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In this new blog post, our student Nicola describes her experiences studying at Tsinghua University in China, and visiting sights such as the Gubei Water Town in Beijing. studentblog.webspace.durham.…

We are delighted to invite @durham_uni students to a talk by former diplomat Ian Proud, who served in Thailand, Afghanistan and Russia. Ian will discuss career pathways in diplomacy. Teaching and Learning Centre, Room 033, 28 November, 5.15 pm

In this new video, our student Max talks about his experiences on his year abroad in China, including dealing with culture shock and studying at a Chinese university. youtu.be/62YD6qd_DgM

In this new blog post, our student Miranda describes her year abroad in Argentina: studentblog.webspace.durham.…

We are looking forward to hosting Sarah Jollien-Farder this Friday, 2pm, for the publication of the English translation of her novel Sa Préférée/My Favourite (@PressIndigoThe) as part of the Living Texts seminar series convened by Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze and @DCarliniVersini

Our colleague Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze is co-organising: Behind the Mirror: Family Secrets A Claude Chabrol film series at the Ciné Lumière in London Starts 10 November with Le Beau Serge (1958) institut-francais.org.uk/fes…

These are the latest videos from Durham's 'Making Music - Connecting Communities' project. Documentary directed & edited by Ran Wei, PhD Student MLAC: youtube.com/watch?v=6hERe4ZR… Music videos: 'Abendland': youtube.com/watch?v=jBf9SLzA… 'So wie du bist': youtube.com/watch?v=1hCno2ZP…

In this new video, our student Jacob Hinton discusses his experiences studying and teaching on his year abroad in Japan, as well as his research on AI in Japan. youtube.com/watch?v=qRiN1DXh…

In this new video, our student Mia talks about her year abroad experiences in Spain and Italy. youtube.com/watch?v=PkdFKBzx…

Check out this new interview with our colleague Luca Malici. Luca is particularly interested in how aspects of equality, diversity, and inclusion relate to language teaching and learning. He discusses Italian teaching at Durham and the year abroad. youtube.com/watch?v=FgKa75w5…

The Centre for Comparative Modernities is delighted to announce its autumn series: Technological and Ideological Modernities [15 October] Ethnoreligious and Gender Modernities [29 October] Constructing Modernities [12 November] Further details: durham.ac.uk/research/instit…

On October 30 at 3.30pm, we'll host the authors Sasha Marianna Salzmann and Ofer Waldman online for a reading and discussion of their important book Gleichzeit (Suhrkamp Verlag). You can register here to receive the link: forms.office.com/e/BGJnBZBZy…

We are currently inviting expressions of interest from outstanding candidates who wish to apply for a prestigious Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship through the School. Full details here: durham.ac.uk/departments/aca… Informal queries can be sent to @AmaleenaDamle

🎞️ EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT🎞️ screening and Q&A with filmmaker Sammy Holden! Lindisfarne Centre, St Aidan’s College on October 21st at 6pm. MLaC PhD research candidate Joss Morfitt will host the event.

Our colleague Rosi Song is in Tokyo, working in partnership with cellist Katie Tertell on a lecture on and recital of Gaspar Cassadó's work. dijtokyo.org/event/lost-in-p…

October is breast cancer awareness month, and our colleague Abir Hamdar has written about the breast cancer accounts of four Arab female celebrities in this new article: "Breaking Taboos: Arab Breast Cancer Activism in Art and Popular Culture" link.springer.com/article/10…

Congratulations to Joss Morfitt, PhD student in MLaC, on the publication in Screen of this interview-essay with Richard Dyer, about the first ever LGBTQ+ film season at the BFI (and in the UK). academic.oup.com/screen/arti…

Congratulations to our colleague @tinakover, whose translation of Anne Berest’s The Postcard is runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Hear Tina read from her translation here: youtu.be/CqTWjxUwV1w

Many thanks to those who came to our open days this weekend. We had really good conversations with students and parents, heard from student ambassadors about their experiences in Durham, and discussed the degree paths through languages. Future open days: durham.ac.uk/visit-us/open-d…