King's Languages, Literatures and Cultures

International conference champions research on continental philosophy King’s hosted the Society for European Philosophy Annual Conference from 7-9 July, the largest annual gathering of academics working on continental philosophy.

💡 Professor Patrick ffrench @pffr.bsky.social and Dr Cillian Ó’Fathaigh from @kingsdllc.bsky.social organised the @sephilo.bsky.social Annual Conference at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social between 7-9 July, featuring contributions from 21 countries.

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Out of the Wings Festival 2025 Join Out of the Wings for its 10th-anniversary festival of UK-premiere play readings from Ibero-America.

🎭 Out of the Wings Festival is back for 2025!

Now in its 10th year, the festival celebrates Ibero-American playwriting with readings of plays from six different countries, all in English translation and in the UK for the first time 🎉

🔗 Find out more ⤵️
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'Multilingualism is seen as a problem' – valuing languages in university settings Speakers debated the possibility of achieving true multilingualism in universities at the latest Language Debates event on 23 June, hosted by Language Acts and Worldmaking.

🔤 'Not everyone is quite so enthusiastic about multilingualism as I am.'

Professors Terry Lamb and Jo Angouri put forward the case for promoting and valuing linguistic diversity in universities at a Language Debate, hosted by Language Acts and Worldmaking on 23 June 👇

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Departments initiate new research collaboration with Algerian universities Academics from King’s participated in a collective enterprise with the University of Blida 2 in Algeria on research and teaching in African and Caribbean literatures, with the promise of future collaborations.

🇩🇿 A visit to Algeria by academics from @kingsdllc.bsky.social & @kingsenglish.bsky.social marked the start of collaborations on languages and literatures between @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, @cam.ac.uk, the University of Virginia and the University of Blida 2.

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📢 Applications are now open for the 2025 BritishSpanish Society Scholarship!

For British and Spanish nationals pursuing postgraduate study in any field.

🗓️ Deadline: 20 June 2025
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Propaganda in action: photographs document legacy of US Cold War messaging in Brazil Visual media can play a dominant role in shaping our understanding of politics – sometimes without us even noticing. In this Spotlight on Arts & Humanities, Dr Daniel Mandur Thomaz, Senior Lecturer…

📽️ Has Cold War propaganda impacted politics in Brazil today?

In our latest Spotlight on Arts & Humanities, discover how Dr Daniel Mandur Thomaz has supported school children in Brazil to recognise how propaganda has shaped the country’s understanding of modern political messaging 🇧🇷

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Performance and the Futures of Translation What futures do acts of translation hold in a world in disarray?

🎭 What futures do acts of translation hold in a world in disarray?

Scholars & artists from theatre, literature & performance examine radical translations, worldmaking, postcolonial and disability justice in theatre translation, and poetics of performative resistance at this event ⬇️
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Dante in Japan: Ōe Kenzaburō reads and writes the Divine Comedy This talk examines Nobel laureate Ōe Kenzaburō’s relationship with Dante Alighieri as a prism shedding light into how a Japanese sensibility can engage with the Italian poet.

🇯🇵 On 11 June, @kingsdllc.bsky.social welcomes Dr Filippo Cervelli from @soasuni.bsky.social to deliver a talk on Nobel laureate Ōe Kenzaburō's relationship with Dante Alighieri as a prism shedding light into how a Japanese sensibility can engage with the Italian poet.

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Book Launch – Writing Sin in the German Lands 1050-1215: Confession, Penance and Textuality Dr Sarah Bowden launches her new book about how sin and atonement function as an impetus for textual production and formal, linguistic, and intellectual creativity.

To learn more, sign up to the book launch on 18 June, featuring @sarahbowdenkcl.bsky.social in conversation with Mark Chinca and Almut Suerbaum 🔽

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Medieval fascination with sin shaped German language and textual production The relationship between sin and creative literary production in the medieval era are revealed in a new book by Dr Sarah Bowden, Reader in German and Medieval Studies in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

✝️ In her new book, Dr @sarahbowdenkcl.bsky.social from @kingsdllc.bsky.social brings a new approach to German-language devotional writing by revealing how medieval interest in sin encouraged textual production and formal, linguistic & intellectual creativity.

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Language Debates: The Multilingual University What is the current place of multilingualism and plurilingualism in learning, teaching and research?

💡 What is the current place of multilingualism and plurilingualism in UK universities?

Discover how the multilingual university could look, behave and speak at this panel discussion with Professors Terry Lamb and Jo Angouri.

📆 23 June, 6pm
💻 Hybrid

🔗 Register here ⤵️
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Experimental performance responds to Woolf waxwork and writing Istanbul Queer Art Collective (IQAC) and Dr Lizzie Stewart, Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages, Culture and Society, performed an homage to the work of Virginia Woolf on 16 May.

🔊 'Hearing the polyphonic voicing of Woolf’s words echoing through the building foyer, and around the statue of Wax Virginia, was a mesmerising and unforgettable experience.'

Istanbul Queer Art Collective and Dr Lizzie Stewart performed extracts from Virginia Woolf's writing on 16 May 👇

Edward Burra – Ithell Colquhoun | Tate Britain

Tate Britain’s exhibition Edward Burra - Ithell Colquhoun opens on 13th June! They are looking for students to be photographed for an exclusive press view before it opens to the public.

📅 11th June, 08:45-10:30 
📍 Tate Britain

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Contact: press.office2@tate.org.uk by 9th June

The Blunder that Broke the Berlin Wall - ABC listen It's one of the most famous events of modern history, but what if the fall of the Berlin Wall began with a small slip up during a routine press conference? Guest: Dr Katrin Schreiter - Senior…

🇩🇪 What caused the fall of the Berlin wall? Dr @katrinschreiter.bsky.social asks whether it all began with a small slip up during a routine press conference in the 'No One Saw It Coming' podcast with @marcfennell.bsky.social.

🎧 Listen here ⤵️ @kingsdllc.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social

PhD student in Languages, Literatures and Cultures wins King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Mary Ann Vargas, PhD student in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, has been awarded a King’s Outstanding Thesis Prize 2025.

👏 Congratulations to Mary Ann Vargas, @kingsdllc.bsky.social PhD student‬, for winning a King's Outstanding Thesis Prize 2025 for her research on the intersection of British and Peruvian popular theatre and performance.

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📢 Congratulations to Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi for winning the #InternationalBooker2025 with Heart Lamp 👏

Discover what students from @kingsdllc.bsky.social thought of the winning book 👇
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Language Debates: The (Language) Ethics of Supervisory Practice The dynamics of the research student-supervisor relationship is the focus of recent work with topics including research independence, decentred doctoral pedagogy and decolonising doctoral supervision.

🔤 Does your research suffer because of your lack of language skills?

On 21 May, this Language Debate hosted by Language Acts and Worldmaking asks how multilingualism and pluralism influence the supervision of doctoral research and the research that is produced.

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Global Cultures Institute announces Fellows for 2025-26 Dr Sara Marzagora and Dr Reza Zia-Ebrahimi will be undertaking research fellowships with the Global Cultures Institute.

🎉 The Global Cultures Institute is delighted to announce two Fellows for 2025-26 – Dr @saramarzagora.bsky.social (@kingsdllc.bsky.social) and Dr @rezaziaebrahimi.bsky.social (@kingshistory.bsky.social).

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Students review novels shortlisted for International Booker Prize… Students from the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures review the texts shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025.

💭 Students from @kingsdllc.bsky.social have reviewed some of the novels shortlisted for the @thebookerprizes.bsky.social #InternationalBooker2025, exploring the impact of translation, narration and form in telling stories from around the globe.

Read their work on our website ⬇️

My Global Cultures MA dissertation: the exclusion of disabled people… People with disabilities are amongst the most vulnerable people in a humanitarian crisis. Even though international organisations often acknowledge the importance of including people with…

👩‍🦽 NGOs often say they offer humanitarian support to people of all abilities – but does it happen?

For her Global Cultures MA dissertation, Anna Fatholahzadeh explores how disabled people are excluded from receiving the assistance they need.

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Programme for the DLLC Postgraduate Conference

There’s still time — don’t forget to register!

📆 2nd May
📌 Bush House Lecture Theatre 1 (S)1.01

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Waxing Virginia As Wax Virginia prepares to leave the Virginia Woolf Building, Istanbul Queer Art Collective and Lizzie Stewart will wax poetic in an experimental performance in the building foyer.

✒️ As Wax Virginia by @eleanorcrook.bsky.social prepares to leave King's Virginia Woolf Building, Istanbul Queer Art Collective and Dr Lizzie Stewart will wax poetic in an experimental performance using quotes from Woolf's novels, diaries and letters.

🔗 Limited places available - register now ⤵️

Diaspora and Cultures of Migration Professor Kevin B. Anderson explores Marx’s Late Writings: Theories of revolutionary change and of alternatives to capitalism.

💡 Professor Kevin B. Anderson from @uofcalifornia.bsky.social explores the later writings of Karl Marx and his three theories of revolutionary change as alternatives to capitalism.

📆 8 May
⏰ 14:00-16:00
👋 Hosted by Dr @ncourtman.bsky.social from @kingsdllc.bsky.social

🔗 Register here ⬇️

Counting down the days to our Postgraduate Conference, hosted by @kingsdllc.bsky.social on 2 May. Join us to celebrate postgraduate research in the Arts and Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social. Register by 30 April here: www.tickettailor.com/events/depar...

Educators' Workshop Three: Making Assessment Fit For Purpose We will explore different aspects of what role assessment plays in language learning, as well as focusing on practical questions about designing assessment.

🔤 Are you a language educator at a school or college? Join this free hybrid workshop on rethinking assessment in language learning on 29 April, hosted by @kingsdllc.bsky.social.

🔗 Register here ⤵️

Student photography competition challenges concept of British nation Comparative Literature BA students captured images representing different perspectives on the British nation for a photography competition.

📸 Dr @saramarzagora.bsky.social from @kingsdllc.bsky.social challenged her students to take photographs around London to show different perspectives on the British nation and its colonial past.

Explore their work 👇

Join us for a one-day interdisciplinary postgraduate conference hosted by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures!

Friday 2 May 2025
📍 Bush House Lecture Theatre 1 (S)1.01, Strand Campus, King’s College London

More info ⬇️

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Film Launch: 'A Arte da Diplomacia' Please join Dr Andreza Aruska and Dr Daniel Mandur in this conversation with the Film Director Zeca Brito.

🇧🇷 Join us for the launch of A Arte da Diplomacia (The Art of Diplomacy), a documentary about the first exhibition of Brazilian Modernism at the Royal Academy of Arts and its role in Brazil's soft power campaign during World War II.

📆 9 April
🕰️ 2pm-4pm
🗣️ With English subtitles

🔗 Sign-up here ⬇️

Join us for the launch of the Spring editions of our four student magazines!

Languages, Literatures and Cultures research student reaches final of 3MT Oliver Roughton, PhD student in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, is a finalist of King’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

🤞 PhD student Oliver Roughton (@kingsdllc.bsky.social) is in the final of King's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition today at 4pm.

His research explores contributions on the nature of language by Johann Georg Hamann and Johann Gottfriend Herder.

🔗 Watch the final online ⤵️