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Dr. J. Blejmar
Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
Institute of Modern Languages Research
School of Advanced Study
University of London
Senate House
Malet St.
London WC1E 7HU.
Room ST 280 (Stewart House)
Tel: 020 7862 8964
Institute of Modern Languages Research
Launch event, Saturday 7 December 2013
Room G22/26, Senate House, Malet St., London WC1E 7HU
A day of debate and discussion will (re)launch the Institute under its new name but will also emphasise its continuing mission to promote and facilitate research in Modern Languages in the UK.
Despite or because of current challenges facing the sector, IMLR is determined to emphasise the pivotal role of Modern Languages in Humanities research. This is due to the obvious multilingualism, internationalism and interdisciplinarity of its work, but also to the fact that its research agendas, along with the professional identities it creates, are marked and shaped by fundamental questions concerning: cultural communication and difference; the local, national and global; the relationships between history, place, and cultural and textual production. We have chosen the topic for today’s discussion in light of the pressing issues that have emerged in recent years concerning our object(s) of study and their new polycentrisms, but also because of the perceived need for much more dialogue between our language areas and the comparative agendas this can generate.
The event, including lunch, refreshments and reception, is free, but advanced registration is essential by close of play on Thursday 28 November. To do this, please contact Dr Christopher Barenberg : [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>; tel.: 020 7862 8738.
We wish to thank the School of Advanced Study for its generous support of this event.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
9.30 – 10.00 Tea & coffee
10.00 Introduction and welcome: Roger Kain (Dean, School of Advanced Study); Bill Marshall (Director, IMLR).
10.30 Spaces: Iberian and Latin American Connections and Disconnections
Chair: Bill Marshall
Paul Julian Smith (CUNY)
Paulo de Medeiros (Warwick)
Jens Andermann (Zurich)
11.45 Tea & coffee
12.15 New Directions in German Studies
Chair: Godela Weiss-Sussex (IMLR)
Erica Carter (King’s College London)
Sabine Egger (Mary Immaculate College)
13.00 LUNCH
Postgraduate posters
14.00 Post-Colonialism, the Transnational and Translation
Chair: Simon Gaunt (King’s College London)
Bill Burgwinkle (Cambridge)
Nick Harrison (King’s College London)
Áine McMurtry (King’s College London)
David Murphy (Stirling)
Ulrich Tiedau (UCL)
16.00 Tea & coffee
16.30 AHRC Themes (Translating Cultures, Science and Culture)
Chair: Bill Marshall
Charles Forsdick (Liverpool/AHRC)
Charles Burdett (Bristol)
Barry Smith (Institute of Philosophy/AHRC)
17.15 Showcasing the work of the IMLR
Bill Marshall, Jordana Blejmar, Clare George, Heide Kunzelmann, Andrea Meyer Ludowisy, Emanuela Patti, Katia Pizzi, Gill Rye, Godela Wei ss-Sussex
17.45 Final round table discussion
18.15 Wine reception
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