News
SLLF student nominated for BAFTA EE Rising Star Award
1 April 2021
First year BA Film Studies student, Conrad Khan, talks to us about his experiences studying at Queen Mary and being nominated for a BAFTA.
'IntranQu’îllités' (producer Kasia Mika): UK domestic film premiere
25 September 2020
Linnaea Stockall receives ESRC grant
24 September 2020
Our very own Linnaea Stockal received an ESRC grant for her Systematicity and Variation in Word Structure Processing Across Languages: a Neuro-Typology approach (SAVANT). The project brings together a global team of rearchers to explore how speakers detect, recognise and interpret constituent pieces of complex words. For more information consult this webpage.
UG student wins LAGB prize
15 September 2020
Professor Galin Tihanov invited to deliver keynote address at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University
9 September 2020
Professor Galin Tihanov will deliver a key-note address, 'Exilic Inscriptions: Mobility and the Resistance to Theory' at the launch of a new research project on exile and migration hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University.
Friday 11th September, 2020 at 12:00pm Eastern Time (US), Online
For further details and to register, please follow this link: https://u.osu.edu/redmigrations/
Elvis Coimbra-Gomes publishes article
8 September 2020
Stamatina Katsiveli publishes article
2 September 2020
Devyani Sharma on Radio 4
31 August 2020
Linnaea Stockall promoted
31 August 2020
Decolonising our curriculum
19 June 2020
Staff and students of the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film recently collaborated in drafting our statement on Black Lives Matter, where we committed to certain actions to address structural racism in our academic practices. Amongst our commitments, we agreed that we would further develop our curriculum in terms of the histories, cultures and perspectives of people of colour and ethnic minorities.
PhD Studentship in Catalan Studies
11 June 2020
Balearic Islands Doctoral Studentship in Catalan Studies
The Centre for Catalan Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, invites applications for a Doctoral Studentship in any aspect of Catalan Studies.
Black Lives Matter
5 June 2020
The staff and students of QMUL’s School of Languages, Linguistics and Film are horrified by the police killings in the United States of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
Remembering Lynn Ingamells
2 June 2020
We have received the sad news that Lynn Ingamells, a pivotal member of the Hispanic Studies Department of Queen Mary from 1958 to 1994, has passed away at the age of 84.
MRes student, Célia Richy, publishes first article
13 April 2020
Successful viva voce: Tom Rausch
3 April 2020
Successful viva voce: Maame Nikabs
20 March 2020
Congratulations to Weronika Fernando
28 February 2020
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Weronika Fernando has accepted the offer of the post of Lecturer and Programme Convenor (insessional) to replace Alan Hart. Congratualtions!
Colorintech Immersion Programme
28 February 2020
The Colorintech Immersion Programme is now recruiting HSS UG students from underrepresented backgrounds to tech hubs across the world to explore what it is like to enter and thrive in the innovation economy. Follow the link to apply:
https://qmul.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/hss-colorintech-usa-immersion-programme-application-form-2-2
Elvis Coimbra-Gomes presents research to OCD specialists
24 February 2020
Tom Rausch publishes in Translation and Interpreting Studies
13 February 2020
Daniel Harbour presenting at the University of Cambridge
10 February 2020
Yanhe Dance Workshop, Thursday 13th February 2020
5 February 2020
Yanhe Dance Workshop
Venue: Active Studio, Qmotion Sport and Fitness Centre, 15 Godward Square London E1 4FZ
Date: Thursday 13th February 2020
Time: 12.30-2.00pm
Pietro Baggio publishes in Linguistic Inquiry
5 February 2020
Staff's new publications
1 February 2020
Kathleen McCarthy receives QMUL HSS Collaboration fund
30 January 2020
Kathleen McCarthy published in "Scientific Reports"
30 January 2020
Remembering Trevor Dadson
30 January 2020
We have received the very sad news that Trevor Dadson, Emeritus Professor of Hispanic Studies and former Vice Principal for Humanities and Social Sciences, has passed away at the age of 72.
Matthew Hunt receives grant from Gorilla©
29 January 2020
Devyani Sharma in the Media
13 January 2020
David Adger in a Podcast
13 January 2020
David Adger awarded Leverhulme Fellowship
11 December 2019
Linguistics Student creates IPA scrabble
9 December 2019
Adrian Yip co-organises "Media and the Hong Kong Protests"
9 December 2019
Last Friday, 6th December, took place the exhibition "Media and the Hong Kong Protests" in the octagon in Queen's Building.
Jenny Cheshire publishes in Journal of Sociolinguistics
5 December 2019
Devyani Sharma publishes in The Conversation
26 November 2019
Chinese Painting Workshop 13th November
11 November 2019
Chinese Painting Workshop
Venue: Bancroft Building 1.01.1
Date: Wednesday 13th November
Time: 6.30pm
Table Tennis Tournament- Thursday 7th November 2019
29 October 2019
The QMUL Confucius Institute and the QMUL Table Tennis Club will be hosting our third table tennis tournament on Thursday 7th November 2019
Chinese Language Exchange
29 October 2019
Date:Thursday 31st Oct
Time: 18:30 - 20:30 pm
Venue: Ground Floor Foyer, Law’s Building QMUL E1 4FQ
Successful viva voce: Christian Ilbury
25 October 2019
Reconfiguring Relationships: Britain and the Bauhaus
17 October 2019
A one-day research workshop at Tate Britain, co-organised by Emilie Oléron Evans, explores the material, textual, and historiographical legacies of the Bauhaus
Prof. David Adger presents publicly his new book
4 October 2019
On 24 October at Libreria Bookshop, David will have a conversation with the Economist's Lane Greene about his new book "Language Unlimited".
Seminar delivered at the University of Roehampton by one of our PhD students
2 October 2019
PhD student, Matthew Hunt, led a seminar at the University of Roehampton on his research on swearing.
David Adger at Libreria Bookshop (24 October)
26 September 2019
Rüdiger Görner interviewed by Deutschlandfunk
25 September 2019
Prof. Görner (German) on Brexit, an interview with national radio broadcaster Deutschlandfunk.
Staff members receive promotion
24 September 2019
We would like to congratulate our dear colleagues for their success.
Grant success for QM Linguists
16 September 2019
Coppe van Urk, Luisa Martí and Adam Chong have all recently been awarded BA/Leverhulme Small Research grants.
Dr. Linnaea Stockall publishes in "Frontiers in Psychology"
15 September 2019
Linnaea collaborated with Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga and Napoleon Katsos on a project that assessed how children learn to make generalisations about new information.
Successful viva voce: Nate Young
6 September 2019
Beijing Opera Workshop (Qiu) Thursday 3rd October
4 September 2019
Beijing Opera Workshop (Qiu)
Date: Thursday 3rd October
Venue: Senior Common Room, Queens' Building, Mile End campus
Time: 6.00pm
More details to follow...
Wing Chun Workshop
16 August 2019
Date: Friday 4th October
Time: 6.30pm-8.30pm
Venue: Q-Motion, Mile End, London E1 4NS
Price: FREE
Chinese Tea Arts, Calligraphy Workshop, Tuesday 1st October
24 July 2019
Chinese Tea Arts and Calligraphy Workshop
Venue: Bancroft Building 3.26
Date: Tuesday 1st October
Time: 6.00pm
Chinese Movie Night, Wednesday 25th September
24 July 2019
Movie Title: Monster Hunt
Date: Wednesday 25th September
Venue: ArtsOne Building Hitchcock Cinema, Mile End Campus
Time: 6.15pm
Price: FREE
Ilbury publishes in Journal of Sociolinguistics
18 July 2019
UKLVC12 programme
24 June 2019
LAGB programme
17 May 2019
New MA Bursary in Comparative Literature with French at QMUL's School of Linguistics, Languages and Film
10 May 2019
The School of Languages, Linguistics and Film at Queen Mary, University of London is happy to announce the Jill Forbes MA Bursary for students in Comparative Literature with French.
QMUL faculty convene British Academy event
9 May 2019
PhD awarded: Shivonne Gates
30 April 2019
IGALA11 call for papers
24 April 2019
QMUL students host and present ULAB 2019
15 April 2019
Book launch at the House of Lords.
5 April 2019
PhD awarded: Zoe Adams
31 March 2019
PhD awarded: Danniella Samos
31 March 2019
This year the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture welcomed Professor Rebecca L. Walkowitz (Rutgers University) for the George Steiner Lecture.
Creative Industries Masterclass
6 March 2019
Centre for Film and Ethics Salon
4 March 2019
Ash Devasundaram's book launch
4 March 2019
The launch of Ash Devasundaram's book Indian Cinema Beyond Bollywood: The New Independent Cinema Revolution (Routledge, 2018) will take place at the House of Lords at 3 pm on 3rd April 2019, as part of the 21st UK Asian Film Festival.
