Research

Our thriving community of academic staff, postdoctoral research fellows and postgraduate students conducts research in a wide range of languages, disciplines and geographical regions, united by a commitment to accessing sources in the language, and to the study of language-based cultures.

Research by language

The Eiffel Tower in Paris.
French & Francophone Studies 
Buildings in Germany.
Germanic Studies 
A view over Barcelona at sunset.
Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese 
Blue skies over St Basil's Cathedral.
Russian and Slavonic Studies 
Casa De Te.
Translation, Intercultural Communication 

Research clusters

The outside of a French cinema
Visual Culture, Film & Performance 
Quechua street plaque in Peru
Linguistics 
Moscow in the morning. Credit yulenochekk.
Intellectual History and Politics 
A market at night time in Germany
Migration, Culture and Community 
Books
National and Transnational Literatures 

Our research community

Laura Carlsen Lecture
Seminars 
Henderson's Relish Factory through Jessop West.
Research centres 
Students in a lecture theatre listening to a lecture.
Academic visitors 
Kris Horner
Public engagement 
Sheffield skyline at dusk
Early Career Fellowships