King's Language Centre - LC

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Final Call!! Registration closes today: Meet Alexei Suvorin, the Russian Rupert Murdoch of the 19th century. Explore how his newspapers shaped public opinion and how his entanglements with early feminists sparked scandal and debate, revealing the drama behind the “Woman Question” in Imperial Russia.

The talk will be followed by a lively, hands-on introduction to Russian word formation, showing how meaning is built from prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

The talk is open to anyone who studies languages, history, media or gender studies, anyone curious about Russian language and culture and anyone interested in history, media and social change. Sign up with the link in our bio! Registrations close on 8th June.

The talk will be delivered in English.

Ready to test your pronunciation? 🍞 This "T" and "S" heavy tongue twister is a workout for your mouth! Try saying it five times fast without tripping over your teeth. How many times did you manage before the "toast" got tossed? Let us know in the comments! ⛺️

Meet Alexei Suvorin, the Russian Rupert Murdoch of the 19th century. Explore how his newspapers shaped public opinion and how his entanglements with early feminists sparked scandal and debate, revealing the drama behind the “Woman Question” in Imperial Russia.

The talk will be followed by a lively, hands-on introduction to Russian word formation, showing how meaning is built from prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

The talk is open to anyone who studies languages, history, media or gender studies, anyone curious about Russian language and culture and anyone interested in history, media and social change.
Sign-up using the link in our bio. Registrations close on the 8th of June!

The talk will be delivered in English.

More than just "cozy," Gezellig is the ultimate Dutch vibe. It’s that warm feeling of sharing a good time with the people you love. ☕✨
Are you having a gezellig day?

No, you’re not in North Africa—you’re in Southern Poland! 😲 Stretching across 12 square miles, the Błędów Desert is one of the most unexpected natural wonders in Europe.

Try out this delicious study snack! The recipe calls for a madeleine mold, but any small mold will do. The madeleines are ready when a knife can be plunged in and come out intact!
1. Preheat the oven to 230 degrees
2. Beat the egg with the sugar and salt for around 8 minutes, until you obtain a pale, thick and airy mixture. Add the vanilla and orange blossom water and mix
3. With a wooden spoon, incorporate the flour and baking powder progressively, and finally, the softened butter. Mix gently until the batter is completely smooth
4. Place one teaspoon of batter in each madeleine mold, or ½ a teaspoon if making mini madeleines
5. Bake in the oven for 7 minutes, or 4m30 for mini madeleines
6. Enjoy!

Join this talk to know more about Alexei Suvorin, the Russian Rupert Murdoch of the 19th century!
THE WOMAN QUESTION FOR A MEDIA MOGUL

S*x, Power, and Scandal in 19th-Century Russia

Meet Alexei Suvorin, the Russian Rupert Murdoch of the 19th century. Explore how his newspapers shaped public opinion and how his entanglements with early feminists sparked scandal and debate, revealing the drama behind the “Woman Question” in Imperial Russia.

The talk will be followed by a lively, hands-on introduction to Russian word formation, showing how meaning is built from prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

The talk is open to anyone who studies languages, history, media or gender studies, anyone curious about Russian language and culture and anyone interested in history, media and social change.

The talk will be delivered in English.

In the late 1960s Italy witnessed extraordinary levels of labour unrest. Millions of workers, men and women across the country, took part, many for the first time, in strikes, street demonstrations, and factory occupations. They demanded and obtained better working conditions and a fairer share of the prosperity created by the post-war economic miracle. It was a time of exhilarating mobilisation during which industrial workers attracted extensive public support, and forged new alliances with students, academics, writers, filmmakers, theatre directors, and musicians.

Drawing on workers’ memoirs and testimonies (read by actor Marco Gambino), as well as film excerpts, industrial novels and songs, Professor Ilaria Favretto (author of Cultures of Protest and Industrial Conflict in Italy since 1945 - OUP, 2025) in conversation with Paolo Nelli (lecturer at King's College, writer and author of La Fabbrica dei paraurti) will revisit those years and those struggles. Together they will explore workers’ aspirations, what they achieved, how they achieved it, as well as the profound transformations of work and labour conflicts since the 1980s. Sign up using the link in our bio!

Master the Finnish language one sneeze at a time with this rhythmic tongue twister. It cleverly uses repetitive vowel sounds and suffixes to ask a melancholy yet melodic series of questions about coughing and crying alone.