Movies, Memories, Magic Screening in Johannesburg
20 February 2019
Undergraduate Julia Skrobol presents in Cyprus
18 February 2019
Centre for Film and Ethics Annual Lecture
12 February 2019
Film Screening of A Northern Soul (2018)
11 February 2019
Please Don't Beat Me, Sir! - Film Screening & discussion
7 February 2019
Centre for Film and Ethics Salon
16 January 2019
QMUL linguists in the media
10 January 2019
UK-South Africa workshop on Urban Lives
7 January 2019
Applications are open for the BFI Young Curators Lab
7 January 2019
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships
4 January 2019
Please note that Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship deadlines, for the school, have now closed
PhD awarded: Mohammad Alhailawani
31 December 2018
PhD awarded: Melisa Rinaldi
31 December 2018
QMUL at Semantics and Philosophy
20 December 2018
David Adger's talkative term
14 December 2018
Ashvin Devasundaram presents at Postproduction Film Seminar
13 December 2018
Successful viva voce: Zoe Adams
30 November 2018
Kathleen McCarthy wins community engagement award
28 November 2018
Successful viva voce: Mohammad Alhailawani
26 November 2018
Successful viva voce: Danniella Samos
19 November 2018
Free screening of Calais Children: A Case to Answer
15 November 2018
Steven Eastwood’s film Island (2017) screening dates
15 November 2018
Lucy Bolton discusses the ethics of humour
15 November 2018
Steven Eastwood’s film Island in competition for best documentary
15 November 2018
Lucy Bolton speaks about Iris Murdoch
15 November 2018
Lucy Bolton in discussion at Philosophical Screens at the BFI
15 November 2018
Adam Plummer presents at Postproduction Film Seminar
15 November 2018
A screening of the documentary ‘Many Months in Mirya’ by Renu Savant
15 November 2018
London Screen Studies Group Research Training Day at Kings
15 November 2018
17 November: London Screen Studies Group Research Training Day at Kings (University of London). Lucy Bolton and Lisa Duffy will be chairing sessions at this day-long event for doctoral students.
Film Department Careers Event
12 November 2018
An afternoon devoted to careers and the celebration of work by current film students and alumni.
Thursday, Nov 22, 2018, 12-7.30pm
12-3pm, ALT, Arts 1, Careers workshop
3-5.30pm, G.18, Arts 1, Equipment demo
3-5.15pm, FADS, Arts 2, Film practice show-reel
5.30-6.30pm, FADS, Arts 2, Alumni Q&A
6.30-7.30pm, FADS, Arts 2, Drinks reception
Please sign up at: https://tinyurl.com/y744gvl8
Elango Kumaran at Multiple Agreement across Domains 2018
9 November 2018
Third seminar: ‘Red Books and Russian Agents: Behind the Scenes at Penguin's Russian Classics’ (Dr Cathy McAteer)
9 November 2018
This paper examines Penguin’s twentieth-century re-launch of the nineteenth-century Russian literary canon. Drawing on previously untapped archival material (letters, memos, readers’ reports, reviews, adverts), this paper reveals a previously undisclosed ‘behind-the-scenes’ look at Russian-English literary translation in the mid-twentieth century. It offers new insight into Penguin Classics luminaries: Penguin founder Allen Lane, the editors EV Rieu and ASB Glover, and the early translators Elisaveta Fen, David Magarshack and Rosemary Edmonds, whose work also enjoyed frequent airings on national stage and in BBC Third Programme broadcasts. I will examine how these agents pooled their expertise and abilities to bring an accessible form of Russian literature to the mass lay reader. I will be drawing on archive- and text-based materials – a micro-historical approach, as advocated by Jeremy Munday – to explain how translators’ personal/professional backgrounds shaped their translation practice and, in doing so, determined the Anglophone reception of classic Russian literature for almost half a century.
Dr. Ashvin Devasundaram to introduce a special screening of 'Lipstick Under My Burkha'
1 November 2018
Dr. Ash Devasundaram will be introducing a special screening of the Indian Indie film Lipstick Under My Burkha followed by Q&A at the Portsmouth Film Society on 6th November.
Dr. Ash Devasundaram to give talk at University of Southampton
1 November 2018
Dr. Ashvin Devasundaram is giving a talk at the University of Southampton on 13th November.
The Rise of New Indian Indies: Torchbearers of an Indian Cinema Revolution
Ash Devasundaram's new book out now
1 November 2018
Film Studies lecturer Dr. Ash Devasundaram's new edited volume is out now:
Indian Cinema Beyond Bollywood: The New Independent Cinema Revolution
Second seminar: 'Unfriendly Comparison: Antagonism in China-India Literary Relations' (Dr Adhira Mangalagiri)
22 October 2018
Comparative Literature excels at studying connection, dialogue, exchange, translation, and other positively-valued modes of relation. In contrast, this paper questions whether the method of comparison can be harnessed to study “unfriendly” relations such as hostility, tensions, anxieties, and the absence of dialogue and exchange. I explore this question through the case of twentieth-century China-India literary relations. Reading Chinese and Hindi texts, I consider how comparative methods can sustain and apprehend antagonism on its own terms instead of aiming to resolve or erase conflict.
QMUL at NWAV47
22 October 2018
Successful viva voce: Melisa Rinaldi
15 October 2018
QMUL linguists publish in PWPL
11 October 2018
The new volume of Penn Working Papers in Linguistics is out, featuring four of our very own linguists!
Prof Tihanov convenes DFG symposium 'Comparative World Literatures'
8 October 2018
Professor Galin Tihanov is invited convenor (with Professor Dieter Lamping) of a major international conference on world literature sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 8-13 October.
Prof Tihanov to deliver keynote address at the international conference 'Revisiting Cosmopolitanism'
8 October 2018
Galin Tihanov, George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature, has been invited to deliver a keynote address at the Twenty First International Conference of the Forum on Contemporary Theory (FCT), in India. Other speakers include Homi Bhabha (Harvard) and Bruce Robbins (Columbia).
Former UG, Sarah Asinari, begins PhD at UConn
1 October 2018
Dr. Anat Pick was a guest on the latest episode of Knowing Animals
1 October 2018
Dr. Anat Pick shared insights into her latest research on the podcast. The episode can be heard here.
QMUL and UCL to host Sinn und Bedeutung 25
28 September 2018
Multifaceted cinema screening events for 'Movies, Memories, Magic'
25 September 2018
Dr. Ashvin Devasundaram, in conjunction with the UK Asian Film Festival, is crowdfunding for CrossCurrentz, which will bespoke events into screenings of his documentary.
PhD student Melanie Xang-Er Tang awarded Arthur Terry Postgraduate Essay Prize
23 September 2018
We are pleased to announce that Melanie Xang-Er Tang, PhD student in the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture, has won the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA)'s annual prize for an essay on any aspect of comparative literature.
Chong publishes in Infancy
21 September 2018
MLC welcomes Russian filmmaker Sergei Kachkin
21 September 2018
On Wednesday 17 October, The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, QMUL, will be screening Perm 36. Reflexion. A documentary film by Sergei Kachkin (7pm, Arts One, G.19 The Hitchcock Theatre). Sergei Kachkin will be in attendance and give a Q&A about the film, following the screening.
All welcome.
Comparative Literature Welcome Party 2018
20 September 2018
All students and staff in the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture are warmly invited to our Welcome Party on Tuesday 2 October at 5.15pm in the ArtsOne ground-floor foyer.
Please register here.
CFP: The Past, Present and Future of the Literary Anthology (International Conference)
17 September 2018
The deadline for abstracts for the international conference to be held at QMUL in June 2019 is 28th February. Click here to submit a proposal.
Successful viva voce: Shivonne Gates
13 September 2018
Esther de Leeuw awarded BA/Leverhulme small research grant
10 September 2018
Levon and Yip at BAAL 2018
6 September 2018
New seminar series announced
6 September 2018
The Departments of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature are organizing a joint research seminar on the theme of Translation, Transmission, and Cultural Transfer.
PhD awarded: Chen Wang
31 August 2018
New research seminar: Translation, Transmission, and Cultural Transfer
30 August 2018
Jointly organised by the Departments of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, this seminar series aims to create a space for conversations about translation in the widest sense of the word – translation as an encounter between two or more cultures as well as languages, and translation as the cultural transmission of concepts as well as words.
Upcoming conferences at QMUL: UKLVC, LAGB, IGALA
28 August 2018
Erez Levon interviewed by Mashable about language and gender
22 August 2018
Public engagement: Linguistics in MFL
20 August 2018
Excellent National Student Survey Results
15 August 2018
Languages have scored highly in the 2018 National Student Survey, following on from impressive 2017 results.
The survey questioned UK undergraduates on various aspects of the student experience, including their overall satisfaction.
- French at QMUL was ranked top in London for overall student satisfaction.
