Work-in-Progress Seminar Series: Nick Miller, Alex Penland, Mariane Gallet and Matteo Cecchetti

In brief

Date - 13 March 2024

Venue - Room G.06, 50 George Square

Speakers - Nick Miller (Asian Studies), Alex Penland (English Literature), Mariane Gallet (English Literature) and Matteo Cecchetti (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies)

About the event

At our next event of the 2023 to 2024 academic year, we are joined by speakers from three different departments across the School:

  • Nick Miller (Asian Studies): 'How the CIA failed to analyse Chinese Politics During the Cold War'
  • Alex Penland (English Literature): 'Antikythera: Archaeology and Literature'
  • Mariane Gallet (English Literature): 'Parables of Democracy: Octavia Butler’s narrative eco-ethics and American dystopian theopolitics in the Parable series'
  • Matteo Cecchetti (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies): 'Nihāyat al-ʾirab: New Perspectives of Research on Early Islamic Historiography'

Browse our speakers' student profiles on the University website

Alex Penland

Mariane Gallet

About the seminar series

The Work-in-Progress Seminar Series aims at bringing together staff, students, and the wider community to discuss and engage with the research produced by postgraduate students throughout the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.

Join us for a thriving interdisciplinary seminar and knowledge exchange event, in a relaxed and welcoming environment to develop ideas and collaborations.

Refreshments will be provided at the end of each session.

How to attend

This event is free to attend and open to all. No registration is needed, feel free just to come along.

Do you want to present at our next Work-in-Progress seminar?

Apply now by emailing the organisers