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Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships, 2025

04 Oct 2024

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway University of London invites applications to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme, 2025.

Gapper Book Prize Nominations from Languages, Literatures and Cultures

09 Feb 2024

Two of the five books shortlisted for the 2023 Gapper Book Prize in French Studies are by staff in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

Major new study of Frantz Fanon by Professor James S. Williams

25 Oct 2023

Professor James Williams has published a new book exploring the life and work of Afro-Caribbean intellectual Frantz Fanon (1925-1961).

Photograph by Dr James Kent selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

31 May 2023

A recent photograph by Dr James Kent, ‘Living quarters in Downtown Havana’ (2022), has been selected for the prestigious Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Professor James Williams on the life and work of Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)

23 Sep 2022

James Williams, Professor of Modern French Literature and Film, has been in demand to reflect on the work and legacy of the French film director Jean-Luc Godard.

Joan Miró: Feet on the Ground, Eyes on the Stars - Works from 1924 to 1936

31 Aug 2022

A major new exibition of work by the Spanish modernist painter Joan Miró (1893-1983) has been directly inspired by research on the artist by Eric Robertson.

National Student Survey 2022

03 Aug 2022

The results of the National Student Survey 2022 have been published, and confirm high levels of satisfaction among students in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

Blaise Cendrars: The Invention of Life

31 May 2022

Eric Robertson, Professor of Modern French Literary and Visual Culture, has published a major new book exploring the work of innovative French author Blaise Cendrars.

REF 2021: Royal Holloway 5th in the UK for Modern Languages Research in the Times Higher subject ranking

13 May 2022

Following the publication of the results of REF 2021 Modern Languages is placed 5th in the country in the subject research ranking published by the THES.

REF 2021 results for Modern Languages at Royal Holloway

11 May 2022

How did Modern Languages in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures perform in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021?

New Exhibition - 'Kalila wa Dimna: Ancient Tales for Troubled Times'

10 May 2022

Dr Rachel Scott, Lecturer in World and Hispanic Literatures, is part of the team behind a new exhibition, 'Kalila wa Dimna: Ancient Tales for Troubled Times', launching on 12 May.

Times Higher Education Awards 2021

13 Sep 2021

Many congratulations to our colleague Professor Hannah Thompson who, along with the College Curator Dr Laura MacCulloch, has been nominated in the Times Higher Education Awards 2021.

Pregnant in a Pandemic

20 Jul 2021

Learn more about Dr James Kent's project involving photgraphic portraits and personal accounts of preganancy and childbirth during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Creating Audio Description free online course

07 Jul 2021

Creating Audio Description: Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, developed by Professor Hannah Thompson, explores how to create audio descriptions that fully represent a film, play, or TV show.

Students of French to judge French literary prize

16 Mar 2021

On 18 March, alongside students from 11 other British universities, they will decide on the recipient of the Choix Goncourt UK from a shortlist provided by the Académie Goncourt.

AHRC PhD funding in Languages, Literatures and Cultures through Techne

05 Jan 2021

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures invites outstanding candidates to apply for AHRC Techne Studentships for 2021-2 entry.

New study of Dada poet Céline Arnauld by Ruth Hemus

20 Nov 2020

Dr Ruth Hemus has published a new book rediscovering the work of a major Dada poet Céline Arnauld (1885-1952).

COVIDA

29 Jul 2020

Read about the international online exhibition on COVID-19, co-organised by Dr Miriam Haddu, and watch the video.

Audio-Descriptive Picture Gallery Tour

25 Jun 2020

Staff and Students from LLC have helped to create a new, free audio-description tour of the art collection.

Teaching Prizes for LLC Staff

11 Jun 2020

Staff from the Department have had their excellence in teaching and supervision recognized in University prizes.

Student Achievement

08 Jun 2020

Comparative Literature and Culture student Heathcliff Newman has won the Mary MacPherson Essay Prize 2020.

Postgraduate Profile

08 Jun 2020

Introducing Ilham Essalih, PhD student, Instagrammer and book reviewer.

Questions about studying with us?

05 May 2020

Talk to one of our academics about studying in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Please contact our Recruitment Lead: joseph.harris@rhul.ac.uk

Dr Stefano Jossa awarded grant to study unique collection of Renaissance letters

30 Apr 2020

Dr Stefano Jossa, Reader in Italian, has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant to study the Ridolfi Collection at the archives of Royal Holloway.