Modern Languages at St Andrews

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[University of St Andrews @univofstandrews]

St Andrews is ranked as the top university in Scotland and fourth in the UK in the 2027 Complete University Guide. Our School of Mathematics & Statistics is top in UK, with a further 10 subjects in the top three. 👏

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#EverToExcel

[Modern Languages at St Andrews @StAModLangs]

🎉🎉🎉We are happy to share with you that the four subjects our School has listed in the Complete University Guide @compuniguide are now all in the top 5 in the UK: French and Italian 2nd, German 3rd, and Spanish 5th. You can find more here: https://t.co/eEX8TPlAgq

[Modern Languages at St Andrews @StAModLangs]

Grace received her PhD from @univofstandrews in 2025. They discuss the depiction of poison as a weapon in Aleksandr Shkliarevskii’s A Secret Investigation (1881), Kapitolina Nazar’eva’s Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire (1884) & Aleksandra Sokolova’s Without a Trace (1890).

[Modern Languages at St Andrews @StAModLangs]

The ‘Lost Detectives’ podcast series is back! In Ep. 8 Claire Whitehead talks to Dr Grace Docherty about the depiction of non-human things in examples of crime fiction from the late imperial era in Russia. https://t.co/uTnYVDeYcZ https://t.co/YEYSvVrBnl

[Liliana Chávez Díaz @LiliChavezD]

Happy to welcome @MiseresVanesa in our Spanish Research Activity Day @StAModLangs presenting her new book Gender Battles: Latin American Women, War, and Feminism

[Modern Languages at St Andrews @StAModLangs]

As part of the Making Waves Lecture Series, the Development team invites you to our next event with Dr Niall Sreenan from the School of Modern Languages. More here: https://t.co/0v61XmLq97

[PJ Lennon @DrPJLennon]

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Fixed-term Associate Lecturer in Digital Humanities & Modern Languages/Comparative Literature at @StAModLangs. 1 year from 1 August 2026. ⏰ Deadline 8 June 2026. Click link for details & to apply: https://t.co/eyiX9AtYLT

[Modern Languages at St Andrews @StAModLangs]

We are hiring an Associate Lecturer in Digital Humanities and Modern Languages/Comparative Literature (Education Focused), a fixed-term position for one year to cover a period of staff leave. Applications must be submitted by 8 June 2026. More here: https://t.co/8Mg7wfCdCz

[Nicki Hitchcott @RwandanSOChange]

We’re hiring!
Associate Lecturer in Digital Humanities and Modern Languages/Comparative Literature (Education Focused) - AO1995RX at University of St Andrews https://t.co/pM1gMLz5QE

[Modern Languages at St Andrews @StAModLangs]

Congratulations to our former visiting PhD scholar in Digital Humanities Amina El Ganadi (Uni of Modena & Reggio Emilia), with succesful defense of her PhD. During her stay here, she was supervised by Dr Orhan Elmaz, who continued as her co-supervisor with Prof Fabrizio D’Avenia.

[Modern Languages at St Andrews @StAModLangs]

Join us on Mon for the 2nd German-Austrian Quiz Night! 🇩🇪🇦🇹 Test your knowledge, enjoy a fun evening, and win exciting prizes from the OeAD, DAAD, & Goethe-Institut Glasgow. 🗓 12 May🕖 7 PM📍 School 1. Snacks&drinks provided by the Austrian Cultural Forum London. Don’t miss it!

[Modern Languages at St Andrews @StAModLangs]

The Carnegie Education Fund has launched a new grant scheme to help more people in Scotland access postgraduate study. The application pedriod for the 2026-27 academic year opened 1 May 2026. More here: https://t.co/9CovxTZ69f

[Modern Languages at St Andrews @StAModLangs]

Applications are now being accepted for the British Spanish Society 2026 postgraduate scholarships. Applicants must be British or Spanish nationals who are/will be engaged in university postgraduate study (Masters&doctoral) in the UK or Spain. More here: https://t.co/tU6lyEeOzT

[Cristina Rivera Garza @criveragarza]

@StAModLangs Had a blast! Thank you for the warm welcoming and the conversations. 🌎

[Liliana Chávez Díaz @LiliChavezD]

@StAModLangs Congrats Will! Wonderful story, I don’t personally know Amanda Skinner but she should write more crónicas like this one :)

[Nicki Hitchcott @RwandanSOChange]

Thanks to Adrienne Angelo for the generous review of @nsahmala1 and my co-ed @LivUniPress volume, Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere, in the latest issue of @FrenchStudies @StAModLangs @SFPS_UK 👇

https://t.co/KeHQxy4CbP

[Modern Languages at St Andrews @StAModLangs]

We were delighted to host Cristina Rivera Garza, one of the best-known Latin American authors today, as our Writer in Residence this semester. Thank you to our Dr Liliana Chávez Díaz for arranging this residency. Read more here: https://t.co/zB93zvM76j

[Liliana Chávez Díaz @LiliChavezD]

It is not often that a travel writing scholar is able to provoke and witness the development of a travel writing piece. It has been an honour to be @criveragarza traveling comrade during her Seven Days in St Andrews. Read her blog @StAModLangs here: https://t.co/iRKsspTRsH

[Liliana Chávez Díaz @LiliChavezD]

Thanks to everyone involved @StAModLangs in warmly welcoming @criveragarza @univofstandrews
Here are some memories:
https://t.co/v1QcWLOGHh

[Modern Languages at St Andrews @StAModLangs]

Nice to read about our Prof Will Fowler In the Loop: https://t.co/2yxPvGiYrJ