Weekly Round-Up, 7 May 2015 * Any weekly round-up attachments can be found at the following link https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/modlang/general/weekly_roundup/index.html Disclaimer: The University of Oxford and the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages accept no responsibility for the content of any advertisement published in The Weekly Round-Up. Readers should note that the inclusion of any advertisement in no way implies approval or recommendation of either the terms of any offer contained in it or of the advertiser by the University of Oxford or The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. Contents 1 Lectures and Events Internal 1.1 Intensive Weekend Courses at the Language Centre 1.2 Mansfield Lectures Series for Trinity Term. 1.3 OCGH Event: Susan Pedersen Book Event, Wednesday 27th May 1.4 Oxford Phenomenology Seminars, Trinity Term 1.5 Ashmolean Collecting Lecture and Book Launch - Wednesday 13 May 1.6 Oxford Translation Day 2015 1.7 Gender, Literature and Culture Seminar, Thursday 7 May 1.8 Émilie Du Châtelet: Philosopher & Encyclopédist Event. 1.9 Bodleian workshops for week 3: RefWorks / Current Awareness / Sources for African Studies 1.10 Preshow talk to The Oxford German Play 2015 – "Killing Hitler" by Bernard Adams 1.11 Oxford PEN: Talk with Maureen Freely 1.12 Zaharoff Lecture 2015 1.13 Weidenfeld Chair in Comparative European Literature Lecture Series - Trinity Term 2015 External – Oxford 1.14 “The Book Society Ltd and mid-twentieth-century literary culture” a Lecture by Dr Nicola Wilson 1.15 Author Event at Waterstones Oxford External – Elsewhere 1.16 SSMLL 2015 Annual General Meeting and Lecture 3 Adverts Funding & Prizes 3.1 2015 Humanities Teaching Awards 3.2 New Network Scheme | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) Jobs, Recruitment and Volunteering 3.3 Departmental Lecturer in Spanish and Spanish American Literature and Culture - Vacancy 3.4 Publishing Work Experience Opportunity - Voltaire Foundation 3.5 Stipendiary Lectureship in French, Oriel College 3.6 Postgraduate Teaching Opportunities: 3.7 Graduate Job Opportunity at HEC Paris Executive Education Miscellaneous 3.8 Sociolinguistica bibliographies 2013 and 2014 4 Year Abroad French 4.1 Internship Offer in a Communication Agency Based in Paris 4.2 Association Apitu Looking for French students Italian 4.3 Au pair Opportunity in Italy near Florence * Any weekly round-up attachments can be found at the following link https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/modlang/general/weekly_roundup/index.html Weekly Round-Up, 7 May 2015 * Any weekly round-up attachments can be found at the following link https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/modlang/general/weekly_roundup/index.html Disclaimer: The University of Oxford and the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages accept no responsibility for the content of any advertisement published in The Weekly Round-Up. Readers should note that the inclusion of any advertisement in no way implies approval or recommendation of either the terms of any offer contained in it or of the advertiser by the University of Oxford or The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. 1 Lectures and Events Internal 1.1 Intensive Weekend Courses at the Language Centre Oxford University Language Centre, 16th & 17th May, 23rd & 24th May, 9am – 1.30pm Gain an introduction to a new language or brush up an old one! The Language Centre is running intensive 2-day courses on the weekend of 16th & 17th May (German & Italian) and 23rd & 24th May (French & Spanish). Levels offered for Beginners, Lower Intermediate and Upper Intermediate (French only). £50 for students, £65 for staff. Visit the Language Centre Website or email [email protected] for more information. * Please see item 1.1 attachment for further information: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/x/uhk7MM 1.2 Mansfield Lectures Series for Trinity Term. The programme for the Mansfield Lectures Series for Trinity Term. Leading public figures discuss pressing issues of our times. All welcome. * Please see item 1.2 attachment for further information: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/x/fAnxpA 1.3 OCGH Event: Susan Pedersen Book Event, Wednesday 27th May The Guardians. The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire You are cordially invited to hear Susan Pedersen talk about her new book at a roundtable with Martin Thomas (University of Exeter), Charles Townshend (Keele University), Paul Betts (St Antony’s), and Patricia Clavin (Jesus College). Ship Street Centre, Jesus College, Wednesday 27th May 5-6.30pm * Please see item 1.3 attachment for further information: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/x/gyORyi 1.4 Oxford Phenomenology Seminars, Trinity Term Weds 6th May (2nd Week), 5.15 pm – Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities Erin Lafford (Oxford, English): ‘John Clare and the Dys-Appearance of Health’ Weds 20th May (4th Week), 5.15 pm – Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities Jennifer Johnson (Oxford, English/ History of Art): ‘The Aesthetics of Jacques Maritain’ Weds 3rd June (6th Week), 5.15 pm – Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities Austin Argentieri (Oxford, Anthropology): ‘Suffering History: Phenomenology at the Intersection of Disease and Illness’ For more information, please see: http://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/phenomenology * Any weekly round-up attachments can be found at the following link https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/modlang/general/weekly_roundup/index.html Weekly Round-Up, 7 May 2015 * Any weekly round-up attachments can be found at the following link https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/modlang/general/weekly_roundup/index.html Disclaimer: The University of Oxford and the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages accept no responsibility for the content of any advertisement published in The Weekly Round-Up. Readers should note that the inclusion of any advertisement in no way implies approval or recommendation of either the terms of any offer contained in it or of the advertiser by the University of Oxford or The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. 1.5 Ashmolean Collecting Lecture and Book Launch - Wednesday 13 May The second lecture in the collecting series at the Ashmolean: The King, the Duke & the Flemish Merchant of Venice: the Sale of the Gonzaga Art Collection Wednesday, 13 May 5:00 in the Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum, followed by a reception. This is also the Oxford launch of The Flemish Merchant of Venice: Daniel Nijs and the Sale of the Gonzaga Art Collection by Christina M. Anderson In 1627-28, Charles I of England purchased the cream of the Gonzaga art collection, belonging to the dukes of Mantua, in what would become the greatest art deal of the 17th century. Among the treasures sold were ancient statues and stunning paintings by Titian, Raphael, Correggio, and Rubens. The Flemish Merchant of Venice examines this fascinating and significant art sale from the perspective of the man who orchestrated it—Daniel Nijs (1572–1647), a Flemish merchant, collector, and dealer living in Venice. Christina Anderson asserts that he was more than the avaricious and unscrupulous trader that most modern writers and scholars deem him to be. Through describing Nijs’s unique talent as a dealer, rooted in superior commercial skills, connections to artistic and diplomatic circles, and a deep love of art, she reveals that Nijs was the pivotal figure involved with the Gonzaga sale, though also—when he later fell into bankruptcy and dishonour due to a deal gone awry—the most tragic. Christina Anderson is a British Academy postdoctoral fellow in the History Faculty at the University of Oxford. She is also the Research Fellow in the Study of Collecting at the Ashmolean Museum. Her book, copies of which will be available at the lecture, is published by Yale University Press. RSVP to [email protected] . 1.6 Oxford Translation Day 2015 The programme for Oxford Translation Day 2015 has now been finalised. It is a celebration of literary translation consisting of workshops and talks throughout the day on June 13th 2015 at St Anne’s College and around the city, culminating in the award of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. Please visit http://www.occt.ox.ac.uk/oxford-translation-day-2015 for more information. * Please see item 1.6 attachment for further information: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/x/AQgASb 1.7 Gender, Literature and Culture Seminar, Thursday 7 May Gender, Literature and Culture Seminar, Thursday 7 May (week 2), 2 p.m. Wadham College, C Day Lewis Room. All Welcome. There Are Two Sexes: On the Thought and Commitments of Antoinette Fouque Antoinette Fouque (1936-2014) cofounded the Mouvement de Libération des Femmes (MLF) in France in 1968 and spearheaded its celebrated Psychanalyse et Politique research group. A psychoanalyst and director of research at the Université de Paris VIII, she was the author of Gravidanza; Qui êtes-vous, Antoinette Fouque? and Génésique, among other works. There Are Two Sexes: Essays in Feminology, a collection of Fouque’s essays, lectures, and dialogues, was published in English translation this season by Columbia University Press. Led by Françoise Barret-Ducrocq, emeritus professor, Université Paris-Diderot Sorbonne, Sylvina Boissonnas, editor of There Are Two Sexes, and Michèle Idels, author of the Universal dictionary of women creators. Sylvina Boissonnas and Michèle Idels have co-edited the book "Generation MLF 1968-2008" (des femmes publishing house, 2008) * Any weekly round-up attachments can be found at the following link https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/modlang/general/weekly_roundup/index.html Weekly Round-Up, 7 May 2015 * Any weekly round-up attachments can be found at the following link https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/modlang/general/weekly_roundup/index.html Disclaimer: The University of Oxford and the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages accept no responsibility for the content of any advertisement published in The Weekly Round-Up.