I celebrated passing my viva with my supervisor over dinner and fancy chocolates on the waterfront in Southampton. Huge thanks to Prof. Kate @KBorthwick for her exceptional support throughout my PhD journey.
Our first CLLEAR Talk of the semester is by Paolo Raviolo & Marco Rondonotti (eCampus University, Italy).
Day/Date: Wednesday 4th March
Time: 05:00pm
Location: Microsoft Teams https://t.co/HoF95vAP5S
@JamesACorbet@ModernLangs@UoSDocCollege
Our very own Matthew Hunt was interviewed about his research, and talks about voice pitch in the latest episode of the Lexis podcast: https://t.co/x9voNHarV0 #voicepitch#research#linguistics
We invite to attend our next CLLEAR PGR seminar. James Corbet, a teaching fellow in LCL, will share his reflections as a former CLLEAR student.
When: Wed/4 Feb/13:00
Where: Microsoft Teams https://t.co/0u6ls4oqRW
@JamesACorbet@ModernLangs@UoSDocCollege
Congratulations to Perins School in Hampshire who won Mexican Day of the Dead schools' video competition, with judging and presentations by the Mexican Embassy in London and our own Dr Jane Lavery! #DíaDeLosMuertos#Hampshire#Competition#Mexico#Culture
✨Thrilled and honoured that BERA have recognised DELTEA's contribution to primary languages education research! Here's to the project team including the inspirational teachers we've worked with! 👏https://t.co/hePhFXL7w1 @SuzanneJaneGrah@lisibo@APPGML@network_primary
A glimpse of our celebration at CLLEAR for the launch of our first conference with LCL Staff and PGRs.
The event was full of conversations, laughter, and great food.
Thanks to everyone who joined us and made it special.
@ModernLangs@HumanitiesUoS@UoSDocCollege@Cllear2026Conf
Important dates:
- Abstract submission deadline: 28 February 2026
- Notification of acceptance: 15 April 2026
- Attendees registration opening date: 1 May 2026
- Conference dates: 29 - 30 June 2026
For details, check the conference website
https://t.co/7YeojNNGUa
Following Jane's interview, guest speakers on the topic of death perspectives in Islam were Professor Andrew Oswald; Professor Alija Avdukic; Dr Parviz Dabir-Alai; Dr Jane Lavery and Imam Shahil Munir Ahmed.
Jane Lavery was interviewed about the Mexican Day of the Dead and her forthcoming book on @VoiceOfIslamUK - listen at https://t.co/ivsfPcrzjc from 1:20:00-1:34:24 - 'Embracing Death Across Cultures - What Día de los Muertos Can Teach Us About the Muslim View of the Afterlife'.
In our PGR seminar this week, Sattar Khattawi shared the findings of his PhD research and engaged with attendees.
Thank you Sattar for the brilliant presentation and best of luck !!
@APatino_soton@ModernLangs@UoSDocCollege