The day is aimed at first year Modern Foreign Language research postgraduates wishing to find out more about the wide range of resources available to them at the British Library. Students will have the opportunity to learn about all aspects of our collections, including French, German, Slavonic, Italian and Hispanic collections, through lectures and specialist talks.
For more information, please see the conference website.Forthcoming third party events
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http://www.bl.uk/HEtrainingdays
Date: 29 March, 2010
Location: The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
Event type: Training Day
http://sites.google.com/site/bacsconference2010/Home
Date: 6 April, 2010 - 8 April, 2010
Location: Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
The British Association for Canadian Studies (BACS) invites proposals for 20-minute papers, to be presented in either English or French, are invited from any single disciplinary or multidisciplinary perspective. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary panel proposals, including those from postgraduate students, are welcome.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.uea.ac.uk/ams/baas2010
Date: 8 April, 2010 - 11 April, 2010
Location: University of East Anglia, Norwich
There is no overarching theme for the conference, and papers and panel proposals are welcomed on any subject related to the United States of America and early America. The conference will feature papers from a wide range of disciplines and play host to an international collection of scholars from across the spectrum of the research community, from postgraduates to senior scholars.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/2010/lls/index.cfm
Date: 21 April, 2010
Location: British Academy, Carlton House Terrace, London
This day-long sharing of research findings by UKPOLLS and workshop discussions is aimed at fleshing out policies and practice. The purpose is to strengthen language teaching and learning through the development of strategic foreign language classrooms.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2010/academyevents/23_apr_esd_scotland_seminar2
Date: 23 April, 2010
Location: University of Glasgow, Glasgow
In Scotland, inter-disciplinarity is prioritized within the Action Plan for the Decade of ESD and in the rethinking and redesign of educational curricula at all levels, creating a strong impetus and platform for this type of work. For more information, please see the conference website.
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/chri/newsandevents/chrievents/index.html
Date: 10 May, 2010 - 12 May, 2010
Location: Cardiff University
As sustainability issues ripple through all aspects of human life, the Humanities have specific contributions to make, particularly in the cultural and community aspects of sustainability. This one-day CHRI conference and workshop has been organised to explore the implications of sustainability for the Humanities, and to address a range of intriguing and pressing questions in this area.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.northampton.ac.uk/learningteachingconference
Date: 13 May, 2010
Location: Sunley Management Centre, the University of Northampton
Following the success of their second Learning and Teaching conference Transitions last year, the University of Northampton announce their third conference following the theme of learning dialogues. Better understanding of learning dialogues is an important element in the scholarship of Learning and Teaching. Our conference is designed to provide a forum in which effective, evidence-informed practice can be shared and debated.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.bl.uk/eccles/index.html
Date: 17 May, 2010
Location: British Library Conference Centre, London
Event type: Lecture
Journalist and author Simon Jenkins will be delivering the 15th Annual Douglas W Bryant Lecture.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.kuleuven-kortrijk.be/itec2010
Date: 25 May, 2010 - 27 May, 2010
Location: Kortrijk, Belgium
This conference is the first in a series of conferences that serves as a forum for an international community of researchers. The aim is to bring together researchers to interact and exchange ideas within the fields of Computer Sciences, Applied Linguistics, Methodology and Educational Technology.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.hubrussel.be
Date: 24 June, 2010 - 26 June, 2010
Location: University College Brussels - Brussels, Belgium
The conference aims to investigate issues on language learning in business education, such as the interface of languages in business education and intercultural studies, the place of languages in business curricula, levels of language proficiency in such programmes, the role of CLIL, etc. The conference will be in English, but research may be related to any language.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.bath.ac.uk/education/research/conferences/
Date: 25 June, 2010 - 26 June, 2010
Location: University of Bath
This conference is jointly organised by the Department of Education and the Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, and supported by the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/arts-humanities/english-language-studies/LanguageStudiesConf.aspx
Date: 2 July, 2010 - 3 July, 2010
Location: Canterbury Christ Church University
The theme this year is on 'Creativity in language teaching and teacher training', and will include the following topics:
- Innovation and creativity in classroom practice and course design
- Developing creativity in learners and teachers
- Innovative approaches to teacher training and development
- Creative use of resources and materials for language learning
http://www.edulearn10.org
Date: 5 July, 2010 - 7 July, 2010
Location: Barcelona, Spain
The main objective of the conference is to promote and disseminate the experiences in New Technologies and E-learning applied to Education in all fields and disciplines. EDULEARN10 will be a unique International Forum for those who wish to present their projects and discuss the latest innovations and results in the field of New Technologies in Education, E-learning and methodologies applied to Education and Research.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.bradford.ac.uk/sustainable-university
Date: 15 July, 2010 - 16 July, 2010
Location: University of Bradford, Bradford
The conference theme is to address the sustainable university of tomorrow – what will it be like and how do we get there. Focusing on issues around strategic vision and change, curriculum and teaching and virtualisation, these key themes will be set in the context of imminent and potential long-term HE funding cuts.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://wocmes.iemed.org/en/home/
Date: 19 July, 2010 - 24 July, 2010
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Over 2000 researchers and experts on the Middle East, coming from a large number of universities, research centers and other organizations, will gather in Barcelona in 2010 at the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES). The European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Government of Catalonia will organize the WOCMES Barcelona 2010.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.kcl.ac.uk/business/commercial/cpd/elc
Date: 19 July, 2010 - 23 July, 2010
Location: King's College London
Event type: Summer School
The programme is designed to help PhD and post-doctoral researchers to navigate the twin perils of over- and under-interpreting discourse data.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/news-events/conferences-seminars/Critical-Link
Date: 26 July, 2010 - 30 July, 2010
Location: Aston University, Birmingham
The 6th International Critical Link Conference will bring together representatives from every sphere of the public service interpreting community. The main theme of Critical Link 6 will be ‘Interpreting in a Changing Landscape’, exploring political, legal, human rights, trans-national, economic, socio-cultural and sociolinguistic aspects of public service/community interpreting.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.uaces.org/bruges
Date: 6 September, 2010 - 8 September, 2010
Location: College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium
The event will be a three day conference hosted by the College of Europe which will bring together academics and practitioners in disciplines such as law, economics, geography, history, sociology, public policy and politics from across Europe and beyond. There will be a large number of research papers presented as well as some plenary sessions.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.baal.org.uk/confs.htm
Date: 9 September, 2010 - 11 September, 2010
Location: University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
For more information, please see the conference website.
http://www.hope.ac.uk/learningandteaching/lat.php?page=prhe&current=prhe
Date: 25 October, 2010 - 26 October, 2010
Location: Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool
The PRHE10 conference is a biennial event which brings together, in an intimate and welcoming environment, researchers and practitioners to share research findings, promote rigorous pedagogical research and build collaborative research networks.
For more information, please see the conference website.http://www.ipciti.org.uk/
Date: 29 October, 2010 - 31 October, 2010
Location: Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
The subject of this year's conference is the plurality of approaches, settings and impacts currently emerging from the discipline of Translation and Interpreting Studies. The conference seeks to foreground innovations generated within the field and the potential contribution of these innovations both within and without academia. The conference seeks to encourage true interdisciplinary dialogue. For more information, please see the conference website.
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/german/ialic_conference_2010.htm
Date: 3 December, 2010 - 5 December, 2010
Location: University of Leeds
This international and interdisciplinary event is the 10th anniversary conference of the International Association of Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) and is being organised in association with the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change. For more information, please see the conference website.
