Migration, Culture and Community Research Cluster
Our Migration, Culture and Community Research Cluster explores, develops and disseminates a range of research activity within the broad fields of language and identity across cultural and national borders. The linguistic, cultural and disciplinary diversity of the members of the cluster, along with the particular range of specialisms covered by our research and teaching interests, enables us to develop a broad and productive base for research.
Within our cluster we foster cultural and linguistic research across traditional borders. In a time and space increasingly characterized by multiple alliances, linguistically and culturally, globalisation and regionalisation compete for attention and space. We believe that this is the time to nurture an open-minded attitude and climate in our research. Our basis as a School of Languages put us in an excellent position to exchange ideas and dialogues across languages and cultures.
Research is currently undertaken in the following areas:
- Literature and migration
- Migration and community studies
- The language of the city
- Transnationalism in literature in the visual arts
- Multilingualism
- Life-writing
- Cultural production in post-imperial societies
- Extra-textual modes of representation
- Linguistic approaches to the representation and translation of identity in spoken and written language in film and in literature
Migration, Culture and Community Workshop
On Wednesday 20 February 2013 our research cluster organised Round Table Workshop: Body of Individuals. This workshop investigated the notion of community as expressed in twentieth- and twenty-first century literature, philosophy and visual art. We also welcomed two Visiting Scholars to the School: Dr Liesbeth Minnaard (Leiden Univerisity) and Dr Mohar Das Chaudhuri (University of Calcutta).
Reading and Discussion Group
One of the activities of the Migration, Culture and Community Cluster is our monthly reading group. Each month we read a text suggested by one of our group members and we get together for an in depth yet informal discussion.
Our reading sessions are open to all interested parties and take place on a Friday at 3.00 pm in Jessop West. Please contact Dr Carmen Ramos Villar if you would like to join: c.ramosvillar@shef.ac.uk
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