Modern Languages Open, a peer-reviewed platform for the open access publication of research from across the modern languages, has published the Comparative Literature Section Launch Issue. This special issue has been compiled to mark the launch of the Comparative Literature section of Modern Languages Open, and includes original articles by Michael Cronin, Andrew Ginger, Florian Mussgnug, Francesca … Continue reading
Modern Languages Open: Italian Special Collection
Modern Languages Open (MLO), a peer-reviewed platform for the open access publication of research from across the modern languages, has published the Special Collection ‘Italy Made in Britain. Contemporary British Perspectives on Italian Culture’. This special issue is about how contemporary Britain perceives and imagines Italy, and how it mirrors itself in Italy’s image. Access … Continue reading
Special Collection: Reading between the Bloodlines: Reflections on the German-Language Family Story
Modern Languages Open recently published a German Special Collection which considers German-language family novels. The guest editors of this special edition have selected "Writing as Return: A Commentary on Doron Ravinovici’s ‘Nach Wilna" by Todd Herzog and Hillary Hope Herzog as a particularly influential piece. The article is available to read open access here. When asked … Continue reading
Modern Languages Open: German Special Collection
Modern Languages Open (MLO), a peer-reviewed platform for the open access publication of research from across the modern languages to a global audience, has published 'Reading between the Bloodlines: Reflections on the German-Language Family Story' as a Special Collection in German Studies. This special edition considers German-language family novels, which are experiencing renewed interest in … Continue reading
Digital technologies and the changing face of Modern Languages: An interview with Niamh Thornton
Our Journals Publishing Assistant Megan Ainsworth, interviews Niamh Thornton, Section Editor for Modern Languages Open. As an academic in the age of digital technologies, you will have noticed changes to the conventional way of publishing academic research. How has MLO changed the course of publishing in the Modern Languages? Digital technologies have opened up the … Continue reading