International Workshop on Urban Multilingualism in Contemporary Moscow and Dushanbe

Comprising four presentations by Julia Mazurova (Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences), Polina Kliuchnikova (University of Durham), Denis Zubalov (Higher School of Economics, Moscow) and Marina Raskladkina (Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences) about the social, political and cultural manifestations of multilingualism in Moscow and Dushanbe. Free and open to all.
 

Date: Thursday, 28th February 2019, 17.10-19.00

5.15pm, Room G.02, 19 George Square

Ula Zeir (The British Library):  Gulf History: from the Annals of the British Library to the Digital Universe

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar

5.15pm, Room G.02, 19 George Square

Hugh Goddard (UoE): The Future of Islamic Studies in the UK

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar

5.15pm, The Screening Room, G.04, 50 George Square

Laura Rascaroli  (University College Cork): Between Affect and Scepticism: Nonverbal Lyricism and the Essay Film

Joint with Edinburgh Film Seminar, The Screening Room, G.04, 50 George Square

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar

5.15pm, Room G.02, 19 George Square

Shenxiao Tong (UoE): Search and Research: Library Resources on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar

5.15pm, Room G.02, 19 George Square

Giorgia Ferrari (University of Exeter): Differentiation in the Arabic as a Foreign Language Classroom

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar

5.15pm, Room G.02, 19 George Square

Sebastian Günther (University of Göttingen): The Acquisition of Knowledge is Equivalent to the Fear of God: Educational Thought in Classical Islam

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar

5.15pm, Room G.02, 19 George Square

Omaima Al-Jubouri: From Ba'athization to Sectarianization: The Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the Iraqi Army (2003-2005) – a Case Study; Matteo Randazzo: Archaeological approaches to Islamic Crete (820s-961): Initial remarks on administration and settlement patterns

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar

5.15pm, Room G.02, 19 George Square

Jennifer Scarce (University of Dundee): Culinary Culture of the Middle East

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar

Research group: Language in Context Seminars

Date: 27^th February 2019

Time: 3:10pm-4:30pm

Venue: 01M.469 Room 12 (Doorway 3), Medical School (Old Medical School), Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG

Speaker: Prof. John E. Joseph

Title: Énonciation in English: Émile Benveniste and the (re)translation of an ambiguous utterance