Forum for Modern Language Studies

Literature, Language and Culture, Middle Ages to Present Day. Founded by @uniofstandrews. Published by @oupacademic.

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Our special issue is out!🌈'The Opportunities of Laughter: On the Aesthetics and Politics of Humour in Walter Benjamin' offers fresh takes on Benjamin’s work, highlighting his use of humour as a critical approach to modernity. Check it out here: https://t.co/q5fQ9WZyQ0 !

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Our latest issue (61.4) is now online! 📝 🌈 From early modern verse to twentieth-century poetry and translation, this issue explores how literary texts travel across languages and contexts.

Read it here: https://t.co/uvczKdp9PJ

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Less than a month to go!!

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Any questions about the Forum Prize 2026 ❓ We've got you covered ✅

A Q&A with Jeremy Hicks (Queen Mary University of London), General Editor for the Forum Prize.

https://t.co/jqgjc9dp0k

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📢To mark the Latin American Studies Association @LASAweb 2026 conference, we have put together a curated collection of articles highlighting our long-standing engagement with Latin American literatures and cultures!⭐️ https://t.co/6BzIX2lze3

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Any questions about the Forum Prize 2026 ❓ We've got you covered ✅

A Q&A with Jeremy Hicks (Queen Mary University of London), General Editor for the Forum Prize.

https://t.co/jqgjc9dp0k

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📢 Call for Entries: 2026 Forum Essay Prize
The prize is open to researchers at any career stage.
🏆 £500 prize and publication
📅 Deadline: 1 July 2026
Full details and submission guidelines here: https://t.co/3PDXrkRH2s

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📢 We’re now on LinkedIn. Follow us to stay informed about journal initiatives and opportunities, alongside new research!! https://t.co/e6bnpwBbjf

[Gregory Tate @drgregorytate]

@FmlSjournal The editors of the new @FmlSjournal special issue on Walter Benjamin have written a post about their work for the @OUPAcademic blog: https://t.co/ZqA9GALZcD

[European Society of Comparative Literature ESCL @EuroCompLit]

CfP: The Forum @FmlSjournal Essay Prize 2024 - 'The Art(s) of Delight' is seeking submissions that focus on literature, film, art, or other cultural outputs that manifest delight...Submit by 1 July. https://t.co/cG8R9I3s9u

[Michela Baldo @michibao]

This special issue on code-switching as a narrative resource, which I co-edited with @mariannadeganu1 has just come out with amazing articles on literary code-switching as a narratological tool. A big thanks to all authors and reviewers! https://t.co/dLs9qDMN6o

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60.1 also has reviews of work on everything from Catalan narrative to Clarice Lispector to transnational Russian Studies to Roland Barthes to Wilhelm von Humboldt #modlangs #complit

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It is our pleasure to present FMLS 60.1: 'Code-Switching as a Narrative Resource', a wonderful special issue guest-edited by @michibao and @mariannadeganu1. #codeswitching #narratology #translanguaging #modlangs @LCAHM_UoB @goetheuni https://t.co/CF1gNfDzX6

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Articles by Rainier Grutman, Christopher Mole, Cecilia Montes-Alcalá, Jonathan Mccreedy, Ian Harvey A Claros, Riikka Ala-Risku and the guest editors.

[@EneidaLinguist.bsky.social FHEA FCIL (she/her) @EneidaLinguist]

What a wonderful crew of #PGRs #writers to conclude our #writing block!📚✍️

Special thanks to our funder @sgsah for the support you have offered us during the past weeks.

Looking forward to more exciting #writing events in the near future #ModernLanguages @UCFLangs @FmlSjournal

[@EneidaLinguist.bsky.social FHEA FCIL (she/her) @EneidaLinguist]

Join us for two hours of accountable writing at 10am on Mon, 11th March. We are a group of #PGRs researching #ModernLanguages joining every two weeks to #write together 📚✍️ @sgsah @FmlSjournal @UofGArtsHums @UofGSMLC

[Aberdeen UCU @aberdeen_ucu]

STRIKE ACTION WITHDRAWN: SMT have agreed to lift the risk of redundancy from MLTI staff. A win! #saveUoAlanguages

[Stephen Forcer @StephenForcer]

The @UofGSMLC Dumbreck Doctoral Research Scholarship in Slavonic Studies is open until 24 May. Any area of Slavonic Studies offered at Glasgow, or for Comparative Literature or Translation Studies with a Central, East, South-Eastern European component https://t.co/eVCbSDzTnn

[@EneidaLinguist.bsky.social FHEA FCIL (she/her) @EneidaLinguist]

#ModernLanguages #PGrCommunity,
'Writing Retreat with a Beat🎼🎶🎵' will be beginning shortly:

Mon 10am–12pm
TODAY – NOW! 26th Feb
11th Mar
25th Mar
All #writers welcome 📚✍️ Join us💻 @sgsah @sgsahblog @FmlSjournal @UCFLangs @UofGArtsHums #research #academia #WritingCommunity

[German Studies at Aberdeen @GermanAbdn]

Today, our Honours students made a strong case for why languages matter and discussed ways to support and improve their provision in schools. Congratulations to all involved and special thanks to the @DAAD_UK_Ireland for their generous support. #saveuoalanguages @UoA_LLMVC