Research and Teaching
These PPTs (in English) are used for two 2-hour sessions as part of a team-taught module called the Art of Reading which is taught in the MA in International Contemporary Literature and Media. This section explores how contemporary French poetry engages with the environmental crisis, using language to challenge dominant discourses. Students conduct close readings […]
This PPT (in French) is used in week 8 of the module French Poetry: From Romanticism to Slam (BA French, Year 2), a class which focuses on eco-poetry, drawing connections between 19th-century representations of nature and contemporary poetic responses to the climate crisis. This module introduces key movements—romanticism, symbolism, surrealism, Oulipo, eco-poetry, and slam—exploring how […]
A shelter This resource provides details of a practical seminar activity carried out by staff and tutors as part of a University of Stirling-wide interdisciplinary module entitled ‘Wicked Problems and Sustainable Solutions’. The activity requires students to make a dead hedge after they have attended a lecture entitled ‘The literary “Hedgeland”’. In the lecture, literary […]
The multilingual ‘natural mural’ created by pupils from Ysgol Clawdd Offa, Prestatyn and Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen, Bethesda with French graphic artist Anne Defreville, as part of the project Cwricwlwm Ieithoedd Modern Gwyrddach i Gymru / A Greener Modern Languages Curriculum for Wales. Environmental awareness, creativity, international language learning. Cwricwlwm Ieithoedd Modern Gwyrddach i Gymru / A […]
This lecture and seminar were designed as part of the Francophone strand of the co-taught final year module ‘Languages and Ecologies’ for students of Modern Languages (French, Spanish, German and Italian). The module introduces students to the field of Environmental Humanities through a transnational and interdisciplinary approach. It focuses on the French-, Hispanic-, Italian- and […]
by Anna Neaves
This is an excerpt of my MA dissertation for Translation Studies, in which I translated a portion of the French Bande Dessinée (BD) Resisters by Jeanne Burgart Goutal and Aurore Chapon into English. The BD, set in the year 2030, offers a stark portrayal of what our future will look like if we continue to […]
The neologism collapsologie first entered the public discourse in France in 2015 with the publication of Comment tout peut s’effondrer? Petit manuel de collapsologie à l’usage des générations présentes. Co-authors Pablo Servigne, an agronomist and biologist by training, and Raphaël Stevens, an independent researcher and eco-adviser, aimed at ‘giv[ing] meaning to events’, intensifying social ‘crises’, […]
The roots of mobile study-related phenomena run deep into our cultural myths and histories. Backed by evidence of the linguistic and cultural advantages it delivers, study abroad has become core both to second language acquisition, and to higher education internationalization policies across the world. These benefits make us reluctant to consider its environmental impacts but there […]
This French language seminar on the animal condition is designed for learners at B2 level. It consists of a translation exercise, general discussion on the topic, and group work. It is designed to develop students’ written and spoken language skills in conjunction with their awareness and understanding of animal rights issues, in fostering their communication, […]
This lecture and seminar were designed for the MFL Student Mentoring: Post-16 Languages Recovery Project in Wales, UK. The aim was to give post-16 learners a taste of language learning at university, and the resources can be adapted to learners at B1, B2 and C1 levels, or even at beginners’ level, as English translations of […]