Thursday 18 February , 4.30 pm Martin Hall

“Where were you?” Hard words for hard times – languages and  justice in a time of war on refugees.

Alison Phipps, Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies (Creativity Culture and Faith), University of Glasgow, and Co-Convener of Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet)  http://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/gramnet/

The Dashkova Centre in collaboration with Language and Violence Research strand (DELC)

Public Lecture by Nancy Ries (Colgate University, US).
‘Voices of Apocalypse: Russian Military News and the Horizons of Future War’
Time: Thursday, 18 February, 5.10 pm
Venue: The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place, EH8 9LN

The event is free but booking is essential. To book your place, please go to
http://nancy-ries-voices-of-apocalypse.eventbrite.co.uk

Thomas Schmidt (University of Manchester): “Seven or eight intelligent people in conversation”? On texture and timbre in large-ensemble chamber music of the early nineteenth century

The Music Research Seminars are organised by Dr Benedict Taylor (b.taylor@ed.ac.uk).

Scottish History from the Archives to the Page

Innovative Learning Week event: A panel of the University’s Scottish historians introduce their research, discussing the process of writing history from archival study to publication.

John McElgunn: The World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre at the British Museum

Whilst conventional perspectives often equate language learning with physical classrooms, portable devices and wireless networks can now assist with new approaches to learning language that extend the learning space beyond the classroom and into the personal sphere of the learners themselves. This is empowering for the learners who can decide when and how to engage, and it allows their own voice to dominate the interactions. It also connects language use to the ‘real world’ and allows negotiation of meaning in a global context.

Mauro di Lullo (Stirling): The Palestinian Diaspora and Historical Memory

Dr Ian J. Shaw (Langham Partnership International): John Stott (1921-2011) and the Vision of the Langham Scholars Ministry.

Judith Jesch, University of Nottingham

Vikings Beyond Boundaries: Migration and Diaspora In The Viking Age and After

Joint seminar with the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar Series

Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 5.15pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School

Nir Arielli (Leeds): Controlling the Flow of Foreign War Volunteers in the Modern Era