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The Department of Languages Cultures and Film leads pioneering research that transcends Modern Languages, influencing diverse disciplines globally. We champion challenge-based, linguistically-sensitive approaches, acting as translators between academic disciplines, societal realms, and theory and practice. Explore our transformative research projects below.

Transnational Memory Practices in the UK and South Korea

Transnational Memory Practices in the UK and South Korea

Dr Tamara West

Beyond Borders: Transnational Italy

Beyond Borders: Transnational Italy

Dr Barbara Spadaro (Italian Studies)

Romani Migration between Germany and Britain (1880s-1914)

Romani Migration between Germany and Britain (1880s-1914): Spaces of Informal Business, Media Spectacle, and Racial Policing

Professor Eve Rosenhaft and Tamara West (German Studies)

Brews and Brows: Shaping Stories from Eyebrows to Scousebrows

Brews and Brows: Shaping Stories from Eyebrows to Scousebrows

Dr Niamh Thornton (Iberian and Latin American Studies and Film Studies)

Mediating Spanish Women: Popular Culture and Feminist Visibilities

Mediating Spanish Women: Popular Culture and Feminist Visibilities

Dr Abigail Loxham (Film Studies)

Memory, Victims and Representation of the Colombian Conflict

Memory, Victims and Representation of the Colombian Conflict 

Professor Claire Taylor (Iberian and Latin American Studies)

Monolingual Schools in Multilingual Societies: An Exploration of Language and Ed

Monolingual Schools in Multilingual Societies: An Exploration of Language and Education in Cape Verde

Dr Nicola Bermingham (Hispanic Studies)

Specular Ghosts: Memory and trauma in Mexican visual culture

Specular Ghosts: Memory and Trauma in Mexican Visual Culture

Dr Niamh Thornton (Iberian and Latin American Studies and Film Studies)

The Hugli River of Cultures

Cultural heritage promoting quality of life in the at-risk megacity periphery of Kolkata

Dr Ian Magedera (French Studies)

Translating Cultures: leading a national Arts & Humanities research theme

Translating Cultures: leading a national Arts & Humanities research theme

Professor Charles Forsdick (French Studies)

Writing the City: Berlin literature anthologies

Writing the City: Berlin literature anthologies

Dr Lyn Marven (German Studies)

Multilingual Heritage

Multilingual Heritage

Professor Robert Blackwood (French Sociolinguistics)

Borderscapes - The linguistic de/construction of borders as an everyday practice

Borderscapes - The linguistic de/construction of borders as an everyday practice

Professor Stefania Tufi (Italian Studies and Sociolinguistics) alongside PDRA Dr Jessica Hampton