School of Modern Languages & Cultures
World Rankings
Durham is one of the world’s leading universities as shown by our world top 100 position in the QS World University Rankings 2020 , where we are ranked 78th.
Seventeen Durham subjects are also in the world top 100 of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020, including nine in the world top 50 and three in the world top ten.
The School of Modern Languages and Cultures consists of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and the Centre for Foreign Language Study. Its community of academics, teachers and support staff aims to foster a world-class student experience in all its disciplines. Some 80 full-time members of staff are engaged in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, offering expertise in a wide range of subjects, including language, literature, cultural history, cinema and visual culture, and translation; this is reflected also in an exciting range of taught degrees at postgraduate level. Sections within the School figure regularly in the top five in national league tables such as the Good University Guide and the Complete University Guide.
The School's research community is organised through a number of interdisciplinary Research Groups and is home to some 60 postgraduate students pursuing research degrees.
The Centre for Foreign Language Study offers learners not taking a specialist degree in Modern Languages, including students, staff and members of the public, the opportunity to learn a range of languages from beginners to more advanced levels.
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A top-ranking School of Modern Languages in the UK
In the recently published Complete University Guide 2020, the School of Modern Languages and Cultures of Durham University is ranked 2nd in French, Hispanic Studies, and Arabic (Middle Eastern & African Studies) and 3rd in Russian (Russian & East European Languages), Italian, and German. Its Chinese and Japanese Studies are ranked 5th nationally in the East & South Asian Studies category. At the institutional level, Durham is currently ranked 6th in the UK.
Events
Friday 10 April 2020
- *Postponed* French Research Seminar: Beyond the Récit de filiation: Affiliative Memory Between Valérie Zenatti and Aharon Appelfeld 12:00am, ER155, Dr Rebekah Vince (Durham)
Monday 20 April 2020
Wednesday 29 April 2020
- The Scholarship Lab 1:00pm to 2:00pm, by zoom meeting
- The Research Lab 1:00pm to 2:00pm, by zoom meeting
Wednesday 13 May 2020
- School Of Modern Languages & Cultures Work in Progress Seminars 1:00pm to 2:00pm, to be delivered online, Amaleena Damlé
Thursday 14 May 2020
- ** Postponed** French Research Seminar: Colourless, Banal, Utopian, Charismatic: Early French Literary Prose and Early Photography 5:00pm, ER247, Dr Jane Gilbert (University College, London)
Recent News
- Dr Bingham Zheng awarded the Honorary Fellowship by Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIoL)
- Dr Binghan Zheng to deliver Threlford Lecture at CIOL Annual Conference
- New Publication: Science of the Child in Late Imperial and Early Soviet Russia - Andy Byford
- Adam Talib to speak at Harvard Workshop on Arabic literary production in the Ottoman period
- Adam Talib to speak at New Directions in World Literature at St Andrews
- Podcast interview with Adam Talib
- New Publication: Brand China in the Media. Transformation of Identities
- New Publication: Dr Dominique Carlini Versini
- Professor Daniel Newman accepts Vice-President position
- Professor Daniel Newman co-organised banquet in Doha, Qatar
- New Publication: Dr Yael Almog 'Secularism and Hermeneutics'
Gold rated for teaching excellence and student outcomes
Highest-ever global ranking in Arts & Humanities
The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject 2020 place Durham University 27th among the world’s leading universities – up three places from last year.
