UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

📢 Delighted to announce that my book, "Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020", is out!

Get your copy - or ask your library for one - here: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Film-Comedy-Spain

Thanks to everyone who supported me through this process!

#NewBook #FilmStudies

We are delighted to announce a new funding opportunity available to prospective PhD students starting in the academic year 25/26.

To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must first receive a full offer to our PhD programme.

All scholarship Terms & Conditions: bit.ly/SLCLFeeWaive...

Learn more about the scholarship opportunity: www.ucd.ie/slcl/study/s...

Learn more about the MA in Languages and Image Studies: hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_M...

Apply now for the UCD MA Languages Scholarship – open to students starting the MA in Languages and Image Studies this September 2025 at @ucddublin.bsky.social!

This is your chance to dive into an exciting, interdisciplinary programme and get financial support through #ucdslcl.

The UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics is currently recruiting for two positions:

👉Language Assistant in German (3-year post)

👉Language Assistant in Italian Studies (temporary specified-purpose post until approximately 29 May 2026)

Apply now: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo...

🚩Panel 1 of #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium - RED FLAG POLITICS - gets us right into the danger zone! Slaps vs slugs (Catherine Wheatley) @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social, Gentrification in rom-com drag (Harriet Idle), Creep time (Louis Bayman), Tradwife Toxicity (Matthew Hilborn) @ucddublin.bsky.social

#UCDSLCL and the Alliance Française de Dublin are delighted to welcome Professor Anne Cheng (Collège de France, Paris) to @ucddublin.bsky.social.

Event details below. No booking required – all are welcome!

The English Conversation Classes project won in the One UCD category! Started by Síofra Pierse & Charlie Stone, this initiative offers twice-weekly English lessons to UCD cleaning staff👏

Derval Conroy was recognised in the External Engagement category for the introduction and coordination of Language Support Workshops & Bootcamps for Leaving Cert students in French, Spanish, Italian & German 👏

We’re very proud to share that TWO amazing initiatives from our School have won @ucddublin.bsky.social Values in Action Awards this year! 👇

www.ucd.ie/engage/engag...

I’m happy to say that @ucdslcl.bsky.social is making our return to @eurovision.tv tonight. Follow the tag #SLCLEurovision for fun facts tonight, Thursday and Saturday for the Grand Final.

4. Mi querida cofradía (Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz, 2018) (with Erin K Hogan) Palomitas · Episode

🎙️ Following the conclave (and Conclave)? New #Palomitas digs into feminist farce "Mi querida cofradía" (Marta Díaz, 2018) - where a woman (shock horror!) is determined to win the election to lead her religious order... With expert Erin K Hogan!
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@ucdslcl.bsky.social @PTinIreland
Thank you, Portuguese Embassy, for the film showing of 'Sombras Brancas' last night at the Trap Door in UCD about the writer Cardoso Pires. Obrigada!

YouTube video by UCD Teaching & Learning Sherry Ishak - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces

Video: Sherry Ishak, Lektor in @ucdslcl.bsky.social talks about activities and support that can help your students benefit from active and collaborative learning spaces: youtu.be/bomaLZDYPQg

Read our new online resource: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...

To mark World Book Day | Día del Libro, the #UCDSLCL Spanish Department is hosting a special literary event in the UCD Village.

📅 23rd April 2025
📍 UCD Village
🕒 5pm

The celebration is open to everyone – come along and join us! #worldbookday #diadellibro

🔗 www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...

We are pleased to share the news that @maikanguyen.bsky.social successfully passed her VIVA 🎓

Her thesis, titled "Writing Home: Haiti and Vietnam in the Autofiction of Dany Laferrière and Anna Moï," was completed under the supervision of Prof Mary Gallagher.

Congratulations! 👏

Gender-Inclusive Approaches to Language Teaching

Had a great day in Dublin yesterday, discussing inclusivity in language teaching and learning with colleagues from @ucdslcl.bsky.social! Thank you very much for the invitation and your generous hospitality! www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand...

Full house at Trapdoor@UCD for this year's Arts & Humanities College Lecture!

Renowned journalist, author, and Irish Times contributor Lara Marlowe captivated the audience with her powerful and poignant talk on 'Ukraine’s Quest to Join the West'.

📣 Calling all Career Guidance Counsellors!

You're invited to the "Languages at UCD!" event on Tuesday, 29 April 2025, organised by UCD Languages for Life and supported by Languages Connect.

Register now: bit.ly/GC25SLCL

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The 2025 NUI Grant Scheme for Early Career Academics is now open for applications 🥳

➡️ Grants for NUI scholars to support the organisation of an international conference or symposium.

🗓️ Deadline: 30 May 2025

More information: www.nui.ie/awards/PostD...

Félicitations to @maikanguyen.bsky.social who passed her viva yesterday, speaking with great clarity and sensitivity about her doctoral thesis, 'Writing Home: Haiti and Vietnam in the Autofiction of Dany Laferrière and Anna Moï'. It was a pleasure and honour to examine the work. Bravo, Docteur!

Congratulations @maikanguyen.bsky.social!! 🥳

3. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006) (with Prof Sarah Wright & Dr Miguel García) Palomitas · Episode

Ep 3 of my podcast #Palomitas is out! Explore VOLVER (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006) with *2* world experts: @sarahwright.bsky.social (Professor, Royal Holloway University) and Dr Miguel García (Senior Lecturer, Bristol University). This was such a fun, edifying discussion! open.spotify.com/episode/5TUa...

Lara Marlowe: Ukraine’s Quest to Join the West The UCD College of Arts and Humanities Annual Lecture 2025.

The event is sold-out, add your name to the waitlist now
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Lara Marlowe on Ukraine’s struggle to join the West Journalist and Author Lara Marlowe, who will deliver the annual lecture to the arts and humanities faculty of University College Dublin on Wednesday evening, joined Pat on the show this morning.

Here’s a sneak peek of what’s in store this Wednesday evening! Acclaimed journalist Lara Marlowe joined 'The Pat Kenny Show' on Newstalk this morning to discuss the topic of this year's A&H College lecture.

Listen online: www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/lar...

The UCD Italian Society is welcoming Professor Paolo Acquaviva for a special talk on "Language and Identity." Join the talk in Theatre N1, Newman, on Monday, 31st March at 3pm.

We've had an incredible week of events, featuring the opening of 'Dante’s Inferno Reloaded' at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, a thought-provoking discussion with French writer and politician Azouz Begag, and a visit from Quebec poet Catherine Morency to #ucdslcl.

Leuven 2025

We had an amazing time taking 19 #UCDSLCL students on our biannual study trip to Leuven, with a visit to the @ec.europa.eu and a deep dive into European politics! 🎓

📖 Read more here: bit.ly/Leuven2025

#LeuvenTrip #Brussels #EuropeanCommission #StudyAbroad

Join us for a conversation with Catherine Morency at #ucdslcl.

All welcome. Free event - no registration.