School of Modern Languages news

Dr Christopher Hood discusses new book ‘Japan: The Basics’

16 March 2015

Dr Christopher Hood’s book Japan: The Basics has been a mainstay on the charts of Amazon Japan for weeks. We spoke to Dr Hood, Reader in Japanese Studies at the School of Modern Languages to find out more about his latest book.

School of Modern Languages ranks seventh in UK

18 December 2014

The School was ranked 7th in the UK for the quality of its research, in the latest Research Excellence Framework.

Cardiff teams up with Beijing Normal University to launch Joint College and flagship degree programme

4 December 2014

The joint college will be home to a flagship dual degree programme in Chinese Studies.

Birthday Rap for Nicanor Parra

11 November 2014

The School hosted a 2-day conference on the work of anti-poet Nicanor Parra.

Student working on a piece of lab equipment

School of Modern Languages to play its part in flagship University project

31 October 2014

European foreign policy expert Professor Gordon Cummings will be on the Board of one of the Phoenix Project.

Italian Ambassador visits Cardiff University

22 October 2014

The School was delighted to welcome the Italian Ambassador, cementing the close collaboration between the Italian Embassy and the School of Modern Languages.

Researcher wins funding to investigate translation and literature in Europe

10 October 2014

Dr Rhian Atkin has been awarded a grant to research in the translation of literatures of small European nations.

School of Modern Languages recognised for equality and diversity

18 September 2014

The School of Modern Languages has achieved Bronze level in the ECU’s trial gender equality charter mark.

Routes into Languages Cymru secure funding from Welsh Universities

2 September 2014

Routes aims to bridge the gap between secondary and higher education by supporting events and workshops.

Two Leverhulme Fellowships awarded to the School of Modern Languages

21 July 2014

The School has been successful in supporting two applications to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme.

International Interdisciplinary Symposium: Translation in Music

16 June 2014

Scholars and practitioners in Translation Studies and Music came together for this interdisciplinary symposium.

Cardiff student reaches the final stage of Languages Undergraduate of the Year

4 June 2014

Target jobs ‘Languages Undergraduate of the Year’ search the UK’s best universities to find the most outstanding multi-lingual student of the year.

Boosting our community

21 February 2014

New websites for School of Modern Languages and the Department of Politics and International Relations.

Ruth Kitchen awarded a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship

3 February 2014

Ruth Kitchen has been awarded a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for career development for her SURDITÉ Cinéma Project.

New German Language Assistant

31 January 2014

The German section has been given the opportunity to employ a “DAAD Sprachassistent” for the next academic year.

Poetry as an Echo-Chamber

22 January 2014

This month sees the publication of German Life and Letters 67, Special Number: Poetry, Poetics and Translation in Anglo-German Relations.

GW4 Initiative: And the Wall(s) Came Tumbling Down

27 November 2013

School academics found the GW4 Network for the Study of Socialist and Post-Socialist Europe’.

German Poet Visits Cardiff

21 November 2013

The School welcomed the German poet and novelist Jörg Bernig to Cardiff in the University’s Glamorgan Building.

Drawing by Max Ernst, German artist and pioneer of surrealism

Funding secured for research into surrealism in the GDR

12 November 2013

Professor Berendse has been awarded a scholarship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Major boost for next generation of arts & humanities researchers

25 October 2013

The School has been successful in a bid to become an AHRC Doctoral Training Centre.