Prime Minister's Scholarship awards
Victoria University of Wellington students are heading to study or research opportunities in Latin America and Asia, thanks to Prime Minister's Scholarships.
2017 News
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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.
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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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Japanese vacancy for 2018
The School of Languages and Cultures is hiring now for 2018—could it be you? Apply now!
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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.