We're deligted to have performed strongly in this year's National Student Survey. Judged by overall positivity we are positioned: 3/25 for French Studies 4/28 for Iberian Studies 3/12 for Liberal Arts (compared with institutions listed in The Guardian University Guide). More detais here:

National Student Survey Results 2026

On 8 July the results of the National Student Survey for 2026 were published, and we're delighted and proud to report on a range of really positive results in our subject areas and courses.

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This week our wonderful colleague and current Head of Department Professor Ruth Hemus @rhemus.bsky.social will be on BBC Radio 4's 'In Our Time', discussing Dadaism. The show airs at 9am on Thursday 19 March, and will then be available online and via the BBC Sounds app. Don't miss!

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Dadaism

How, in 1916 in Zurich, artists responded to the absurdity of war by creating absurd art.

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**Open Day next Weds 26th Nov, 2-4pm at Senate House** for the 2026-7 intake on the intercollegiate MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders. Register your place: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... @llc-rhul.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social @uclssees.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

Open Day: University of London MA Languages and Cultures Across Borders

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The 2025 David Vilaseca Memorial Lecture, entitled 'Dalís', will be delivered on 11 November (online) by Dr. Alicia Kent of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Free and open to all! Full details here: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...

We are pleased to announce that @royalholloway.bsky.social will offer 3 studentships funded by the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLA) in 2026-27. Deadline for applications: 13 January 2026. Awards to start in September 2026. Further details below.

AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards

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Do you want to boost your language students at A-level? Sign up to this webinar with Michael Slavinsky, founder of Languages For All, a charity which aims to increase the number of students at A-level & degree level from state schools. More info 👇: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/programme/we...

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at @royalholloway.bsky.social invites expressions of interest from potential applicants to the 2026 @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social Early Career Fellowship scheme. Details of the process and deadlines here 👇

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships, 2026

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway University of London invites applications to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme, 2026.

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Wishing good luck to those getting their A-Level results tomorrow! If you enter Clearing keep calm and don't worry. We will have places available on courses including Languages, Liberal Arts and Comparative Literature and Culture. Call us from 8am on Thursday! Tel: +44(0)1784 772455

Another #language piece in the @theconversation.com @uk.theconversation.com (by our own @saschastollhans.bsky.social) focusing on #German and the benefit of language learning/of a curriculum that introduces students to #linguistics and linguistic concepts theconversation.com/learning-ger... #edusky

Learning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggests

Learning a language gives you unique insights into different cultures, societies and perspectives.

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Linguistics in MFL Project@inmfl.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨Following the Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report, we share thoughts on how a languages curriculum enriched with #linguistics can address challenges for languages study in schools theconversation.com/linguistics-... #edusky #langsky @languageonthemove.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social

Congrats 🎉to our doctoral student Gareth on the publication of a great article - read open access here 👇👇

Modern Languages Open@modlangopen.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW ARTICLE: 'Losing One’s Way: Poet as Nomadic Translator in Caroline Bergvall’s “Via” and Drift' by Gareth Hughes. Read it #OpenAccess on MLO: bit.ly/Hughes-MLO @hpartzsch.bsky.social @drmirnasolic.bsky.social‪ @llc-rhul.bsky.social‬

Welsh universities have always been centres of excellence in languages, German in particular - no more, it seems. Cardiff is ditching excellent courses in German, Italian and Portuguese, and now Bangor is proposing the same for German and Chinese. Please sign / share the petition.

Sign the Petition

Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University

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On 27 May, 4-6pm, our annual collaborative postgraduate research seminar with the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social takes place (online, via MS Teams). All very welcome to join and listen to the six of our researchers discuss their projects. Details and a meeting link here. @llc-rhul.bsky.social

This was excellent - congratulations to Joe and fellow panellists! Catch up with it via BBC Sounds if you missed it.

Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway@llc-rhul.bsky.social · last yr.

Don't miss 'In Our Time' on BBC Radio 4 this Thursday, 24 April, which will feature our colleague Professor Joe Harris as part of a panel discussing the life and work of the playwright Molière. The programme airs at 9am (BST) and will then be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Don't miss 'In Our Time' on BBC Radio 4 this Thursday, 24 April, which will feature our colleague Professor Joe Harris as part of a panel discussing the life and work of the playwright Molière. The programme airs at 9am (BST) and will then be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Molière

The great French playwright and comic actor who flourished at the court of Louis XIV.

