Will Fowler's visit to Mexico
Will Fowler was in Mexico back in February and March where he presented his latest book La Guerra de Tres Años, 1857-1861
School news
New book by Tom Smith
Tom Smith’s monograph, "Comrades in Arms: Military Masculinities in East German Culture", has just been published by Berghahn Books
La Guerra de los Tres Años (1857-1861)
Will Fowler's new history of the Mexican 1857-61 Civil War was published on 21 February 2020
Max Czollek’s visit
The Department of German will be hosting the German Jewish author Max Czollek as a writer in residence from 9 to 15 February 2020
Writer in residence - Laurence Tardieu
The School hosted French writer Laurence Tardieu as writer in residence from 11 to 29 November 2019
Dr Saeed Talajooy gave BIPS 2019 Annual Lecture
On 25 November 2019, Dr Saeed Talajooy gave BIPS 2019 Annual Lecture entitled ‘The Depiction of the Intelligentsia in Early Twentieth-Century Iranian Drama’
Creative writing competition
French department took part in a creative competition co-organised with the Universities of Napier and Edinburgh
30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
While out in Berlin, Tom Smith has been following the events in the run-up to the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989.
Chronicles in Stone
Victoria Donovan’s monograph Chronicles in Stone: Preservation, Patriotism and Identity in Northwest Russia has been published with Cornell University Press.
“Enthusiasm” exhibition
The “Enthusiasm” exhibition exploring historic migration from South Wales to Ukraine at the turn of the twentieth century is continuing its tour of Ukraine.