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  1. PG Forum --- Mara Curechian

    PG Forum --- Mara Curechian

    Fourth-year PhD candidate Mara Curechian will be giving an exciting paper entitled 'Familial Rhetoric & Queer Temporality in Thomas Wentworth...

  2. Epicurus and Lucretius on the Elements of Life

    Epicurus and Lucretius on the Elements of Life

    Simon Trépanier - Edinburgh

    For further information please email [email protected]. If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our seminar mailing list. Email...

  3. Palimpself

    Palimpself

    A sculptural investigation into materiality in the works of Annie Ernaux

    Palimpself is an exhibition of new visual artworks by the artist and academic Susan Diab that explores the relationship between language, memory, and...

  4. Byre World 24/25: Poetry from the Mine (and elsewhere)

    Byre World 24/25: Poetry from the Mine (and elsewhere)

    Hosted by Dr Gavin Bowd, from the School of Modern Languages - FREE but please book

    To mark the beginning of the Festival of Languages and the fortieth anniversary of the 1984-1985 miners' strike, Gavin Bowd and acclaimed poet Paul...

  5. The Long Lives of the Statues from the Antikythera Shipwreck

    The Long Lives of the Statues from the Antikythera Shipwreck

    Brian Martens - St Andrews

    For further information please email [email protected]. If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our seminar mailing list. Email...

  6. Resurrecting Lost Languages Through Poetry -- with Professor Peter Constantine

    Resurrecting Lost Languages Through Poetry -- with Professor Peter Constantine

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Over a quarter of the world's languages have less than a thousand speakers left and are now on the brink of extinction. More languages than are spoken...

  7. ¡Conócenos! Spanish Taster and Linguistic Fun Facts -- with Ana Barazal Barreira

    ¡Conócenos! Spanish Taster and Linguistic Fun Facts -- with Ana Barazal Barreira

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Learn some useful words and phrases from Spain and Latin American in an interactive and fun way. We will also learn some important cultural differences between...

  8. Poetry 'Wiki Workshop' -- with Kirsty Ross and Pauline Souleau

    Poetry 'Wiki Workshop' -- with Kirsty Ross and Pauline Souleau

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Wikipedia is the world's largest encyclopaedia and is constantly being edited. This workshop will introduce you to the world of Wiki editing and...

  9. Language of the Fantastical: Exploring the Mythic and Folkloric -- with Nina Globerson

    Language of the Fantastical: Exploring the Mythic and Folkloric -- with Nina Globerson

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Looking at various folkloric creatures from around the world, the Language of the Fantastical seeks to open our eyes to how the stories we tell ---...

  10. The Poetry of Migration -- with Vahid Davar, Eleni Kefala, and Caroline Smith

    The Poetry of Migration -- with Vahid Davar, Eleni Kefala, and Caroline Smith

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Poetry reading by Vahid Davar Vahid Davar will read two ekphrastic poems inspired by Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian's 'fluid...