Shortly before Singing the Law appeared in print but shortly after the staggering reality of the Covid-19 crisis was becoming clear, I received a phone call from a close friend in Uganda. He’d seen news reports about the pandemic’s spread in the U.S., and he wanted to know how my family and I were doing. … Continue reading
Critical Digital Pedagogies in Modern Languages – a Tutorial Collection
This month we launch a special collection of self-learning online tutorials exploring critical pedagogies in Modern Languages. Paul Spence, who co-edited the collection with Renata Brandao, explains how the collection came about and what it aims to achieve. The research was carried out as part of the Language Acts and Worldmaking project, funded by the … Continue reading
Introducing Digital Modern Languages: Critical Digital Pedagogies in Modern Languages – a Tutorial Collection
Modern Languages Open, a fully open access platform, is pleased to announce the publication of a Special Collection edited by Paul Spence (King's College London) and Renata Brandao (King's College London) in the new Digital Modern Languages section. ‘Critical Digital Pedagogies in Modern Languages - a Tutorial Collection’ is an edited collection of online tutorials … Continue reading
Modern Languages Open launches new Special Collection, The Global Crisis in Memory
Modern Languages Open, a fully Open Access platform, is pleased to announce the launch of its newest collection, The global crisis in memory: populism, decolonisation and how we remember in the twenty-first century. Guest edited by Eva Spišiaková, Charles Forsdick, and James Mark, the special collection looks at populism, decolonisation and how we remember in … Continue reading
Searching for Japan: 20th Century Italy’s Fascination with Japanese Culture – an interview with Michele Monserrati
Comparing Japan and Italy is quite unusual and a bit counterintuitive. When did you decide to write a book about this subject? The idea first came to me when I was an undergraduate at the University of Florence. I was part of a committee comprised of both students and faculty for a short-story prize on … Continue reading
