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Oct 16 2024 -

Inaugural Lectures: Alex Thomson

Join us for 'Constructing Scotland: Devolution and Cultural History', an Inaugural Lecture celebrating the appointment of Alex Thomson as Personal Chair of Modern Literature and Critical Theory.

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Oct 11 2024 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Pablo Mukherjee

An in-person talk by Professor Pablo Mukherjee (University of Oxford) entitled 'The Many Futures of Postcolonial Climate Fiction'.

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Oct 09 2024 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: SWINC Autumn Round-Up

Join us for an in-person afternoon of research in Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century (SWINC), featuring presentations by six researchers over two sessions.

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Oct 04 2024 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Désha Osborne and Hannah Boast

Join us for an in-person double-header by two of our Chancellors Fellows in English and Scottish Literature. Dr Désha Osborne's research is on the legacies of Scotland’s involvement in Empire in the Caribbean. Dr Hannah Boast works in the Environmental Humanities.

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Jul 01 2024 -

The Scottish Novel in 1824

A one-day, in-person symposium consisting of a workshop, panel and lecture, in celebration of the bicentenary of a landmark year for Scottish fiction.

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Jun 27 2024 -

Fin de Sexe? A Symposium on Sexuality

Join us for a hybrid one-day symposium organised by English Literature PhD candidates exploring constructions of sexuality at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Jun 25 2024 -

A Writer in Residence Event: Maya C. Popa

An in-person discussion between Michael Pedersen (Writer in Residence, University of Edinburgh) and poet Maya C. Popa.

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Jun 11 2024 -

Northern Early Modern Network: Annual Conference 2024

A two-day conference organised and run by the Northern Early Modern Network, a peer network of academics and scholars researching the early modern period (c. 1400 to 1800).

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May 15 2024 -

From Arthur's Seat: readings at Scottish Poetry Library

Join a range of MSc Creative Writing students from the University of Edinburgh to hear readings from their newly-launched literary anthology, From Arthur’s Seat.

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May 03 2024 -

From Arthur's Seat: launch event

Join a range of MSc Creative Writing students from the University of Edinburgh to hear readings at the launch of their new literary anthology, From Arthur’s Seat.

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