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We're now away for the festive break. The University of Edinburgh is closed between 23 December 2024 and 3 January 2025 and we'll be back online from Monday 6 January 2025.
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Fantastic news from #REF2029 – our Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, Greg Walker (@gregmw4), is chairing REF Main Panel D on research in the Arts and Humanities. It’s Greg’s fourth UK research assessment exercise as either a panellist or chair. 👏
REF 2029@ref2029
3 Dec 2024
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Welcome to the Chair of REF 2029 Main Panel D Arts and Humanities: Professor Greg Walker, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/chairs-c…
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Tomorrow, 4 December! 👇
LLCatEdinburgh@LLCatEdinburgh
22 Nov 2024
For our final 2024 Inaugural Lecture, Professor Will Lamb will discuss how new technologies could revitalise Scottish Gaelic 🤖 This lecture on 4 December marks Will becoming Personal Chair in Gaelic Ethnology and Linguistics - book a free ticket now! 🎟️ edin.ac/41f8TMD
a blue background with a photo of Scottish mountains. A matrix evoking technology and connection is overlaid, as well as the event details which are as follows: Title - "Inaugural Lectures: Could Artificial Intelligence save Scottish Gaelic?" Blurb - "Celebrating the appointment of Will Lamb as Personal Chair in Gaelic Ethnology and Linguistics" Date and time: 4 December 2024, 5:15pm - 6:30pm Venue: Lecture Theatre G.03, 50 George Square

ALT a blue background with a photo of Scottish mountains. A matrix evoking technology and connection is overlaid, as well as the event details which are as follows: Title - "Inaugural Lectures: Could Artificial Intelligence save Scottish Gaelic?" Blurb - "Celebrating the appointment of Will Lamb as Personal Chair in Gaelic Ethnology and Linguistics" Date and time: 4 December 2024, 5:15pm - 6:30pm Venue: Lecture Theatre G.03, 50 George Square

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Glasgow! This 🎥 is happening on Thursday @KelvinHall16 Join the @IxchelProject team for a special and one-time only screening of three remarkable volcano films. 🌋
Kelvin Hall@KelvinHall16
30 Nov 2024
Join us on the 5th December at 6.30pm for a screening of Volcano Cinema: Of Eruptions and Other Stories, a season showcasing the diverse ways volcanoes have been documented and reimagined through film. Free, but ticketed. Book below ⬇️ cinemaattic.com/product/volc…
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Calling all poetry lovers and those who like a good chin wag! Christopher Whyte is in conversation with our Gaelic Writer in Residence, Niall O’Gallagher, about his new book 'Athair' ('Father') this Thurs 28 Nov at 7.15pm. Free, but do book. Details: llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scottish…
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For our final 2024 Inaugural Lecture, Professor Will Lamb will discuss how new technologies could revitalise Scottish Gaelic 🤖 This lecture on 4 December marks Will becoming Personal Chair in Gaelic Ethnology and Linguistics - book a free ticket now! 🎟️ edin.ac/41f8TMD
a blue background with a photo of Scottish mountains. A matrix evoking technology and connection is overlaid, as well as the event details which are as follows: Title - "Inaugural Lectures: Could Artificial Intelligence save Scottish Gaelic?" Blurb - "Celebrating the appointment of Will Lamb as Personal Chair in Gaelic Ethnology and Linguistics" Date and time: 4 December 2024, 5:15pm - 6:30pm Venue: Lecture Theatre G.03, 50 George Square

ALT a blue background with a photo of Scottish mountains. A matrix evoking technology and connection is overlaid, as well as the event details which are as follows: Title - "Inaugural Lectures: Could Artificial Intelligence save Scottish Gaelic?" Blurb - "Celebrating the appointment of Will Lamb as Personal Chair in Gaelic Ethnology and Linguistics" Date and time: 4 December 2024, 5:15pm - 6:30pm Venue: Lecture Theatre G.03, 50 George Square

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Applications for our 2025/26 #AccessProgramme are now open! Former student, Tristan, talks about why he chose our part-time programme here @EdinburghUni to help him achieve his academic and professional goals. Learn more and apply 👇 edin.ac/3Od0AZD #NeverTooLate
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📢 Looking for #postdoc opportunities in literatures, languages and cultures? Outline proposals for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship need to be with us by 9am on Wednesday 27 November 2024. Check eligibility and how to apply: llc.ed.ac.uk/research/postdo… #ECRchat
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Join us! St Andrew's Day concert 30th Nov, 1.30-2.45pm, Playfair Library. Featuring Wendy Weatherby (Scots song, cello) with Frank McLaughlin (guitar, small pipes), @TomOakes (flute, guitar) duo, and Gold medallist Mairi Callan (Gaelic song, harp). 2024standrewsdayconcert.even…

St. Andrew's Day Concert

Join us to celebrate St Andrew's Day in music and song at the University of Edinburgh's annual concert.