- Iberian Studies, which includes Catalan, Portuguese and Spanish, was also top in London with an overall satisfaction rating of 97.1 per cent,
which puts QMUL first in the Russell Group for this subject.
- German was ranked second in London and had an overall satisfaction rating of 94 per cent, above an average of 86 per cent.
Taking a Bow: The Leading Man LGBT+
6 August 2018
The Leading Man, a stage play written by Eugene Doyen, had two successful public performances on the Thursday and Friday in the run up to and in support of Brighton Pride.
Marina Merryweather presents her MA research at SCL22
6 August 2018
Dr. Lucy Bolton was an invited speaker at 'An Afternoon with Joan Crawford' at the BFI
4 August 2018
Dr. Lucy Bolton co-hosted the sold-out event exploring the many faces of the Hollywood star as part of the British Film Institute's season "Fierce: The Untameable Joan Crawford".
The Leading Man: A New Stage Play
2 August 2018
The Leading Man, a new stage play by Film Practice lecturer Eugene Doyen, had its first public performances 2nd and 3rd August at Purple Playhouse Theatre, Hove, Brighton.
http://purpleplayhousetheatre.com/
Philological Society MA bursary awarded to Tom Trigg
29 July 2018
Pearson and van Urk join editorial teams
23 July 2018
'Movies, memories, magic' screens in Bangalore
20 July 2018
Movies, memories, magic, directed by Dr. Ashvin Devasundaram, had an international screening at the British Council in Bangalore.
Hagit Borer elected to British Academy
20 July 2018
Graduate students at BAAL-SIG Language and New Media
19 July 2018
Hazel Pearson publishes in Semantics and Pragmatics
17 July 2018
Vivien Leigh annual remembrance event
8 July 2018
We were pleased to host the Vivien Leigh Circle again for their annual remembrance of the star. The event was impeccably curated by Dr. Lucy Bolton and highlighted the continued scholarship QMUL is doing on Leigh, as well as talks from PhD students Cathy Lomax (who also painted the art for the programmes) and Georgia Brown (who joined us via Skype from Scotland). The afternoon also included a screening of THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE, generous pours of Negronis, a raffle of Leigh memorabilia and a visit from Puppy Vivien.
For more pictures of the event, visit our Facebook page.
MA Documentary graduate wins festival prize
5 July 2018
Our 2017 MA Documentary Practice graduate Capucine Salvi-Offer wins Best Short Documentary at the California Women’s Film Festival for her QM graduation film 'Knitting For Knockers'. Congratulations to Cappy!
Andrew Hines awarded PhD in Comparative Literature
4 July 2018
Congratulations to Andrew Hines, PhD student in the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture, for his successful viva yesterday!
QMUL at ICL20
2 July 2018
An Interview with Professor Galin Tihanov
25 June 2018
Song Baomei, associate professor from Northeast Agricultural University, interviewed Professor Tihanov when working as a visiting scholar at Queen Mary, University of London. Galin Tihanov is George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature, member of the Academia Europaea and Honorary President of the ICLA Committee on Literary Theory.
QMUL at SS22
25 June 2018
Successful viva voce: Chen Wang
22 June 2018
New publications from Dr. Anat Pick
15 June 2018
Dr. Anat Pick has published chapters in two recently released edited collections. "Vegan Cinema" can be found in Thinking Veganism in Literature and Culture, edited by Emelia Quinn and Benjamin Westwood for Palgrave Macmillan. "Vulnerability" is published in Critical Terms for Animal Studies, edited by Lori Gruen for University of Chicago Press.
PhD students present at Speech Prosody
11 June 2018
"The Many Faces of Agnès Varda" at the BFI
2 June 2018
"The Many Faces of Agnès Varda" was an afternoon of richly illustrated talks and discussions that provided an introduction to the work of Agnès Varda, including a presentation from Professor Sue Harris and a roundtable discussion featuring Dr. Jenny Chamarette.
David Hall gives invited talk at Cambridge
24 May 2018
BFI Philosophical Screens
9 May 2018
Dr. Lucy Bolton led a panel discussion for the latest instalment of the "Philosophical Screens" series at the BFI following a screening of Something Wild (1986).
Adrian Yip presents at CADAAD
9 May 2018
"Southgate to Brighton" screened at London Greek Film Festival
8 May 2018
Athena Mandis' new short film, Southgate to Brighton, screened at the London Greek Film Festival on 8 May 2018.
QMUL at CamCoS7
8 May 2018
QMUL Tate Exchange Residency
5 May 2018
As part of QMUL's week-long residency at Tate Modern, Dr. Ashvin Devasundaram participated in a panel discussion following a screening of Bag Mohajer (2016).
Steven Eastwood wins QMUL Engagement and Enterprise Award
24 April 2018
At the QMUL Enterprise and Engagement Awards, Steven Eastwood took home the prize for Academic Innovation for his documentary feature Island, and its sister art installation, The Interval and the Instant.
QMUL at Lavender Languages and Linguistics 25
16 April 2018
ULAB at QMUL in 2019
11 April 2018
PhD awarded: Hui Zhao
30 March 2018
‘Movies, Memories, Magic’ at Nehru Centre, London
27 March 2018
Randolph Quirk Fellow 2018
26 March 2018
Home is Exile: Poetry & Translation
22 March 2018
The Department of Comparative Literature and Culture, the Centre for Poetry, and Exiled Writers Ink sponsored a poetry reading (original and in translation) and discussion with exiled poets Yang Lian and Adnan Al-Sayegh, and their respective translators (Brian Holton and Stephen Watts). The event, organized by Prof Omar García (QMUL) and Dr Jennifer Langer (Exiled Writers Ink), was followed by a drinks reception.
Elisa Passoni awarded fieldwork grant
22 March 2018
All of the Other Agains
18 March 2018
Movies, Memories, Magic
18 March 2018
On 19th March Ash Devasundaram's new film, Movies, Memories, Magic, will be screened with a Q & A as part of the UK Asian Film Festival.
Dr Will McMorran wins prestigious translation prize for The 120 Days of Sodom
13 March 2018
Dr Will McMorran was awarded the 2017 Scott Moncrieff Prize alongside Dr Thomas Wynn for translating The 120 Days of Sodom into English, which was then released as a Penguin Classic in 2016.
Julian Koch awarded PhD for Research in Comparative Literature
28 February 2018
Thesis title: "Effigies or Imaginary Affinities? The conception of the image in the poetry and poetics of Paul Celan and André du Bouchet."
Adam Chong publishes in LabPhon
19 February 2018
Breaching Bollywood's Bastion: India's New Independent Cinema
12 February 2018
Explore how India’s new breed of alternative ‘Indie’ films are sculpting a cinematic revolution - with Ashvin I. Devasundaram, Lecturer in World Cinema at Queen Mary, University of London. A talk at the British Library, hosted by Prof. Daya Thussu, co-director of the India Media Centre, University of Westminster.
Prof Wiebke Denecke delivers this year's George Steiner Lecture: "World Literature, Premodern Comparisons and Global Cultural Memory in Action".
6 February 2018
This year the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture welcomed Professor Wiebke Denecke (Boston University) for the George Steiner Lecture, supported by the AHRC Open World Research Initiative (OWRI) as part of the Cross-Language Dynamics Research Programme.
Randolph Quirk
22 January 2018
PhD student, Shivonne Gates, wins NWAV abstract award
11 December 2017
PhD awarded: Dr Tom Stanton
5 December 2017
Ash Devasundaram dicusses dubbing movies on the BBC World Service
13 November 2017
Ash Devasundaram, lecturer in world cinema in the Department of Film Studies, will be speaking on the BBC World Service radio programme, The Why Factor - Dubbing Movies, which will be broadcast on Monday November 13th 2017.
QMUL at NWAV46
30 October 2017
Ash Devasundaram to give keynote speech
30 October 2017
Ash Devasundaram, lectrurer in Film Studies at Queen Mary, is to give the keynote speech on New Indian Cinema at the Community Cinema Conference and Film Society of the Year Awards organised by Cinema for All (British Federation of Film Societies).
Full details available here
Toxic Cinema: John Gianvito at Queen Mary
23 October 2017
Successful viva voce: Panpan Yao
5 October 2017
New publication: Coppe van Urk
8 August 2017
New: London Semantics Network
8 August 2017
Luisa Marti and Hazel Pearson are collaborating with linguists at KCL and UCL to set up a new cross-London research group: the London Semantics Network
Dr Rhiannon McGlade presents her book at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona
8 August 2017
Following the successful launch of her new book Catalan Cartoons: A Cultural and Political History (University Wales Press) at QM in February, outgoing Catalan Research Fellow Dr Rhiannon McGlade was
Conference on Judeo-Spanish and Sephardi Studies
8 August 2017
The conference on Judeo-Spanish and Sephardi Studies will take place at Queen Mary 5-7 September 2016.
