by cathycollins | May 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
As so many women, including nurses and other ‘front line’ staff currently combatting Covid-19 have suddenly become acknowledged heroes, it is very timely to consider another hitherto unsung hero, Doreen Warriner. Warriner’s battle, however, was not against the...
by cathycollins | May 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Alexander Samson discusses the resilience of people to disease through the ages As we struggle to find a language adequate to voice our feelings about the COVID-19 pandemic and the radical changes to our everyday lives it has forced upon us, it may be worth...
by cathycollins | May 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Rachel Beaney discusses Arantxa Echevarría’s 2018 film Carmen y Lola (Echevarría 2018), which tells the story of two Spanish Roma women who fall in love and are subsequently rejected by their community. Carmen y Lola presents experiences of sexuality, coming-of-age,...
by cathycollins | May 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
To mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, Clare George highlights a story from the IMLR archives of the young Czech-German refugee Herbert Löwit, and his role in the surrender of power to the Allied Forces at the end of the Siege of Dunkirk in May 1945. When German...
by cathycollins | May 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
In this blog post, Charles Forsdick – James Barrow Professor of French at Liverpool and AHRC Theme Leadership Fellow for ‘Translating Cultures’ – presents The Glissant Translation Project. This is a collaboration between Louisiana State University and Liverpool...
