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My First Thanksgiving at UCL

By Isabelle Osborne
Back to the FutureDepartmentsEnglish Language & LiteratureHebrew & Jewish StudiesInaugural LecturePhilosophySchool of European Languages, Culture & SocietySchool of Slavonic and East European StudiesSlade School of Fine ArtStudent VoiceWellbeing

Isabelle, second year UCL English student, reminisces about her first Thanksgiving experience in her first year at UCL.

A day in the life of a student in lockdown

By Annabelle Brand
Back to the FutureDepartmentsEnglish Language & LiteratureHebrew & Jewish StudiesInaugural LecturePhilosophySchool of European Languages, Culture & SocietySchool of Slavonic and East European StudiesSlade School of Fine ArtStudent VoiceWellbeing

Annabelle Brand, second year UCL English student, takes us through a typical day in lockdown life.

How to improve your CV during lockdown

By Benjamin Glass
Back to the FutureDepartmentsEnglish Language & LiteratureHebrew & Jewish StudiesInaugural LecturePhilosophySchool of European Languages, Culture & SocietySchool of Slavonic and East European StudiesSlade School of Fine ArtStudent VoiceWellbeing

Quarantine has provided us all with a surprisingly large amount of time. But how to fill it?

The Wellbeing Series

By Isabelle, Deepali & Elin
Back to the FutureDepartmentsEnglish Language & LiteratureHebrew & Jewish StudiesInaugural LecturePhilosophySchool of European Languages, Culture & SocietySchool of Slavonic and East European StudiesSlade School of Fine ArtStudent VoiceWellbeing

Our current students share their advice on how to look after your wellbeing and the importance of self-care during these challenging times.

Inaugural Lecture: A Journey through the World of Jewish Languages

By Francesca Ashfield
Back to the FutureDepartmentsEnglish Language & LiteratureHebrew & Jewish StudiesInaugural LecturePhilosophySchool of European Languages, Culture & SocietySchool of Slavonic and East European StudiesSlade School of Fine ArtStudent VoiceWellbeing

Professor Lily Kahn’s inaugural lecture, “A Journey through the World of Jewish languages” was a fascinating tour of the history of Jewish languages from all corners of the world.

Inaugural Lecture: The Future in Retrospect: Land Art to the Moon and back

By Cliodhna Timoney
Back to the FutureDepartmentsEnglish Language & LiteratureHebrew & Jewish StudiesInaugural LecturePhilosophySchool of European Languages, Culture & SocietySchool of Slavonic and East European StudiesSlade School of Fine ArtStudent VoiceWellbeing

On a wet and windy evening on in November I made my way UCL’s Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre to join Joy Sleeman for her inaugural lecture The Future in Retrospect: Land Art to the Moon and back.

Inaugural Lecture: Translation as Microhistory

By Helen Tappin
Back to the FutureDepartmentsEnglish Language & LiteratureHebrew & Jewish StudiesInaugural LecturePhilosophySchool of European Languages, Culture & SocietySchool of Slavonic and East European StudiesSlade School of Fine ArtStudent VoiceWellbeing

How do translations reflect the contemporary political landscape and transnational relations and what role do translations play in recording history?