News
Find out what's been happening in the Modern Languages and Cultures department.
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International Mother Language Day 2024: Museum trail, etymology workshop and comic arts conference
23 Feb 2024
UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2024 took place last week on 21 February, with an inspiring programme of local celebrations presented...
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Celebrating International Mother Language Day 2024
26 Jan 2024
Creative Manchester is delighted to present a number of events celebrating UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2024, in partnership with ...
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Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2023: Creative writing, exploring dictionaries and an ‘edible readathon’
16 Jun 2023
7-11 June saw the return of Manchester UNESCO City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries, taking place across the whole of Greater Manchester to ...
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Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2023
9 May 2023
7-11 June 2023 sees the return of Manchester UNESCO City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries. Following the success of the past two years of ...
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‘Looking for Languages’ at Manchester Museum
14 Apr 2023
A language-themed trail around Manchester Museum took place on 12 April and saw over 340 people take part. Families were invited to collect their ...
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‘Multilingual World’: New video podcast launched by Dr Serge Sagna
22 Feb 2023
A new video podcast exploring multilingualism and linguistic diversity across the globe has launched, as part of Manchester City of Literature’s ...
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International Mother Language Day 2023 Events
17 Jan 2023
Creative Manchester is delighted to participate in UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2023, in partnership with Manchester City of ...
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University of Manchester welcomes Bressonian exchanges at two-day conference
15 Dec 2022
Marking 40 years since Robert Bresson released L’Argent in 1983 - his final film, bookending a 40-year career - The University of Manchester ...
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Linguistic Diversity Collective formally launches with ‘Supporting Manchester’s language communities’ public panel event
30 Nov 2022
‘Supporting Manchester’s language communities: Language endangerment and maintenance’ included a cross-disciplinary panel and marked the ...
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‘Supporting Manchester’s language communities’– public panel event to take place 19 October
20 Sep 2022
The Linguistic Diversity Collective and Creative Manchester present a free event taking place on 19 October at 5.30pm in the University of ...
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William Hart wins Grand Prize for Manchester in the Chinese Bridge competition
29 Jun 2022
The UK’s regional final of the 21st international Chinese language competition took place in London last Monday, 27th June 2022. After two years of...
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University of Manchester hosting TripleAFLA conference
24 Jun 2022
The Department of Linguistics and English Language are hosting a special conference next week: a joint event combining the 29th annual meeting of the...
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Linguistic Diversity Collective launched
20 May 2022
A new initiative in the Department of Linguistics and English Language has recently launched. The Linguistic Diversity Collective (LDC) comprises ...
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