Academic vacancies in the School of Modern Languages
The School of Modern Languages at the University of St Andrews is recruiting for a number of academic vacancies
School news
The English Goethe Society prize for Andrew Cusack
Andrew Cusack has won the 2022 prize of the English Goethe Society for his article ‘Heinrich Laube's European Moment’
Darya Tsymbalyuk has been awarded the Principal's Medal
School's PhD graduate Darya Tsymbalyuk has been awarded the Principal’s Medal. This Medal is awarded to students who have displayed exceptional endeavour and achievement during their time at St Andrews.
AHRC-DFG grant for Bettina Bildhauer
Bettina Bildhauer has won an AHRC-DFG grant for project “The Seven Sages of Rome: editing and reappraising a forgotten premodern classic from global and gendered perspectives"
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.
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