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Jun 05 2025 -

Beckett's Relationships

Join the Samuel Beckett Society for its tenth annual conference - three days of discussion on the theme of relationships, both within and with the writer's work.

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May 28 2025 -

Money Talks: Futures for the Economic Humanities

A two-day conference co-hosted with the School of Divinity and featuring keynote talks from Dr Devin Singh (Dartmouth College) and Dr Rachel O’Dwyer (National College of Art and Design, Dublin), this event will explore the place of finance within the humanities.

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Apr 30 2025 -

Book launch: Greg Walker and Randall Stevenson

An in-person book launch to celebrate the new publication by Professor Greg Walker and Emeritus Professor Randall Stevenson (both English Literature), 'Oxford Handbook of Scottish Theatre'.

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Apr 30 2025 -

Crude Representations: BP and the Aesthetics of Labour

An online seminar featuring three panel speakers exploring the history and context around the representation of the oil company BP, with a focus on the 'aesthetics of labour'.

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Apr 03 2025 -

Book launch: Kate Ash-Irisarri and Gerard McKeever

An in-person book launch to celebrate the publication of two new monographs by Dr Kate Ash-Irisarri (Scottish & English Literature) and Dr Gerard McKeever (Scottish Literature).

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Apr 02 2025 -

Crude Representations Seminar Series: BP and Corporate Myth-Making

An online seminar featuring three panel speakers exploring the history and context around the representation of the oil company BP, with a focus on 'corporate myth-making'.

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Mar 27 2025 -

A Writer in Residence Event: Simon Armitage

An in-person discussion between Simon Armitage (UK Poet Laureate) and Michael Pedersen (Writer in Residence). Simon will perform readings, as well as answer questions and sign copies of his books.

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Mar 21 2025 -

A Writer in Residence Event: Fern Brady

Hosted by Edinburgh Futures Institute, this in-person conversation sees Michael Pedersen (Writer in Residence) discuss comedy, writing, and process with comedian Fern Brady.

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Mar 21 2025 -

Edition Spring Lecture: Katherine Halsey and Matthew Sangster

An in-person lecture (and optional preceding workshop) by Professor Katherine Halsey (University of Stirling) and Professor Matthew Sangster (University of Glasgow) entitled 'Towards a True History of Reading Lives: Borrowing in Scotland, 1747-1837'. The lecture will be followed by a discussion chaired by Professor Penny Fielding (English Literature).

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Mar 19 2025 -

Things as They Are; Or, the Spirits of the Age

An in-person talk by Professor Margaret Russett (University of Southern California) on the concept of 'ideology', and how William Godwin's leading theories on ideology led to the creation of an idea of 'spirit'.

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