Visiting Research Fellow Prof. Jemina Napier recently organised a workshop for Deaf Studies researchers from the UK and Europe. She outlines their work below:
Click here to see a version of this blogpost in British Sign Language (BSL).
Nov. 13, 2018, 5pm, 50 George Square (3.54): Dr. Maite Conde (Cambridge) - in English (co-sponsored by the Centre for Contemporary Latin American Studies [CCLAS])
"Foundational Films: Early Cinema and Modernity in Brazil. Mapping out a New Space of Analysis."
The morning session comprises three scintillating talks from Edinburgh Gothicists and guests from Sheffield University’s Centre for the History of the Gothic aimed at reconceptualising current understandings of Gothic fiction:
Tuesday 13 November
6.00pm Conference Room 1.06 Alison House
Screams and Whispers: A Queer Listening Group
Upcoming event:
Online Anti-Muslim Hate Speech in Italy and Great Britain
Reception, appropriation, and innovation: Byzantium between the Christian and Islamic worlds
Friday 30th November - Saturday 1st December, Appleton Tower Lecture Theatre 2 (£10)
Re/Presenting Islam on Campus
Tuesday 20th November, 2:15pm - 4:45pm, University of Edinburgh Chaplaincy
A chance to hear about the findings of a major ESRC and AHRC-funded research project assessing the way in which institutions of further and higher education teach Islam, and how Islam is presented across campuses. This event is free, but registration is necessary. More info and tickets here: https://islamoncampus.eventbrite.co.uk
[The Alwaleed Centre]
Building Prophetic Communities: A New Generation of Female Islamic Scholars in Britain
Monday 19th November, 5:15pm, 19 George Square
A research seminar delivered by the Alwaleed Centre's Lecturer on Muslims in Europe, Dr Giulia Liberatore. Part of the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies' Research Seminar Series. Free to attend, no reservation necessary.
[The Alwaleed Centre]
Parents and Children in Jewish, Christian and Muslim Scripture
Sunday 11th November, 2pm-5pm, 19 George Square
[The Alwaleed Centre]
Professor D.N. Rodowick (University of Chicago)
Powers of the Virtual in Contemporary Art
[Edinburgh Film Seminars 2018-19 (Semester 1)]
Tuesday 27 November 2018
18:00-19:30
G.03 (Large Lecture Theatre), 50 George Square
http://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/film/edinburgh-film-seminar/