Dr Marion Carson (Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh): Suffering, Character and Hope: Two Views of Romans 5:1-5 and their Implications for Pastoral Care.

Event date: 
Friday 23 November 2018
Time: 
11:15
Location: 
Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Room, New College.

23rd November –

11.15am, Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Room, New College.

Dr Marion Carson (Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh): Suffering, Character and Hope: Two Views of Romans 5:1-5 and their Implications for Pastoral Care.

[Biblical Studies Research Seminar]

Julia Lindenlaub (University of Edinburgh): The Beloved Disciple Portrayed Through the Use of Scripture in the Gospel of John; Nathanael Vette (University of Edinburgh): How Mark Wrote: Scripturalization in the Gospel of Mark and the Second Temple Period.

Event date: 
Friday 19 October 2018
Time: 
11:15
Location: 
Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Room, New College.

19th October –

11.15am, Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Room, New College.

Julia Lindenlaub (University of Edinburgh): The Beloved Disciple Portrayed Through the Use of Scripture in the Gospel of John; Nathanael Vette (University of Edinburgh): How Mark Wrote: Scripturalization in the Gospel of Mark and the Second Temple Period.

[Biblical Studies Research Seminar]

David Jasper (Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh): A Conversation between Two Literary Geniuses – James Joyce and St. Mark (who almost understand each other)

Event date: 
Friday 12 October 2018
Time: 
11:15
Location: 
Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Room, New College

Friday 12th October

11.15am, Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Room, New College

David Jasper (Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh): A Conversation between Two Literary Geniuses – James Joyce and St. Mark (who almost understand each other)

[Biblical Studies Research Seminars]

‘Enlightenment Readers in the Scottish Universities

Event date: 
Friday 12 October 2018 to Saturday 13 October 2018
Time: 
12:00
Location: 
Project Room (1.06) 50 George Square

‘Enlightenment Readers in the Scottish Universities’ – 12 October, 12.00-1.00

This is the first lunchtime seminar of the year, given by guest speaker Dr Matthew Sangster (University of Glasgow).  This talk will demonstrate the potential for the history of reading of using historical data from one particular group of sources: the surviving eighteenth-century library borrowing registers held by the Scottish universities.  More details here.

Biologies and Ethnologies of the Book

Event date: 
Tuesday 2 October 2018 to Wednesday 3 October 2018
Time: 
14:00
Location: 
CRC Seminar Room Sixth floor, Main University Library

Biologies and Ethnologies of the Book – 2 October, 2.00-4.30

This half-day workshop brings together scholars from various disciplines, including biology, chemistry, physics, archaeology, and early American literature, to explore one of the treasures of the University’s collections: the ‘Indian Primer’.  It will be a great opportunity to explore the intersections of science and book history.  More details here.

Edinburgh in Print

Event date: 
Saturday 29 September 2018
Location: 
Writers' Museum Lady Stair's Close

Edinburgh in Print – 29 September, 10.30-11.30

This guided walk led by the Scottish Printing Archival Trust will visit some of the significant sites associated with the printing and publishing industries in Edinburgh's Old Town, highlighting some of the traces left by this industry's 500 year history.  More details here.

Friday 5 October 4:30 P.M., Project Room (1.06), 50 George Square Laura Fish (Newcastle University) ‘Reflections: Autobiography, Identity, and Memory.’ Author of Flight of Black Swans and Strange Music discusses how themes of displacement and constructs o

Event date: 
Friday 5 October 2018
Time: 
16:30
Location: 
Project Room (1.06), 50 George Square

Friday 5 October

4:30 P.M., Project Room (1.06), 50 George Square

Laura Fish (Newcastle University) ‘Reflections: Autobiography, Identity, and Memory.’ Author of Flight of Black Swans and Strange Music discusses how themes of displacement and constructs of difference inform her work.

[English Literature]