First Symposium on the feminization of the literature by Brazilians abroad
8 August 2017
Professor Else Vieria is the organizer of the first symposium on the feminization of the literature by Brazilians abroad, as part of the project “A Literature out of the Tropics".
Job opportunity: Two-year Postdoc
1 August 2017
New Postdoctoral Research Assistant position at Queen Mary University of London
Application deadline: 29 August 2017
Interviews: early September 2017
Start date: as soon as possible after interview
Job location: London (QMUL)
Prof. Schonle elected fellow of the British Academy
21 July 2017
Devyani Sharma to speak at English Grammar Day
30 June 2017
Devyani Sharma will be giving a talk on 'Old and new norms in World Englishes' as part of English Grammar Day at the British Library.
Major ESRC Project to Study Accent and Fair Access awarded to Levon, Sharma, and collaborators
21 June 2017
We are excited to announce that QMUL linguists Dr Erez Levon and Professor Devyani Sharma have been awarded a large ESRC grant with collaborators at QMUL and York.
Publications so far in 2017
21 June 2017
In addition to our recent conference successes, linguists at QMUL have been busy publishing, with new papers from Linnaea Stockall, Coppe van Urk, and Hazel Pearson among others.
Harbour, Kasstan, and Levon secure prestigious research grants
21 June 2017
Professor Daniel Harbour and Dr Jonathan Kasstan have both been awarded Leverhulme fellowships, and Dr Erez Levon has recently received two British Academy grants.
QMUL conference representation | Summer 2017
21 June 2017
Staff and students alike are presenting at many different national and international conferences this summer.
Recent and upcoming panels, symposia, workshops, invited talks and plenaries | Summer 2017
21 June 2017
QMUL Linguistics staff have been invited to give talks and panels at a range of national and international conferences and workshops this summer.
Job Opportunity: Two temporary teaching fellow positions
19 June 2017
We are seeking to appoint two full-time, temporary teaching fellow positions, one in sociolinguistics (2 years) and one in linguistics (3 years).
QMUL staff and students at ICLaVE 9
5 June 2017
Prof. Jenny Cheshire, Dr Erez Levon, Karen Beaman, Christian Ilbury, and Hui Zhao either give presentations or panel discussions at ICLaVE 9, held at the University of Malaga from 6-9 June 2017.
Constructing a Language summer school
30 May 2017
In May 2017, David Adger and Coppe van Urk ran a hugely successful university experience for Year Ten pupils on constructing a language.
Autobiographical Experiments
25 April 2017
Dr Anna Kemp has been awarded a year-long Leverhulme Research Fellowship to complete her book Oulipography: Life as Creative Constraint.
The Randolph Quirk Fellowship
24 April 2017
Levon and Gates present at WSC4
17 April 2017
New MA Bursary in French Studies at QMUL's School of Linguistics, Languages and Film
13 April 2017
The School of Languages, Linguistics and Film at Queen Mary, University of London is happy to announce the Jill Forbes MA Bursary for students in Comparative Literature with French OR Film Studies with French.
Professor Aamir A. Mufti delivers this year's George Steiner Lecture: 'Strangers in Europe: Migrant, Terrorist, Refugee'
29 March 2017
QMUL's Comparative Literature department is delighted to welcome Professor Aamar R. Mufti as speaker this year. He will address the migration crisis in Europe, in a lecture entitled “Strangers in Europa: Migrant, Terrorist, Refugee”. Aamir R. Mufti is Professor of Comparative Literature at UCLA, and among his current projects are books concerning exile and criticism, the colonial reinvention of Islamic orthodoxy, and the migration crisis of the European project.
Comparative Literature Research Seminar
29 March 2017
Anastasia Koro and Julian Koch, both PhD students at QMUL's Comparative Literature department, will present at the next departmental research seminar
Anastasia Koro (QMUL): Theory of form in Russian avant-garde literary and visual culture
Julian Koch (QMUL): More than Imaginary: Schelling’s Einbildung as Untranslatable
29 March 2017 | 3.30 – 5.30 pm
George Steiner Seminar Room, Lock-keeper’s Cottage
Everyone is welcome to join us for the talk and tea & biscuits
Professor Galin Tihanov delivers his inaugural lecture 'World Literature as a Construct: Spaces of Dissent'
22 March 2017
The event took place on 21 March 2017, at 6.30 pm, at the Skeel Lecture, The People's Palace
Professor Kiera Vaclavik presents at the School of Advanced Study: ‘Turning Your Research Into an Exhibition’
22 March 2017
For further information, vitit the talking humanities blog.
Undergraduate research to be presented at upcoming conferences
21 March 2017
Five of our undergraduates will be presenting their research at upcoming undergraduate conferences this April.
London Asian Film Festival screening
27 February 2017
The Centre for Film and Ethics presents a screening of Anatomy of Violence as part of the London Asian Film Festival.
The Interval and the Instant
23 February 2017
A film practice research project by Steven Eastwood, presented by The Centre for Film and Ethics
Midsummer Night Chinese Music Concert
14 February 2017
Date: Wed, June 6, 2018
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Venue: St Benet's Chaplaincy QMUL
QMUL Engagement and Enterprise Awards 2017: Will McMorran wins Best Opinion/Comment Piece Award
8 February 2017
Will McMorran was recognised for the articles in the media relating to his co-translation of the Marquis de Sade's "The 120 Days of Sodom".
QMUL Confucius Institute Chinese New Year concert 2020
31 January 2017
Date: Wednesday 22nd January 2020 from 7.00pm
QMUL Confucius Institute 3rd Anniversary Celebration
31 January 2017
Date: Monday 26th November 2017, 3.00pm- 5.00pm.
Location: The Octagon, Queen Mary University London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS
Table Tennis Tournament- Tuesday 6th November 2018
10 January 2017
The QMUL Confucius Institute and the QMUL Table Tennis Club will be hosting a table tennis tournament on Tuesday 6th November at QMotion Mile End.
Calligraphy Class
10 January 2017
We will be hosting Chinese calligraphy classes on the following dates:
- Date: Wednesday 22nd February 2017 12.00pm- 2.00pm
- Date: Wednesday 22nd March 2017 6.00-7.30pm
Traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony
10 January 2017
We held our first traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony in November 2017 which was accompanied by a separate calligraphy workshop hosted by our Chinese Tea Master.
Pictures from the event can be found here Tea Ceremony web pics [PDF 2,030KB]
Chinese painting Class
10 January 2017
We will be hosting Chinese Calligraphy workshops on:
- Date: Tuesday 12th March
- Venue: Bancroft Building 3.17
- Time: 6.00pm- 8.00pm
Chinese Paper Cutting workshop
10 January 2017
We will be hosting Chinese paintingclasses on the following dates:
- Date: Thursday 7th March
- Venue: tbc
- Time: tbc
Badminton Tournament
10 January 2017
The QMUL Confucius Institute will be hosting the annual X QM Badminton Doubles Tournament on Sunday 24th February 2019 at Qmotion Sports and Fitness Centre, E1 4FZ from 10.00am-5.00pm
Chinese Paper folding workshop
10 January 2017
We will be hosting Chinese paintingclasses on the following dates:
- Date: Tuesday 26th February 2019 6.00pm- 8.00pm
Chinese Movie Night-
Wednesday 20th March
10 January 2017
Venue: The movie will start at 6.00pm and the venue will be Hitchcock Theatre Arts One Building, E1 4PA Mile End Campus.
Movie title: Our Shining Days
Traditional Chinese Medicine workshop- 8th March
10 January 2017
We will be hosting our first traditional Chinese Medicine workshop on Friday 8th March
Venue: Bancroft Building 2.41
Time: 6.00pm- 7.00pm
Tai Chi workshop- 22nd March
10 January 2017
Date: Friday 22nd March
Venue: Dance studio, Q-motion, E1 4FZ QMUL Mile End Campus
Time: 6.30pm- 8.30pm
Anna Ananieva on cultural news coverage in Prague and Budapest
3 January 2017
Dr Ananieva presents a paper on the early journalistic work of the Habsburgian composer, music historian and critic August Wilhelm Ambros (1816–1876)
Prof Schönle and Dr Ananieva on Nikolay Karamzin’s Writing
3 January 2017
Andreas Schönle and Anna Ananieva joined the international conference organized by the Institute of Russian Literature – Pushkin House – Russian Academy of Sciences.
QMUL Russian Film Season: Revolution or ‘Catastrophe’ 1917-1991
3 January 2017
QMUL Russian Department is coordinating a Film Season to Mark the anniversaries of 1991 and 1917
Michal Murawski to speak on Palmyra and Putin
3 January 2017
Dr Michal Murawski will present a talk at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, on 31 October at 18:30. His talk is entitled "Late Putinist Hellenism? Zombie Monumentality, from Palmyra to Moscow"
QMUL Russian Department 4th in the country
3 January 2017
In the recent Complete University Guide, Queen Mary University of London's Department of Russian was ranked fourth in the country, the top Department in London.
