Julia Prest wins Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize 2024
Julia Prest, Professor of French and Caribbean Studies, is joint winner of a Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize for her monograph Public Theatre and the Enslaved People of Colonial Saint-Domingue
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St Leonards Digital Education Scholarship (January 2025 entry)
Postgraduate scholarship to study the MSc in Digital Humanities at the University of St Andrews
Filming of a documentary film on Annie Ernaux
Film director Claire Simon, who is preparing a documentary film on Annie Ernaux, visited St Andrews in week 7
Events around Moroccan publishing with En Toutes Lettres – 21-23 October 2024
The co-founders and co-directors of the Casablanca-based publishing house En Toutes Lettres, Kenza Sefrioui and Hicham Houdaïfa, toured Scotland from 21 to 23 October 2024
‘1974-2024: Annie Ernaux’s Years – a Global Perspective’, 3-5 October 2024
The international conference ‘1974-2024: Annie Ernaux’s Years – a Global Perspective’ was the first English-speaking conference devoted to the works of 2022 Nobel-Prize laureate Annie Ernaux
International conference: New Perspectives on Moderata Fonte
The SIS-sponsored event ‘New Perspectives on Moderata Fonte’ was conceived as an opportunity to share recent scholarship on the pioneering Venetian author Moderata Fonte (1555-1592)
Festival of Languages 2-4 October 2024
The School of Modern Languages hosted a Festival of Languages, from 2 to 4 October 2024
The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 - success for School of Modern Languages
The School of Modern Languages is delighted to announce that three of its languages are ranked first and second in the UK in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025
Byre World - School of Modern Languages at the Byre Theatre
Join the School of Modern Languages for the 2024-25 Byre World programme
Number 1 for Languages and Linguistics
The University of St Andrews is number 1 for Languages and Linguistics in the Guardian Guide for the second year running