Dr Saeed Talajooy gave BIPS 2019 Annual Lecture
On 25 November 2019, Dr Saeed Talajooy gave BIPS 2019 Annual Lecture entitled ‘The Depiction of the Intelligentsia in Early Twentieth-Century Iranian Drama’
School news
Creative writing competition
French department took part in a creative competition co-organised with the Universities of Napier and Edinburgh
30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
While out in Berlin, Tom Smith has been following the events in the run-up to the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989.
Chronicles in Stone
Victoria Donovan’s monograph Chronicles in Stone: Preservation, Patriotism and Identity in Northwest Russia has been published with Cornell University Press.
“Enthusiasm” exhibition
The “Enthusiasm” exhibition exploring historic migration from South Wales to Ukraine at the turn of the twentieth century is continuing its tour of Ukraine.
Lost detectives project
Claire Whitehead has been awarded £11,496 by the University’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fund for Stage 2 of her ‘Lost Detectives’ project.
Visit to Portland, Oregon
Seán Allan co-convened a series of panels on ‘Documenting socialism: East German perspectives on documentary film’ at the annual meeting of the German Studies Association in Portland, Oregon.
Prestigious £100k research prize awarded to world-leading academic
An expert in modern languages and comparative literature has been awarded a research prize worth £100,000 from the Leverhulme Trust.
New book by Dr Kirill Dmitriev
'Insatiable appetite: Food as cultural signifier in the Middle East and beyond', has been published with Brill in the series 'Islamic history and civilization', volume: 163.
Talk at the University of Cluj, Transylvania
Dr Gavin Bowd gave a talk on Franco-Romanian relations at a ceremony to mark the centenary of the French Department at the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Transylvania.