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Registration for Nineteenth-Century Legacies is open! Join us at Royal Holloway, University of London (Egham June 3rd) for excellent papers, plenary speakers, and a roundtable discussion. Complete form by 19th May to confirm attendance. forms.office.com/e/RdenySx4D3

Don't miss 'In Our Time' on BBC Radio 4 this Thursday, 24 April, which will feature our colleague Professor Joe Harris as part of a panel discussing the life and work of the playwright Molière. The programme airs at 9am (BST) and will then be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Molière

The great French playwright and comic actor who flourished at the court of Louis XIV.

bbc.co.uk

Why did Salas Barbadillo actively contribute to soror Juana’s canonization bid & how were his writings shaped by censorship, patronage & the debate on Mary’s immaculacy? Find out in latest article by @arantzam.bsky.social of @llc-rhul.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Writing the Next Saint: Salas Barbadillo, Juana de la Cruz and the Politics of Saint-Making in Early Modern Spain*

Antonio Jerónimo Salas Barbadillo published his Triunfos de la beata soror Juana de la Cruz in 1621. This article discusses the politics of saint-making in the Madrid of the first quarter of the se...

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This tree, near our building on campus, is quite the show stopper!

Out today: a new book by our colleague Jon on an essential German film classic!

Jon Hughes@riderjon.bsky.social · last yr.

It's UK publication day for my illustrated book about the Weimar film gem MENSCHEN AM SONNTAG / PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (1930). It appears in the BFI Film Classics series with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social with beautiful cover art by Federica Masini, and packs a lot into its 104 pages. 1/2

Deadline extended: 25th March 2025. Submit your abstract for the Nineteenth-Century Legacies colloquium being held at Royal Holloway, University of London on June 3rd. See below for more details. Event generously supported by BARS and BAVS.

In case of interest to London people - tickets (£6.50) now on sale for my talk / book launch at the BFI Reuben Library on Monday 14 April: 'New Writings: ‘People on Sunday’ and the Cultural Networks of Weimar Berlin'.

Great to see our Centre for Visual Cultures here - do give them a follow!

Centre for Visual Cultures, Royal Holloway@cvc-rhul.bsky.social · last yr.

At the end of a blue-sky week, we've arrived where the sky is hopefully bluer than it is on X. Looking forward to sharing our activities here! @llc-rhul.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social #art #visualculture #filmstudies

Spectacular afternoon on campus!

There's still time to submit your abstract for the Nineteenth-Century Legacies colloquium being held at Royal Holloway, University of London in June, but the deadline is coming up fast! Applications are due Saturday, Mar. 15, so ⏰ is of the essence! See below for more details.

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Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies@litandtrauma.bsky.social · last yr.

JLTS vol 11 nos 1-2 out now! Special Issue: #Trauma and #Multilingualism in #Literature Guest Editors: Marianna Deganutti and Sandra Vlasta nebraskapressjournals.unl.edu/journal/jour... muse.jhu.edu/issue/54317 Table of contents 👇

Updated Post: Top 5 French Reads IV Book Blast Presents https://buff.ly/4bi2xif

Additional cool fact about Madeleine Carroll - she graduated with a BA in French from the University of Birmingham. www.westbromwichhistory.com/people-place...

Jon Hughes@riderjon.bsky.social · last yr.

Madeleine Carroll (BOTD 1906) - here in a publicity shot and poster for Hitchcock's THE SECRET AGENT (1936). One of my favourite British actors. She was born in West Bromwich, which I guess makes her a brummie ;)

New research from our colleague Arantza 👇👇

Bulletin of Spanish Studies & Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies@spanishbulletin.bsky.social · last yr.

'Writing the Next Saint: Salas Barbadillo, Juana de la Cruz and the Politics of Saint-Making in Early Modern Spain', by Arantza Mayo of Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social

The German 50+1 rule explained via @footpolpodcast.bsky.social Great episode, chP

The FootPol Podcast@footpolpodcast.bsky.social · last yr.

Grim news in Germany this morning, but on the plus side, our new episode on the German 50+1 model in football clubs is out with @politicsofsports.bsky.social. We also talk multiculturalism and the the national team and the women's game. Check it out! www.buzzsprout.com/2253650/epis...