March 27, 50 George Square, Room 3.03, 4pm: Dr. Bárbara Fernández Melleda, Neoliberalism and its Discontents: Three Decades of Chilean Women’s Poetry (1980-2010)
SPLAS seminar
Professor Zhang Jun, Dean of the School of Economics, Fudan University: CHINA’S ECONOMIC CATCH-UP: IS THIS A MERITED SUCCESS?
Time: 6pm-8:00pm
Date: 28 March, 2019
Location:
Main Auditorium, University of Edinburgh Business School29 Buccleuch Pl, Edinburgh EH8 9JS
Event page: http://www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/uncategorized/dls-thurs-28-march-2019/
Professor Francesca Saggini: Old landscapes, new eyes: Frances Burney and Romanticism
In this illustrated lecture, Karasik will reveal the secret language of comics through an entertaining, broad-ranging survey of his creative work, showing how his reading of comics shaped his making of comics.
Under the Influence of Comics will include a one-hour lecture and a Q&A with the speaker (6-7:30pm), followed by a wine reception (7:30-8:30pm).
The event is free.
30th April 2019
4pm to 8pm
Project Room, 50 George Square
The University of Edinburgh’s Empirical Legal Research Network (ELRN) serves as a nexus for those interested in empirical research and the study of law in society. This Empirical Legal Research Festival, taking place on Tuesday 30th April from 4.00pm-8.00pm in the Project Room (50 George Square), will comprise three parts:
Festival Overview:
The Russian-Speaking International Media Today: Challenges and Dilemmas - Lecture by Famil Ismailov, News Editor at BBC Russian Service
Date and time: Thursday, 28th of March, 6.30 pm
Location: Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JU
Free, but registration is essential: goo.gl/dF7Tw8
The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre
Byzantine Studies Seminar 17.15 Monday 18 March
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Galina Fingarova (Vienna) |
Byzantine achievements in bridge construction |
OPENspace seminar talk…
Monday 18th March – 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: ECA Main Boardroom (Room L05), Edinburgh College of Art
Speaker: Dr Mark Cherrie - Researcher in Health and Environment, Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health (CRESH), School of Geosciences.
Seminar Title: “Quantifying exposure to the natural environment across the life course: implications for health inequalities”
Professor Mary Beard - The Ancient World and us: from fear and loathing to enlightenment and ethics
Dates: 6, 7, 9, 27, 28, 30 May, 5.30-6.30pm.
The lectures may be followed by questions. Latest finishing time is 7pm.
Venue: The Sypert Concert Room, St Cecilia’s Hall, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LG
Professor Mary Beard - The Ancient World and us: from fear and loathing to enlightenment and ethics
Dates: 6, 7, 9, 27, 28, 30 May, 5.30-6.30pm.
The lectures may be followed by questions. Latest finishing time is 7pm.
Venue: The Sypert Concert Room, St Cecilia’s Hall, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LG