Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages

Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages

The Faculty is one of the leading centres for the study of European language, literature, and culture world-wide, offering expertise in the entire chronological range from the earliest times to the present day, and with specialists in film studies, cultural studies, and cultural history as well as languages and literatures.

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Title	Description	People	Date	Captions
From the Crisis to Metamorphosis: History, Trauma and Loss in C. Oikonomou’s Kati tha ginei tha deis and D. Papamarkos’s MetaPoesis	Vassiliki Kaisidou (University of Oxford) gives the third talk in the fourth panel; 'Continuities and Ruptures': The 'Crisis' as a new period in Greek history?	Vassiliki Kaisidou	26 April, 2016
“Greek drama”: The role of heritage in spectacle creation during the Greek economic crisis	Mina Dragouni (UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage) gives the second talk in the fourth panel 'Continuities and Ruptures': The 'Crisis' as a new period in Greek history?	Mina Dragouni	26 April, 2016
Far-right blogging and migration: discourses and aesthetics	Ismini Sioula-Georgoulea (Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences), gives the first talk in the fourth panel 'Continuities and Ruptures': The 'Crisis' as a new period in Greek history?	Ismini Sioula-Georgoulea	26 April, 2016
Crisis and memory on the foreign stage: The bilingual Abandon the Citizens	Maria Mytilinaki Kennedy (CUNY) gives the third talk in the panel; Renegotiations from the 'outside': International Discourses and Diasporic Perspectives.	Maria Mytilinaki Kennedy	26 April, 2016
A love-hate relationship? The impact of historical Philhellenism on Germany’s view of the “Greek Crisis”	Dr. Helen Roche (University of Cambridge) gives the second talk in the third panel; Renegotiations from the 'outside': International Discourses and Diasporic Perspectives.	Helen Roche	26 April, 2016
The ‘refugee crisis’ as a neo-orientalist discourse	Maria Kenti Kranidioti (University of Durham), gives the first talk in panel 3; Renegotiations from the 'outside': International Discourses and Diasporic Perspectives.	Maria Kenti Kranidioti	26 April, 2016
The “Polytechnic generation” in modern Greek “literature of the crisis”: the cases of Petros Markaris and Rhea Galanaki	Yannis Vangelokostas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), gives the third talk in panel 2; A Panorama of the 20th Century: Dominant Discourses, Resistance and Culpability.	Yannis Vangelokostas	26 April, 2016
Which Side Are You On?: Historical Divisions as Identity Re-inventions during the Greek Crisis	Ioanna Manoussaki-Adamopoulou (UCL), gives the second talk in panel 2; A Panorama of the 20th Century: Dominant Discourses, Resistance and Culpability.	Ioanna Manoussaki-Adamopoulou	26 April, 2016
Howling Kleftika: re-writing the Beats in the post-December youth (sub)cultures	Nikos Kalogiros (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), gives the first talk in panel 2; A Panorama of the 20th Century: Dominant Discourses, Resistance and Culpability.	Nikos Kalogiros	26 April, 2016
Smyrna in Your Pocket: History, Emotion and the Drama of Refugees	Kristina Gedgaudaitė (University of Oxford), gives the third talk in Panel 1; Crisis and Catastrophe: The Politics of Memory Between Moments of 'Crisis'.	Kristina Gedgaudaitė	26 April, 2016
Kinship and post-war trauma: Re-imagining the Asia Minor Catastrophe in times of crisis in Dimosthenis Papamarkos	Angeliki Mousiou (University of Oxford), gives the second talk on Panel 1; Crisis and Catastrophe: The Politics of Memory Between Moments of 'Crisis'.	Angeliki Mousiou	26 April, 2016
