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Author Raoul de Jong looking to nothing in particular.
Raoul de Jong (c) Jan Rosseel

Dutch Visiting Author 2024: Raoul de Jong

Dutch author Raoul de Jong is visiting Sheffield Dutch Studies in December 2024. Translator John Eyck will join us from New York. Our public presentation will be on Tuesday 17 December at 5pm in Diamond Workroom 2. All welcome.

Henk de Berg next and the cover of his new book Trump and Hitles

Trump and Hitler: A Comparative Study in Lying

Prof. Henk de Berg explores one of today's most controversial topics -- the similarities and dissimilarities between Trump and Hitler.
academic visitor from Ukraine Vira Dutkanych leaning against a bord indicating what is on which floor in Jessop West

Our Ukrainian academic visitors

From October 2023 until April SLC and MLTC hosted the visit of two Ukrainian colleagues from Lviv. Dr Vira Dutkanych looks back on her time in Sheffield.

A dozen students in a light room, looking at their phones to read the script for their theatre rehearsal

Modern Languages Drama Festival 2024

Curtain up! Light the lights! The SLC Modern Languages Drama Festival is back at Sheffield’s Drama Studio. From 16 until 22 March 2024, we'll offer FOUR student productions. From the classic 'Le Cid' to the playful 'Rotkäppchen'.

Imgae with thank you for watching in German

Green in Sheffield

Let's not forget about the climate crisis. That was the position of a group of students in German. They combined their drive to live a greener life with their love for German to create a video message for fellow students.
Grandes Mujeres Latino Americanas

SLC academic’s project on “Great Latin American Women” awarded funding

Dr Lauren Rea’s “Great Latin American Women” project has been awarded funding from the UKRI GCRF Collective Programme.
100+ scholarships

Sheffield Postgraduate Scholarships

We're offering 100+ scholarships worth £10,000 each for home fee paying students starting a taught postgraduate course in 2021.
Chaillou

Wednesday 25th November 2020: Virtual Lunchtime Talk: Modernity and Myth in the Siege of Paris,1870

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the terrible siege of Paris in the winter of 1870. Hear from Dr David McCallam as he examines Narcisse Chaillou’s curious artwork Le Dépeceur de rats (A Rat Seller during the Siege of Paris) from 1871.

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People from the 9 November Colloquium

'Approaches to Multilingualism' Colloquium

The 'Approaches to Multilingualism' Colloquium featured a keynote lecture from Dr Mi Yung Park (University of Auckland), as well as presentations from PhD students.