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Life as an English Language Assistant in Guyana

"Overall my time in Guyane as an English assistant so far has been nothing short of the best time of my life, and I would definitely recommend going for it to anyone who is thinking about applying": thinking about trying somewhere a bit different for…
Life as an English Language Assistant in Guyana
"Overall my time in Guyane as an English assistant so far has been nothing short of the best time of my life, and I would definitely recommend going for it to anyone who is thinking about applying": thinking about trying somewhere a bit different for your YA? Look no further...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
#congratulations to Susannah Wilson on her #newbook with @cornelluniversity.bsky.social, A Most Quiet Murder, which launched this afternoon.

👉Link to the publisher's website: tinyurl.com/46yhetf2

👉And read here a short blog by Susannah for the Legal History Miscellany blog: tinyurl.com/4xd69h2x
January 28, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Exciting events this week:

TOMORROW 28 Jan, Lala Toutonian is giving an online talk for Hispanic Studies

WEDS 29 Jan, Susannah Wilson (French) launches 'A Most Quiet Murder', FAB3.30, 15.00

Also WEDS, Lili Owen Rowlands (Royal Holloway), presents on erotic labour in French cinema, FAB3.30, 16.30
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Summer trip to Xi’an, China

by Stephanie Welch Over the summer a group of five students including myself had the privilege of spending four weeks in one of Chinas ancient capitals Xi’an. During our stay we attended Mandarin classes, spent time at the Shaanxi History Museum and visited the cities…
Summer trip to Xi’an, China
by Stephanie Welch Over the summer a group of five students including myself had the privilege of spending four weeks in one of Chinas ancient capitals Xi’an. During our stay we attended Mandarin classes, spent time at the Shaanxi History Museum and visited the cities popular cultural landmarks. After a day of travelling Onara and I landed in Xi’an where we were met by our driver.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:54 AM
😍Two amazing events happening this week!

TODAY: SMLC Work-in-Progress seminar, 17.00, FAB2.48 - Yanyu Liu on 'Circulation of Crime Fiction in the Landscape of World Literatue'

TOMORROW: author Juhea KIM exploring the anxieties of creative writing & literary translation, OC1.09, 15.00
January 22, 2026 at 11:57 AM
And we've got even more photos of our fantastic PhD graduates here: www.instagram.com/p/DTxsOWJjNv...
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
It's graduation day here University of Warwick! Congratulations to all our students who are graduating today!

Check out photos from our drinks reception earlier: www.instagram.com/p/DTu87fzjDw...

Whilst you're there, why not follow us? @smlc_warwick on Insta for the latest SMLC news and gossip!
SMLC, Warwick University on Instagram: "It’s #graduation day for SMLC @uniofwarwick ! A huge congratulations 🏆🎈📣👑 to all of our students graduating today! Got graduation pics of your own? Memories of...
21 likes, 0 comments - warwick_smlc on January 20, 2026: "It’s #graduation day for SMLC @uniofwarwick ! A huge congratulations 🏆🎈📣👑 to all of our students graduating today! Got graduation pics of you...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:34 PM
New Year, New Term... and a new series of exciting research seminars in Hispanic Studies!
We’re delighted to open the term with a talk by Mathew Hilborn alongside our very own Mary Harrod.
21 Jan, 17.00, FAB cinema
January 19, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Fan of French cinema? SMLC's Douglas Morrey has been on The French Cinema Room podcast discussing the emblematic and Oscar-winning Juliette Binoche.

Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/7o6m...
Episode 4: Juliette Binoche
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January 14, 2026 at 4:52 PM
IPCITI 2025 at Warwick: Young Scholars, Big Conversations

Our second blog of 2026 is a second look at one of the wonderful conferences hosted in SMLC last term. This time, the IPCITI 2025 translation/interpreting conference!
IPCITI 2025 at Warwick: Young Scholars, Big Conversations
Our second blog of 2026 is a second look at one of the wonderful conferences hosted in SMLC last term. This time, the IPCITI 2025 translation/interpreting conference!
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January 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
🎉CONGRATULATIONS to Qian Liu on her book 异域之爱:互文性翻译理论视角下的中国近现代爱情小说的译与撰 Exotic Love: Translation & Creation of Romantic Stories in Early 20th-century China from an Intertextual-Translational Perspective (Peking University Press)
👉The book tinyurl.com/3yc3jk8u
👉Qian's research tinyurl.com/mr2ehpec
January 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM
👏New Year, New Doctor! 🎉Congratulations to Shaoyu Yang, who passed her PhD Viva before Christmas. She is the first graduate of our MA Translation & Cultures to finish a PhD with us, a great achievement.

