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Our Researchers in the Media

07 Aug 2019

Our researchers have been very active discussing aspects of their research and interests across a range of media recently. Catch up online by following these links.

Prize-winning Student Video Announced

07 Aug 2019

The prize in this year's departmental student video competition goes to Renee Landell, who is studying for a PhD in Comparative Literature.

Video Competition

03 May 2019

Students - get creative and enter the SMLLC video competition this summer!

This Is Cuba: Documentary Photography after Fidel

11 Apr 2019

Exhibition, 29 April - 23 June 2019

Neil Gall Masterclasses at the Centre for Visual Cultures

22 Mar 2019

On Tuesday 19th March, the Centre for Visual Cultures welcomed internationally acclaimed British artist Neil Gall, who led two masterclasses on collage with students at Royal Holloway.

The Scott Moncrieff Prize 2018

15 Feb 2019

Dr Ruth Cruickshank was co-judge of the Scott Moncrieff Prize, one of seven prizes for literature in translation awarded at The British Library on 13 February 2019.

Antonioni: The Plurality of Artistic Vision

01 Feb 2019

Professor Giuliana Pieri discusses Antonioni at the BFI

Professor Eric Robertson on the cultural impact of the First World War in France

10 Dec 2018

Professor Eric Robertson was a recent guest on Resonance FM, a London radio station, to discuss the cultural impact of the First World War in France.

Professor Catherine Grant delivers the 2018 David Vilaseca Memorial Lecture

27 Nov 2018

Catherine Grant (Birkbeck) discusses the art of the video essay in the 2018 David Vilaseca Memorial Lecture

Dada's Women intervention at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

22 Nov 2018

On Saturday 24 November 2018 Dr Ruth Hemus and her creative team will occupy a grotto in the architectural installation 'Gathering' at the Hatton Gallery (24 October 2018 - 16 February 2019).

Professor Hannah Thompson discusses audio-descriptive football commentary in Bilbao

15 Nov 2018

Professor Thompson is an invited contributor to the third international conference of the Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFE), which is taking place in Bilbao, Spain (16-17 November, 2018)

Upcoming events in the School of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures

06 Feb 2018

You are warmly welcomed to our forthcoming research events at the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

Dr James Kent awarded AHRC funding for Cuban photography project

01 Dec 2017

Dr James Kent has been awarded funding through the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) flagship Open World Research Initiative (OWRI).

On motherhood: a new look at motherhood in literature and culture

27 Nov 2017

A new book from Dr Emily Jeremiah and Professor Abigail Lee Six from the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures explores the representation of motherhood in modern culture.

Motherhood in Literature and Culture

09 Nov 2017

A recent event at London's Freud Museum marked the launch of a collection of essays co-edited by the School's Dr Emily Jeremiah and Prof Abigail Lee Six.

Revolutionary artist on display at the Turner Contemporary

17 Oct 2017

The work of artist Jean Arp is being exhibited in the UK, thanks to the work of Eric Robertson, Professor of Modern French Literary and Visual Culture in the School of Modern Languages.

Innovative Sound Installation at the Donmar Warehouse

01 Jan 0001

Professor Hannah Thompson to act as consultant for innovative theatre installation
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