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  1. Whale song communication

    Whale song communication

    Festival of Languages - Pay what you can £6 or £4

    By Luke Rendell, School of Biology, with clarinet accompaniment by cetacean specialist Alex South. This event will comprise a short talk and question and answer...

  2. 'Roots' Workshop with Anisha Minocha

    'Roots' Workshop with Anisha Minocha

    Festival of Languages - Pay What You Can £10.00 / £8.00

    How can iterations of the sacred shape our own relationship to the environment? Based on Indian philosophical thought, this interdisciplinary workshop explores...

  3. Minority languages of Spain

    Minority languages of Spain

    Festival of Languages and Byre World - Pay what you can £6 or £4

    In this session, Professor Jordi Larios, Dylan Inglis and Ana Barazal Barreira will discuss three minority languages of Spain: Catalan, Basque and Galician....

  4. When language fades

    When language fades

    Festival of Languages - Pay what you can £6 or £4

    Around one in 11 people over the age of 65 live with dementia, and many of us know how hard communication can become, especially in the later stages. In Dr...

  5. Bright Club: The Language of Laughter

    Bright Club: The Language of Laughter

    Festival of Languages - Pay What You Can £6.00 / £4.00

    A comedy night like no other! Five university experts swap lectures for laughter under the watchful eye of their comedy mentor and our MC for the evening, Dr...

  6. Resisting AI: Zine-Making Workshop with Paola Ruffo

    Resisting AI: Zine-Making Workshop with Paola Ruffo

    Festival of Languages - Pay What You Can £10.00 / £8.00

    As AI advances, many people are rediscovering a desire for lo-fi, personal, handcrafted art. Zine-making has seen a resurgence, as artists and communities push...

  7. The Life and Poetry of Annasoltan Kekilova

    The Life and Poetry of Annasoltan Kekilova

    Festival of Languages - Pay What You Can £6.00 / £4.00

    This talk by Orhan Elmaz examines the life and poetry of Annasoltan Kekilova (1942-1983), a Turkmen poet whose writing engages questions of women's lives,...

  8. Multilingual Poetry Reading with Jordi Larios and Others

    Multilingual Poetry Reading with Jordi Larios and Others

    Festival of Languages - Pay What You Can £6.00 / £4.00

    To mark National Poetry Day, acclaimed Catalan poet Jordi Larios will read from his new collection, Thresholds. This will be followed by a reading by St Andrews...

  9. Translating Taiwan

    Translating Taiwan

    Festival of Languages - Pay what you can £6 or £4

    What does it mean to translate a museum, and how might this be understood in the context of Taiwan? This talk offers a relaxed late-afternoon journey of...

  10. Global Wagnerism Study Day
    Limited access

    Global Wagnerism Study Day

    This event will be a gathering of scholars from different disciplines and parts of the world. Each of the nine papers presented will highlight the enduring...

  11. Two interpreters, three languages and Laurence Olivier

    Two interpreters, three languages and Laurence Olivier

    Festival of Languages - Pay what you can £6 or £4

    In August 2024, at the Edinburgh International Festival, Teatro La Plaza from Peru brought a production of Hamlet to the Lyceum Theatre. The play was performed...

  12. The origins of language with Cat Hobaiter

    The origins of language with Cat Hobaiter

    Festival of Languages - Pay what you can £6 or £4

    A long list of human behaviours has been proposed as the reason we have language, but decades of research with other species have shown us that they have rich...

  13. Poetry Reading with Peter Constantine and Eleni Kefala

    Poetry Reading with Peter Constantine and Eleni Kefala

    Festival of Languages - Pay What You Can £6.00 / £4.00

    Peter Constantine will read from My language has no bones, his poetry collection in progress, translated by Jake Syersack. Arvanitika is one of the severely...

  14. Keju vs Jueju: Classical Chinese Poetry, Cosmology, and Power

    Keju vs Jueju: Classical Chinese Poetry, Cosmology, and Power

    by Dr Jonathan Stalling

    In this lecture, Dr Stalling will explore the relationship and tensions between Classical Chinese 'regulated verse' as a testing diagnostic and as a...

  15. Carving Dragons: Composing Classical Chinese Poetry in English
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    Carving Dragons: Composing Classical Chinese Poetry in English

    A workshop with Jonathan Stalling

    In this workshop, Professor Jonathan Stalling will lead participants on a brief nature walk followed by guided writing exercises to compose classical Chinese...