What's on in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures. Event listing Search Event date Date from Date to May 28 2025 00.00 - 23.59 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. English and Scottish Literature Further information May 29 2025 19.30 - 21.00 New Poetry in Irish: Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh and Simon Ó Faoláin An evening of readings and discussions in Irish & English from poets Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh and Simon Ó Faoláin, and chaired by Niall O'Gallagher (Gaelic Writer in Residence). Celtic and Scottish Studies Further information May 30 2025 16.00 - 18.00 Celebrating the 2025 James Tait Black Prizes Join us for the announcement of this year's winners of the James Tait Black Prizes, featuring Ian Penman, 2024's winner for the JTB Biography Prize. English and Scottish Literature Further information Jun 04 2025 17.30 - 21.00 Film screening: Earl. An in-person advanced screening of award-winning documentary 'Earl.' (2025, dir. Ty Kim) as part of the Samuel Beckett Society Conference 2025. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director. English and Scottish Literature Film and Intermediality Further information Jun 05 2025 00.00 - 23.59 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. English and Scottish Literature Further information Jun 06 2025 12.00 - 17.00 Nature Nurture: Edinburgh’s Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Women’s Writing A half-day symposium in partnership with SELCIE (Scotland’s Early Literature for Children Research Initiative) exploring the intersection between children's literature, their creativity, and the natural world. English and Scottish Literature Further information Jun 11 2025 15.00 - 17.00 Scottish Centre for Korean Studies Distinguished Lecture Series: Taekyoon Kim Join the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies for an in-person lecture by Professor Taekyoon Kim (Seoul National University), entitled ''East Asia's Developmentalist Scrambling for the Global South: 'Asian Traps' of Aid Competitions and Fragmentations'. Asian Studies Further information Jun 25 2025 17.15 - 18.30 Inaugural Lectures: Şebnem Susam-Saraeva Join us for 'Translation Rights of the More-Than-Human – Thoughts on Whale Bioacoustics', an Inaugural Lecture celebrating the appointment of Şebnem Susam-Saraeva as Personal Chair of Translation Studies. Translation Studies Further information This article was published on 2025-02-07