Time, Space and Narrative: Multiplicity of Politics in the Graphic Novel 'Aivali'	Elžbieta Banytė (Vilnius University), gives the first talk on Panel 1; Crisis and Catastrophe: The Politics of Memory Between Moments of 'Crisis'.	Elžbieta Banytė	26 April, 2016
Early Modern German Literature 1: Das Juttenspiel	Henrike Lähnemann on the Reformation publication of the ‘Juttenspiel’	Henrike Lähnemann	4 March, 2016
Early Modern German Literature 2: Judith plays	Henrike Lähnemann on the popularity of the Judith theme in Reformation drama	Henrike Lähnemann	4 March, 2016
Bible Translation in Germany	From Old High German via Martin Luther to Bibel in gerechter Sprache. A whistle stop tour of German Bible translation	Henrike Lähnemann, Howard Jones, Daniel Lloyd	3 March, 2016
Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts: Abbess Bärbel Görcke (Mariensee): The Prayer-Book of Abbess Odilia	Multiple presentations from the German Studies Staff	Henrike Lähnemann, Abbess Bärbel Görcke	22 February, 2016
Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts: Ulrike Hascher-Burger (Utrecht): Musical Notation	Presentations about the Medingen Manuscripts	Henrike Lähnemann, Ulrike Hascher-Burger	22 February, 2016
Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts: Alan Coates (Oxford): The Incunable Traces	Presentations about the Medingen Manuscripts	Henrike Lähnemann, Alan Coates	22 February, 2016
Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts: Nigel F. Palmer (Oxford): Cistercian Punctuation	Presentations about the Medingen Manuscripts	Henrike Lähnemann, Nigel Palmer	22 February, 2016
Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts: Andrew Honey (Oxford): The Plaque in the Psalter and the Bindings	Presentations about the Medingen Manuscripts	Henrike Lähnemann, Andrew Honey	22 February, 2016
Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts: Henrike Lähnemann (Oxford): Introduction	Presentations about the Medingen Manuscripts	Henrike Lähnemann	22 February, 2016
Website Reformation: Launching the website by Charlotte Schwarzer	Launch of the Reformation 2017 Website	Henrike Lähnemann, Charlotte Schwarzer	22 February, 2016
Website Reformation: The Reformation Music Project: Alex Lloyd, Tom Hammond-Davies, Harry Meehan	Launch of the Reformation 2017 Website	Henrike Lähnemann, Alex Lloyd, Tom Hammond-Davies, Harry Meehan	22 February, 2016
Website Reformation: The Website: Emma Huber	Launch of the Reformation 2017 Website	Henrike Lähnemann, Emma Huber	22 February, 2016
Website Reformation: Karlstadt pamphlets: Jennifer Bunselmeier	Launch of the Reformation 2017 Website	Henrike Lähnemann, Jennifer Bunselmeier	22 February, 2016
Website Reformation: Lustgarten der Seelen: Klaus Meyer	Launch of the Reformation 2017 Website	Henrike Lähnemann, Klaus Meyer	22 February, 2016
Website Reformation: Weissagung vom Papsttum: Kezia Fender	Launch of the Reformation 2017 Website	Henrike Lähnemann, Kezia Fender	22 February, 2016
Website Reformation: Hans Sachs’ Dialogue: Charlotte Hartmann	Launch of the Reformation 2017 Website	Henrike Lähnemann, Charlotte Hartmann	22 February, 2016
Website Reformation: De captivitate babylonica: Lucas Eigel	Launch of the Reformation 2017 Website	Henrike Lähnemann, Lucas Eigel	22 February, 2016
Website Reformation: Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen: Howard Jones	Launch of the Reformation 2017 Website	Henrike Lähnemann, Howard Jones	22 February, 2016
Website Reformation: Passional Christi & Antichristi: Ed Wareham	Launch of the Reformation 2017 Website	Henrike Lähnemann, Edward Wareham	22 February, 2016
Website Reformation: Introduction by Henrike Lähnemann	Launch of the Reformation 2017 Website	Henrike Lähnemann	19 February, 2016
