Event Archive

2024

February

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  Nordic Literature Read-Aloud

  29 February 2024, 18:30 - 19:30

  Welcome to this read-aloud session on Nordic Literature. Apart from hearing a story in English, for comparison we will also hear a shorter section read out in Doric and a variety of Nordic languages, such as Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish.

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  Seachdain na Gàidhlig/World Gaelic Week - Talk 'Seinn Spioradail' with Dr Frances Wilkins

  22 February 2024, 16:00 - 18:00

  As part of Seachdain na Gàidlig - Mar phàirt de Sheachdain na Gàidhlig

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  Seachdain na Gàidhlig/World Gaelic Week - Come and Try Clàrsach with Carola MacCallum

  22 February 2024, 14:00 - 15:00

  As part of Seachdain na Gàidlig - Mar phàirt de Sheachdain na Gàidhlig

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  Seachdain na Gàidhlig/World Gaelic Week - Gaelic Conversation Circle/Cearcall Còmhraidh

  21 February 2024, 13:30 - 14:30

  As part of Seachdain na Gàidlig - Mar phàirt de Sheachdain na Gàidhlig

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  Seachdain na Gàidhlig/World Gaelic Week - Talk 'Derick Thomson and the Gaelic Revival'

  20 February 2024, 17:00 - 19:00

  As part of Seachdain na Gàidlig - Mar phàirt de Sheachdain na Gàidhlig

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  World Gaelic Week/Seachdain na Gàidhlig - Gaelic Song Workshop with Carola Maccallum.

  19 February 2024, 13:00 - 14:00

  As part of Seachdain na Gàidlig - Mar phàirt de Sheachdain na Gàidhlig

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  Futures of Listening: An Interim Report of an Art-Research Project

  08 February 2024, 13:00 - 15:00

  Join Professor Suk-Jun Kim (University of Aberdeen) to explore their recent research into the future of listening.

January

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  Songs and Dances: Exploring Piano Variations of the Belaieff Circle

  25 January 2024, 13:00 - 15:00

  Join Chai Jie Low (Melbourne Conservatorium of Music) to explore piano variations of the Belaieff Circle.

2023

December

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  Child Ballad by David Wheatley - Online Book Launch

  13 December 2023, 19:00 - 21:00

  Please join us to celebrate the launch of Child Ballad by David Wheatley. Hosting the reading will be poet and academic Ailbhe Darcy. The event will feature readings and discussion, and audience members will have the opportunity to ask their own questions. We will show the text during readings so...

November

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  Centre for The Novel Annual Public Lecture: Dr Emily Alder, 'Gothic Warnings: Jekyll and Hyde, Dorian Gray, Dracula, and the Anthropocene'

  29 November 2023, 17:30 - 19:30

  Dr Emily Alder (Edinburgh Napier University) will deliver the 11th Annual Public Lecture for the Centre for the Novel, speaking about 'Gothic Warnings: Jekyll and Hyde, Dorian Gray, Dracula, and the Anthropocene' Refreshments will be provided.