Event Archive

Dr Thomas Butler holds a PhD in composition from the University of St Andrews. He is Musical Director of new music group Ensemble Thing and teaches at the University of Glasgow.

Professor Casken is a visiting fellow in composition

The Centre for the Novel is collaborating with colleagues in LLMVC to offer three free online events as part of the Being Human Festival 2020.   Systems_Theory New music ensemble Ensemble Thing will present a streamed online performance of Systems_Theory, a meditation for cello, electronics and video performed by Emily De Simone. November 14, 18:00 pm...

This Saturday (14 November), 18:00 - 19:30, As part of the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture series of online events for the Being Human Festival, Ensemble Thing will present Systems_Theory, a meditation for cello, electronics and video performed by Emily De Simone.

This conference aims to explore questions on the relationship between creativity, art, and language development. We have invited researchers, practitioners, and artists to create a platform for knowledge exchange. Some of the questions we will focus on include: 1. Can creativity and art help us to understand more about the way...

Part of Being Human, the UK's festival of the humanities, and Explorathon '20

Join our creative writing workshop with Scottish novelist and Senior Lecturer Alan Warner on Tuesday 10 November from 1pm-2.30pm (GMT). Explore and share your creative writing by submitting small excerpts of your work to Alan, which can then be explored together during a very informal live, online session. We will look...

Event for all LLMVC staff and students

This year’s Annual Public Lecture is part of the WayWORD Festival, and will take the form of an online discussion, reading and Q&A session with novelist and essayist Jenn Ashworth. Jenn will be talk about writing, and failing to write, about challenging the restraints of genre, and about the importance of...

How well do you know the world? Join us for a multiple-choice quiz on a mix of languages and cultures for a chance to make some friends and have some fun. The team-based quiz is open to all students, whether or not you are thinking of studying a language. We will make...