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Key contacts

Name Position Telephone Email
Professor Melani Schroeter Head of Department +44 (0)118 378 6384 m.schroeter@reading.ac.uk
Dr Chiara Cirillo  Director of the Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP)  +44 (0)118 378 8885  c.cirillo@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Ute Wolfel Departmental Director of Admissions  +44 (0)118 378 8422  u.wolfel@reading.ac.uk
Dr Veronica Heath Departmental Director of Teaching and Learning

+44 (0)118 378 8332

v.heath@reading.ac.uk
Dr Sophie Heywood Departmental Director of Postgraduate Studies +44 (0)118 378 7322 s.l.heywood@reading.ac.uk
Dr John McKeane  Research Division Lead (RDL) for Modern Languages +44 (0)118 378 7320 j.mckeane@reading.ac.uk
Rachel Wood  IWLP Programme Administrator  +44 (0)118 378 7318  r.m.wood@reading.ac.uk 
Sarah Lodge  Year Abroad Administrator  +44 (0)118 378 6551  s.e.lodge@reading.ac.uk 
Rachel Franklin Executive Administration Officer +44 (0)118 378 8121 

r.franklin2@reading.ac.uk

 

Academic staff

Name Position Telephone Email
Dr Lourdes Barquin Sanmartin Lecturer, Spanish  TBC l.barquinsanmartin@reading.ac.uk
Dott. Rita Balestrini
 Lecturer, Italian
 +44 (0)118 378 6280
 r.balestrini@reading.ac.uk 
Martina Biavati Associate Lecturer NA  martina.biavati@reading.ac.uk
Celine Biart  Lecturer, French
 +44 (0)118 378 3731  c.biart@reading.ac.uk 
Eugenia Cervi Lecturer, German  +44 (0)118 378 6651 e.cervi@reading.ac.uk
Dr Alice Christensen  Lecturer, German
 +44 (0)118 378 3641  a.r.christensen@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Chiara Ciarlo  Lecturer, Italian
 +44 (0)118 378 6980
 c.ciarlo@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Chiara Cirillo  Director of the Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP)  +44 (0)118 378 8885 c.cirillo@reading.ac.uk 
Linda Dean Lecturer, British Sign Language (BSL)  NA linda.dean@reading.ac.uk
Dr Karine Deslandes Lecturer, French

+44 (0)118 378 6572

k.i.deslandes@reading.ac.uk
Professor Timothy Duff  Professor, Greek  +44 (0)118 378 7938  t.e.duff@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Ilan Dwek
 Lecturer, British Sign Language   NA i.g.dwek@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Cherilyn Elston  Associate Professor, Latin American Cultural Studies +44 (0)118 378 7325  c.elston@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Federico Faloppa
 Professor, Italian
 +44 (0)118 378 6503  f.faloppa@reading.ac.uk
Oscar Garcia Garcia  Lecturer, Spanish +44 (0)118 378 7650  o.garciagarcia@reading.ac.uk
Dr Marjorie Gehrhardt
 Associate Professor, French  +44 (0)118 378 8120 m.i.s.gehrhardt@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Iwona Gibas Lecturer  NA iwona.gibas@reading.ac.uk
Dr Camila Gonzalez Ortiz  Lecturer, Latin American Studies
 +44 (0)118 378 3642
 c.y.gonzalezortiz@reading.ac.uk
Dr Mariana Gonzalez Boluda Lecturer, Spanish Studies +44 (0)118 378 6575 m.gonzalezboluda@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Veronica Heath

Departmental Director of Teaching and Learning

Lecturer, French

 +44 (0)118 378 8332  v.heath@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Sophie Heywood

Departmental Director of Postgraduate Studies

Associate Professor, French

 +44 (0)118 378 7322
 s.l.heywood@reading.ac.uk 
Wendy Hillier
 Lecturer, German +44 (0)118 378 5043  w.l.hillier@reading.ac.uk
Kazumi Hiramatsu-Kidd
 Lecturer, Japanese
 +44 (0)118 378 6425
 k.hiramatsu-kidd@reading.ac.uk
Dr Maria Laura Iasci Lettrice di ruolo, Italian Studies +44 (0)118 378 4624 m.iasci@reading.ac.uk
Bertrand Jacquier Lecturer, French +44 (0)118 378 4984 b.jacquier@reading.ac.uk
M.A. Regine Klimpfinger
 Lecturer, German +44 (0)118 378 7946  r.klimpfinger@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Daniela La Penna 

