What's on in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures. Event listing Search Event date Date from Date to 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 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 Further information 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 Further information May 09 2025 13.30 - 18.30 Creative Writing Conference 2025 A one-day conference featuring industry professionals, panel discussions, networking, and author readings. English and Scottish Literature Further information Further information Apr 30 2025 16.00 - 17.30 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'. English and Scottish Literature Further information Further information Apr 30 2025 16.00 - 18.00 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'. English and Scottish Literature Further information Further information Apr 29 2025 00.00 - 23.59 The English Literature Play A production of Jellyfish, written by MSc Playwriting student William Osbon. Winner of The English Literature Play Award 2025. English and Scottish Literature Further information Further information Apr 11 2025 14.00 - 18.00 SWINC Scottish and Irish Gothic An in-person research seminar exploring Scottish and Irish Gothic literature, and featuring a keynote talk from Professor Claire Connolly (University College Cork). English and Scottish Literature Further information Further information Apr 09 2025 17.15 - 19.00 DELC Research Seminar Series: Sura Qadiri An in-person seminar by Dr Sura Qadiri (University of Cambridge) on the intersection between politics, religion and society in francophone literature, film and visual media. European Languages and Cultures French and Francophone Studies Further information Further information Apr 09 2025 13.00 - 17.00 Scottish Centre for Korean Studies Distinguished Lecture Series: Sera Park and screening Join the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies for an in-person film screening and lecture. The film screened will be 'Sewol: Years in the Wind' (2024, dir. Moon Jongtaek, Kim Hwantae), and the lecture will be titled '‘Everyone Has Their Own Story of Sewol’: Sewol Disaster, Ineffability, and the Affects of Activism'. Asian Studies Further information Further information 1 2 This article was published on 2025-02-07
