Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies

"What, then, was the educational purpose of a jigsaw that depicts the production of a commodity closely linked to the cruel and dehumanizing system of slavery? What was a child supposed to learn by assembling the pieces of the colonial world order?" Read the latest post on our blog, from Till Breyer, Martin Miller and Hannah Norbert-Miller Fellow at the Centre for German & Austrian Exile Studies, ILCS https://lnkd.in/ePysiVAM

CLACS Caribbean Seminar Series - Spring Term sessions now open for registration! All held 4-5.30 pm UK time, online via zoom. Further information and registration below 👇 👇 28 Jan 2025 Slavery and Big Business Speaker: Steve Cushion (UCL Institute of the Americas) https://lnkd.in/eT8FbmM2 25 Feb 2025 Soldiers of Uncertain Rank: The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture Speaker: David Lambert (co-Director of the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies) https://lnkd.in/eSCjbXyG 25 March 2025 ‘Many See The Problem. Only Some Want Changes’: The changing philosophy of education in 20th Century Jamaica Speaker: Deanna Lyncook (Queen Mary University of London) https://lnkd.in/ejKstQPE 29 April 2025 Enquiring about Freedom: Networks of Resistance and Confrontation of Women of Colour in Tortola (1807 – 1828) Speaker: Amy Cottrill (University of Leeds) https://lnkd.in/ecGwdJrS Jamille Pinheiro Dias; Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf; Ainhoa Montoya; Deanna Lyncook; Amy Cottrill

Join us on our upcoming roundtable discussion, bringing together two decolonising initiatives led by practitioners in Modern Foreign Languages and in English Studies to explore how schools and universities collaborate on decolonising initiatives. 🔖 'What Does It Mean To Have A Diverse Curriculum 2: Schools and Higher Education in Collaboration in English Studies and Modern Foreign Languages' 📅 6 December, 3:30-5pm GMT (UK time) 📌 Online, via Zoom The Association for Language Learning (ALL); THE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION; All welcome to attend! Further information below, register to receive the zoom link 👇 https://lnkd.in/eHDeHgBn

So looking forward to having you back with us!

"Decolonial language education...is not merely about altering what we teach; it is about transforming how we teach, how we understand the roles of languages and cultures in society, and how we conceptualize nation, society, universities, curricula, and our collective actions toward a more just and equitable world" New on our blog from Francesca Dell'Olio 👇 https://lnkd.in/eAWqxaxh

Learn more about, and book a place on, an event this week organised by the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies: 'Justice Beyond the Courtroom? Cultural Responses to Terrorism and Violence in Germany and Beyond', 13 November, 6pm, Room 261, Second Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. For details, visit: https://lnkd.in/eV6QFyVY

We were delighted to host a roundtable discussion with journalists and broadcasters last month as part of the awards ceremony of the annual German Language Competition held in collaboration with ILCS and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD): 'Reporting the Other'. For further information, read the story below 👇 https://lnkd.in/ed3Zaimk DAAD German Academic Exchange Service; School of Advanced Study, University of London

#CONFERENCE - Registration is now open for the hybrid conference 'Social Media Communication and Right-Wing Populisms in Latin America and Beyond', to be held on 10 and 11 December. Further details, full programe and the registration link are available here https://lnkd.in/eWEbgWfT This is an event funded by The British Academy and hosted by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, which is part of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in collaboration with the Digital Humanities Research Hub, the Centre for the Politics of Feelings and the Institute of Language, Literature and Anthropology at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). #research #socialmedia #populism #rightwing #latinamerica #anthropology #communication #Brazil #Argentina #Mexico #ElSalvador #Guatemala #USA #Spain #Germany

"Despite centuries of enslavement and, after abolition, decades of persecution and neglect, Black people were crucial in transforming Brazil into a democracy" https://lnkd.in/eEZnTCPw