Study Days

This is the opening workshop of the Language and Violence research strand. We will be exploring the links between forms of violent action and experience and the ways in which they are expressed or encoded in language.

Organisers: Guy Puzey, Andy Hancock and Wilson McLeod (University of Edinburgh)

This study day aims to explore the colonial and postcolonial dimensions of francophone literary and artistic practice in Belgium and the Congo.

Edge of Words Artists’ Book Study Day Friday, 5th December 2014 at Scottish Modern Art Gallery Two 9.30 am - 5 pm

"Scotland and Russia: Performance Since 1900" is the inaugural event of the "Scotland and Russia: Cultural Encounters in the Twentieth Century" project dedicated to exploring the history of cultural exchange between the two countries over the last hundred years.

Information on the study day on 26 September 2014 at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.

Organisers: Ella Leith, PhD Student, University of Edinburgh; Kyra Pollitt, PhD Student, University of Bristol.

Organisers: Dr Sarah Tribout and Sarah Arens.

Information on the study day on 4 April 2014 in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.

Organisers: Frauke Mathes and Lizzie Stewart, University of Edinburgh

A one-day workshop organised by Professor Olga Taxidou [English Literature, LLC] and Dr Alexandra Smith [DELC, LLC] together with IASH (University of Edinburgh) and “The Edge of Words” project team (LLC).

Information on the Edge of Words Inaugural Study Day on 19 October 2012 at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.