The Future of German Studies	Round Table on the occasion of the Inaugural Lecture of Henrike Lähnemann	Hans-Jochen Schiewer, Wilhelm Krull, Dorothea Rüland, Katrin Kohl, Carsten Dose, Ritchie Robertson, Henrike Lähnemann	19 February, 2016
The Materiality of Medieval Manuscripts	Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural Lecture for the Chair in German Medieval Literature and Linguistics.	Henrike Lähnemann, Richard Ovenden, Sally Mapstone, kristin püttmann	15 February, 2016
If Venice Dies - Italian Studies at Oxford Lecture	Salvatore Settis' English talk is on Venice and the future of historic cities (9 June 2015).	Salvatore Settis	30 July, 2015
Zaharoff Lecture 2015: Figures de la disparition dans le roman français contemporain	Figures de la disparition dans le roman français contemporain	Dominique Rabaté, Michael Sheringham	1 June, 2015
Graham Greene and Josephine Reid	Adam Smyth talks to Balliol College, Oxford archivist Anna Sander about an exciting new archive of letters relating to Graham Greene and his secretary, Josephine Reid.	Adam Smyth, Anna Sander	13 May, 2015
Hand-press printing	A demonstration of and discussion about hand-press printing with the Bodleian's Dr Paul Nash.	Paul Nash, Adam Smyth	25 September, 2014
Scribal correction and literary craft: English manuscripts 1375-1510	Adam Smyth talks to Professor Daniel Wakelin about his new book on cultures of correction in later medieval manuscripts.	Daniel Wakelin, Adam Smyth	8 July, 2014
'Almost Identical': Copying Books in England, 1600-1900	Henry Woudhuysen joins Adam Smyth to discuss the history of facsimiles.	Henry Woudhuysen, Adam Smyth	19 June, 2014
Men Defending Women in Late Medieval France	An interview with Dr Helen Swift about her book; Gender, Writing, and Performance: Men Defending Women in Late Medieval France as well as other developments in Medieval Literary Studies.	Helen Swift, Landon Newby	4 April, 2014
Studying Medieval and Modern Languages at St Hilda's College	Helen Swift talks to Lucia Nixon, Tutor for Admissions, about why to study Medieval and Modern Languages at St Hilda's College.	Helen Swift, Lucia Nixon	4 April, 2014
The History of Oxford University Press	Adam Smyth is joined by Professor Ian Gadd to discuss his just-published collection on the history of OUP.	Adam Smyth, Ian Gadd	17 March, 2014
Bibliography in Bits	Adam Smyth talks to Professor Will Noel about the potentials of digital technology for the study of manuscripts.	Will Noel, Adam Smyth	23 February, 2014
Early modern plays in bits and pieces	Professor Tiffany Stern joins Dr Adam Smyth to discuss her current research on the materiality of the early modern play text. What happens to our thinking about plays when prologues, epilogues and songs become mobile pieces, detached from the whole?	Tiffany Stern, Adam Smyth	3 February, 2014
Freemasons versus Jesuits: Conspiracy Theories in Enlightenment Germany	Inaugural lecture by Ritchie Robertson as Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature.	Ritchie Robertson	29 May, 2012
Cristian Aliaga: Your Virtues Are Your Faults. Poetry Reading (Spanish and English)	A reading by Cristian Aliaga, one of Argentina's outstanding contemporary poets, given at St. John's College, Oxford, on 3 November, 2011. English translations are read by Ben Bollig, Lecturer in Spanish American Literature.	Cristian Aliaga, Ben Bollig	25 January, 2012
Reflections on the European Crisis	Dr José Cutileiro (Special Adviser to the President of the European Commission) delivers a lecture for the Centre for Portuguese Language / Instituto Camões of Oxford.	José Cutileiro	8 December, 2011
Round table discussion of Clarice Lispector (Brazilian-Portugese)	Discussion and audience questions (in Brazilian-Portugese) about Clarice Lispector's film De Corpo Inteiro and her reception at home and abroad.	Nicole Algranti, Teresa Montero Ferreira, Claire Williams	25 January, 2010