Mathias Korsgaard (Aarhus University): Reflexive Style and Scandinavian Self-Questioning in the Cinema of Ruben Östlund
29 Sep 2016 16:10 – 17:00
Speaker: Pavel Iosad (University of Edinburgh)
Title: "The northwest European phonological area: new approaches to an old problem
Edinburgh University, Department of European Languages and Cultures Centre de recherches francophone belges FILM SCREENING ‘Our city’ (2014) A portrait of the city of Brussels and its inhabitants (in French, with subtitles in English) Free screening, followed by a discussion with film director Maria Tarantino Thursday 29 September 2016 at 6 p.m. Screening room G.04, 50 George Square ALL WELCOME
Prof Timothy Lim (University of Edinburgh): An Indicative Definition of the Canon
"How Intolerant is Islamic Law?" on Friday 30th September at 6:15pm. The lecture will be taking place in Lecture Theatre G.03, 50 George Square. This is a free event but registration is essential. You can book your seat via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-intolerant-is-islamic-law-dr-jonathan-a-c-brown-tickets-27385236981?aff=es2 We recommend that you book your seat as soon as possible as we anticipate a high demand for this event.
Katie Dow (University of Cambridge): Looking into the Test-Tube: The Birth of IVF on British Television
Professor Niels Gaul (Edinburgh): The Byzantium that could have been? Learning and the Transmission of Classical Texts around the Year 800
Scottish Hellenic Society of Edinburgh
Rev’d Dr Stewart Gillan, (St Michael’s Parish Church, Linlithgow): Translating Missionaries: John Ross, Han’gŭl and the Vocation of First Translations
Professor David Purdie: David Daiches - a life.
Alberto Manguel on Wednesday 5 October at 5.30pm in 50 George Square, Edinburgh.
Alberto Manguel's books A History of Reading, The Library at Night and The City of Words (among many others) have made him one of the most prominent authors on the subject of books and reading in the world today.
In this lecture, entitled ‘Adam’s Task: A Dictionary Story’, Alberto Manguel will talk about several of the dictionaries that have been important to him throughout his reader's life and reflect on how they shaped and guided his reading.