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The Scottish Education System and Scotland’s Languages Policy

Par Louise Glen

Louise Glen, Senior Education Officer, details the specificities of the Scottish education system.

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"60% of new jobs are precarious jobs": A conversation with Ken Loach

Ken Loach was invited to the Festival Lumière in Lyon to present his new film, ((Sorry We Missed You)), about a family struggling in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. His masterclass at the Comédie Odéon was moderated by Thierry Frémaux, director of the Festival, and Clémentine Autin, a French politician. This resource is an edited transcript of the discussion about the film.

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"Language is a movement between scattered forms": Interview with Amitava Kumar

Par Amitava Kumar, Natacha Lasorak

Amitava Kumar is an Indian writer and journalist who teaches literature at Vassar College. In this interview, he talks about his collection of essays ((Away: The Indian Writer as an Expatriate)) (2004) and his novel ((Immigrant, Montana)) (2017), and focuses on the notion of "home", immigration, the caste system and the political situation in India.

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Roundtable on Literary Studies in the United States

Par Christine Froula, Sandra Gustafson

Christine Froula (Northwestern University) and Sandra Gustafson (University of Notre Dame) were guest lecturers at the ENS de Lyon in May 2019 and participated in a roundtable on Literary Studies in the US today. The roundtable was moderated by Vanessa Guignery and François Specq, both Professors at the ENS.

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