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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'.

SLC Jean Paul

Staying at Home - with Jean Paul. ‘Flegeljahre’ and Frustrated Idylls

Dr Seán Williams discusses Jean Paul Richter’s ‘Flegeljahre’ and its place in his thoughts on luxury, and its relevance to today

| https://modernlanguagesresearch.blogs.sas.ac.uk/
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Poetry to stay connected in times of lockdown

Jessop West is empty. The lights are off. The whiteboards are bored. But in SLC we are staying connected. We have switched to digital delivery of our classes. And we are doing something extra: seeking connection through poetry.
Green car German

Germanic Cultures Festival

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Germanic Studies were looking forward to presenting our first Germanic Cultures Festival all centered on Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and the Low Countries. We will try again in happier days.
Surinam exhibition SURE Project

Megan Strutt Guest Blogger for British Library

SLC Megan Strutt (German with Dutch) presented her research project SURINAME. (RE)COLLECTIONS during the SURE exhibiton. Her Guest Blog is on the British Library website.
Lifta

Powerful new exhibition highlights how memory lingers in our landscapes

Curated by Dr Amanda Crawley Jackson from the University’s School of Languages and Cultures, in partnership with Museums Sheffield, the exhibition brings together over 45 photographs to explore how the past lingers in the present.