2014

Aberystwyth Linguistic Forum

Professor Nik Coupland (Copenhagen University and University of Technology Sydney) will speak on 'The (in)authentic bilingual'.


April 3 at 6.15 in A14 (Hugh Owen)


All welcome.

Deutsch im gymnasialen Unterricht

Dr. Wini Davies is co-organising and contributing to a workshop on 'Deutsch im gymnasialen Unterricht

Visiting Professorship

Professor David Trotter will be professeur invité at the Université Paris-Sorbonne during March 2014, attached to the UFR de langue française.

‘The Pluricentricity of German

Conflict Between Academic Ideal and Everyday Practice?’

International summer school

Dr. Wini Davies is an invited speaker at an international summer school

Aberystwyth Linguistics Forum

Professor Nils Langer (Bristol University)  'Language conflict in the German-Danish borderlands'. 20 February 2014 at 6.15 in D54, Hugh Owen.

Research Seminar

Wednesday February 28, 16:00 Rose Sillars (Aberystwyth) “Vicki Baum's novel Leben und Tod auf Bali: a Tale of Nietzsche, War and Cockfighting”

International summer school

18 February 2014

Textual editing, Klagenfurt, Austria, 15-19 September 2014

Aberystwyth Lingustics Forum

20 February 2014 at 6.15 in D54, Hugh Owen: Professor Nils Langer (Bristol University)

Research Seminar

Thursday February 13 17:00 Katherine A. Parker (University of Pittsburgh): “A Search for Authority and Useful Knowledge: the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and Voyages of Discovery”

Latin Americanists in Wales

‘Latin Americanists in Wales’
Seminar 24th January Aberystwyth University

Doctoral Studentships

For doctoral studentships, see the following information about funding opportunities, supervision and research available within European Languages:


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Fictive Rituals in Jean Giono’s Writings

28 February 2014

12 March 2014, 5pm, ILLCA seminar room:  Bruno Sibona (Aberystwyth): “Fictive Rituals in Jean Giono’s Writings.” The seminar will be followed by the launch of Bruno Sibona’s book: “Homo porosus. L’homme poreux et ses animaux intérieurs”, Editions Universitaires de Dijon, 2014.

'New Literary and Linguistic Perspectives on the German Language, National Socialism and the Shoah'

01 July 2014

Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Hammel for the publication of New Literary and Linguistic Perspectives on the German Language, National Socialism and the Shoah.

International Conference at the University of Basel

24 June 2014

Dr. Wini Davies will be taking part in the international conference Plurizentrik des Deutschen zwischen Norm und Praxis.

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres

26 May 2014

Head of Department elected as foreign corresponding member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in Paris.

Student Led Teaching Awards 2014

06 May 2014

Rose Sillars wins Best Postgraduate Teacher award.

Taal & Tongval Colloquium

24 November 2014

Dr Wini Davies will be one of the plenary speakers at the Taal & Tongval Colloquium to be held in Ghent, Belgium.