Professor Stephen Forcer stands in the cloisters wearing academic dress.
Professor Stephen Forcer stands in the cloisters wearing academic dress.

SMLC Newsletter No. 17, August 2025 Edition

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:28:00 BST

Welcome to the final newsletter of 2024-2025, and thank you from Professor Stephen Forcer as he hands over the Head of School role to Professor Nina Parish

Dr Maya Feile Tomes smiles and holds out an original C17th copy of
Dr Maya Feile Tomes smiles and holds out an original C17th copy of

New SMLC Lecturer wins of article of the year at LASA 2025

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:59:00 BST

Study of C17th female authorship controversy receives recognition at international Latin Americanist conference held in San Francisco

A sketch of a person reading..
A sketch of a person reading..

Centre for Comparative Literature and Translation holds annual Post-Graduate Conference

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:56:00 BST

This years conference, which took place from Thursday 22nd to Friday 23 May 2025, focused on the theme of Re-Reading and featured a keynote lecture by Professor David Damrosch

The words
The words

‘All the world is our stage: primary pupils never lost in translanguaging’ crosses borders with Chancellor’s Fund support

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:14:00 BST

Eneida Garcia Villanueva, Early Career Researcher and SMLC PhD student has received funding from the chancellor’s fund to extend her research ‘All the world is our stage: primary pupils never lost in translanguaging’ (AtWiOS) across borders

People collect seaweed during a workshop on the Island of Mull
People collect seaweed during a workshop on the Island of Mull

Upcoming Events in the SMLC

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:06:00 BST

Mark your calendars! There's a wealth of workshops, roundtables, lectures, and more to look forward to this year at the SMLC

University of Glasgow main building and river Kelvin
University of Glasgow main building and river Kelvin

Glasgow to host next International Comparative Literature Association Congress in 2028

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:36:00 BST

Two SMLC academics have secured the bid for the city to host the largest and most prestigious Association of Comparative Literature in the world

Carys Bilton and Eva Merritt stand behind a podium and give a reading to an assembled crowd. An Italian and an EU flag stand next to them
Carys Bilton and Eva Merritt stand behind a podium and give a reading to an assembled crowd. An Italian and an EU flag stand next to them

SMLC Students speak at Italian National Day Event

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:52:00 BST

Senior Honours Italian students speak at the Festa della Repubblica Italiana - Italian National Day reception

A poster for On Practice
A poster for On Practice

On Practice: A New Series of Talks and Workshops

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:15:00 BST

Curated by Dr Alessia Zinnari and hosted by the Centre for Comparative Literature and Translation, this new series was launched in February 2025 in order to bring together academics and artists/practitioners to explore connections between creative methodologies, practice-based research, artistic practice, experimental translation and pedagogy, and community engagement

Duncan Calvert along with a student voter
Duncan Calvert along with a student voter

SMLC Student Duncan Calvert elected as SRC President

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:55:00 BST

Read a letter from Duncan about how his studies in Portuguese & Spanish have aided him throughout his SRC campaign

Writer Olga Tokarczuk
Writer Olga Tokarczuk

Olga Tokarczuk's Translators Jennifer Croft and Antonia Lloyd-Jones in Conversation

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:17:00 BST

The latest in the Centre for Comparative Literature and Translation's WRITERS and their TRANSLATORS series featured the novels of the 2018 Nobel-prize winning Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, with two of her distinguished English translators, Jennifer Croft (USA) and Antonia Lloyd-Jones (UK)

Claudia Dellacasa holding an award
Claudia Dellacasa holding an award

Updates from SMLC Staff and Students

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:28:00 BST

Recent publications, awards, PhD vivas, project launches, and more!

Staff and students from the Comp Lit department celebrate the programme's 20th anniversary at a restaurant
Staff and students from the Comp Lit department celebrate the programme's 20th anniversary at a restaurant

Comparative Literature celebrates 20 years at the University of Glasgow

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:29:00 BST

On 22nd of May 2025, our Comparative Literature programme celebrated its 20th Anniversary. Comparative Literature professor Michael Syrotinski reflects on this milestone

Scottish Secondary School Students at an SMLC taster session
Scottish Secondary School Students at an SMLC taster session

Scottish Secondary school pupils visit the University of Glasgow for SMLC Taster Sessions

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:51:00 BST

In collaboration with SCILT, SMLC staff and International Mobility tutors delivered language and culture taster sessions to S1-S3 pupils from across West and East Scotland

A crowd of students and researchers congregating in a room at Harvard University
A crowd of students and researchers congregating in a room at Harvard University

SMLC at the Institute of World Literature Summer School, Harvard University

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:25:00 BST

Four SMLC postgraduate research students and a visiting postdoc researcher were accepted on to Harvard University's prestigious Institute of World Literature (IWL) summer school

students in quadrangles
students in quadrangles

Glasgow University in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:10:00 BST

European research network brings together universities of excellence to explore new perspectives on decay and sustainability

Two sets of hands hold PlayStation controllers while a video game is visible in the background.
Two sets of hands hold PlayStation controllers while a video game is visible in the background.

A Dialogue Between Industry and Academia on Gaming

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:21:00 BST

Organised by Yujia Flavia Jin, a PhD researcher in Comparative Literature in SMLC, and a former scriptwriter, this event bridged academic research and the gaming industry by fostering interdisciplinary connections and career pathways for Arts and Humanities students and staff