WORLD CINEMA CONVERSATIONS SEMINAR SERIES 2016
16 December 2016
CONTEMPORARY CURRENTS IN RUSSIAN CINEMA
Job Opportunity: Lecturer in Phonology
14 December 2016
We are seeking to appoint a (full-time, permanent) Lecturer in Linguistics with a focus on Phonology.
"Friedrich Max Müller and the Role of Philology in Victorian Thought": a new volume, co-edited by Angus Nicholls
13 December 2016
"Friedrich Max Müller and the Role of Philology in Victorian Thought": a new volume, co-edited by Angus Nicholls
"After Brexit, what does democracy mean?": an article by Andrew Hines, Comparative Literature PhD student
29 November 2016
Andrew Hines, Comparative Literature PhD student at QMUL, publshed an article in the online journal The Conversation:
David Hall presents at the 31st Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop
24 November 2016
Dr David Hall will present at CGSW31.
LISS PhD Studentship Competition 2017-18 now open
23 November 2016
Queen Mary University of London is a partner institution in one of the largest Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Partnerships in the country.
Erez Levon to give talk at UCL
22 November 2016
Erez Levon to give talk at UCL.
Esther de Leeuw to give annual SLLF lecture
14 November 2016
Esther de Leeuw to give annual SLLF lecture.
Angus Nicholls featured in QMUL's 'e-Bulletin'
11 November 2016
Dr Angus Nicholls is featured in the 'People' section of this month's University e-bulletin:
WORLD CINEMA CONVERSATIONS SEMINAR SERIES 2016
2 November 2016
HIDDEN HERITAGE: INDO-BRITISH FILM COLLABORATIONS IN THE UK (1930–51)
Talk: Professor Lilya Kaganovsky (University of Illinois)
1 November 2016
Talk: Professor Lilya Kaganovsky (University of Illinois) ‘Sound in Dziga Vertov's Three Songs of Lenin'
Professor Galin Tihanov to present a key-note address
1 November 2016
Professor Galin Tihanov to present a key-note address
Junling
31 October 2016
Dr DING Junling holds a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature from Fudan University. She carries out research in the fields of Chinese language teaching methodology and cross-cultural communication.
Out now: a translation of Philippe Brenot, "The Story of Sex: From Apes to Robots", by Will McMorran
29 October 2016
Out now: a translation of Philippe Brenot, "The Story of Sex: From Apes to Robots", by Will McMorran
Erez Levon publishes in the Financial Times
25 October 2016
Erez Levon publishes in the Financial Times.
Professor Galin Tihanov to teach at the 2017 IWL Summer School in Copenhagen
19 October 2016
Professor Galin Tihanov to teach at the 2017 IWL Summer School in Copenhagen
Professor Jordan to become Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing
13 October 2016
Professor Shirley Jordan has been invited to become Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing (CCWW).
Critical lives - Albert Camus lecture by Professor Edward Hughes
13 October 2016
Professor Edward Hughes will be giving a lecture on Albert Camus.
National Student Survey 2016
11 October 2016
National Student Survey 2016
‘The most impure tale ever written’: how The 120 Days of Sodom became a ‘classic’
Are you speaking my language? - British Library panel with Devyani Sharma
11 October 2016
The British Library are running an event.
Shame Chorus Project - documented by QM FIilm students
10 October 2016
Shame Chorus is an uplifting new music and spoken word project created by international artist Jordan McKenzie, working in collaboration with the Freud Museum in London, psychoanalyst Susie Orbach and
Abject Agency beyond ‘Soft’ and ‘Hard’ Ethics in Global Cinema
6 October 2016
We are pleased to announce the first event run by the Centre for Film and Ethics at Queen Mary University of London.
Dr Pfalzgraf's latest monograph published
4 October 2016
Dr Falco Pfalzgraf recently published his 2nd monograph.
Ash Devasundaram at 'Litro Live! India Launch'
20 September 2016
On 13th October, at Waterstone's Piccadilly, department of Film studies Lecturer in World Cinema Ashvin Devasundaram will be giving a talk on his book and new Indian Indie Cinema.
Anachronism
19 August 2016
NSS 2016
12 August 2016
In the National Student Survey 2016 (NSS), overall satisfaction with Teaching among students of single honours Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London was 88 per cent.
NSS 2016
12 August 2016
NSS 2016 Results
12 August 2016
NSS 2016 Results
12 August 2016
Overall satisfaction among students of Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London is at 82 per cent.
London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership wins ESRC funding bid
8 August 2016
The new London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership has been awarded a 5 year grant from the ESRC.
Andrew Hines, PhD candidate in Comparative Literature, publishes paper on Donald Trump's use of metaphor
3 August 2016
A PhD student in the department of Comparative Literature, has just published an article on Donald Trump's use of metaphor.
Dr. Angus Nicholls to give two keynote lectures at the first Antwerp Summer School in Philosophy and Society
4 July 2016
This August, Dr. Angus Nicholls will deliver two keynote lectures at the first Antwerp Summer School in Philosophy and Society.
Prof. Galin Tihanov has been elected member of the International Comparative Literature Association Co-ordinating Committee for the Histories of Literatures in the European Languages.
QMUL PhD student Hui Zhao gives two talks
30 June 2016
QMUL PhD student Hui Zhao gave recently two talks.
QMUL at Sociolinguistics Symposium 21 | 15-18th June | Murcia
30 June 2016
QMUL is going to be well represent at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 21 to be held 15-18th June in Murcia, Spain.
New MA Bursary in Comparative Literature with French
23 June 2016
Literary prize for new book on Albert Camus
18 May 2016
Professor Edward Hughes has been nominated joint winner of the Franco-British Society Literary Prize 2015 for his new book
Staff promotions: Professor Devyani Sharma
11 May 2016
Join us in congratulating Dr Devyani Sharma on her promotion to Professor of Sociolinguistics!
PhD awarded: Dr. Pavadee Saisuwan
11 May 2016
Join us in congratulating Dr. Pavadee Saisuwan.
PhD awarded: Dr. David Hall
11 May 2016
Join us in confratulating Dr. David Hall on the successful completion of his PhD.
New Collaborative Doctoral Award
3 May 2016
The Inaugural Graduate Conference in Philosophy and Literature at Queen Mary University of London: Schedule Announced
26 April 2016
Friday, May 27th 2016. Conference schedule announced:
Featured linguist: David Adger at the LINGUIST List
20 April 2016
Professor David Adger is the featured linguist at the LINGUIST List!
Papers given at the Contemporary French & Francophone Studies colloquium
22 March 2016
In March of this year, Professors Shirley Jordan and Edward Hughes were both in St Louis, Missouri in the American Midwest to present research papers at the Contemporary French and Francophone Studies
Debating victory for Queen Mary French students
19 March 2016
The French department and the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film congratulate Chiara Scurati, Annabelle Vassel, Edoardo Fiora and María Fernandez Amado
Understanding foreign language motivation in a globalised world
19 March 2016
Dr Leigh Oakes of the French Department and Dr Martin Howard of University College Cork (UCC) have been awarded a British Academy small grant for a project
Education awards for Dr Elsa Petit and Trisha Mason
19 March 2016
The French department and the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film congratulate Dr Elsa Petit, who was voted Student Rep Champion 2015-16 at an award ceremony held at Draper's Hall
Angus Nicholls becomes Co-Editor of History of the Human Sciences
17 March 2016
Angus Nicholls, has been appointed as co-editor of History of the Human Sciences.
QMUL PhD student Abigaël Candelas de la Ossa publishes and gives a talk
15 March 2016
QMUL PhD student Abigaël Candelas de la Ossa has been active in publishing and she gave an invited talk recently at the University of Western Ontario.
Dr Ananieva spoke on Russian garden history
8 March 2016
Sophie Mayer on feminist cinema at Fest51
7 March 2016
New French department blog
15 February 2016
PhD awarded: Dr. Hong Liu
8 February 2016
Join us in congratulating Dr Hong Liu on the successful completion of her PhD.
Ben Hutchinson comes to SLLF
21 January 2016
We were honoured to have Professor Ben Hutchinshon deliver our first departmental research seminar of 2016.
New website for the MSC-funded project by Christos Vlachos and David Adger
23 December 2015
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research-funded project on Clausal Selection: Integrating Theoretical with Experimental Linguistics (ClauSe: InTEL) by Dr Christos Vlachos and Professor David Adger has a ne
Holocaust Animation: Textural Confrontations with a Difficult Past
11 December 2015
Comparative Literature PhD Students Present their Work
9 December 2015
Our last departmental research seminar for this term.
