salve María (Mar Coll, 2024; Catalan/Spanish with English subtitles) Carmen of Carabanchel (Cecilia Bartolomé, 1965; Spanish with English subtitles) The event will be followed by a Q...


Read more at: Emma Claussen selected as Member of the Institute for Advanced Study
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Emma Claussen selected as Member of the Institute for Advanced Study

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics is delighted to share the news that Dr Emma Claussen, Fellow of Trinity College and Trinity Assistant Professor in French, has been selected as a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton for the 2025–26 academic year and will join for the...


Read more at: Slavonic Studies presents the "Freedom" Speaker Series 2025-26

Slavonic Studies presents the "Freedom" Speaker Series 2025-26

We warmly invite you to attend the Slavonic Studies/CamCCEEES joint 2025-26 Speaker Series, which is dedicated to the subject of Freedom The talks will take place in Michaelmas and Lent Terms on Thursdays from 5:30pm in the Knox Shaw Room in Sidney Sussex College 30 October 2025 “Surrogates of Freedom: Authoritarian...


Read more at: The Annual Ƶ Festival of Ukrainian Film
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The Annual Ƶ Festival of Ukrainian Film

Launched in 2008, the Annual Ƶ Festival of Ukrainian Film showcases the best of Ukrainian cinema as well as international documentary features about Ukraine.


Read more at: The Annual Ƶ Stasiuk Lecture in Contemporary Ukrainian Studies
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The Annual Ƶ Stasiuk Lecture in Contemporary Ukrainian Studies

Initiated in 2003 with the kind support of the Stasiuk Programme at the University of Alberta , the Annual Stasiuk Lecture in Contemporary Ukrainian Studies explores the internal dynamics and international implications of events in today's Ukraine and features the foremost experts in the fields of Ukrainian politics, history, and society.


Read more at: The Annual Ƶ Vsesvit Evening
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The Annual Ƶ Vsesvit Evening

The Annual Ƶ Vsesvit Evening was begun in 2011 to celebrate the art of literary translation and the mission of the journal Vsesvit ( The Universe ) , the oldest active literary journal in Ukraine. Founded in 1925 by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Vasyl' Blakytnyi, and Mykola Khvyl'ovyi, the journal has translated over 4,000 works from 98 literatures of the world into the Ukrainian language.


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The Slavonic Studies Section presents the 'Translation Speaker Series' 2024-25

16 October 2024

We warmly invite you to attend the Slavonic Studies/CamCCEEES joint 2024-25 Speaker Series, which is dedicated to the subject of Translation In conceptualising this lecture series, we conceived of 'translation' in the broadest of terms. That is, not just as the translation of words or texts from one language into another...

Rory Finnin Wins Two ASEEES Book Prizes

21 September 2023

We are delighted to share that Professor Rory Finnin has been awarded two prestigious prizes by the Association for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) for his book Blood of Others: Stalin's Crimean Atrocity and the Poetics of Solidarity (University of Toronto Press, 2022). These ASEEES prizes follow on from two other awards for Blood of Others announced earlier this year.