http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/ We are a multi-disciplinary School. Fundamental to our teaching and research is the recognition that learning a foreign language provides a unique key to the understanding of other cultures and societies. en-gb henrike.laehnemann@ncl.ac.uk webmaster@ncl.ac.uk http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Real-translation SML students translate for local and international charities ; Final year students and staff from the Spanish, French and German sections, together with the Head of School, met up on Wednesday 15th May, with representatives of Colombia Sin Fronteras , Success4All ,and Old Newcastle Project to formally hand in their translations of the website of Colombia Sin Fronteras, a booklet with specific vocabulary for the construction industry for students from Walker Technology College going to Germany and a visitors’ guide to the Castle Keep. Tue, 21 May 2013 08:31:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Real-translation AllFrench Studies German Studies Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Translation and Interpreting StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/postgraduate-scholarships Additional Master Studentship for 2013/14 entry announced ; The School of Modern Languages is offering an additional scholarship for PG studies for one of the SML alumni. This is in addition to the full MLitt studentship starting in October 2013, to enable a student to carry out research on a topic in one of the following fields: Chinese and Japanese Studies; French and Francophone Studies; German Studies; Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies; Film Studies; Linguistics; Translating and Interpreting Studies. The School of Modern Languages is also offering a number of fees-only bursaries (equivalent to Home/EU fees, pro-rata for part time students) for MA students . Deadline for applications: 28 June 2013 Enquiries can be made to the Postgraduate Officer Lucy Brickwood , Old Library Building, School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7RU. Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5867 Fax: + 44 (0) 191 222 3496 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/postgraduate-scholarships AllEast Asian Studies Film, Media and Visual Arts French Studies German Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Politics, Society and History Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Translation and Interpreting StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Chinese-Newcastle Newsletter of the Chinese Section at the School of Modern Languages ; The first edition of the Chinese Section Newsletter, Chinese@Newcastle, has been published, summarizing some of the experiences students of Chinese in Newcastle have had over the last year - including reports from the Year Abroad. It has been edited by Linda Cheng. Read it online Mon, 20 May 2013 14:04:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Chinese-Newcastle AllEast Asian StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Japanese-Newcastle Newsletter of the Japanese Section at the School of Modern Languages ; The first edition of the Japanese Section Newsletter, Japanese@Newcastle, has been published, summarizing some of the experiences students of Japanese in Newcastle have had over the last year - including reports from the Year Abroad. It has been edited by Harumi Cavanagh. Read it online Mon, 20 May 2013 13:14:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Japanese-Newcastle AllEast Asian StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/French-Newcastle Newsletter of the French Section at the School of Modern Languages ; French@Newcastle is the new bi-annual Newsletter of the French Section at the School of Modern Languages. It is co-edited by Ioana Pescaru, a final year Combined Honours student on a work placement in the School, and her mentor, Dr Sandra Salin. Read the full text of the current issue online . Wed, 15 May 2013 13:58:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/French-Newcastle AllFrench StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/schwitters-live-at-the-late-shows SML students to recite poems in the Hatton Gallery ; School of Modern Languages students from the 'Introduction to Literature' first year module will read poems by the German artist Kurt Schwitters during the Late Shows in front of the Merz Barn, Schwitters' famous sculptured wall in the Hatton Gallery. Some of the poems were originally written in German, some in English - and some especially translated by the students for this occasion. The recital will start with the iconic 'An Anna Blume'and then go on to text collages such as the 'Chinese Banalities' and sound poems. This is part of the project Schwitters@Newcastle (also on pinterest ) and also the last chance to see the exhibition ' Art in Exile ' in the Hatton Gallery. Do come and bring your friends! Hatton Gallery Sat, 18 May 2013 21:00:00 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 21:30:00 GMT Wed, 15 May 2013 10:28:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/schwitters-live-at-the-late-shows AllGerman StudiesEvents News http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/confucius-institute-launch SML to work closely with new neighbour in the Old Library Building ; A new centre dedicated to promoting Chinese language and culture has been launched at Newcastle University. The School of Modern Languages shares the premises at the Old Library Building with the new institute - and the lovely new Chinese garden in front of the building! Sun, 12 May 2013 08:48:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/confucius-institute-launch AllEast Asian StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Language-Teaching-jobs Apply now to support language learners within the framework of the University Wide Language Programme ; The School of Modern Languages is seeking to appoint three postgraduate students (one each for French, German and Spanish) to provide support to language learners within the framework of the University Wide Language Programme. Further information on the UWLP is available here . Thu, 09 May 2013 13:52:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Language-Teaching-jobs AllFrench Studies German Studies Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Franck-Michel Great success in "The Newcastle Teaching Excellence Awards" ; Congratulations to Franck Michel for winning first place for "Outstanding Feedback" in "The Newcastle Teaching Excellence Awards"! Read more... Wed, 08 May 2013 09:16:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Franck-Michel AllFrench StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Talking-to-the-World-conference -- International Conference for the Interpreting Profession & Interpreter Education ; "Talking to the World" aims to identify the landscape of the profession, and see how we can improve the education of the next generation of interpreters to meet the demands of tomorrow. The conference will discuss issues related to