Learn about Shaoyu's research: tinyurl.com/2umvvmra And our MA programmes: tinyurl.com/mu9xshjx
January 6, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Warwick–Tongji Postgraduate Symposium 2025: Translation, Discourse, and Global Communication

Our first blog of 2026 sees us catch up with one of the wonderful conferences we hosted last term: the Warwick-Tongji Postgraduate Symposium, focused on Translation, Discourse and Global Communication.
Warwick–Tongji Postgraduate Symposium 2025: Translation, Discourse, and Global Communication
Our first blog of 2026 sees us catch up with one of the wonderful conferences we hosted last term: the Warwick-Tongji Postgraduate Symposium, focused on Translation, Discourse and Global Communication.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
A Grain of Sand

Come for the journey, stay for the photos: our final blog post of 2025 is a stunning pictorial account of Joe Guy's Year Abroad in China. As winter closes in on Warwick, let yourself drift through these breath-taking Chinese landscapes...
A Grain of Sand
Come for the journey, stay for the photos: our final blog post of 2025 is a stunning pictorial account of Joe Guy's Year Abroad in China. As winter closes in on Warwick, let yourself drift through these breath-taking Chinese landscapes...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It may have been Week 10 but colleagues in German Studies ended the year with a double header: 1. GeFo in. Studio, an informal, roundtable research sharing event. 2. Screening of Pabst’s ‘Die freudlose Gasse’ as part of the #weimar100 project introduced via a paper from our own Dr Ian Roberts
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Wednesday 10th December, 6pm, FAB cinema

Weimar 100 event marking the centenary of G. W. Pabst's Die freudlose Gasse (Joyless Streets)! Introductory lecture by Ian Roberts followed by & subtitled screening with refreshments.

Please register: tinyurl.com/y2kdrfpd
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
¡Feliz Navidad! Spanish Food and Wine and the Victorian Christmas

On the first day of Christmas (well, December) the SMLC gave to me... reflections on the Spanish influences on Christmas in Britain, by Kirsty Hooper. A piece likely to make readers rather peckish and thirsty...
¡Feliz Navidad! Spanish Food and Wine and the Victorian Christmas
On the first day of Christmas (well, December) the SMLC gave to me... reflections on the Spanish influences on Christmas in Britain, by Kirsty Hooper. A piece likely to make readers rather peckish and thirsty...
warwicklanguages.wordpress.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
💥NEW BOOK ALERT!

🎉Susannah Wilson has published with @cornelluniversity.bsky.social A Most Quiet Murder: Maternity, Affliction, and Violence in Late Nineteenth-Century France

👉Publisher's website: tinyurl.com/46yhetf2

👉Blog by Susannah for Legal History Miscellany : tinyurl.com/4xd69h2x
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Happening TODAY!

French Studies Seminar Series - two of our PhD candidates, Adam Agowun and Airelle Amedro, will be presenting their research. Airelle will present her work on author Virginie Despentes and Adam his work on Nicolas Sarkozy's political communication strategy.

16.30-18.00, FAB3.30
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Having been digging through my files this morning to find material on the history of French Studies @warwick-smlc.bsky.social for the alumni day @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Who recognises these 3 brochures?
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Year Abroads past and present

Time for some more Year Abroad stories, this time taking us from China to Heidelberg via Montpellier...
Year Abroads past and present
Time for some more Year Abroad stories, this time taking us from China to Heidelberg via Montpellier...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Amazing photos from last week's #IPCITI2025 conference!
We've had another busy week of research, with amazing talks for the German, Italian, and Falling Skies seminar series.
And TODAY, we have the Dante Futures conference: Wolfson Research Exchange from 16.45. Be sure to tag us if you're posting!
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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🔉🎉Stay tuned for our week-long #IPCITI2025 recap!

Here's a little sneak peek of the wonderful institutional welcome delivered by our Co-head of School @warwick-smlc.bsky.social, Professor Elisabeth Herrmann and Dr Caroline Summers from @warwicktranslation.bsky.social (1/2)
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Don't forget our two amazing seminars taking place THIS AFTERNOON! See details below and find out more on the SMLC Events page on our website: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/mod...
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Вы говорите по-русски? Warwick Language Centre’s Russian conversation club

Вы говорите по-русски? Hear from our 2nd year BA Modern Languages student, Cerys, about her experience of the Language Centre's Russian Conversation Club!
Вы говорите по-русски? Warwick Language Centre’s Russian conversation club
Вы говорите по-русски? Hear from our 2nd year BA Modern Languages student, Cerys, about her experience of the Language Centre's Russian Conversation Club!
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November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM