September 2018

Cole Bendall: he Art of Choral Direction

Event date: 
Wednesday 29 May 2019 to Thursday 30 May 2019
Time: 
19:00
Location: 
Holyrood Campus, University of Edinburgh

The Art of Choral Direction

Cole Bendall  |  Wednesday 29 May 2019  |  7:00pm - 8:30pm | Free

Holyrood Campus, University of Edinburgh

How conductors influence people and why that influence matters - a short history of choral conducting, introduction to techniques and a short participatory workshop.

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Rachael King: Public Poetry

Event date: 
Wednesday 1 May 2019 to Thursday 2 May 2019
Time: 
19:00
Location: 
Holyrood Campus, University of Edinburgh

Public Poetry

Rachael King | Wednesday 1 May 2019 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm | Free

Holyrood Campus, University of Edinburgh

How does the poetry that appears the walls of the underground, on Instagram, twitter, and in newspapers help us reflect and make sense of life in the 21st Century?

Oliver Reed: Memory and Visualisation in an Art Practice

Event date: 
Wednesday 23 January 2019 to Thursday 24 January 2019
Time: 
19:00
Location: 
Holyrood Campus, University of Edinburgh

Memory and Visualisation in an Art Practice

Oliver Reed | Wednesday 23 January 2019 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm | Free

Holyrood Campus, University of Edinburgh

Seeing is a complex process that embodies more than just sight. How do you begin to translate an experience into a visual language?

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[Centre for Open Learning]

Dr Lucinda Byatt: Republicanism in mid-sixteenth century Italy: Florentine exiles, Brutus and (a little) Dante

Event date: 
Wednesday 21 November 2018 to Thursday 22 November 2018
Time: 
19:00
Location: 
Godfrey Thomson Hall, Thomson's Land, University of Edinburgh Holyrood Campus, EH8 8AQ

Republicanism in mid-sixteenth century Italy: Florentine exiles, Brutus and (a little) Dante

Dr Lucinda Byatt | Wednesday 21 November 2018 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm | Free

Godfrey Thomson Hall, Thomson's Land, University of Edinburgh Holyrood Campus, EH8 8AQ

A literary dialogue set in Rome in the 1540s highlights the significance of Brutus for a group of Florentines with republican sympathies

Dr Sally Crumplin: Inside a Medieval Manuscript

Event date: 
Wednesday 10 October 2018 to Thursday 11 October 2018
Time: 
19:00
Location: 
Godfrey Thomson Hall, Thomson's Land, University of Edinburgh Holyrood Campus, EH8 8AQ

Inside a Medieval Manuscript

Dr Sally Crumplin  | Wednesday 10 October 2018 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm | Free

Godfrey Thomson Hall, Thomson's Land, University of Edinburgh Holyrood Campus, EH8 8AQ

Explore what can we learn from a single medieval manuscript and give an insight into 12th-century society in Southern Scotland, Northern England and beyond.