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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: bit.ly/3O2gucA !
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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.
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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.
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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!⭐️ academic.oup.com/fmls/pages/…
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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.
youtube.com/watch?v=gHFyA-0L…
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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: academic.oup.com/fmls/pages/…
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📢 We’re now on LinkedIn. Follow us to stay informed about journal initiatives and opportunities, alongside new research!! linkedin.com/company/forum-f…
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The editors of the new @FmlSjournal special issue on Walter Benjamin have written a post about their work for the @OUPAcademic blog: blog.oup.com/2025/11/humour-…
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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. academic.oup.com/fmls/pages/…
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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! academic-oup-com.bham-ezprox…
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30 Apr 2024
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 academic.oup.com/fmls/issue/…
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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.
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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 gla.ac.uk/schools/mlc/study/…
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Modern Languages PhDs! Start your week with music, community & writing. Join @EneidaLinguist & Veronica Marquez for ‘Writing Retreat with a Beat🎼📷'
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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
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