Digital Modern Languages Seminar - virtual seminar

Date
22 July 2020, 3.30pm - 5.00pm
22 July 2020, 3.30pm - 5.00pm
Institute
Institute of Modern Languages Research
Institute of Modern Languages Research
Type
Seminar
Seminar
Venue
Other
Other
Description
The Digital Modern Languages convenors are holding a series of virtual events to bring together research and teaching in Modern Languages which engages with digital culture, media and technologies, and showcasing new and exciting research currently undertaken by PhD students across Modern Languages departments. The aim is also to provide a forum for doctoral researchers to present and receive feedback on their work in a supportive environment, particularly at a time when such opportunities may be more limited than in normal circumstances.
Our third Digital Modern Languages virtual seminar will take place at 3:30-5pm (BST) on Wednesday 22 July 2020. The seminar will include three 15-minute presentations from doctoral researchers, followed by a Q & A session with all presenters.
Advance registration is essential in order to be given access to the seminar.
Seminar speakers (abstracts available here)
Erdal Ayan (Kassel University/Herder Institute)
Using NLP & Network Approaches/Techniques to Explore Comparative Opinions and Topics in Newspaper Clippings from Cold War Era
Simona Scanni (University of Birmingham)
Effectiveness of Online Language Learning: A Case Study of Italian as a Foreign Language
Sevita Caseres (University College Cork)
Amateur Subtitling Practices: A Netnographic Study of Communication and Work Practices in French Online Translation Communities
This series is part of the AHRC-funded Open World Research Initiative, and is supported by OWRI projects Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community and Language Acts and Worldmaking projects, and by the AHRC Leadership Fellow for Modern Languages (Janice Carruthers). The series is convened by Paul Spence (King’s College London) and Naomi Wells (Institute of Modern Languages Research).