Events

What's on in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.

Upcoming events

Event date
Apr 22 2026 -

LLC Poetics Research Events: Hongxia Xu

An in-person seminar by Professor Hongxia Xu (Renmin University of China, Beijing), titled 'The Fabric of Leisure: Material Conditions and Poetic Expression in the Works of Dorothy Wordsworth and Gu Taiqing'.

English and Scottish Literature Further information
Apr 23 2026 -

LLC Commons: Denizcan Dede and Gavin Lawson

Join us on 23 April for the fifth event in the new LLC Commons cross-discipline and cross-departmental events series with Denizcan Dede (PhD candidate in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies) and Gavin Lawson (PhD candidate in Japanese) giving presentations around the theme of 'Alternative Publics and Political Expression'.

Research Asian Studies Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Further information
Apr 29 2026 -

LLC Commons: Hannah Mackenzie and Olivia Fischer

Join us on 29 April for the sixth event in the new LLC Commons cross-discipline and cross-departmental events series with Hannah Mackenzie (MScR in English Literature) and Olivia Fischer (PhD candidate in European Theatre) giving presentations around the theme of 'Trauma and Representation'.

Research English and Scottish Literature European Languages and Cultures Further information
May 15 2026 -

LLC Poetics Research Events: Timothy Heimlich

An in-person seminar by Professor Timothy Heimlich (Duke University), titled 'Gothic Poetics'.

English and Scottish Literature Further information
Jun 08 2026 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: A Symposium on the Strike Novel

An in-person symposium on the idea of 'the strike novel', featuring six speakers bringing their respective specialisms to the table.

English and Scottish Literature Further information
Jun 18 2026 -

Monster Media Conference 2026

An interdisciplinary conference organised by Julia Larsen and Lucy McMillan (two third-year PhD Intermediality candidates) and Dr Maddy Potter (English Literature), exploring the intersection between monster theory and media studies.

English and Scottish Literature Film and Intermediality Further information
Jun 18 2026 -

The Inchcolm Antiphoner

In his final project as Traditional Artist in Residence, Fraser Fifield will be part of a saxophone quartet performing his arrangements of the Inchcolm Antiphoner, Scotland's oldest known manuscript.

Celtic and Scottish Studies Further information
Jun 28 2027 -

The 14th International Walter Scott Conference

A three-day conference with talks, panels and a plenary session exploring the work of Scottish writer Walter Scott within the theme of 'Politics, Place and Print Culture'. Currently accepting submissions, deadline: 1 October 2026.

Celtic and Scottish Studies English and Scottish Literature Further information

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