QMUL Fryni Panayidou gives invited talk at the University of Bristol
2 December 2015
QMUL Dr Fryni Panayidou gives an invited talk at the Linguistics Colloquium at the School of Modern Languages, University of Bristol.
QMUL PhD student Abigaël Candelas de la Ossa makes a short written submission of evidence on the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill
30 November 2015
QMUL PhD student Abigaël Candelas de la Ossa makes a short written submission of evidence on the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill.
Reading Stereoscopic Cinema
27 November 2015
QMUL Erez Levon gives plenary lectures at SVALP in Virginia and LIB in Oxford
25 November 2015
Dr Erez Levon will give a plenary lecture at the Sociolinguistic Variation and Language Processing (SVALP) conference.
New book on "Language, Sexuality, and Power: Studies in Intersectional Sociolinguistics" edited by Erez Levon and Ronald Beline Mendes
25 November 2015
We are very pleased to congratulate Dr Erez Levon on co-editing with Ronald Beline Mendes.
Premiere of the Wonderland Suite Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
13 November 2015
The premiere of the Wonderland Suite performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Candlestick Press Editor Speaks to Comparative Literature Undergraduates
13 November 2015
Jenny Swann spoke to final year students.
QMUL Jonathan Kasstan publishes an article on Francoprovençal on the front page of swiss.info
13 November 2015
QMUL Jonathan Kasstan publishes an article on Francoprovençal on the front page of swiss.info
Ageing film stars: Celebrating maturity on screen
11 November 2015
QMUL Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga gives an invited talk at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
5 November 2015
Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga is giving an invited talk on 'How exceptional are generics? An experimental investigation'
Dr Kiera Vaclavik Appointed to AHRC Peer Review College
4 November 2015
Kiera Vaclavik has recently been appointed to the prestigious Peer Reveiw College of the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Gerald Gillespie at SLLF
27 October 2015
We were honoured to have Professor Gillespie start our season of Comparative Literature research seminars at SLLF.
Third International Conference on Language Attrition (ICLA3) co-organized by QMUL Esther de Leeuw
27 October 2015
Esther de Leeuw is co-organzing the Third International Conference on Language Attrition (ICLA3) at the University of Essex, Colchester on July 5-7, 2016.
CFP: 2016 Graduate Conference in Philosophy and Literature at Queen Mary
23 October 2015
The conference will be the first of its kind at Queen Mary and aims to offer a rigorous yet friendly environment for post-graduates from both philosophy and literature departments to debate issues.
New Paper published in RATIO by Drs. Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, Linnaea Stockall and Napoleon Katsos
19 October 2015
We are very pleased to congratulate QMUL Drs. Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, Linnaea Stockall and Napoleon Katsos (University of Cambridge) on the publication.
QMUL at NWAV 44 | Toronto 22-25 October 2015
19 October 2015
QMUL is going to be well represent at the 44th New Ways of Analyzing Variation conference (NWAV 44) to be held October 22-25, 2015 in Toronto, Canada.
QMUL Linnaea Stockall presents at SNL 2015 in Chicago and at McMaster University in Ontario
19 October 2015
Dr. Linnaea Stockall presents at the Seventh Annual meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language.
Emily Apter to deliver this year's Steiner Lecture
15 October 2015
The 2015-16 Steiner Lecture will be delivered by esteemed scholar of world literature and translation studies, Emily Apter.
Professor Tihanov to speak at World Literature Summit and Forum in China
15 October 2015
Professor Galin Tihanov has been invited to speak at this year's World Literature Summit and Forum.
lecture
15 October 2015
Professor Galin Tihanov has been invited to speak at this year's World Literature Summit and Forum.
QMUL Luisa Martí gives a plenary talk at Sinn und Bedeutung 20 in Tübingen
4 October 2015
QMUL Luisa Martí gives a plenary talk at Sinn und Bedeutung 20 in Tübingen
Comparative Literature MA Student Wins 2015 BCLA Essay Prize
2 October 2015
MA student Alexandra Jayne Dantzlerward has won first place in this year's British Comparative Literature Association postgraduate essay competition.
The Department is hiring: Two posts in Linguistics: one in Semantics and one in Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics
1 October 2015
The Linguistics Department is hiring.
LINKS
30 September 2015
LINKS is a collaboration between London institutions involved in teaching and research in comparative literary studies.
LINKS (London Intercollegiate Network for Comparative Studies) 2015-16 Programme Announced
30 September 2015
LINKS is a collaboration between London institutions involved in teaching and research in comparative literary studies, to promote dialogue and cooperation.
Devyani Sharma at the Telegraph about the language used in Downton Abbey
30 September 2015
Devyani Sharma has been recently interviewed by the Telegraph on the language used in Downton Abbey.
Dr Christos Vlachos takes up a MSC fellowship
30 September 2015
Join us in welcoming Dr Christos Vlachos, a new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow.
New staff in linguistics: van Urk, Drummond, Lyons and Kasstan
28 September 2015
Join us in welcoming new staff in linguistics:
Professor David Adger elected President of the LAGB
28 September 2015
Join us in congratulating Professor David Adger on being elected President of the LAGB, the Linguistics Association of Great Britain!
Staff promotions: Dr. Esther de Leeuw
28 September 2015
Join us in congratulating Dr. Esther de Leeuw on her promotion to Senior Lecturer in Linguistics!
QMUL post-doc Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga presents at the Generic Workshop at Harvard University
20 September 2015
Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga will be presenting a paper.
QMUL PhD student Shivonne Gates presents in York and in Dublin
2 September 2015
Shivonne Gates is presenting at the 10th UK Language Variation and Change (UKLVC) in York, UK.
QMUL PhD student Panpan Yao presents in Potsdam (EAPC3) and in Malta (AMLAP 2015)
1 September 2015
Panpan Yao is presenting at two conferences.
Early findings published : Diabetes and Social Media project
28 August 2015
QMUL PhD student Pavadee Saisuwan presents in York and in Toronto
24 August 2015
Pavadee Saisuwan is presenting at two conferences this autumn: at the 10th UK Language Variation and Change (UKLVC) in York, UK and at New Ways of Analyzing Variation 44 (NWAV) in Toronto, Canada.
Daniel Harbour on what Game of Thrones can teach us about person and place
22 August 2015
As part of the Roots IV workshop on morphology and the lexicon in New York City in July, NYU and NYUAD hosted the public lecture "More Than Words: Morphology and the Universality of Language".
QMUL presents at the PARLAY 2015 in York
18 August 2015
QMUL presents twice at the PARLAY 2015 Conference for Postgraduate and Academic Researchers in Linguistics at the University of York.
QMUL presents at the PARLAY 2015 in York
18 August 2015
QMUL presents twice at the PARLAY 2015 Conference for Postgraduate and Academic Researchers in Linguistics at the University of York.
PhD awarded: Dr. Fangfang Niu
18 August 2015
Join us in congratulating Dr. Fangfang Niu on the successful completion of her PhD.
Photo From the Spring Comparative Literature Research Event
14 August 2015
Here is a photo from the Comparative Literature Research Event and Party.
2015-16 Levels 5 & 6 Reading Lists
14 August 2015
Information about set texts for level 5 & 6 modules taking place in 2015-16.
Pre-Sessional Newsletter 2015 now available...
18 May 2015
Dialectics of Sex: Past, Present and Future
17 April 2015
Queen Mary PhD Careers Panel
14 April 2015
Laetitia Calabrese voted Teacher of the Year
28 March 2015
The French department and the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film congratulate Laetitia Calabrese, who was voted Teacher of the Year 2014-15 at an award ceremony held at Draper's Hall on Monday.
Laetitia Calabrese voted Teacher of the Year
28 March 2015
The French department and the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film congratulate Laetitia Calabrese, who was voted Teacher of the Year 2014-15 at an award ceremony held at Draper's Hall
New paper on OPALS | AthEME EU grant
16 March 2015
We are happy to announce the first deliverable in the AtheEME EU grant!
Surviving Spaces: Action Sequences, Embodiment and Appropriation - a talk by Dr Nick Jones
4 March 2015
Postproduction will be presenting Dr Nick Jones at the launch of his new book, Hollywood Action Films and Spatial Theory.
Vivien Leigh and the Star Archive
11 February 2015
A study day on March 7th 2015, organised by the Film Studies Department at Queen Mary, University of London.
Devyani Sharma on BBC's The One Show
9 February 2015
Devyani Sharma appeared on BBC's The One Show in a 5-minute story tallking about her research!
Paper presented by Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga at the Workshop Co-Distributivity 2015 in Paris
8 February 2015
Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga will be presenting a paper on "Distributive quantifiers in Greek : slack and rigid distributivity" at the Workshop Co-Distributivity 2015 in CNRS Pouchet in Paris.
Dr Sue Harris presents at French film festival Premiers Plans
29 January 2015
Dr Sue Harris was recently invited to attend the prestigious Premiers Plans festival.