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Join us for a poetry reading on 20 November by Alan Gillis, taking us on a reflective journey through his career, sharing poems new and old ✍️ This reading serves as Alan's Inaugural lecture as Professor of Modern Poetry - book your free ticket now! 🎟️edin.ac/4ekAYou
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The new episode of @EdFilmPodcast is out now! I preview @FrFilmFestUK in the company of its co-founder and director @RichBoxoffice: 🇫🇷🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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🌍 We’re thrilled to welcome Miss Victoria Rose, Consultant Plastic Surgeon at St Thomas’ & King's College Hospital She’ll share her experiences working with IDEALS in Gaza at the European Gaza & Nasser Hospitals 🗓️Thurs 21Nov 🕔5.15-7pm 📍Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre Old College
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We're thrilled to welcome Niall as our new Gaelic Writer in Residence! 🥳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Come along this Thursday 7 November to see him reading more poetry, as well as bidding farewell to his predecessor, Martin MacIntyre 👋 More details here: edin.ac/4hvEA9T @niallogallchoir
Scottish Poetry Library
@ByLeavesWeLive
4 Nov 2024
🎉 40 POETS/40 YEARS #18 Niall O'Gallagher reads 'The Pianist at Glasgow Central'. #SPLat40 @niallogallchoir
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It’s now just three weeks until #NCFestival this 7-9 November. Whether you’re interested in history, literature, music, scholarship, poetry or community, we are sure we’ll have something that will inspire you. Check out our events and book your tickets 👇 edin.ac/3BCM6iW
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Join us for the launch of a commissioned spoken word and music performance exploring queer identities, histories, and futures🌈 ⭐️Unco: LGBT+ Scots Glossar 🗓️29 Nov, 6pm-7:30 pm 📍@UoE_EFI & online 🎟️edin.ac/3AGpOME
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Join us for a series of conferences discussing #feminist historiography organised by Dr Séverine Genieys-Kirk (@EdinburghUni), Dr Carme Font (@UABBarcelona) and Prof. Gina Luria Walker (@TheNewSchool) 24-25 Oct at @ifecosse and @EdinburghUni 🎟️ ifecosse.org.uk/festivals-an…
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Huge congratulations to all of the winners, including Creative Writing graduate @marjorielotfi 🤩
Forward Prizes@ForwardPrizes
10 Oct 2024
The winners of The Forward Prizes for Poetry 2024!
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🚨 Reminder that our very own Head of School, Alex Thomson, is giving his Inaugural Lecture this Wednesday 16 October! This isn't one to miss, so grab a free ticket while you can: edin.ac/4f3NA4g @byebyepride @EdinburghUni
LLCatEdinburgh@LLCatEdinburgh
30 Sep 2024
Revisit a moment of radical possibility. Join us on 16 October for Alex Thomson’s inaugural public lecture as Personal Chair of Modern Literature and Critical Theory and Head of the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures. Book now for free > athomson.eventbrite.co.uk/?a…
Photo of the National Museum of Scotland with text stating the title of the Inaugural Lecture - Constructing Scotland: Devolution and Cultural History. The details of time and place are also written - 16 October 2024 at 5.15pm until 6.30pm on Lecture Theatre G03 of 50 George Square.

ALT Photo of the National Museum of Scotland with text stating the title of the Inaugural Lecture - Constructing Scotland: Devolution and Cultural History. The details of time and place are also written - 16 October 2024 at 5.15pm until 6.30pm on Lecture Theatre G03 of 50 George Square.

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Book launch: Fri 25th Oct, 16:00, Scottish Storytelling Centre CSS almunus Robert Fell will launch his book, "Travller Storytelling in Scotland: Folklore, Ideology and Cultural Identity" as part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival sisf.online.red61.co.uk/even…
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