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The Simon Gaunt Postgraduate Travel Grant The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.

Applications for this year's Simon Gaunt Postgraduate Travel Grant are now open. The closing date is 4th April 2025.

For more information about eligibility criteria and how to apply, see the link below:

www.sfs.ac.uk/funding/the-...

Malcolm Bowie Prize The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.

The call for nominations for the Malcom Bowie Prize, for the best article published in 2024 by an ECR in the broader discipline of French Studies, is now open and will close on 27 February 2025. 🖇️📚

For more information see the link below:

www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/malco...

YouTube video by SchAdvStudy Introduction to the MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders

Watch our video from @katiap.bsky.social introducing the MA 👇

"The MA draws upon expertise and resources from multiple world-class institutions. Collaboration with some of London’s most renowned museums and libraries offers you immersive learning opportunities"

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MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders This interdisciplinary MA brings together teaching and resources from several University of London federation members, offering a unique breadth of expertise.

Delighted to announce we have THREE bursaries available for our unique interdisciplinary degree.

'In today’s unevenly interconnected world, the need for comparative understanding of the movement of languages & people over time & space has never been more urgent'

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www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Touch and the book

Creative-critical curious? Also happening Tuesday evening at Senate House in London - ‘On Touch and the Book’ with Gill Partington and Adam Smyth - ies.sas.ac.uk/events/touch... @ies-sas.bsky.social

Trieste and the Levant

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Trieste and the Levant

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Do not miss!

We have open positions for postdoctoral researchers at Yale's Digital Ethics Center (https://dec.yale.edu/); please check!

A) Open areas of expertise:
postdocs.yale.edu/po...

B) Social data science:
postdocs.yale.edu/po...

image of SCILT (Scotland's National Centre for Languages) logo and Teachers of German in Scotland (TOGS) logo, consisting of Scottish and German flag colours in heart shape, with a network of people beneath and the date of the meeting: 25 Nov 2024 4.30 to 5.30pm

If you teach (or aspire to teach) German in primary or secondary education it's your last chance to register for our online network meeting on 25 November to share ideas and experiences to grow #German in Scotland's schools! Deadline 4pm tomorrow! loom.ly/xjkvCc4 #languageteaching

"The latest findings present both warning and opportunity: while secondary language learning faces significant challenges, Wales’s natural advantages in bilingual education and primary pupils’ enthusiasm for languages provide strong foundations for change"

How many more language degree programmes will be axed? Even with AI, or especially with AI, we need linguists. How many single or combined major language degrees are still being taught at UK universities? Monolingualism is detrimental to society.

There are three bursaries available and specially reserved to study on the new MA in 2025/6 - plus more funding opportunities at the following link: www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate.... Pls do spread the word!

Colourful pedestrianised street with flags hanging across from one side to the other

Our new MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders is now open for applications!

Taught by experts across the University of London in UCL, RHUL, KCL, QMUL, ULIP & ILCS, it delivers a unique interdisciplinary degree.

And 3 bursaries are available!

Find out more 👇

ilcs.sas.ac.uk/graduate-stu...

So here's a starter pack for languages, literatures, cultures and societies, very broadly defined.

If you'd like to be added or removed, comment below or send a message

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