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Semester 2 (2012/13)
Research seminars and events at the Division of European Languages and Cultures.
| Date | Division | Seminar details | Time and Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24/01/2013 to 25/01/2013 | Dashkova Centre | Symposium: Global Russian: Exploring New Research Perspectives | 1pm, Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place |
| 25/01/2013 | Edge of Words | Dan Yacavone, Film Studies: “Film Works and Worlds - Beyond Words?” | 1pm, Seminar Room of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square (followed by refreshments) |
| 30/01/2013 | French | Prof. John Renwick (University of Edinburgh), 'Voltaire and his Essai sur les moeurs...as never seen before.' | 5.15 pm, French Class Library, 59 George Square (1st floor) |
| 01/02/2013 | Dashkova Centre | Natasha Kuhrt: Russia, China and the Geopolitics in the Far East | 1pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square |
| 06/02/2013 | Scandinavian Studies | Dr Marie Wells, University College London, ‘The Kristiania counter-culture of the 1880s: Hans Jæger and his circle’ | 5pm, David Hume Tower, Faculty Room South |
| 07/02/2013 | Dashkova Centre | Alexander Etkind: Russia's Internal Colonization: Where History and Literature Converge | 5.15pm, Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place |
| 13/02/2013 | Scandinavian Studies | ‘Growing up Norse: Childhood rituals in the medieval county laws of Scandinavia’. Ian Grohse, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim | 5pm, David Hume Tower 13.07 |
| 20/02/2013 | French | Dr Magali Nachtergael (Université Paris 13), ‘Literature and Visual Culture: how to do texts with images?’ | 5.15 pm, French Class Library, 59 George Square (1st floor) |
| 21/02/2013 | Dashkova Centre | Evgeny Dobrenko: The Art of Hatred: The Limits of Humanity and Violence in Soviet Wartime Culture | 5.15pm, Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place |
| 22/02/2013 | Edge of Words | Martine Beugnet, “The Edge of Film: Moving Images and the Haptic Turn” | 1pm, Seminar Room of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square (followed by refreshments) |
| 22/02/2013 | Dashkova Centre | Valentina Feklyunina: Russia's Foreign Policy Towards the West | 1pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square |
| 06/03/2013 | French | Dr Caroline Verdier (University of Strathclyde), 'Hard science and semi-fiction - Elisa Brune's scientific novels' | 5.15 pm, French Class Library, 59 George Square (1st floor) |
| 15/03/2013 | Edge of Words | Carl Lindahl, Department of English, University of Houston. “The Edge of Words: Healing in Translation” (The Hurricane Katrina Project) | 1pm, Seminar Room of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square (followed by refreshments) |
| 21/03/2013 | French | Nicole Malinconi (acclaimed writer, author of Hôpital silence, Nous deux, Da solo, Si ce n'est plus un homme, Séparation, Les Liens qui Libèrent amongst many other novels...), ‘L'écriture du réel' (Event in conjunction with Centre de recherches francophones belges) | 5.15 pm, French Class Library, 59 George Square (1st floor) |
| May 2013 | Edge of Words | Jeppe Stricker, Denmark. “The Musical Impulse in Scandinavian Crime Novels” | 1pm, Seminar Room of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square (followed by refreshments) |
This article was published on Feb 11, 2013