School of Languages and Cultures

School of Languages and Cultures

The School of Languages and Cultures offers undergraduate, honours and postgraduate studies in a range of Asian and European languages, literatures and cultures.

The subjects taught in the School include Asian Studies, Chinese, European Studies, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Modern Language Studies and Spanish.

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Events

May31SeminarsResearch Seminar Series - AP Jean Anderson (French Programme)
Date: 31 May 2012
Time: 4.10 pm
Venue: von Zedlitz Builing, vZ606, Kelburn Parade
Title: "Eating the Pacific: fictional food in French Polynesian and New Caledonian literature&… Read more
Jul19SeminarsResearch Seminar Series - Dr Claudia Bernardi (Italian Programme)
Date: 19 July 2012
Time: 4.10 pm
Venue: von Zedlitz Building, vZ606, Kelburn Parade
Title: "What Remains of the 1980s? The 'Shallow' Decade Reconsidered in Recent Italian Fiction&… Read more
Aug2SeminarsResearch Seminar Series - Assoc Prof Stephen Epstein (Asian Studies Programme)
Date: 2 August 2012
Time: 12.10 pm
Venue: von Zedlitz Building, Room vZ606, Kelburn Parade
Title: "'Where's Ronny?' Where is Russia? - The Construciton of 'Asia' in South… Read more

News

21 May 2012 French Government Prizes 2011
From left to right: Dr Keren Chiaroni (French Programme), Sam Vincent, Amy McIver, Rafael Pont (… Read more
1 May 2012 Summer Gold Poster Competition
The Summer Gold Poster Competition held recently celebrated the achievements and experiences of students… Read more
4 April 2012 VUW Teaching Excellence Awards
Congratulations to Dr Claudia Bernardi who has received the VUW Teaching Excellence Award. Dr… Read more
Head of School Sarah Leggott

Welcome from the Head of School - Sarah Leggott

Welcome to the School of Languages and Cultures (SLC). As part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, we contribute to a strong and vibrant Humanities programme at Victoria University.
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Ad Maiora

Selected papers fromThe School of Languages and Cultures Postgraduate Symposium 2011. Read more »

Loveday Kempthorne

Loveday Kempthorne - PhD Student

Loveday Kempthorne holds a BSc(Hons) in Mathematics and BA(Hons) in French Literature from the University of Otago,  Read more about Loveday.

VUW Teaching Excellence Award

Congratulations to Dr Claudia Bernardi who has received the VUW Teaching Excellence Award.
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