http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/ Latest news from the University of Bristol en-gb Thu, 23 May 2013 18:10:39 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Hannah.Blackman@bristol.ac.uk http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/web/terms-conditions.html 60 Search news archive by keyword news_text http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/news-results.html http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/57.html A University Teaching Fellowship has been awarded to Gloria Visintini from the School of Modern Languages. Fri, 10 May 2013 11:55:34 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/57.html All Modern Languages news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/56.html Dr Catherine O'Rawe of the Italian department has received an AHRC award of £690,000 for the project 'In Search of Italian Cinema Audiences in the 1940s and 1950s: Gender, Genre and National Identity'. Fri, 10 May 2013 09:29:11 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/56.html Department of Italian news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/54.html Final year Russian and French student, Nick Jones, was recently short-listed for the prestigious Academia Rossica Young Translators Award. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:10:51 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/54.html Department of Russian news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/53.html Dr Caroline Williams from the Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies to be the next President of the Society for Latin American Studies Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:44:17 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/53.html Department of HiPLA news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/52.html Professor Peter Trudgill recently gave a lecture on the importance, if any, of teaching grammar vs. teaching about grammar in schools. This lecture formed part of the collaborative project on 'Bristol - Language, Identity and Region in Past and Present' Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:58:47 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/52.html Department of German news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/51.html This year's annual 'Tertulia Fútbol' podcast was recorded as part of the Semana Cultural. The conversation, in Spanish, begins with discussion of the prospects for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League as well as many other issues relating to football in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:56:34 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/51.html Department of HiPLA news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/50.html On Thursday March 7th, Bristol doctoral student Erica Harrison joined the Czech Foreign Minister, Karel Schwarzenberg, and speakers from London and Prague to mark the sixty-fifth anniversary of the death of Jan Masaryk, the hugely popular Foreign Minister of the Czechoslovak government in exile in London during World War Two. Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:27:31 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/50.html Department of Russian news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/49.html Dr Ruth Glynn from the Department of Italian publishes book on 'Women, Terrorism and Trauma in Italian Culture' Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:21:46 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/49.html Department of Italian news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/48.html Dr Joanna Crow from the Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies publishes book on The Mapuche in Modern Chile: A Cultural History Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:01:39 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/48.html Department of HiPLA news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/47.html Robert Vilain awarded the English Goethe Society’s 2013 PEGS Prize for an outstanding article published in the journal last year Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:57:29 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/47.html Department of German news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/46.html 2012 marked not only the release of the Hollywood film of the stage musical 'Les Misérables' but also the 150th anniversary of the original novel's publication, generating a surge of interest amongst academics and the public alike. Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:37:41 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/46.html Department of French news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/45.html A three-month celebration of Latin American culture in Bristol, organised by the University of Bristol, begins onThursday 7 March with a week of artistic events open to the public. Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:29:52 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/45.html Department of HiPLA news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/44.html A new recording of English language versions of songs by Léo Ferré, made by a researcher, Dr Peter Hawkins at the University of Bristol, aims to brings the work of this famous chanson artist to a wider audience in the UK. Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:35:19 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/44.html Department of French news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/43.html As part of an EU-funded research project hosted by the German Department at the University of Bristol, we invite translations of extracts from some of Ernst Jünger’s travel writings. Attractive prizes will be awarded to FOUR winning entries, with one category limited to entries from current undergraduate students. The aim is to promote the study of Ernst Jünger’s works in English. The deadline for submission of entries is 1 July 2013. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:29:51 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/43.html Department of German news http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/42.html Dr Rowan Tomlinson, a lecturer in the Department of French was one of 30 women academics (out of 2000 applicants) selected to take part in a training day to present programmes on BBC TV and radio. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:00:51 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/news/2013/42.html Department of French news