Dr Taylor Spears (Sociology, University of Edinburgh): Cultures of financial modelling in the interest rate derivatives markets
The Prime Minister’s negotiations with other EU member states of the UK’s position in the European Union are in full swing and might well be concluded at the EU summit on 19 and 20 February. This provides a good occasion for reflection about how we can we best understand the current debate about the UK’s membership of the European Union.
Centre for the History of the Book, Book History Seminar
19th February 2016, 1-2pm, 50 George Square Project Room
Professor Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Ryerson University
Seminar: The Invisible Hands of Clemence Housman, Victorian Wood Engraver
Whilst conventional perspectives often equate language learning with physical classrooms, portable devices and wireless networks can now assist with new approaches to learning language that extend the learning space beyond the classroom and into the personal sphere of the learners themselves. This is empowering for the learners who can decide when and how to engage, and it allows their own voice to dominate the interactions. It also connects language use to the ‘real world’ and allows negotiation of meaning in a global context.
John McElgunn: The World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre at the British Museum
Scottish History from the Archives to the Page
Innovative Learning Week event: A panel of the University’s Scottish historians introduce their research, discussing the process of writing history from archival study to publication.
Thomas Schmidt (University of Manchester): “Seven or eight intelligent people in conversation”? On texture and timbre in large-ensemble chamber music of the early nineteenth century
The Music Research Seminars are organised by Dr Benedict Taylor (b.taylor@ed.ac.uk).
The Dashkova Centre in collaboration with Language and Violence Research strand (DELC)
Public Lecture by Nancy Ries (Colgate University, US).
‘Voices of Apocalypse: Russian Military News and the Horizons of Future War’
Time: Thursday, 18 February, 5.10 pm
Venue: The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place, EH8 9LN
The event is free but booking is essential. To book your place, please go to
http://nancy-ries-voices-of-apocalypse.eventbrite.co.uk
Thursday 18 February , 4.30 pm Martin Hall
“Where were you?” Hard words for hard times – languages and justice in a time of war on refugees.
Alison Phipps, Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies (Creativity Culture and Faith), University of Glasgow, and Co-Convener of Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet) http://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/gramnet/
'Practical Reason and Omissions in Legal and Moral Responsibility' by Veronica Rodrigues Blanco (University of Birmingham)