How do we translate the natural world? What acts of interpretation are involved? 🌿 Join @Archieislander Dr Elizabeth Dearnley @jessicajlee Zig Adam Scovell @research_artist 17 Sept for a free virtual afternoon exploring forests, film, folklore & more👉modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/2…

In an era of mass migration, questions of home and belonging emerge with new urgency - how do we form alternative, inclusive concepts of home? Our free virtual conference 23-24 September explores shifting ideas of home in contemporary women's writing 👉modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/2…

Very happy to see the 'Critical Digital Pedagogies in #ModernLanguages' special collection which I co-edited with @iambrandao go live on Modern Languages Open: modernlanguagesopen.org/collections/sp…. YouTube materials at youtube.com/watch?v=zx--3c… Language Acts #OWRI.

We were pleased to support Karen on a Small Grant on multilingualism and social inclusion in NI schools earlier this year. Why not check out her monograph which looks at the history of language ecology and migration in NI and its consequences? #ValueLanguages

BREAKING NEWS: our *free* 10 weeks intensive Chinese courses for beginners starting again in early October! Adults of all ages welcome. Wherever in the world you live. Excellent feedback from previous courses. Interested? Contact Dr. Brittany Blankinship e-mail: [email protected]

Come and join us on Friday @ 6pm BST for a virtual cabaret of newly translated Brecht songs - not to be missed! 🎶👇

Apply now for the Engaging with Government programme, a three-day course in February 2021 to provide insight into the policy making process. Deadline 30 October. Find out more: orlo.uk/nJKi3

Our PI ProfCMB has been appointed President-Elect of the AHGBI Assoc. of Hispanists - read her statement and vision for the Association here #worldmaking languageacts.org/news/catherine…

You've got one week left to apply for the 2021 #NewGenerationThinkers scheme, in collaboration with BBC Radio 3. Get media and public engagement training, as well as the chance to make your own programme for the BBC. Find out more and apply here: orlo.uk/gptUV

You might have heard Katrin Kohl, Rajinder Dudrah & Wen-chin Ouyang on BBC Free Thinking with John Gallagher discussing the Creative Multilingualism Manifesto. The pdf of the book is freely available here: openbookpublishers.com/product/1166

For #EuropeanDayofLanguages, have a listen to this BBC Free Thinking episode featuring Prof Katrin Kohl University of Oxford speaking about the AHRC-funded Creative Multilingualism project exploring the connection between linguistic diversity and creativity. 🎧 orlo.uk/wt3E4

👇 The UK urgently needs a #languages strategy! Cate Hamilton ([email protected]) and I discuss the The British Academy report (and many other aspects of language education) in episode 19 of the The Language Revolution podcast: bit.ly/Langs-at-uni #EDLangs #EuropeanDayOfLanguages #MFLTwitterati

Are you a French language primary teacher who wants to use music in your lessons? Earlier this year one of our Small Grants, mezzo-soprano Bérengère Battarbee-Mauduit, developed a resource pack for singing fables in schools #MFLtwitterati ALL Languages languageacts.org/related-projec…

(Re)Creating Modern Languages: Conversations about the Curriculum in UK Higher Education — our latest report & toolkit for educators is out now, ed. by @rachbeanz Claire Gorrara Katrin Kohl and Liz Wren-Owens Read here>> bit.ly/30hGDs3 Arts and Humanities Research Council TORCH Oxford Cardiff University

1/3 Delighted to have spoken to @timesradio about how to change attitudes to learning languages in the UK Melissa Tutesigensi-Charles Nicola Woolcock; a good start would be to value all the languages spoken in the UK, incl. Gaelic, Welsh & Irish + immigrant languages, Polish, Urdu, Punjabi etc.

What value does culture have to society? Take part in 10 days of free events hosted online by Centre for Cultural Value. Workshops & discussions with sector leaders, cultural conversationalists, researchers & more. Join the conversation 2-13 Nov #ValuingCulture orlo.uk/4MYgt

Following the call for nominations published on 30 July 2020, we are pleased to announce that the new Executive Committee member representing Early Career Academics is Dr Liam Lewis of the University of Liverpool. Welcome, Liam! …iversity-council-modern-languages.org/2020/10/07/ucm…

What value does culture have to society? Take part in 10 days of free events hosted online by Centre for Cultural Value. Workshops & discussions with sector leaders, cultural conversationalists, researchers & more. Join the conversation 2-13 Nov #ValuingCulture orlo.uk/hzgQF

'Sounds like Harlesden' shortlisted for a Research in Film award. Backed by Creative Multilingualism and Rajinder Dudrah #Research #languages #community #rifa #London

A great new resource to explore the world of languages in a fun and interactive way. Please share and encourage your friends and family to give it a try. NICILT SCILT Post-Primary Languages Ireland (PPLI) Arts and Humanities Research Council MotherTonguesIreland British Council #multilingualism #languages #owriupdates