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Modern Languages Staff do well in Student-led teaching awards

The School of Modern Languages did particularly well in the recent Bangor University student-led teaching awards 2012, with four members of staff being shortlisted from a large number of nominations.

Publication Date: 22/05/2012

Bangor University Awards Peer Guide of the Year 2012

Rebecca Earnshaw has been named Peer Guide of the Year 2012 at Bangor University in recognition of the fantastic support that she has provided to first year students at the University.

Publication Date: 13/05/2012

Oxford Award for Bangor Professor

Tony Bushell, Professor of German in Bangor’s  School of Modern Languages, has been awarded a  prestigious visiting scholarship by St. John’s College, Oxford to complete a study devoted to the rhetorics of Austrian identity.

Publication Date: 26/04/2012

Phil Coid (Year 2 German with Business Studies) Lands Work Placement with DEUTZ

After completing a rigorous application and interview process, Phil Coid (Year 2 German with Business Studies) has managed to secure a much-sought after work placement with DEUTZ, the German engine manufacturers!

Publication Date: 20/04/2012

Catherine Chen (Year 2 German, French, Spanish) wins DAAD University Summer Course Scholarship 2012.

Publication Date: 20/04/2012

PhD student Adam Pearce's translation of Daniel Owen's short stories published

Adam Pearce, a 125th Anniversary Ph.D. Student in Bangor’s School of Modern Languages, is the translator of a recently-published collection of short stories entitled Fireside Tales by Daniel Owen, widely regarded as the father of the Welsh novel.

Publication Date: 16/03/2012

PhD student Sadiqa Riazat is published in interview with Martin Schulz

PhD student and 125Anniversary bursary holder Sadiqa Riazat has recently been published in discussion with Martin Schulz, who has recently been elected President of the European Parliament.

Publication Date: 16/03/2012

Bangor academic Helena Miguélez-Carballeira wins award to lead research network on translation in Wales

The Project ‘Translation in Non-State Cultures: Perspectives from Wales’ has been awarded an AHRC Research Development Grant. Dr Helena Miguélez-Carballeira, Lecturer in Spanish and Director of the Translation Studies Graduate Programme at Bangor University’s School of Modern Languages has won £12.000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to lead a Wales-wide research network on translation in Wales.

Publication Date: 16/03/2012

Funding opportunities for MA students

School of Modern Languages is pleased to announces scholarship opportunities.

Publication Date: 15/03/2012

AHRC PhD Studentship in Translation Studies

Applications are invited by the Graduate School of Arts and Humanities at Bangor University for an AHRC PhD Studentship in Translation Studies beginning on 1st October 2012.

Publication Date: 15/03/2012

Silent Movie wins at The Oscars

Having discussed The Artist’s Oscar nominations last week, here, Dr Jonathan Ervine at the School of Modern Languages shares his views about Sunday night’s successes.

Publication Date: 27/02/2012

Bangor academic to chair research seminar with paper on sick and ugly bodies in and beyond Lady Gaga

Mattia Marino to chair session at the American Comparative Literature Association annual meeting this March 29^th – April 1^st  at Brown University, USA.

Publication Date: 23/02/2012

Will a silent movie win an Oscar?

Dr Jonathan Ervine, an academic at the School of Modern Languages is an expert in French film and cinema. Here he shares his views on the Oscar nominated film, The Artist.

Publication Date: 23/02/2012

International Mother Language Day

The School of Modern Languages high light the importance of the mother tonge for International Mother Language Day. Watch their video.

Publication Date: 21/02/2012

Bangor academic Helena Miguélez-Carballeira wins award to lead research network on translation in Wales

The Project ‘Translation in Non-State Cultures: Perspectives from Wales’ has been awarded an AHRC Research Development Grant. Dr Helena Miguélez-Carballeira, Lecturer in Spanish and Director of the Translation Studies Graduate Programme at Bangor University’s School of Modern Languages has won £12,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to lead a Wales-wide research network on translation in Wales.

Publication Date: 16/02/2012

Catherine Chen (Year 2 German, French, Spanish) wins prize in 2011 DAAD Competition

"In 2011, I took part in the DAAD competition “Germany 2051 – What will it be like?” This competition was open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students registered at a UK university (except German nationals); participants were encouraged to send on their vision of what Germany will be like in 2051.

Publication Date: 20/01/2012

Students win Excellence Scholarships

Three students from the School of Modern Languages win Excellence Scholarships. Read their stories here...

Publication Date: 17/01/2012

Rebecca Williams (Year 2 German) Awarded DAAD Scholarship in 2011.

Read Rebecca's story.

Publication Date: 17/01/2012

Rosie receives the Otto Harpner Award

Rosie MacLeod, a Ph.D. Student in Bangor’s School of Modern Languages, has just received an OTTO HARPNER AWARD, administered by the Anglo-Austrian Society.

Publication Date: 17/01/2012

Honours for Bangor Italianists

It has been an excellent six months for scholars of Italian at Bangor.

Publication Date: 17/02/2011