DELC Research Seminar Series: PhD Work-in-Progress Research Presentations

In brief

Speakers - Beth Blakemore (Hispanic Studies); Maxime Geervliet (Comparative Literature); Elisa Vivaldi (Italian Studies)

Chair - Paul Leworthy (German Studies, University of Edinburgh)

Venue - 50 George Square

About the event

At this special seminar, three current PhD students at the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) present their current research. The talks will be followed by a Q&A and a wine reception.

Our speakers are:

  • Beth Blakemore (Hispanic Studies): 'Coercion and subversion: Challenging the concept of maurofilia in Mateo Alemán's Ozmín y Daraja'
  • Maxime Geervliet (Comparative Literature): '"In my thoughts, I sat in the witness box": Law, Literature and Life Writing in Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle (2009-2011)'
  • Elisa Vivaldi (Italian Studies): 'For Europe. Cult and liturgy of European identity from Eliot to Esposito'

About the speakers

Beth Blakemore's PhD student profile

Maxime Geervliet's PhD student profile

Elisa Vivaldi's PhD student profile

About the seminar series

The DELC Research Seminar Series (DRSS) encourages collaboration and coproduction between staff and students across European Languages and Cultures and beyond.

Entry is free and everyone is welcome. No registration is necessary.

Are you interested in studying European Languages and Cultures?

Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in nine European languages, and the many cultures worldwide in which they're spoken, with experts in film, literature, theatre, translation and intermediality. Working with colleagues elsewhere in LLC, and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages.

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