Postgraduate Student Association Awards
Va’aomanū Pasifika wins a Victoria University Research Excellence Award and a Postgraduate Supervisor Award at the Postgraduate Student Association Awards ceremony.
2017 News
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Publication success for bilingual poet and translator
Liang Yujing, a PhD student with the School of Languages and Cultures, has been widely published in journals and magazines the world over, but this year has also welcomed his first book of solo translation from Chinese to English.
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Vic Classics in Europe
For the past three months Diana Burton and Jeff Tatum have been Visiting Fellows at the Institute for Classical Studies at the University of London.
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An Evening in Persia
On Thursday 2 November, The New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation (Te Tumu Whakawhiti Tuhinga o Aotearoa) held its third (and the last) gathering of the year with the event ‘An Evening in Persian Literature and Calligraphy’.
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Students acknowledged by the Embajada Argentina
On 27 October, Spanish staff and students of the School of Languages and Cultures attended an informal and warm reception hosted by His Excellency Mr. López Crozet at the Official Residence.
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Visit from Emeritus Professor Brian Nelson
Last week, the School of Languages and Cultures and the New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation / Te Tumu Whakawhiti Tuhinga o Aotearoa had the pleasure of welcoming Emeritus Professor Brian Nelson for the Centre's Annual Lecture 2017.
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New book delves into Dante's Inferno, and back
Victoria University of Wellington got a head start on International Translation Day with a public reading of a new and unique translation compilation of Dante's 14th century literary masterpiece, Inferno.
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Enhancing the language learning journey
It's been a busy time for the School of Languages and Cultures with initiatives to improve the language learning journey for both students and teachers.
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18 ways to make a better world
The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals should make more room for culture, writes Victoria University’s Marco Sonzogni for Newsroom.
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Victoria students off to Latin America
Students from Victoria University have received five of the 11 individual Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Latin America awarded in the latest round.