Translating Cultures and Modern Languages British Academy 9 November 2018, 10-30 am to 4.30 pm The AHRC theme ‘Translating Cultures’ has been highly significant in furthering research across a wide range of disciplines. The event at the British Academy provided the opportunity to discuss the contribution that the theme has made to the development of…Continue Reading TML Policy Report and BA event – 9 November 2018
TML Work with Drummond and Castlebrae CH Schools
An important part of TML is the work that the project is co-producing with Drummond and Castlebrae Community High Schools in Edinburgh. The video ‘Art in Translation’ shows the results of the collaborative project involving university researchers and school teachers and pupils. The project is about the different ways in which cultures move, and we…Continue Reading TML Work with Drummond and Castlebrae CH Schools
TML Conference ‘Transnational Modern Languages’, ICI 2016, on YouTube
TML Conference, ‘Transnational Modern Languages’ The Italian Cultural Institute, 2-3 December 2016 Challenging the assumption that cultures are self-contained units that correspond to sharply defined national boundaries must become an essential part of all disciplinary fields and sub-fields that make up Modern Languages, as they seek to avoid the risk of methodological nationalism and of…Continue Reading TML Conference ‘Transnational Modern Languages’, ICI 2016, on YouTube
TML Conference Transnational Italies, BSR 2016, on YouTube
Transnational Italies: Mobility, Subjectivities and Modern Italian Cultures TML Conference, the British School at Rome, 26-28 October 2016. The history of Italians and of Italian culture stems from multiple experiences of mobility and transnationalism. Such experiences reflect the history of Italy as an ‘emigrant nation’ (Choate), an imperialist power, and a European…Continue Reading TML Conference Transnational Italies, BSR 2016, on YouTube
TML: Reshaping the discipline for the 21st Century
TRANSNATIONALIZING MODERN LANGUAGES: RESHAPING THE DISCIPLINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY The British Academy, Friday, 26 February 2016 The event presented the work that the project is accomplishing within HE, schools and the wider community. It asked how MLs promote cultural as well as linguistic competences in an increasingly globalized world? How University curricula articulate with…Continue Reading TML: Reshaping the discipline for the 21st Century
Workshop on mobility and human subjectivities – Venice
Barbara Spadaro (TML Team) Transforming methodologies and disciplinary frameworks. A workshop on mobility and human subjectivities Summer School Transnational Italian Studies – Venice, 20-21 September 2015 This workshop has brought together scholars whose innovative work on ideas of mobility has challenged disciplinary boundaries and methodological frameworks, opening new and exciting ways of furthering the…Continue Reading Workshop on mobility and human subjectivities – Venice
Linguistic and Cultural Interchange Workshop – Warwick
Naomi Wells (TML Team) Linguistic and Cultural Interchange: Policies and Practices, University of Warwick, February 2015 Beginning a dialogue around sites of linguistic and cultural exchange, the first TML workshop brought together local and international policy-makers, practitioners and experts to share their experiences from both their personal and professional practices. Introduction by Loredana Polezzi…Continue Reading Linguistic and Cultural Interchange Workshop – Warwick
Transnational Italian Studies Summer School, Venice 2015
TML’s Summer School in Venice brought together an engaged group of PhD researchers eager to explore with the project team and invited speakers instances of transnationality in their own and others’ research. As an opportunity for discussion and reflection for both the team and participants, the programme allowed for a collaborative exploration of methodological and…Continue Reading Transnational Italian Studies Summer School, Venice 2015