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  1. QueerTales: women's lives reenacted

    QueerTales: women's lives reenacted

    Inspired by feminist and queer efforts, Queer Tales will showcase stories that interrogate dominant narratives on women and their diversity. In these complex...

  2. Ballet 'The Goldfish': revival of the 19th Century 'Russianness' in New York

    Ballet 'The Goldfish': revival of the 19th Century 'Russianness' in New York

    Hybrid research seminar by Takaaki Iwai

    This seminar, presented by Takaaki Iwai, will look into the image of Russia by émigré artists and its perception by the Western audience in the ballet The...

  3. East German Cinema and the Holocaust: Konrad Wolf 100

    East German Cinema and the Holocaust: Konrad Wolf 100

    Sterne (Stars), Konrad Wolf, 1959. In German with English subtitles. In Bulgaria in 1943 Wehrmacht sergeant Walter is stationed in a small city and supervises...

  4. Re-launch of the Centre for Poetic Innovation

    Re-launch of the Centre for Poetic Innovation

    Readings to mark the new collaboration between the Schools of English and Modern Languages

    These poetry readings mark the new collaboration between the School of English and of Modern Languages. This event will feature readings from Jennifer Soong,...

  5. Re-launch of the Centre for Poetic Innovation

    Re-launch of the Centre for Poetic Innovation

    Readings to mark the new collaboration between the Schools of English and Modern Languages

    These poetry readings mark the new collaboration between the School of English and Modern Languages. This event will feature three poets, awarded-winning Karen...

  6. Tomatoes as EcoCultural Artefacts

    Tomatoes as EcoCultural Artefacts

    A conversation about plantlife, sustainability and research

    At the intersection of environmental humanities and modern languages, this event explores how student-led research can contribute to the contemporary rethinking...

  7. Depositions: Poetry of the Dispossessed. A public Presentation

    Depositions: Poetry of the Dispossessed. A public Presentation

    Internationally acclaimed poet Anton Floyd shares excerpts and stories from his remarkable collection Depositions which was recently selected by the National...

  8. Yiddish cinema: the drama of troubled communication

    Yiddish cinema: the drama of troubled communication

    A conversation with Jonah Corne and Monika Vrečar

    The turbulent Yiddish world of the first half of the twentieth century produced great works not only of literature, theatre and music, but also of cinema. In...

  9. Gleaning, Fragmentation and Environmental Writing

    Gleaning, Fragmentation and Environmental Writing

    CIMS Seminar in Environmental Humanities by Professor Timothy C Baker (Aberdeen)

    The Cultural Identity and Memory Insititute welcomes everyone to join this seminar by Professor Timothy C Baker (Aberdeen) on 'Gleaning, Fragmentation,...

  10. Attending to the local in a global emergency: translation as a lens on climate crisis

    Attending to the local in a global emergency: translation as a lens on climate crisis

    CIMS Seminar in the Environmental Humanities by Professor Şebnem Susam-Saraeva (The University of Edinburgh)

    As one of the most global conversations in history, climate crisis discourse is intrinsically dependent on and intertwined with 'translation': from...