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
‘Rin-Tin-Tin and the Cancan’
In his new book, Montmartre: A Cultural History, Nicholas Hewitt delves into the history of the neighbourhood to discover how the bohemian cultural hub pioneered the new the avant-garde in painting, theatre and literature. ‘What is Montmartre? Nothing. What must it be? Everything’, proclaimed Rodolphe Salis in 1881, when his cabaret Le Chat Noir launched an … Continue reading
‘World-literature in French’: Ten Years On
To celebrate Free Read Friday this month, Charles Forsdick, James Barrow Professor of French at the University of Liverpool, interviewed Alain Mabanckou and Abdourahman Waberi to discuss the impact of the 2007 manifesto for a 'world-literature in French'. Ten years ago, on 15 March 2007, Le Monde des Livres published a manifesto advocating a 'world-literature in French'. Pointing to … Continue reading
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