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Join us for a relaxed Saturday afternoon language exchange at the peaceful and welcoming World Peace Café. Practise speaking different languages, meet new people from around the world, and enjoy friendly conversations over tea and coffee. Open to all levels — whether you’re just starting out or already fluent! In partnership with Languagexchange.
Join a friendly weekly language exchange in the heart of Leeds! Practise speaking different languages, meet locals and internationals, and enjoy a relaxed social atmosphere over drinks. Whether you’re a beginner or fluent speaker, everyone’s welcome. In partnership with Languagexchanges.
Join us for a talk and a discussion exploring the history of emigration out of Russia and the former Soviet Union, from the imperial era to the present day. We shall take a look at who has been leaving, why and how – what social groups had the chance to emigrate, what motivated them to...
An interactive exhibition of the creative work (textual, photographic, video, digital) of current Study Abroad students at Leeds. Curated and facilitated by students from various parts of the world, "Yorkshire through our eyes" offers an imaginative and thoughtful snapshot of their encounters with and reflections on "God's own country". Everyone welcome!
Did you know there are Wikipedias in over 300 different languages, each with its own dedicated community? English Wikipedia is by far the biggest with more than 7 million articles and 270,000 active users, while other European languages near the top of the table include German, French, Spanish and Italian. At the other end of...
For thousands of years, coins have carried words and symbols that tell stories about the people who made and used them. In this session we’ll open the University’s coin cabinets to share some of the collection’s treasures, from the earliest coins struck more than 2,500 years ago to pieces from many different cultures and times....
What happens when languages travel, meet and change? Drawing on her own experience of growing up speaking Punjabi in Yorkshire, Kashmir Kaur explores Punjabi as a diasporic language across places, generations and popular culture. Through maps, personal stories, Punjabi words, Gurmukhi and music - from bhangra and British Asian fusion to Panjabi MC, Diljit Dosanjh...
Webinar: Knowing which bilingual children to refer: using a parental questionnaire to screen for language difficulties by Professor Cecile de Cat Which bilingual pupils should you refer for language support, and which just need more time? This online session explains how a free parental questionnaire, Q-BEx, helps educators screen fairly and decide. Bilingual and multilingual...
Join Angolan writer Israel Campos for an exploration of memory, identity and storytelling in contemporary Angolan literature. Drawing on his latest book Baloiço de Memória (Swing of Memory), a collection of short stories published in the year marking the 50th anniversary of Angola’s independence, Campos reflects on the connections between personal memories and the collective...
The British Library’s collections offer a fascinating window into the literary and cultural worlds of Europe and beyond. The British Museum, founded in 1753, and its celebrated Library—the predecessor of today’s British Library—began a collecting journey that expanded significantly in the 1840s, bringing books from across the world into its holdings. Since then, borders have...