The episode discusses explore the life, legend and legacy of Molière

The podcast is part of Durham's Decolonising the Curriculum initiative

Our PhD student Claire Leibovich who won a creative writing contest in French organized by the Société des Amis de Marcel Proust.

Fusako Innami's book Touching the Unreachable: Writing, Skinship, Modern Japan has been named runner-up for the British Comparative Literature Association's inaugural First Book Prize 2025

Our colleague Daniel Newman spoke at the Bradford Literary Festival with acclaimed food writer Fiona Dunlop, together offering a sensory journey through the rich culinary heritage of al-Andalus.

The 2025 Durham Film Festival took place from June 11th to 14th, transforming various venues across Durham into lively hubs celebrating cinema. Highlights included an Open Air Cinema at Aidan’s beer garden, a Hollywood-style Speakeasy at Bar 33, and a formal award ceremony at Durham School.

The issue, titled ‘Ages of Jewish Diaspora’, brings together cutting-edge research that seeks to challenge the binary opposition between Jewish national belonging and diasporic existence.

Luke Sunderland's new comedy show, Bloody Marvellous, is a comic tour of the Middle Ages

Professor Edward Welch, Head of our School of Modern Languages and Cultures, has been awarded the 2024 R. Gapper Book Prize by the Society for French Studies.

Two of our PhD students have received prestigious awards: Benedetta Panisson has been selected to participate in the Italian Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale and Stephanie Bernard has been awarded the 2025 Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Medal for the best essay by an emerging scholar writing on a theme of Spanish art history

BFI-partnered PhD candidate Joss Morfitt presents paper at BFI Research Showcase event

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities has been awarded a highly regarded Athena Swan Silver Award, becoming only the second faculty of its kind in the UK to receive this distinction. This milestone acknowledges the significant progress made in advancing gender equality across all departments and highlights a firm commitment to continued improvement through to 2030.