Paper by Professor Paul Elbourne published in an anthology of articles from Linguistic Inquiry
23 January 2015
We congratulate Professor Paul Elbourne for the publication of his paper "Ellipsis Sites as Definite Descriptions".
Linguistics PhD student teaching Mandarin Taster Session
19 January 2015
Fangfang Niu will be teaching the following Mandarin Taster Session!
Link to New Article on Kiera Vaclavik and Her Major Research Project, Addressing Alice: The Emergence of a Style Icon
19 January 2015
Click here to find out more about Kiera Vaclavik and her latest research project.
The Queen Mary Lectures on Nominal Structure | Tuesdays 2-4pm
12 January 2015
The Queen Mary Lectures on Nominal Structure
REF 2014 results: Linguistics tops the REF league table for quality
9 January 2015
Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London tops the REF league table for quality!
REF 2014 results: Linguistics tops the REF league table for quality
9 January 2015
Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London tops the REF league table for quality!
Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship awarded to Professor Hagit Borer
5 January 2015
Join us in congratulating Professor Hagit Borer, who has been awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for 2 years starting in October 2015.
MA Linguistics Students Awarded Postgraduate College Awards 2013/14
11 November 2014
Join us in congratulating two MA Linguistics Students of the year 2013/14.
Film Studies alumnus Marilena Parouti's documentary published online
5 November 2014
Marilena Parouti: Theo Angelopoulos documentary published at Filmicon: Journal of Greek Film Studies, Issue 2.
China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD studentships for entry 2015
5 November 2014
The School of Languages, Linguistics and Film is pleased to announce that it has been allocated three China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD studentships for entry in September 2015.
Comparative Literature MA Student Wins First Prize in the 2014 BCLA Essay Competition
3 November 2014
Congratulations to Yiyi Lopez Gandara.
China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD studentship in French for 2015
29 October 2014
The French Department is pleased to announce that it has been allocated one China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD studentship for entry in September 2015
Nothing Bad Can Happen: Banality, Violence and Film. A research day with Director Katrin Gebbe
28 October 2014
Wednesday 10 December 2014
QMUL at NWAV 43 | Chicago 23-26 October 2014
20 October 2014
QMUL is going to be well represent at the 43rd New Ways of Analyzing Variation conference (NWAV 43) to be held October 23-26, 2014 in Chicago.
Listen to Professor David Adger in a new interview | QM PhD students interview their supervisors
9 October 2014
PhD students at QM have just launched a series of podcasts in which they interview their supervisors individually and have a chat about their research interests, views on the discipline, life as a res
On-stage discussion with Professor Dudley Andrew
9 October 2014
The Film Department at Queen Mary University of London invites you to an on-stage discussion with Dudley Andrew, R. Selden Rose Professor of Film and Comparative Literature at Yale University.
Reader and masters students publish Tiwa texts based on century-old notes
7 October 2014
Queen Mary has a new OPAL.
The Fox, a film by MA in Documentary Practice Student He He
1 October 2014
He He was a student on the MA in Documentary Practice at Queen Mary, University of London.
Author Kim Curran visits Queen Mary
1 October 2014
Author Kim Curran visited Queen Mary
Campus map for linguistics events
28 September 2014
Events occur in various buildings around the Mile End Campus, highlighted on the map below:
QMUL PhD student Panpan Yao at AMLAP 2014 | University of Edinburgh
29 August 2014
Panpan Yao presents a poster titled 'Investigation of Chinese-English learners acquisition of tense and aspect in English: Self-paced reading and eye-movement study'.
QMUL at LAGB | University of Oxford, 1-5 September 2014
6 August 2014
QMUL is going to be well represented at the LAGB Annual Meeting 2014.
Level 5 & 6 Semester One Reading Lists
16 July 2014
Reading lists for level 5 & 6, semester one.
Lucy Bolton introduces Ratcatcher at the Barbican
20 June 2014
French benefits dispute with artists will haunt Hollande
16 June 2014
By Dr Sue Harris
Lucy Bolton on 'Grace of Monaco'
5 June 2014
Lucy Bolton writes for Times Higher Education
Living British Cinema presents: QM Films Afloat
30 May 2014
The Floating Cinema, QMUL, Wednesday 4th June, 12noon - 4pm.
'Film incites France's fury' by Dr Sue Harris
30 May 2014
Dr Sue Harris writes on the release of a new film on the Dominique Strauss Kahn scandal
Panayidou dissertation available via Queen Mary's OPALs
30 May 2014
Queen Mary has a new OPAL.
Listen to Professor David Adger in a new podcast interview on his book 'A syntax of substance'
30 April 2014
Listen here to Professor David Adger on a podcast interview on his MIT Press book 'A Syntax of Substance' in the New Books on Language series.
Listen to Professor David Adger in a new podcast interview on his book 'A syntax of substance'
30 April 2014
Listen here to Professor David Adger on a podcast interview on his MIT Press book 'A Syntax of Substance' in the New Books on Language series.
Listen to Professor David Adger in a new podcast interview on his book 'A syntax of substance'
30 April 2014
Listen to Professor David Adger on a podcast interview on his MIT Press book 'A Syntax of Substance' in the New Books on Language series.
Screening the Forest
17 April 2014
Screening the Forest
QMUL alumnus James Hawkey joins the University of Bristol as Lecturer in Hispanic Linguistics
10 April 2014
Join us in congratulating Dr. James Hawkey on his new job.
QMUL alumnus James Hawkey joins the University of Bristol as Lecturer in Hispanic Linguistics
10 April 2014
Join us in congratulating Dr. James Hawkey on his new job as Lecturer in Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Bristol starting in September 2014.
New British Academy research grant on genericity awarded to QMUL and University of Cambridge linguists
10 April 2014
Join us in congratulating Linnaea Stockall, Napoleon Katsos (University of Cambridge) and Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, who have been awarded a British Academy research grant.
New British Academy research grant on genericity awarded to QMUL and University of Cambridge linguists
10 April 2014
Join us in congratulating Linnaea Stockall, Napoleon Katsos (University of Cambridge) and Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, who have been awarded a British Academy research grant.
New British Academy research grant on genericity awarded to QMUL and University of Cambridge linguists
10 April 2014
Join us in congratulating Linnaea Stockall, Napoleon Katsos (University of Cambridge) and Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, who have been awarded a British Academy research grant for £9,991 over one year
We are very pleased to congratulate Devyani Sharma on co-editing with Robert Podesva a new book "Research Methods in Linguistics".
We are very pleased to congratulate Devyani Sharma on co-editing with Robert Podesva a new book "Research Methods in Linguistics" published in Cambridge University Press
New book on 'Structuring Sense: vol. 3: Taking Form' published in OUP by Hagit Borer
8 April 2014
We are very pleased to congratulate Professor Hagit Borer on her new book.
New book on 'Structuring Sense: vol. 3: Taking Form' published in OUP by Hagit Borer
8 April 2014
We are very pleased to congratulate Professor Hagit Borer on her new book "Structuring Sense: vol. 3: Taking Form" published in Oxford University Press.
New book on 'Definite descriptions' published in OUP by Paul Elbourne
8 April 2014
We are very pleased to congratulate Paul Elbourne on his new book.
New book on 'Definite descriptions' published in OUP by Paul Elbourne
8 April 2014
We are very pleased to congratulate Paul Elbourne on his new book "Definite descriptions" published in Oxford University Press.
New paper published in Language by Daniel Harbour
8 April 2014
We are very pleased to congratulate Daniel Harbour on his article "Paucity, abundance, and the theory of number" published in Language this month.
New paper published in Language by Daniel Harbour
8 April 2014
We are very pleased to congratulate Daniel Harbour on his article "Paucity, abundance, and the theory of number" published in Language this month
New paper published in PNAS by Prof. David Adger and Jennifer Culbertson
8 April 2014
We are very pleased to congratulate Professor David Adger and Jennifer Culbertson on their article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) this month.
New paper published in PNAS by Prof. David Adger and Jennifer Culbertson
8 April 2014
We are very pleased to congratulate Professor David Adger and Jennifer Culbertson on their article "Language Learners Privilege Structured Meaning Over Surface Frequency"
Acclaimed Documentary Filmmaker Vladimir Tyulkin visits Department of Film
3 March 2014
Vladimir Tyulkin (Kazakhstan) will present a double bill of his films.
PMP Students Visit City Hall
25 February 2014
QM Film Studies Research Seminar: Pills, Queers and Archives!
29 January 2014
Co-organized by the Department of Film Studies and Sophie Mayer.
QMUL Linguistics Events calendar
7 January 2014
Click here to access the QMUL Linguistics Events calendar.
