Events
We run a variety of events, from regular research seminars, schools activities to international conferences. You can see what events we have coming up by looking through the event calendar.
Open Evening
Monday 10 January 2011
Visit the department, share a glass of wine with the tutors and ask any questions you may have about the courses.
UCAS Day: 19 January
Wednesday 19 January 2011
The Department of English will be hosting UCAS Days for prospective students. Other UCAS Days will take place on 9 February, 23 February, and 9 March.
UCAS Day: 9 February
Wednesday 9 February 2011
The Department of English will be hosting UCAS Days for prospective students. Other UCAS Days will take place on 19 January, 23 February, and 9 March.
UCAS Day: 23 February
Wednesday 23 February 2011
The Department of English will be hosting UCAS Days for prospective students. Other UCAS Days will take place on 19 January, 9 February, and 9 March.
UCAS Day: 9 March
Wednesday 9 March 2011
The Department of English will be hosting UCAS Days for prospective students. Other UCAS Days will take place on 19 January, 9 February, and 23 February.
6th Form Language Routes into Christmas
Thursday 15 December 2011
An after-school session to give an insight into the study of a language at University by means of a short lecture. To be followed by a taster language in a more unusual language e.g. Chinese, Greek or Japanese and the opportunity to talk with staff and students about studying a language at University.
Open to everyone from Year 12/13 studying French, German or Spanish at A/S or A level.
Contact Liz Avis for registration and further details at e.avis@surrey.ac.uk
This event is sponsored by Routes into Languages.
Languages Open Day
Wednesday 18 January 2012
Find out more about Languages in our new Learning Centre
English Literature, English Literature with Creative Writing and English Literature with Languages UCAS Day
Wednesday 8 February 2012
'Cultures in Contact' Research Forum (Ann Heilman)
Thursday 9 February 2012
English Literature, English Literature with Creative Writing and English Literature with Languages UCAS Day
Wednesday 22 February 2012
'Cultures in Contact' Research Forum (Jane Aaron)
Wednesday 29 February 2012
English Literature, English Literature with Creative Writing and English Literature with Languages UCAS Day
Wednesday 7 March 2012
Introducing the new MA programmes in English Literature and in Creative Writing
Wednesday 14 March 2012
In October 2012 the School of English and Languages at the University of Surrey is intending to launch two new one-year Master's Programmes:
- The MA in English Literature
- MA in Creative Writing.
On the 14th March 2012 there will be an opportunity to find out more about these new programmes.
Professor Justin Edwards, Dr Paul Vlitos and Dr Churnjeet Mahn will be introducing the programmes: What does studying for an MA in English Literature or an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Surrey involve? How and why might you decide that either programme is the right next step for you? What opportunities might an MA in English Literature or Creative Writing open up or lead on to? How should you go about applying?
‘Cultures in Contact’ Research Forum (Fred Botting)
Thursday 15 March 2012
‘Cultures in Contact’ Research Forum (Galya Diment)
Monday 19 March 2012
‘Cultures in Contact’ Research Forum (Robert Hampson)
Wednesday 28 March 2012
The linguistic relativity of social action
Wednesday 2 May 2012
‘Cultures in Contact’ Research Forum (Jennifer Coates)
Wednesday 9 May 2012
‘Cultures in Contact’ Research Forum (Emma Parker)
Wednesday 23 May 2012
‘Cultures in Contact’ Research Forum (Carole Edwards)
Thursday 7 June 2012
Jon Ronson to speak as part of the annual University of Surrey English PEN Lecture series
Thursday 14 June 2012
Visual Texts: Links between Painting and Literature in the Victorian Period
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Felix Ustorf (Xerox Global Services): Technical translations at Xerox Global Services - a day in the life of a professional technical translator
Wednesday 24 October 2012
‘Novel Adaptation: Eliza Haywood and the Literary Marketplace’ Dr Holly Luhning, University of Surrey
Wednesday 24 October 2012
English PEN Event: BONES WILL CROW
Thursday 25 October 2012
At a turning point in Burma’s history with the release from detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and an amnesty given to some imprisoned writers, the University of Surrey’s English PEN Society presents a performance of Burmese poetry read in English by staff and students.