working in a world that is fast changing, economically, politically, and technologically. Interpreter education in universities is developing with the new demands of the profession. Effective teaching, continuous assessment and testing are major goals for today’s trainers in interpreting schools both within universities and in the key service users, including international organisations and the European institutions. Organisers: Fred Wu (SML) and Andrew Grenfell (Language Resource Centre) Research Beheeive, Old Library Building, Newcastle University, UK Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:10:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Talking-to-the-World-conference AllEvents News http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/UWLP Opportunity for All Newcastle University Students to Learn Languages ; An exciting opportunity for all Newcastle University students: As of September 2013, the School of Modern Languages will be offering some new modules in French, German and Spanish available to all NU students wishing to study a foreign language for extra credits. If you are interested in studying a foreign language in addition to your course and would like to know more about this programme, please have a look at this factsheet and/or contact Franck Michel (ext: 0191 222 7489). Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:37:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/UWLP AllFrench Studies German Studies Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Vacation-Scholarships1 Research to explore unpublished archival material ; Congratulations to two Stage 2 Modern Languages students who have been successful in their application to work with untapped archival resources over the summer vacation: Phil Morgan (French and Business Studies) will work on the project "Mind-mapping a multi-dimensional archive" and Jack Deverson (Chinese and German) will build on the experience he gathered while collaborating in the 'Art in Exile' project Schwitters@Newcastle where he transcribed, commented and translated letters written by Kurt Schwitters during his time in Britain under the title "Ungrammatical Creativity? Kurt Schwitters’ English letters ". Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Vacation-Scholarships1 AllFrench Studies German Studies Linguistics Politics, Society and HistoryNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Portuguese-Ambassador Instituto Camões welcomes João de Vallera ; On 7 March, Newcastle University had the honour of welcoming the Portuguese ambassador to the United Kingdom, His Excellency João de Vallera. Our guest had accepted an invitation to give a Public Lecture in the University’s ‘Insights’ Programme and to visit the Instituto Camões - Centre for Portuguese Language. He was accompanied by the Attaché for Education Affairs, Dr Regina Duarte. Cf. the full documentation Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:18:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Portuguese-Ambassador AllSpanish, Portuguese and Latin American StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Jumble-Art Exhibition by Year 8 to 10 Students in the Hatton Gallery ; Jumble Art now on show in the Hatton Gallery! The exhibition launch and awards ceremony on 18th April 2013, 5pm, at the Hatton Gallery was a splendid affair. View the entries in this Album . Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:00:00 GMT Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:00:00 GMT Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:53:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Jumble-Art AllGerman StudiesEvents News http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Language-Awards Awards for students of German ; Newcastle language Students were successful to secure several prestigious awards for language courses in Germany. The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) awarded scholarships for their 'Hochschulsommerkurs' to four Newcastle students. Well done! Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:18:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Language-Awards AllGerman StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/German-pubquiz Final year students beat the competition from Durham ; Winner of the first ever German Pub Quiz Newcastle vs. Durham announced! The winning team consisted of final year students Rhiannon Robertson, Marnie Allen and Mike Haynes, President of the Modern Languages Society; see more in this album . Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:33:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/German-pubquiz AllGerman StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Dialogue-Europe Franziska Schulz, René Koglbauer and 8 students to go to Munich ; Franziska Schulz (DAAD-Lektorin, SML) and René Koglbauer (PGCE tutor, ECLS) have heard that the European-funded bid (led by the Goethe Institut in Stockholm), Dialogue Education and Future: European Education System as a Challenge , in which they were invited to be partners, has been successful. This will lead them and 8 SML students for a trip to Munich. Congratulations! Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:13:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Dialogue-Europe AllGerman StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/metamorphosis "Metamorphosis: The Science of Change" on BBC4 ; Dr Beate Müller (School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University) interviewed for BBC4 documentary " Metamorphosis: The Science of Change " - *Watch it on iPlayer * . What is the role of metamorphosis – the transformation of a living creature from one shape into another – in nature, and how has the idea of metamorphosis influenced our culture? A forth-coming BBC Four documentary explores these questions. The BBC contacted Dr Beate Müller , because she teaches an optional module on metamorphosis in German literature. Read the full report about how the documentary was made in " German@Newcastle ", the twice yearly newsletter of the German Section at Newcastle University. BBC Four Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:00:00 GMT Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:00:00 GMT Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:06:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/metamorphosis AllGerman StudiesEvents News http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Schwitters-in-Newcastle An art exhibition combined with workshops and a school competition ; "Schwitters@Newcastle" is a project run by the German Studies Section at the School of Modern Languages January to May 2013. We are hosting Jumble Art , a Kurt Schwitters art and German competition with schools across the North East as well as ' Art in Exile ', a writing project for students from Newcastle University in cooperation with the Kurt Schwitters Archive/Sprengel Museum, Hannover (cf. Newsletter ). Press release on the project ***New: The full set of ' Art in Exile posters ' is now online. *** School of Modern Languages / Hatton