'Interrupting the Street': Visiting Fellowship in Amsterdam
27 November 2013
New paper published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience by Dr. Linnaea Stockall and colleagues
25 November 2013
We are very pleased to congratulate Dr. Linnaea Stockall, Joseph Fruchter and Alec Marantz on the publication of their article.
Linguistic justice and public policy in Quebec
13 November 2013
QMUL presents at the 1st UCL Graduate Conference in Linguistics
7 November 2013
QMUL presents twice at the 1st UCL Graduate Conference in Linguistics that takes place on the 7th and 8th of November in Chandler House (2 Wakefield Street, London, WC1N 1PF).
Conference
25 October 2013
David Adger will participate in a discussion on negation and affirmation in varieties of Scottish English at the Comparative syntax of English workshop.
QMUL goes to Cambridge - CSoE 2013
25 October 2013
David Adger will participate in a discussion on negation and affirmation in varieties of Scottish English at the Comparative syntax of English workshop at Cambridge University on November 6, 2013.
Conference
25 October 2013
QMUL Linguistics was well represented at the recent NWAV.
QMUL at NWAV
25 October 2013
QMUL Linguistics was well represented at the recent NWAV (New Ways of Analyzing Variation) conference in Pittsburg.
Mind in Society Launch Event
25 October 2013
Join us on Thursday, November 28th for the launch event of the new Centre for Mind in Society.
Dr Hicks awarded book prize
15 October 2013
Dr. Jeremy Hicks has been awarded the 2013 Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize
Dr. Anita Szakay joins us, gives talk at UKLVC
9 September 2013
We are very happy to welcome Dr. Anita Szakay (PhD UBC) to our department.
Conference
9 September 2013
We are very happy to welcome Dr. Anita Szakay (PhD UBC) to our department.
Sociolinguistics
9 September 2013
We are very happy to welcome Dr. Anita Szakay (PhD UBC) to our department.
Dr. Anita Szakay joins us, gives talk at UKLVC
9 September 2013
We are very happy to welcome Dr. Anita Szakay (PhD UBC) to our department.
Syntax
9 September 2013
Professor David Adger recently gave a week of lectures on his new book.
Lecture
9 September 2013
Professor David Adger recently gave a week of lectures on his new book.
Professor David Adger Lectures on 'A Syntax of Substance' online
9 September 2013
Professor David Adger recently gave a week of lectures on his new book, 'A Syntax of Substance.'
Professor David Adger at the LSA Summer Institute `Syntax and Variation' workshop
2 July 2013
David Adger will give a talk.
A TALE OF TWO LANGUAGES
28 June 2013
Visual Culture and 'Interruption' in Global Cities
27 June 2013
Transcultural Critical Editing: Vernacular Poetry in the Burgundian Netherlands, 1450-1530
24 June 2013
Professor Adrian Armstrong has been awarded a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Teaching stars
21 June 2013
The Department is delighted that the teaching of two of its members of staff was highly commended at the QM Students Union Education Awards
Dr Leigh Oakes discusses 'Langue, citoyenneté et identité au Québec'
21 June 2013
Dr Leigh Oakes discusses his book Langue, citoyenneté et identité au Québec.
Professor Edward Hughes speaks at the Collège de France
21 June 2013
On 13 June 2013, Professor Edward Hughes gave a talk at the Collège de France.
Dr Anna Kemp discusses 'Voices and Veils: Feminism and Islam in French Women's Writing and Activism'
21 June 2013
Dr Anna Kemp discusses her book Voices and Veils: Feminism and Islam in French Women's Writing and Activism with Faculti Media.
QM Film graduate wins Guardian competition
20 June 2013
Congratulations to Matthew Kay
Watch the recording of Prof. Jennifer Coates June 7 Lecture
12 June 2013
On June 7th, Prof. Jennifer Coates of the University of Roehampton delivered the 3rd Annual Jenny Cheshire Lecture.
Lecture
12 June 2013
On June 7th, Prof. Jennifer Coates of the University of Roehampton delivered the 3rd Annual Jenny Cheshire Lecture, entitled "The discursive production of everyday heterosexualities."
Esther de Leeuw is presenting twice at the 9th International Symposium on Bilingualism.
PhD awarded: Dr. Philippa Law
31 May 2013
Join us in congratulating Dr. Philippa Law on the successful completion of her PhD.
QMUL linguist Jenny Cheshire gives a plenary lecture at Universidade de Santiago de Compestela
31 May 2013
QMUL linguist Jenny Cheshire gives a plenary lecture on 'Multiethnolects and English Corpus Linguistics' at the 34th ICAME conference.
Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga and Linnaea Stockall present a poster at the XPRAG London Master Class.
PhD awarded: Dr. Rachelle Vessey
30 May 2013
Join us in congratulating Dr. Rachelle Vessey on the successful completion of her PhD.
QMUL linguist Esther de Leeuw presents QM collaborative work at Concordia University
16 May 2013
Esther de Leeuw is presenting twice at the New Sounds 2013 conference at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, on May 17-19.
PhD awarded: Dr. Barbara Clark
26 March 2013
Join us in congratulating Dr. Barbara Clark on the successful completion of her PhD.
QMUL linguist Paul Elbourne gives an invited lecture at Ohio State University
14 March 2013
On March the 21st, QMUL linguist Paul Elbourne will give an invited talk.
QMUL staff and students interviewed in the Evening Standard
11 March 2013
Dr. Devyani Sharma and several students studying at QMUL talk about the value of being multilingual.
Languages, Comparative Literature, Linguistics and Film see upsurge in applications
2 February 2013
Applications for Languages, Comparative Literature, Linguistics and Film are all bucking the national trend at Queen Mary, with increases of between 43% and 58% compared to a national average
OPAL
11 December 2012
Luke's undergraduate thesis.
Queen Mary has a new OPAL: Luke Bradley on Old English copulas.
11 December 2012
Click for Luke's undergraduate thesis.
OPAL
11 December 2012
Luke's undergraduate thesis.
Queen Mary has a new OPAL: Olie Brownlow gets 'get' constructions
11 December 2012
Professor Jenny Cheshire presents at at the Australian Linguistics Society Conference
3 December 2012
Professor Jenny Cheshire gives two presentations at the Australian Linguistics Society Conference in Perth, Western Australia, December 5-7.
Landless Rural Workers of Brazil
22 November 2012
The MST (Movement of the Landless Rural Workers of Brazil), was formalized in 1984 as the social tragedy of landlessness, affecting over four million Brazilian families, deepened.
'A Syntax of Substance' by David Adger now available for preorder
15 November 2012
Professor David Adger's new book 'A Syntax of Substance' is now available for preorder from MIT Press.
Postgraduate
5 October 2012
The MA student handbook for 2012-13 is now available for download.
MA Handbook for 2012-13 now online
5 October 2012
The MA student handbook for 2012-13 is now available for download.
QMUL gives an invited seminar lecture at the School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow
26 September 2012
On October 4, QMUL linguist Erez Levon will give an invited seminar lecture on "Sociophonetic variation and the intersection of gender and social class in the Southeast of England."
QMUL presents at the International Workshop on Heritage Languages
26 September 2012
On October 4-6, QMUL linguist David Adger will give a talk on "Combinatorial Variability in situations of Reduced Input".
Promotions
25 September 2012
We all congratulate Dr. Colleen Cotter on her promotion.
Staff Promotions: Dr. Colleen Cotter & Dr. Erez Levon
25 September 2012
We all congratulate Dr. Colleen Cotter on her promotion to Reader in Media Linguistics.
Staff
25 September 2012
We all congratulate Dr. Colleen Cotter on her promotion to Reader in Media Linguistics, and Dr. Erez Levon to Senior Lecturer in Linguistics.
Promotions
25 September 2012
We all congratulate Dr. Colleen Cotter on her promotion.
QMUL presents at Sinn und Bedeutung
21 September 2012
On September 8-10, QMUL linguistics Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga and Linnaea Stockall gave a talk entitled "Generics and Domain Restriction: Experimental Evidence from Comparison with Universals".
2012-13 Module Directory with Classroom Locations now out
18 September 2012
See attached to download the Module Directory and find the locations of your classes.
Two new papers available through QMOPAL
18 July 2012
The following two papers have just been published.
Two new papers available through QMOPAL
18 July 2012
The following two papers have just been published.
Jenny Cheshire elected to Fellowship of British Academy
6 July 2012
Professor Jenny Cheshire has been elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy in recognition of her significant achievements to research and academia in the U.K.
Dr. Devyani Sharma promoted to Senior Lecturer
6 July 2012
Dr. Devyani Sharma has been promoted to Senior Lecturer of Linguistics.
Dr. Daniel Harbour promoted to Reader in Cognitive Science
6 July 2012
Dr. Daniel Harbour has been promoted to Reader in Cognitive Science.
Language, Mind, Nature: An Evening with Noam Chomsky
6 July 2012
Direct Links to stream a recording of the event are at: