14.8.09 Seminar by Peter Bush, renowned Author and Translator
ISSUES IN RE-TRANSLATION: THE CASE OF CELESTINA

13.8.09 - Public Lecture by world-renowned Author Teresa Solana
Barcelona is the criminal scenario of "A Not So Perfect Crime" (Solana, 2006). Through a deft combination of humour, satire and detective fiction, Terest Solana dissects Barcelona society with fiercely critical scalpel that nonetheless reflects the great

13.8.09 PUBLIC SEMINAR by Adjunct Professor Klaus Krischok
The Cinematographic Heritage of East Germany 20 years after the fall of the Wall

16 Sept. Public Seminar by Associate Professor Ping Chen
When Chinese Came Into Contact With Other Languages

Public Lecture -- Professor Judith Still
When is a technology not a technology? Wednesday 15 July 2009

JAPANESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE- 20 AUGUST 2008
Wednesday 20 August 2008 7-9 pm

JAPANESE TRADITIONAL DANCE & INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE - 22 AUGUST


PUBLIC LECTURE by Adjunct Professor Adolfo Gentile - 15 September
"Language competence and interpreting/translating performance - two sides of a coin or two coins in the fountain"

23 Sept. Public Lecture by Mr Isidoro Castellanos Vega
  PUBLIC LECTURE    

Public lecture: 30 July 2008. Mr Ren Gongping, Consul General of the People's Republic of China
The newly appointed Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Brisbane will be guest lecturer on 30 July 2008.

Rhizomes Postgraduate Conference
Rhizomes is an annual conference sponsored by the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies and organised by a committee of research higher degree students in the School

4th Ibero-American Festival 21-25 July 2008
The School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies is happy to be sponsoring 4TH IBERO-AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL 21 - 25 July 2008 Venue: ...

2008 Women in Asia Conference: Transition and Interchange: 29 Sept. - 1 October 2008
The 9th international Women in Asia conference was held at the University of Queensland between September 29th and October 1st 2008.

Public Lecture by Professor Jo Lo Bianco and Round Table discussion


2008: International Year of Languages
A range of activities are planned to celebrate the United Nations International Year of Languages and Diversity Week at UQ and to showcase the languages taught at the School.

Sharing the Experience 2007: Developing Intercultural and Linguistic Literacy
This all day Teaching and Learning workshop was held on Tuesday 25 September 2007.

Special orientation for cross-institutional students
A special Orientation session for cross-institutional students (QUT and Griffith) has been organised for Friday 20th February. Click here for the program. Clic...

Public seminar "Discovering Mexican Literature"
by author Pablo Soler Frost was held on 17 October 2007.

Book launch: Ten Reasons to Learn and Teach Spanish
Facts and figures to promote a better understanding of the Spanish Language in Australian schools   by Alfredo Martínez-Expósito, School of Languag...

Mental Illness and Contemporary East Asian Communities: Responding to Culture
Workshop  

School sponsors AUSIT08
The School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies is very pleased to be spon...

Special orientation for cross-institutional students


CONFERENCE: 15-17 July 2009. AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH STUDIES CONFERENCE
   Tekhne, technique, technology 17th Conference of the Australian Society for French Studies

Diaspora as Process:The Japanese Diaspora in Queensland
  School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies The University of Queensland Half-day Symposium and Research Development Roundtable 

LECTURE: 20 July 2009 “Border Crossings: Intersections Between Japanese Popular Culture and Fandom”
JOINT PUBLIC LECTURE “Border Crossings: Intersections Between Japanese Popular Culture and Fandom

SEMINAR: 21 July 2009 "Englishing Japanese Prose and Poetry: Problems, Pains and Pleasures of Translation"
Seminar presented by Professor Paul McCarthy (Rikkyo and Surugadai Universities, Japan).

SEMINAR: Bangkok's 21st Century "Gay Boom" presented by Associate Professor Peter Jackson
Seminar presented by Associate Professor Peter Jackson.

LANGUAGES AT LARGE: 22nd JULY 2009


8-16 Oct 2009 Latin American Film Festival
   

Sunday 1.11.09 'Made in Catalonia' Film Festival
Sunday, 1 November. 10am-5pm