Exeter Modern Languages & Cultures

The Languages for All launch day was a great success, many thanks to all involved! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Charles Forsdick concludes the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses how this project contributes to rethinking the medical humanities in ways that are simultaneously multilingual, transnational and translational. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/24/mul…

In Part 4 of the Reading Bodies takeover, Rocío Rødtjer discusses the colonial legacies of nineteenth-century medical metaphors and demonstrates their ongoing relevance for the present day. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/23/med…

In Part 3 of the Reading Bodies takeover, Nicolás Fernández-Medina examines the Spanish avant-garde’s response to the biomedical sciences through the lens of Ramón Gómez de la Serna’s pioneering avant-gardism. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/22/bio…

Katharine Murphy introduces the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses what historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contribute to the medical humanities. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/20/his…

In Part 2 of the Reading Bodies takeover, Olivia Glaze considers the policy and impact potential of research on languages, identity and culture within the medical humanities. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/21/lan…

Dr Natália Pinazza, Senior Lecturer in Latin American and Lusophone Studies, has been developing, in partnership with the Environment Agency, a prototype app that uses art to communicate climate adaptation projects! More updates on this project as it develops!

They have also edited the Reading Bodies Special Issue of Journal of Romance Studies, now published! Huge thanks to contributors in Hispanic, French, Italian & Portuguese Studies, showing the value of a multilingual approach to the Medical Humanities 🩺📖 tinyurl.com/yeyv77d2

Some exciting research updates from Modern Languages and Cultures at Exeter! Colleagues have been busy leading projects in the Medical and Environmental Humanities 🧵

Registration for the 25/26 Evening Language Programme is now open. Visit our website to browse courses and sign up: tinyurl.com/3n3e5te5

Warmest congratulations, Anna. We are delighted for you and very proud!

The Department is enormously proud of Anna Paola Manna, a PhD student working with Adam Watt, who has won the postgraduate poster competition, run at the Society for French Studies conference [the most important subject conference in the UK and Ireland].

🎉 Huge congrats to @DrKatieBrown and co-investigators on securing $2.1M for a major global project to translate the General Estoria, the largest universal history ever written in Europe! 📜 A groundbreaking collaboration with @ubcokanagan 👏 More here: tinyurl.com/4t5nx9vt

We’re very proud of how brilliantly they represented the University and our department. Well done to all involved!

From street signs to graffiti, shopfronts to public art, students examined the semiotics of city spaces, engaging with real-world data and contemporary issues like identity, diversity, activism and inclusion, all against the stunning backdrop of Venice! 🇮🇹

Students from the University of Exeter have recently returned from the 2025 Summer School "Linguistic Landscapes: Using Signs and Symbols to Translate Cities" at Venice International University.

… and much more! It was a day full of ideas, energy and inspiration and a real testament to the power of collaboration in language education. We look forward to continuing the conversation at the 11th edition of LanGW4, hosted by the University of Bristol in 2026!

60+ delegates from across the partnership explored this year’s themes Community and Creativity through presentations on inclusive learning, creative assessment, grassroots initiatives like the Language Café, student co-creation, graphic novels, slow learning in the age of AI…

On Monday 23 June, we were delighted to welcome back Professor Emma Cayley as keynote speaker for the 10th LanGW4 Colloquium on Innovation in Modern Languages Education, hosted this year by the University of Exeter.