Professor, Italian Studies

 +44 (0) 118 378 6502
 d.lapenna@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Younis Lahwej
 Lecturer, Arabic              +44 (0) 118378 8125  y.a.lahwej@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Denisse Lazo
Lecturer, Hispanic Studies +44 (0)118 378 3197  d.lazo@reading.ac.uk
Dr Athena S. Leoussi
 Associate Professor +44 (0)118 378 6083
 a.s.leoussi@reading.ac.uk 
Cong Xia Li  Lecturer, Chinese
 +44 (0)118 378 6295  congxia.li@reading.ac.uk
Ugo Marsili
 Lecturer, Italian and Spanish  +44 (0)118 378 7319  u.marsili@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Catriona McAllister

Lecturer, Latin American Cultural Studies

 +44 (0)18 378 8331
 c.mcallister@reading.ac.uk
Robert McCluskey Lecturer, British Sign Language (BSL) NA robert.mccluskey@reading.ac.uk
Dr John McKeane

Research Division Lead (RDL) for Modern Languages

Associate Professor, French

 +44 (0)118 378 7320  j.mckeane@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Nigora Nasirova  Lecturer, Russian
 +44 (0)118 378 3206
 n.nasirova@reading.ac.uk 
Angela Mira Conejero
 Lecturer, Spanish +44 (0)118 378 3695 a.miraconejero@reading.ac.uk
Anne Nobio Lecturer, French
 +44 (0)118 378 5276  a.nobio@reading.ac.uk
Asako Partington  Lecturer, Japanese  +44 (0)118 378 3201  a.partington@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Lidija Pasuljevic Shimwell  Lecturer, French  +44 (0)118 378 8125  l.pasuljevicshimwell@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Sophie Payne  Lecturer, German  +44 (0)118 378 3203  s.l.payne@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Ellen Pilsworth  Lecturer, German +44 (0)118 378 8126  e.m.pilsworth@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Anja Rekeszus Lecturer, German  NA a.m.rekeszus@reading.ac.uk
Professor Melani Schroeter 

Head of Department

Professor, German 

 +44 (0)118 378 6384 m.schroeter@reading.ac.uk 
Dott. Enza Siciliano Verruccio  Associate Professor, Italian  +44 (0)118 3785242  e.sicilianoverruccio@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Marta Simó Comas  Lecturer, Spanish  +44 (0)118 3788404 

m.simo-comas@reading.ac.uk
Suzanne Smith  Lecturer, British Sign Language   NA suzanne.smith@reading.ac.uk 
Yuko Tochii  Lecturer, Japanese  +44 (0)18 378 3199  y.tochii@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Dimitra Tzanidaki-Kreps  Lecturer, Classics and Modern Greek  +44 (0)118 378 8420  d.tzanidaki-kreps@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Julia Waters  Professor, French  +44 (0)118 378 7305  j.waters@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Ute Wolfel 

Associate Professor, German Departmental Director of Admissions

 +44 (0)118 378 8422  u.wolfel@reading.ac.uk 

Emeritus professors

Name Position Email
Emeritus Professor Andrew Knapp   Emeritus Professor, European Studies
 a.f.knapp@reading.ac.uk 
Emeritus Professor James Knowlson Emeritus Professor, French Studies

j.r.knowlson@reading.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor Françoise Le Saux

Emeritus Professor, French Studies 

f.h.m.le-saux@reading.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor Giulio C Lepschy Emeritus Professor, Italian Studies 
Emeritus Professor David Robey  Emeritus Professor, Italian Studies   d.j.b.robey@reading.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor John Sandford  Emeritus Professor, German Studies  j.e.sandford@reading.ac.uk 
Emeritus Professor Hugo Tucker  Emeritus Professor, French Studies (Established Chair) g.h.tucker@reading.ac.uk 

Visiting research staff

Name Position
Professor Zygmunt Barański
 Visiting Research Professor in Dante Studies
Professor Özlem Berk Albachten
 Visiting Research Fellow in Turkish and Translation Studies
Dr Gianfranco Conti Visiting Research Fellow in Language Pedagogy 
Professor Catherine Léglu Visiting Research Professor in French Medieval Studies 
Dr Charles L. Leavitt IV Visiting Research Fellow in Italian Studies 
Dr Paola Nasti Visiting Research Fellow in Italian Studies
Professor Alison Martin Visiting Research Fellow in Translation Studies and Comparative Literature
Dr Nina Rolland Visiting Research Fellow in French Studies
Dr Shirley Vinall Visiting Research Fellow in Italian Studies