Linguists' question time - Professional translators and interpreters on the practical aspects of working as a freelancer
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Getting started in-house - Project management and quality control in an international localization company
Wednesday 7 November 2012
‘Sisterhood and Female Friendship in a Seventeenth-Century Verse Miscellany: Constance Aston Fowler’s Manuscript Anthology’
Wednesday 7 November 2012
Surrey LACES Language Café
Wednesday 7 November 2012
LACES is the University’s Language and Culture Exchange Scheme. We’ll help you find a language partner who speaks the language you want to learn or improve. In return you can help them practise your first language.
A TALE OF THREE CITIES
Friday 9 November 2012
Our Brazilian Lector Dr Ana Claudia Suriani da Silva together with Maria Claudia Bonadio (Senac, Fapesp) and Pamela Church Gibson (London College of Fashion) are organising the first ever conference to look at contemporary Brazilian fashion in England, and in the context of globalisation.
Alumni Foreign Film Night
Friday 9 November 2012
You are warmly invited to the first of four Alumni Foreign Film Nights in the University of Surrey. The event is free and open to all University community.
What I wish I'd known at the start: Practical aspects of starting out as a freelance translator
Wednesday 14 November 2012
Alumni Foreign Film Night
Wednesday 14 November 2012
This is the second of four Alumni Foreign Film Nights in the University of Surrey - all welcome! The event is free and open to all University community.
Surrey LACES Language Café
Wednesday 14 November 2012
LACES is the University’s Language and Culture Exchange Scheme. We’ll help you find a language partner who speaks the language you want to learn or improve. In return you can help them practise your first language.
SEL PGR Rest meeting
Wednesday 21 November 2012
REST stands for Research Students and is a series of meetings meant for PGR students to support each other in a friendly environment. The meetings are separate from PGR trainings organised by the School and are a means for students to catch up on their work, practise presentations or discuss relevant problems.
Alumni Foreign Film Night
Wednesday 21 November 2012
This is the third of four Alumni Foreign Film Nights in the University of Surrey - all welcome! The event is free and open to all University community.
Surrey LACES Language Café
Wednesday 21 November 2012
LACES is the University’s Language and Culture Exchange Scheme. We’ll help you find a language partner who speaks the language you want to learn or improve. In return you can help them practise your first language.
In search of good value for money: fabricated ignorance to the rescue
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Alumni Foreign Film Night
Wednesday 28 November 2012
This is the last one of four Alumni Foreign Film Nights in the University of Surrey - all welcome! The event is free and open to all University community.
Surrey LACES Language Café
Wednesday 28 November 2012
LACES is the University’s Language and Culture Exchange Scheme. We’ll help you find a language partner who speaks the language you want to learn or improve. In return you can help them practise your first language.
Plagiarism in academic writing - the role of culture
Friday 30 November 2012
Surrey LACES Language Café
Wednesday 5 December 2012
LACES is the University’s Language and Culture Exchange Scheme. We’ll help you find a language partner who speaks the language you want to learn or improve. In return you can help them practise your first language.
6th Form Language Routes into Christmas
Tuesday 11 December 2012
An afterschool session to give an insight into the study of a language at University by means of a short lecture. To be followed by a taster language session in a more unusual language (Chinese, Greek or Russian) and the opportunity to talk with staff about studying a language at University.
South East Morphology Meeting (SEMM)
Friday 25 January 2013
The Surrey Morphology Group (SMG) is organizing the South East Morphology Meeting (SEMM) on 25 January 2013, here at the University of Surrey.
Languages Open Day - Drop-In Event
Wednesday 30 January 2013
Do you know which language attracts the highest number of students to our School? Is it French, German, Spanish or something more exotic such as Mandarin Chinese, Arabic or Japanese?
Actually, it’s none of these – it’s English!
Language Cafes are back every Tuesday 5pm!
Tuesday 5 February 2013
After the success of our LACES Language Cafes last semester, we're starting a new series of Language Cafes in Semester 2.
The first one will start on Tuesday 5th February 2013 and they will run every Tuesday at 5pm, with the last one being on 19th March.
Please come along!!
A Political Peter Pan
Monday 18 February 2013
Research Seminar 'Novels Without Borders'
Wednesday 20 February 2013
All staff and students are welcome to attend!
PG English and Languages Open Event for Final Year Students
Thursday 21 February 2013
Our English and Languages Postgraduate Open Event gives you the opportunity to talk to our academic experts and find out more about the taught and research opportunities available to you in English and Languages at the University of Surrey.
SEMINAR: 'Understanding and Translating Style'
Wednesday 6 March 2013
SEMINAR: 'Interpreting and translating for the British Red Cross Refugee Services'
Wednesday 13 March 2013

