Seminar Series: Languages in Context:
Languages in Context: Histories and Futures of Modern Language Study in Britain
School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Glasgow
The autumn 2009 series seeks to identify the broad cultural pressures which led to the establishment and development of the modern foreign languages as disciplines in British universities. Contributions from scholars in French, Russian and German will serve as platforms for discussions aiming to contextualize current institutional agendas.
Seminars take place from 1-2 pm in the Hetherington Building, Room 317
21 October: Hilary Footitt (Reading), Languages in the Context of War
4 November: James Muckle (Nottingham): Russian in the University Curriculum: An Untypical Tale?
2 December: Malcolm Pender (Strathclyde): One Hundred Twenty-Five Years of German Studies at British Universities
For further information: Amy Wygant