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  1. Byre World 24/25: Writing for Ukrainian Children in Wartime

    Byre World 24/25: Writing for Ukrainian Children in Wartime

    Hosted by Dr Emily Finer, Senior Lecturer from the School of Modern Languages - FREE but please book

    Ukrainian writers, illustrators, and publishers have responded to the war waged by Russia by publishing an unprecedented number of children's books. In...

  2. Byre World 24/25: The Holobiont Herbarium

    Byre World 24/25: The Holobiont Herbarium

    Hosted by Dr Damiano Benvegnu, from the School of Modern Languages - FREE but please book

    Herbaria are collections of preserved biological specimens documenting the plants, algae, and fungi of the world. Even though their scientific role has declined...

  3. Byre World 2024-2025: Publishing from and for Morocco: a conversation

    Byre World 2024-2025: Publishing from and for Morocco: a conversation

    In conversation with Clara Defachel

    This talk will discuss the challenges faced by authors, translators and publishers in Morocco to publish their texts locally, in a literary market that is often...

  4. Byre World 24/25: Meet the Artist: Uncovering 'Palimpself'

    Byre World 24/25: Meet the Artist: Uncovering 'Palimpself'

    Hosted by Dr Elise Hugueny-Leger, from the School of Modern Languages - FREE but please book

    What can an encounter between a writer, two researchers and a visual artist lead to? In this conversation with Drs Elise Hugueny-Léger (University of St...

  5. 1974-2024: Annie Ernaux's Years -- A Global Perspective

    1974-2024: Annie Ernaux's Years -- A Global Perspective

    International conference on literature Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux

    This international conference on the works of literature Nobel laureate, Annie Ernaux, will unfold over three days and in three different locations: Thursday 3...

  6. 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...

  7. Wardlaw Museum presents Aelita: Queen of Mars

    Wardlaw Museum presents Aelita: Queen of Mars

    Silent Film with live piano accompaniment by Matthew Shiel - £10/£14/£18, Students £6, U18 FREE

    Step back in time to the dawn of science fiction cinema with Aelita: Queen of Mars, the 1924 Soviet silent film directed by Yakov Protazanov. Join us for an...

  8. Poetry and 'Ecoanthropology'.

    Poetry and 'Ecoanthropology'.

    Reseach Seminar with Philippe Beck

    Inspired by an article published in December 2019 relating how polar bears were dangerously approaching the village of Ryrkaïpii, on the edge of the Arctic...

  9. Poetry Reading by Philippe Beck

    Poetry Reading by Philippe Beck

    Philippe Beck will read a selection of poems (French with English translations), including some from his latest collection, Ryrkaïpii (Flammarion, 2023)....

  10. Poetry and the Other Arts

    Poetry and the Other Arts

    a Masterclass with Philippe Beck

    'Poetry is here or there. Not everywhere./ It depends on a sortie.' (Philippe Beck, Opéradiques, Flammarion, 2014) In this masterclass we will...