Postgraduate Research in Modern Languages and Cultures
A blog by and for modern languages PG researchers at Durham University
PG Forum: How to write an effective abstract, Part 2 15th February, 17:00-18:00, ER152 Following on the feedback received at the Event "How to write an effective abstract, Part 1" last November, a second workshop on academic abstracts will be held this coming Thursday. It will be run by the English Language Centre, and this… Continue reading PG Research Forum: How to write an effective abstract? (part 2)
Just a post to remind you of our upcoming PG Forum event, the Work in Progress Workshop, which will take place this Wednesday, 31 January at 12am in room ER155. We will listen to two brief presentations (15-20 minutes each) on current research. Our presenters this time around are: Asma Alqunayir, who will speak on… Continue reading PG Event: Research Forum
Just a quick reminder of our upcoming PG Forum event, the Work in Progress Workshop, which will take place this Thursday, 7 December at 5pm in room A56. We will listen to two brief presentations (15-20 minutes each) on current research. Our presenters this time around are: Alexandre Burin, who will speak on “Draft versus… Continue reading PG Research Forum: Works in Progress
PG Forum: How to write an effective abstract, Part 1 15th November, 12:00-13:00, ER145 After a first introductory meeting in October, where new and continuing research students had a chance to introduce themselves and to meet representatives of the School's research groups, the PG Research Forum is back with its first event of the year!… Continue reading PG Research Forum: How to write an effective abstract?
PhD and Masters students new and old will know that the PG Forum is at the heart of postgraduate life here in MLAC. Research seminars, reading groups, feedback sessions and a good amount of coffee have all played their part in getting postgraduates from disparate disciplines together for the past couple of years. Now… Continue reading An Interview With Nassiba Benferdi, PG Forum Co-Ordinator
Tonight's Forum: Theory, practice, and other stuff How do you use theory? What are the challenges you face? If you could be stranded on a desert island with one theorist, who would it be and why? Come along to discuss all such deep and meaningful questions in ER153 at 5, as usual. (We can always… Continue reading PGR forum TODAY
In the week of nine-month review submissions, the forum this week will head to Lounge for coffee and conversation: share your work, any progress, any queries, any concerns. Meet in the foyer of Elvet Riverside at 5pm or pop along to Lounge (opposite Tesco) later.
Lots of events going on this week as Easter term begins. Tuesday 26th April Bowes Lecture Series: Dr Tom Stammers, 'Relics of Bourbon and Bonaparte: collecting post-revolutionary France in nineteenth-century Britain', 18:00-19:00, The Bowes Museum John and Josephine Bowes were deeply interested by the troubled history of France, collecting vestiges not just of… Continue reading Welcome to the new term
A reminder that the PGR forum today (5pm in ER 153) will be led by Dr Santiago Fouz Hernández on the subject of how to give great conference presentations. The session is not a lecture, but rather an opportunity to express your major worries or anxieties when presenting a conference paper and to receive some tips and advice… Continue reading Conference presentations: PGR forum today
This Thursday at the usual time of 5pm in ER153 Dr Santiago Fouz-Hernández will be leading our forum session, giving us some tips and tricks on how to craft and deliver great conference papers. Talks and Events Tuesday 1st March Textual Evidence (The Life of Texts) - Public Lecture Series: Dr… Continue reading Events Bulletin 1-4 March
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