Professor Thomas Williams: "The number of the counting will be seven: Duns Scotus on the virtues."
Please click HERE to go to the online talk.
This year's Community Fellow, Dr Margie Orford, recently took part in Yale's African Writers in Conversation series, and we are delighted to share the recording of her in discussion with Professor Stephanie Newell.
Dr Gašper Jakovac: Charity and Catholic Identity in The History of Purgatory
IASH seminar
Alec Simpson: The Human Body as Site of Deification and Liberation: A Conversation with Dumitru Staniloae and Ivone Gebara.
Xie Dingjian: Translating the idea of the Christian Trinity in Tang China (618–907).
Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Research Seminars, Autumn 2020
Tuesdays from 4:10pm to 5:30pm in Rainy Hall and Zoom
www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk | @CSWCEdinburgh
For Zoom details, please email Alexander.Chow@ed.ac.uk
Christmas Past, Christmas Present
The speakers are Professor Kevin O’Dell and Charlotte Holmes.
Join us to uncover the past and present of festive maladies.
First Kevin O’Dell (Professor of Behaviour Genetics, University of Glasgow) will uncover the genetics of family dynamics. Kevin will show us how genetics influence our actions and why so many of us find family get togethers challenging.
Nicolás Guillén Landrián: Memory in Progress, screening and Q & A on November 13, with Havana Glasgow Film Festival and Africa in Motion.
https://hgfilmfest.com/2020/10/13/nicolas-guillen-landrian-memory-in-progress/
https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/delc/splas/news-and-events/memory-in-progress
Speaker: Sui He, University of Edinburgh
Title: Cognitive Metaphor Theories in Translation Studies:
Towards a dual-model parametric approach
Date: November 25, 2020
Time: 4-5 pm
Venue: on Collaborate Learn (through TS Bulletin Board) OR Guest Link: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/1acc14d940cf425a829de699ac77582f
Abstract:
Speaker: Aaliyah Charbenny, University of Edinburgh
Title: Game Sound in Translation: Reflection on Video Game Localisation for Arab Deaf and Hard of Hearing Players
Date: November 18, 2020
Time: 4-5 pm
Venue: on Collaborate Learn (through TS Bulletin Board) OR Guest Link: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/382c3215e7e34d5e9e493d721f086be8
Abstract:
Translation Studies
Research Seminar Series 2020-21
Speaker: Yazid Haroun, Durham University
Title: Translation as an Ideological Apparatus: A Study of Ideology in English Translations of the Qur’an
Date: November 11, 2020
Time: 4-5 pm
Venue: on Collaborate Learn (through TS Bulletin Board) OR Guest Link: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/be37869b7dff43c793cdc1962731df2f
Abstract:
All are welcome to our forthcoming roundtable discussion exploring 'Muslim Female Religious Authority' taking place on 12th November at 5pm via Zoom.
For further information and free registration click here: https://femaleauthority.eventbrite.co.uk