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In memoriam: Jane Fenoulhet reflects on the life and work of Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom, who was awarded an honorary doctorate by UCL in 2019 and passed away earlier this year.

Latest updates about new books and book prizes at The School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS-CMII).

Modern Languages at UCL are ranked 13th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026.

UCL German alumna Mavis Batey, a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during WWII, features as one of the Faces of UCL200

We are delighted to announce that Proust’s Songbook (2024) has been awarded the Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize 2025 in the category Literatures Written in Languages Other Than English.

Deborah Martin's video essay compares sequences from two films, The Innocents (Clayton, 1951) and Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Sciamma, 2019).

The prestigious award has been conferred to Dr Nabugodi for her work on Romanticism, the Black Atlantic, cultural impacts, and legacies of the transatlantic slave economy.

Professor Florian Mussgnug reflects on his extensive research journey so far, as he prepares for his Inaugural Lecture 'Loving Apocalypse Too Much'. Taking place on 28th October 2025...

SELCS students visited the Barbican to see a play in French, and took part in an acting workshop in French with one of the performers.

Dr Emily Baker analyses the romance between Anthony Bridgerton (portrayed by Jonathan Bailey) and Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) in season two of the Shondaland production of Bridgerton.

Last week, we were delighted to welcome new students to UCL Arts & Humanities with a series of events organised by our Faculty Education and Student Experience team.

As we approach the start of a new academic year, 2024/25 saw a plethora of achievements and accolades from our departments.

This year, SELCS offered a Turing Summer Schools in Paris hosted by the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique. Students attended a range of activities from talks with playwrights to plays.

Find out how to apply for a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship or Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at SELCS-CMII.

Congratulations to Dr Mathelinda Nabugodi, Lecturer in Comparative Literature at SELCS-CMII, on the publication of her new book.