Past events
Selected conferences, lectures, film screenings, exhibitions, and workshops 2017-2019.
Conferences and symposia
A one-day symposium on the evolution of narrative techniques towards noir aesthetics in world literatures.
A one-day symposium bringing together Galician Studies researchers across disciplines.
Announcing the programme for our fifth annual colloquium, which this year focuses on Celtic and Scandinavian mythology.
Lectures and talks
Jun 19 2018
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¡Hecho en México! Teaching Spanish the Mexican Way.
A CPD seminar for Spanish language teachers held in association with the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Jun 01 2018
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Connecting Memories - First Annual Symposium
A one-day event exploring interdisciplinary perspectives relating to memory, with a keynote by Professor Andrew Hoskins.
May 28 2018
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Inaugural Lectures: Alexis Grohmann
Our Chair of Contemporary Spanish Literature explores 'Spanish Literature: The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries'.
Richard Morris from the Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems joins us to talk about ‘The making, keeping and losing of memory’ .
German Research Seminar: Frances Blythe
A free guest seminar by our colleague Frances Blythe.
Feb 15 2018
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Inaugural Lectures: Laura Bradley
Brecht and the Art of Spectatorship
Feb 14 2018
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Prickly Puffins: Translating (pseudo-)profanities and other emotive language in Norwegian children’s literature
A free seminar by our colleague, Guy Puzey.
Feb 07 2018
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Dalastugor: Creating Images of Belonging through Diasporic Touch in Nordic Art
A free seminar by guest speaker, Sara Davies (University of Manchester)
German Research Seminar: Prof. Nicola McLelland
A free guest seminar by speaker, Prof. Nicola McLelland (Nottingham)
Jan 30 2018
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Screening Privilege: Global Injustice and Responsibility in 21st Century Scandinavian Film and Media
A free seminar by guest speaker, Julianne Yang (University of Oslo)
A free seminar by guest speaker, Dr Natalia Kaloh Vid (University of Maribor, Slovenia).
Jan 23 2018
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Migrants in Scandinavian literature
A free seminar by our colleague, Anja Tröger.
A free seminar by guest speaker, Dr Natalia Kaloh Vid (University of Maribor, Slovenia).
In this talk Professor Henrietta Mondry (University of Canterbury) examines the formation of a particular ideological discourse of species and its representation in Soviet science, dog training manuals, fiction and film adaptations.
Settlement, treatment and employment of French-speaking Belgian refugees in France, the Netherlands, England and Scotland.
This lecture by Dr Christophe Declercq (University College London) is part of the ‘Uncovering civilian war trauma among female Belgian refugees in Scotland during the First World War’ workshop series.
Film screenings and festivals
A two-day gathering on Afrodescendant film and media from Latin America.
Jan 27 2017
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I Am Tango. Biography of María Nieves
Hispanic Studies presents the acclaimed documentary, Our Last Tango (Un tango más), on the life and times of one of the greatest tango dance partnerships ever known: María Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes. This screening is in conjunction with the launch of the newly translated English publication of "I Am Tango. Biography of María Nieves", translated by Elaine Newton-Bruzza.
Exhibitions, workshops and performances
The annual production by Les Escogriffes, Edinburgh's student French Theatre Society.
Mar 29 2018
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BABBLE launch
A celebration of the first issue of our online Creative Writing magazine for students in European Languages and Cultures.
Russian language students' adaptation of Teffi's 1907 play, a uniquely Russian combination of comedy and philosophy.
A night of absurdist comedy performed, in German, by students.
An original play performed, in Italian and English, by students from European languages, in collaboration with Animation at ECA, the Modern Dance Society, and Edinburgh Studio Opera.
We are proud to announce that Laura Pasetti's show “A Bench on the Road” is returning to Edinburgh after a highly successful premiere at the Piccolo Teatro, Milan.