Events from the last 12 months

Date: 20/03/2019
Location:: Highfield House A02
Description: As more countries become 'nations of immigration' what are the obligations and limits of linguistic accommodation?

Date: 10/04/2019
Location:: Highfield House A02
Description: This year marks the centenary of the inclusion of language as a human right in international treaties. Has this been an effective approach to linguistic inequalities?

Date: 15/04/2019
Location:: Highfield House A02
Description: With the Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (Council of Europe, 1992) Although Europe appears to be a leader in linguistic equality, why do many inequalities remain?

Date: 13/03/2019
Location:: Teaching and Learning Building D13
Description: Simple words, such as the conjunction 'and' and the negative adverb 'never', are revealed, through the comparison of multiple translations of a single work, to be quite complex.

Date: 12 - 13/07/2018
Location:: Jubilee Conference Centre
Description: Keynote speakers are Bernadette Holmes MBE, Director of Speak to the Future, the National Campaign for Languages, and Dr John Morley, Chair of the Association of University Language Centres and UNILANG Steering Committee. ?

Date: 20/06/2018
Location:: Hallward Library Screening Room
Description: ?Introduction by Dr John Marks Associate Professor in French and Francophone Studies Faculty of Arts

Date: 23/05/2018
Location:: A30 Lakeside Arts
Description: Contemplation and the love of friends: the Christian neoplatonism of Francoisco de Aldana, Professor Terence O'Reilly (Professsor Emeritus, University College, Cork)

Date: 10/05/2018
Location:: Trent Building CLAS Student Space Meeting Room 2
Description: ?Use this opportunity to take a look at original German school books from the Third Reich! Learn about the portrayal of history for German pupils during the Third Reich and the importance of objectivity. It won't be a problem if you're not fluent in German, as there will be explanatory texts next to the original textbooks. There are also English textbooks. There are also English text books for learners of German, that where published around the same time and deal with the topic of the Third Reich.

Date: 10/05/2018
Location:: Djanolgy Theatre
Description: ?Dr Rachel Palfreyman, Associate Professor in German Studies, discusses how fairy tales have been interpreted, ranging from their exploitation for political purposes to Bettelheim's orthodox and much-criticised Freudian approach - and how readers brush ideology aside to return to the stories again and again.

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