MODERN LANGUAGES CORE DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH GROUP SEMINAR SERIES 2021-22
Seminars during Semester 1 will all be held online via MS Teams

SEMESTER 1

Dr Síobhra Aiken (Irish, QUB), Against forgetting: Irish-language testimonies from the Irish Civil War (1922–23), 8 of October 2021, 3pm. Week 3

Professor Elizabeth Wright (University of Georgia), On the Trail of a Shadowy Sir Lançelot: Remembering the First Atlantic Slave Voyage, from Zurara to Cervantes, Friday 22 October 2021 3pm. Week 5

Dr Daniel McAuley (French, QUB), Linguistic discrimination and accent variation in public life: a view from the French press, Friday 5 November 2021, 3pm. Week 7

Dr Dominique Jeannerod (French, QUB), Four Authors as Latter-Days Saints: writing on Baudelaire, Flaubert, Proust and Beckett, Friday 3 December 2021, 3pm. Week 11 (postponed)

Dr Fiona Clark (Spanish and Portuguese, QUB), Sewing thoughts together: pandemic, texts, and textiles, Friday 10 December 2021, 3pm. Week 12


SEMESTER 2

Dr Piotr Blumczynski (Translation and Interpreting, QUB), Holy Bones, Palaeolithic Caves, and Jimi Hendrix’s Guitars. Dipping into Translationality, Friday 28 January 2022, 3pm. Week 16

Dr Sarah Bowskill (Spanish and Portuguese, QUB), Prizes for Spanish American Literature and the Changing Role of the Author in Society, Friday 11 February 2022, 3pm. Week 18

PGR Research in Progress Workshop. Convenor: Dr Merryn Davies-Deacon (French, QUB, Friday 25 February 2022, 3pm. Week 20

Dr Andrew C. Rajca (University of South Carolina), Cinematic Aesthetics and Black Territories in São Paulo: Viviane Ferreira’s O dia de Jerusa (2014) and Um dia com Jerusa (2020), Friday 4 March 2022, 3pm. Week 21

Dr Eamon McCarthy (University of Glasgow) and Ricki O’Rawe (Spanish and Portuguese, QUB) in conversation, Norah Borges: “A Smaller, More Perfect World, Friday 1 April 2022, 3pm. Week 25 (postponed)

Modern Languages CDRG Research Showcase, Friday 20 May 2022. To be held in person (see programme here)