Modern Languages Core Disciplinary Research Group

Seminar & Events Series 2023-24

Seminars will be held in the meeting room on the ground floor of 11 University Square, except for in semester 2. For semester 2 events please check venue information next to each listing.  

Semester 1

Dr Lucas Amaral de Oliveira (Associate Professor in Sociology, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil / British Academy Visiting Fellow Queen’s University Belfast). ‘Counter-Narratives in Contemporary Brazilian Literature’. Friday 13 October, 3 pm.

Dr Emre Ozmen (Universidad de Córdoba / Queen’s University Belfast). ‘Imagen de las escritoras en la prensa decimonónica española’ / ‘Image of Female Writers in Nineteenth-Century Spanish Press’. Friday 3 November, 3pm.

Rodrigo García Bergareche (Universidad Complutense Madrid). ‘Spanish Mysticism and Metaphors’. Wednesday 22 November, 3.15pm.

Brazil: Methods in Context. Interdisciplinary Dialogues with Brazil and Brazilian Studies. Event organised as part of British Academy Visiting Fellowship by Dr Lucas Amaral de Oliveira. Thursday 30 November, 2-5pm. (programme)

Semester 2

*Note venue varies – see information next to each event.

Katie Ní Loingsigh (UCC), ‘Hidden Gems: Phraseology and Culture in Irish’. Wednesday 31 January, 3pm. Venue: room 01/005, 10 University Square.

Thomas Hughes and Frances Kane (QUB). ‘NIPNP [Northern Ireland Place-Name Project] 2024: Practice informing policy?’ Wednesday 28 February, 3pm. Venue: room 01/005, 10 University Square.

Noelia López-Souto (Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife). ‘José Iglesias de la Casa (1749—1791), a Problematic Pastoral and Satirical Poet’. Friday 8 March, 3pm. Venue: meeting room, ground floor, 11 University Square.

Nina Parish (University of Stirling). ‘Performing Agonism: The Sejny Chronicles and Moush, Sweet Moush’. Wednesday 13 March, 3pm. Venue: room 01/005, 10 University Square.

Xiaofan Amy Li (UCL). ‘Comparing the Sino-French and Sinophone: Risk and the Ludic Narrative in Dai Sijie and Dung Kai-cheung’, Wednesday 20 March, 11.45am. Venue: Longley Room (access via 21 University Square). N.B. This seminar will be open to all CDRG members but will be delivered as the keynote lecture at the conference ‘France/China 60 Years On’ organised by Rosalind Silvester.

María Martos (UNED, Madrid-Bieses). ‘Lyrical Enunciation and Authorial Voice in Spanish Women Writers of the Early Modern Age’. Wednesday 17 April, 3pm. Venue: meeting room, ground floor, 11 University Square.