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Regular event series

Upcoming events

Event Date(s) Organiser(s) Further information
Leicester Languages Week 22 - 27 March 2026 Dr Emma Staniland and Dr Michelle Harrison, Modern Languages Leicester Languages Week is a celebration of Leicester's rich linguistic heritage - join us for a programme of public-facing talks and outreach activities for local schools run by language specialists on campus and in the city.
Literary Leicester 2026 18 - 21 March 2026 Literary Leicester To follow
British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS) Annual Conference 3 - 5 September 2025 Dr Lin Feng, Film Studies Find out more
Symposium: 80 Years On: Memory and Legacy of World War II in ESEA Popular Culture 2 September 2025 Dr Lin Feng, Film Studies; Dr Yan Ying, Translation and Interpreting Studies Find out more
Japanese-Language Proficiency Test at Leicester 6 July 2025; 7 December 2025 Languages at Leicester Find out more
Reading Samuel Pepys's Shorthand: Online Talk and Workshop 5 July 2025; 8 July 2025 Professor Kate Loveman, English Register via EventBrite for 5 July or 8 July 

Past events

Academic year 2024-2025

Event Date(s) Organiser(s)
British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) Talks 2025
27 June 2025 Dr Claire Wood, Centre for Victorian Studies
Victorian Bodies  18 June 2025 Dr Doug Battersby and Dr Claire Wood, Centre for Victorian Studies 
Joint Book Launch to Celebrate Film Studies at Leicester 16 June 2025

Film Studies

Celebrating the launch of Lin Feng's Film History and Screen Culture in Greater China and Beyond (Routledge, 2025); James Chapman's Financing the British Film Industry: Capital, Cash and Quota, 1896-1945 (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) and Screening Sherlock: A cultural history of the Great Detective on film and television (Manchester University Press, 2025); and David Christopher's Toronto New Wave cinema and the anarchist-apocalypse (Manchester University Press, 2025).

Cultures of AI Workshop 9 June 2025 Dr Madeleine Chalmers, Modern Languages; Dr Victoria O’Meara and Dr Gabriela Zogall, Media and Communication; LIAS
Postgraduate Research Conference: The Evolution of Storytelling: Symbols, Myths and Legends 6 June 2025 School of Arts, Media, and Communication
Summer School: Migration, Diaspora and Mobile Identities 2 - 6 June 2025 College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities
Professor Lesley Wiley's Inaugural Lecture: Hummingbirds and the London Particular: W. H. Hudson's Allegories of Extinction 28 May 2025 College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities
Building Bridges Translation Event 22 May 2025 Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies; East Midlands Regional Group of the ITI (Institute of Translation and Interpreting)
Literary Leicester 2025 19 - 22 March 2025 Literary Leicester; catch up via SoundCloud
Celebrating Languages Day 2024 17 December 2024 Modern Languages
Professor Claire Brock's Inaugural Lecture: Surgery at Home 4 December 2024 College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities
Monkey to Man: The Evolution of the March of Progress Image 27 November 2024 Centre for Victorian Studies; Literary Leicester
Representations of Migration on Screen: Screenings and Post-film discussion 21 October - 4 November 2024 Migration, Mobility, and Citizenship Network; Phoenix Cinema
The Victorian Novel and the Health Humanities 16 October 2024 Dr Doug Battersby, Centre for Victorian Studies
Surrealist Soiree 12 October 2024 Dr Madeleine Chalmers, Modern Languages; Phoenix Cinema
Professor Catherine Morley's Inaugural Lecture: Art and American Fiction 26 September 2024 College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities
Festival of Media Stories 13 September 2024 Media and Communication; Film Studies

Academic year 2023-24

Event Date(s) Organiser(s)
Multilingual Poetry Workshop with Nabeela Ahmed 28 February 2024 Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies

Academic year 2022-23

Event Date(s) Organiser(s)
Latinx Studies in the UK 20 - 21 April 2023 Modern Languages

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