The School of Modern Languages and Cultures functions as a single unit for research, gathering our eight language areas (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, Japanese and Russian) and Translation Studies, working within and across these to enable interdisciplinary investigations. Four areas of particular strength characterise our research activities:
We welcome applications for postgraduate study in the School’s language and research focus areas, especially where there are potential links to relevant Durham Research Institutes and Centres or to our research groups.
Find out more about this research partnership into culinary recipes and food culture.
Find out more about work on the future-oriented consequences of past-oriented study.
Towards a Dance Commons (12–13 November) brings together artists, scholars, and community groups to explore how dance can build inclusion, empathy, and connection. Taking place at Dance City (Newcastle) and Durham University, the event invites everyone to move, reflect, and imagine new forms of community through dance.
Discover the Faculty of Arts and Humanities' new Transformative Humanities framework which brings together distinctive approaches to humanities research and education within the academy and across a wide range of partners and communities.
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