Initiated by the Learning Communities’ ‘Multilingualism and Diversity’ and ‘Text and Discourse Analysis’, our teachers, researchers, and higher authorities across our alliance, are joining forces to propose a week-long, university-wide event celebrating languages, culture, and diversity across the Alliance: EUTOPIA Languages Week!
The third EUTOPIA Languages Week will take place from 3rd to 7th of March 2025. This will take place in-person and online, with diverse activities that will be offered across our campuses. There will be film screenings, language tasters, roundtables, workshops, and many more activities revolving around languages, multilingualism, translation, and culture in each institution. 7 EUTOPIA institutions are participating this year. See the programme below!
If you have any questions about the event, please contact Mélina Delmas (Melina.Delmas@warwick.ac.uk)
Click on items below to discover more about the activities!
Joint activities (Online)
Monday 3 March
- UW – 11:00-13:00 CET: Opening & Plenary Panel
Professor Stuart Croft will open the 2025 Languages Week with a welcome address. This will be followed by two plenary talks that critically address a central theme for the week: the interplay between language, inclusion, and belonging. The session will conclude with a discussion and Q&A. Details below:
Professor Zhu Hua (University College London) – ‘The Myths of Cultural Fit and Linguistic Penalty in Job Interviews’
Professor Loredana Polezzi (Stony Brook University) – ‘Translation as Trace in Multilingual Tales of Migration’
- UL – 17:00-18:00 CET: Language Café: English & French
- SU – 12:00-13:30 CET: IsiXhosa Taster course
Tuesday 4 March
- SU – 12:00-13:30 CET: South African Sign Language Taster course
- UL – 13:00-14:00 CET: Language Café: French & German
- UNIVE – 15:00-16:00 CET: Performing “Things I found nelle viscere”: Using art and creative writing to promote plurilingualism
Wednesday 5 March
- SU – 13:00-14:30 CET: Afrikaans Taster course
- UL – 17:00-18:00 CET: Language Café: Italian & Spanish
Thursday 6 March
- SU – 12:00-13:30 CET: Exploring and Developing a Multilingual Mindset
- UL – 13:00-14:00 CET: Language Café: English & Spanish
- UW – 16:00-17:00 CET: Roundtable: Beyond Translation: Emerging Careers in the Global Language Industry
Speakers: Lucio Bangulo (Deputy Programme Director – Head of Translation and Language Strategy, Amnesty International); Emily Diamandopoulou (Rhyme&Reason Language Services); Ha-eun Hannah Kim (Korean Language Manager at Netflix); Milena Spelta Parenti (Key Account Manager, Dema Solutions srl – Elia – European Language Industry Association). Host: Dr David Orrego-Carmona (University of Warwick).
Friday 7 March
- VUB – 10:00-12:00 CET: Data Management and Reproducibility in Linguistics and Literary Studies
- Webinar led by Dr. Özgün Ünver (Data Steward at VUB)
Internal activities at EUTOPIA campuses
Activities at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Monday 3 March, 13:00-14:00 CET: Spanish Language Table
- Monday 3 March, 16:00-17:00 CET: French Language Table
- Monday 3 March, 14:00-16:00 CET, Film Screening: The Farewell (Chinese)
Introduction: Jianwei Xu & Julie Deconinck - Tuesday 4 March, 12:00-13:00 CET, Dutch Language Table
- Tuesday 4 March, 18:00-20:00 CET, Film Screening: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (English)
Introduction: Hira Shah - Wednesday 5 March, 12:00-13:00 CET: German Language Table
- Wednesday 5 March, 13:00-14:00 CET: English & Italian Language Tables
- Wednesday 5 March, 16:00-18:00 CET, Film Screening: Como agua para chocolate (Spanish)
Speakers: Diana Castilleja & Pedro Chilibroste - Thursday 6 March, 18:00-20:00 CET, Film Screening: Le Prénom(French)
Introduction: Tatiana Pieters & Florence Gilbert - Friday 7 March, 16:00-18:00 CET, Film Screening: Meeuwen sterven in de haven (Dutch)
Introduction: Stefan Clappaert
Activities at CY Cergy Paris University
- 20 March, 14:00 CET: ‘Go for it!’: Online Roundtable on Student Mobility
- 20 March, 17:00-19:00 CET: Book Club
- 21 March, 13:00 CET: Film screening & discussion: The Zone of Interest
- 11 April, 14:00 CET: ‘Le multilinguisme, les enjeux de la traduction, les carrières dans les institutions européennes’
Speaker: François Arnaud, traducteur antenniste, Direction générale de la traduction, Représentation en France de la Commission Européenne.
Venue: Auditorium de la Maison de la Recherche and Online.
Activities at Pompeu Fabra University-Barcelona
- Monday 3 and Wednesday 5 March, 10:30-12:30 CET: Intercultural Spaces, Languages and Identities Undergraduate Student Conference
Activities at University of Warwick
- Friday 28 February, 15:00 – 18:00 GMT: Languages Games Night
- Monday 3 March, 17:00-19:30 GMT: Film Screening: ‘L’auberge espagnole’ with an introduction by Dr Reece Goodall
- Wednesday 5 March, 14:00-17:00 GMT: Language Taster Sessions
Asynchronous Activities
Below you will find a talk on Multilingual Communication and Translation and how to build relationships across languages given by one of our EUTOPIA Young Leaders, Dr David Orrego-Carmona (University of Warwick) as part of the TeamWork programme:
