Tango Negro - Documentary & Workshop

Event date: 
Friday 30 September 2016 to Saturday 1 October 2016
Location: 
David Hume Tower - George Square Room LG.11, entry via 50 George Sq

Tango Negro is a documentary that explores the expression of tango’s Africanness and the contribution of African cultures in the creation of tango. Angolan director, Dom Pedro, reveals the depth of the footprints of African music on the tango in this movie, combining musical performances and interviews from many tango fans and historians in Latin America and Europe.

The film screening will be followed by workshop with the film's director, Dom Pedro. While this is a free event, seating is limited so please reserve your tickets early!

Dr Martine Veldhuizen: Truth-tellers: The mentality behind subversive speech behaviour in narratives in the first printed books (1450-1500).

Event date: 
Wednesday 2 November 2016 to Thursday 3 November 2016
Location: 
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square EH8 9NW

Dr Martine Veldhuizen: Truth-tellers: The mentality behind subversive speech behaviour in narratives in the first printed books (1450-1500).

1-2pm

Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square EH8 9NW

Quantitative methods masterclass in humanities research: A Masterclass by professor Matthew Wilkens

Event date: 
Monday 19 September 2016 to Wednesday 21 September 2016

click here for programme PDF: Masterclass programme    Quantitative methods masterclass in humanities research: A Masterclass by professor Matthew Wilkens (Edinburgh, 19-21 September 2016)  If you are a Scotland-based researcher in the humanities with a project that uses some form of quantification and are keen to enrich your insights into computational criticism, look no further: Professor Matthew Wilkens (English, University of Notre Dame) will be delivering a masterclass on quantitative methods in central Edinburgh from Mo