Gallery Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:45:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Schwitters-in-Newcastle AllFilm, Media and Visual Arts German StudiesEvents News http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Genocide Events 2013 ; Call for Papers (deadline 1 June 2013) The Genocide Research Group at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities invites contributions to a one-day workshop which it will host on Friday 8th November 2013. Follow us on our blog . Lecture Room 2 (G31), Armstrong Building Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:00:00 GMT Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:00:00 GMT Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Genocide AllGerman StudiesEvents News http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/PG-Open-Day Newcastle University holds its first open day of 2013 on 6 February ; Find out about taught and research opportunities, postgraduate study and funding at Newcastle at our Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 6 February, 12:45 – 4:00pm. Read on for the subject specific talks . We look forward to welcoming you to our campus! Lindisfarne Road, Kings Road Centre Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:15:00 GMT Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:15:00 GMT Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:10:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/PG-Open-Day AllEast Asian Studies Film, Media and Visual Arts French Studies German Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Politics, Society and History Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Translation and Interpreting StudiesEvents News http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Wan-Fang-Poison Drama Reading at Northern Stage ; 'Poison', a new drama by award-winning Chinese playwright Wan Fang will be staged on Friday, 8 February, 7pm in a dramatic reading by students from the MA in Translation and Interpreting of the School of Modern Languages, based on their own English translation in Northern Stage . Free entry for students! Northern Stage Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:00:00 GMT Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:30:00 GMT Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:05:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Wan-Fang-Poison AllTranslation and Interpreting StudiesEvents News http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Screening-Atrocity postgraduate workshop taking place at Culture Lab, Newcastle University, 10th January 2013 ; The Culture Lab at Newcastle University is hosting "Screening Atrocity: Cinema, Decolonisation and the Holocaust", a free, one day postgraduate workshop, on 10 January 2013, beginning at 10:30 and ending at 5. The key note speech is given by the highly respected scholar Professor Maxim Silverman (Leeds University), entitled ' The Subterranean stream: screening atrocity in Jean Luc Godard's "Histoire(s) du cinema"', alongside a screening of Chris Marker's highly influential 1962 film La Jetée. Food and drinks will also be provided. All other information can be found by searching 'The Film Factory at Newcastle' into facebook or by clicking on this link: http://screeningatrocity.blogspot.co.uk/ . Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:00:00 GMT Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:00:00 GMT Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:10:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Screening-Atrocity AllFilm, Media and Visual ArtsEvents News http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/DAAD-competition Lydia Conlin's poster convinces DAAD committee ; With her poster "Wir müssen zusammen arbeiten", Lydia Conlin (1st year T900 with German) won this year's DAAD competition „Europe – What next? She will awarded her prize at a ceremony next Thursday in London, marking the 60 year anniversary of the German Academic Exchange Service. Congratulations! Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:46:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/DAAD-competition AllGerman StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/german-newcastle-newsletter The autumn 2012 edition of German@Newcastle is now available. Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:14:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/german-newcastle-newsletter AllGerman StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/the-first-issue-of-flying-solo-has-taken-off Year Abroad Multilingual Magazine ; Click and read our new Year Abroad Multilingual Magazine devoted to the student experience during the year abroad. Entirely written by SML students! Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:56:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/the-first-issue-of-flying-solo-has-taken-off AllNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/french-and-spanish-language-films-at-tyneside-cinema Some fantastic French and Spanish-language films coming soon to Tyneside Cinema! ; Tyneside Cinema Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:16:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/french-and-spanish-language-films-at-tyneside-cinema AllEvents News http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/hass-pgt-excellence-scholarship-award Success for SML student ; Recent SML graduate Ian Robson (class of 2012) has been awarded a HASS PGT Excellence Scholarship Award, which he will take up this coming September in connection with the MA in Professional Translating for European Languages. The award provides students with a 2000 tuition fee discount in addition to a 20% Alumni Discount. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:38:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/hass-pgt-excellence-scholarship-award AllGerman StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Creative-Economies Interpreting at the Sage and the Civic Centre for Chinese delegates from Beijing ; Thanks to Yalta Chen's efficient coordination, ten Stage 2 T&I students (Cecilia He, Zeno Jiang, Cindy Luo, Xinyi Mao, Amy Song, Sussi Tang, Alex Wang, Carrie Wang, Mengjie Zhang and Zelda Zhao) provided an interpreting service at the conference of Sustaining Creative Economies . Read more... Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:45:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Creative-Economies AllTranslation and Interpreting StudiesNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/LATE Samuel Anaya-Guzman nominated for ‘Learning and Teaching Excellence Awards’ ; The ‘Learning and Teaching Excellence (LATE) Awards’ celebrate excellent teaching at Newcastle University and are run by the Student Union. Samuel Anaya-Guzman was nominated for ‘Learning and Teaching Excellence Awards’. Read some of the comments the students who nominated him made about his "wicked" teaching. Congratulations, Sam! Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:17:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/LATE AllLatin American StudiesNews