Modern Languages Research | University of Strathclyde

Our multi-disciplinary research in modern languages (French, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin) investigates questions of representations, interpretations and transmissions in film, fiction, journalism, opera, print media, theatre, philosophy and translation.

Our main areas of research include:

literature and intellectual history
exile, trauma and wellbeing
women writers, performers and audiences
translating people, cultures and heritages

Within these, we have ongoing research projects which involve working closely with a range of external partners.

We offer a wide range of PhD opportunities in modern languages. Discover more about our postgraduate research opportunities.

Collaborative research

Find out more about our external links and our engagement beyond academia.

Research projects

Translating people, cultures & heritages

Current research in this strand thinks through the implications of (metaphorical, interlingual and multimodal) translation in a range of contexts, including testimonial texts and museums.

Exile, trauma & wellbeing

As researchers, we are particularly interested in the exiles which resulted from WWI (1914-18) the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and WWII (1939-45) and their long-lasting consequences on the individuals, as well as on the societies and countries involved.