We warmly welcome applications to @sta-modlangs.bsky.social for BA Postdoc Fellowships. More info here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu... Deadline 1 Sept.

Read the new article in Francosphères co-written by Elise Hugueny-Leger and Elodie Laugt! It's open access and available here: doi.org/10.3828/fran...

Congratulations to Laura Albertini and Damiano Benvegnu on their Golden Dandelion awards: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...

Congratulations to colleagues on their academic promotions: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...

Join François d’Adesky and our Nicki Hitchcott at
@royalsoced.bsky.social's Curious festival in Edinburgh on 9 September. Tickets are free. ‘Lost mothers of the Belgian empire’s mixed-race children’: rse.org.uk/event/lost-m...

Congratulations to Laura Albertini who has been awarded the University’s Golden Dandelion Prize for excellence in education for sustainable development, and Damiano Benvegnu who received a Golden Dandelion award commending the innovation of his sustainability teaching.

Congratulations to Nathalie Stummer who has been awarded an Advance HE Fellowship (FHEA).

Last week Julia Prest & disability-led Birds of Paradise Theatre Company workshoped a new adaptation of the 18th-century ableist opera, Le Cadi dupé by Monsigny & Lemonnier, prepared by Julia, Emily Kemp & students on the Translating French Opera module: boptheatre.co.uk

Lost mothers of the Belgian empire's mixed-race children Take part in this RSE event with François d'Adesky, as he discusses the impact of Belgian colonisation in Rwanda. Book now to join.

Delighted that @jdmcinally.bsky.social and I are taking our event with the wonderful François d’Adesky to Edinburgh on 9 September as part of @royalsoced.bsky.social’s ‘Curious’ festival. Tickets are free. @sta-modlangs.bsky.social
rse.org.uk/event/lost-m...

Warmest congratulations to our colleagues promoted this year, Ana Barazal Barreira to Lecturer, Colette Lawson to Senior Lecturer, and Claire Whitehead to Professor. 🥳🥳🥳
The photo is from this year's summer graduation!

RSE awards over £724K to boost Scotland’s vibrant research sector We are pleased to announce that 72 exceptional research projects were selected at the spring 2025 Research Awards open call.

Delighted to have won a @royalsoced.bsky.social collaborative award for the colonial métis project with @jdmcinally.bsky.social and Alice Karekezi @sta-modlangs.bsky.social
rse.org.uk/rse-awards-o...

Rethinking the Sixties with the international conference 'Tis Sixty Years Since' and Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Forum for Modern Languages Studies this week at Parliament Hall @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

12 July at Aura Space in Cairo Dr Areeg Ibrahim of Helwan University and our Dr Tiran Manucharyan organised a small symposium devoted to Egyptian women playwrights, joined by colleagues from Cairo and Helwan Universities.

Read about success in National Student Survey 2025 here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...

During the 34th International Conference on Virginia Woolf @SussexUni Dr Liliana Chavez Diaz (#Spanish) discussed tdiscussed #VirginiaWoolf & #VictoriaOcampo's transnational literary relationship & went to Monk’s House to confirm the South American butterflies🦋Ocampo gave to Woolf are still there!

We warmly welcome applications for BA early career postdoctoral fellowships in #Arabic, #Chinese, #French, #German, #Italian, #Persian, #Spanish, #Russian, and #CompLit.
Info on how to apply through @sta-modlangs.bsky.social available here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...

The inaugural issue of Arabic Linguistics (editors: Enam Al-Wer, Lina Choueiri, and Uri Horesh) is soon to be published. Stay tuned. @sta-modlangs.bsky.social

Congratulations to all our colleagues and students on excellent results in the National Student Survey 2025. Special congratulations to Arabic and Persian (#1 in UK 2nd year running), Russian (now #1 in UK), and CompLit (highest satisfaction score in the University at 95.1%).🎉🎉

Catastrophe and Beyond: Representations of Violence and Trauma in Modern Arabic Literature (16th EURAMAL Conference, @uniofstandrews.bsky.social). Don't miss the deadline 1 Sep 2025! www.fabula.org/actualites/1...

Join us in congratulating Dr Elise Hugueny-Léger, who was awarded a CELPiE travel award earlier this year. You can read the report of the conference which which Dr Hugueny-Léger attanded thanks to this award here: celpie.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/06/20/w...

Modern Languages celebrates Gisèle Pineau's honorary doctorate! Read here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...

Congratulations to Prof Nicki Hitchcott with the publication with Liverpool University Press of Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere, coedited with Dr Nsah Mala
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere | Home Nsah Mala (born Kenneth Nsah), PhD, is Researcher and Hub Coordinator for UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition at the University of Cologne. He is also affiliated with the School of International Futures (SOIF) and the Universities of Lancaster, Nottingham, and Lille.

Pleased to announce the publication with @livunipress.bsky.social of Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere, co-edited with Nsah Mala @sfps.bsky.social @sta-modlangs.bsky.social
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Our Elodie Laügt’s and Mark Robson’s translations of poems by this year’s Writer in Residence, Philippe Beck, alongside an interview with Beck, have now been published in CounterText. www.euppublishing.com/journal/count

Another great news. Our Dr Pauline Souleau’s proposal for a Vertically Integrated Project on ‘The French Digital Library’ has been approved. This is the first VIP in the School. 🎉🎉🎉

Commenting on being given an Honorary degree, novelist Gisèle Pineau added: 'I dedicate it to all those who have contributed to my journey, and to those who continue to fight for a more just and equitable society.' More here: news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-a...

Guadeloupean writer Gisèle Pineau was awarded an honorary doctorate at Tuesday graduation cermeny. Our Dr David Evans gave the laureation. You can read the laureation address here: graduation.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/laureat...

Congratulations to our Dr David Evans who has been appointed General Editor of the journal French Studies from January 2026. 👏👏👏

Congratulations to Prof. Derek Duncan for the grant from Historic Environment Scotland for his project, ‘Finding the Italian Presence in the Photographic Archive’.

A few photos from today's graduation ceremony. Please join us in congratulating our students who have graduated today!