Events archive
2013

My Nights with Emma B
07/02/2013
As part of Distinguished Lecture Series, Adam Thorpe discusses his experience of the translator's art and its perils.
2012

The Price of Fame: Dylan Thomas, The Beats & Bob Dylan
10/05/2012
A public lecture to celebrate the change of name of the School.

Managing sovereign debt crisis in europe
01/02/2012
A roundtable event to explore the implications for the UK of changes in European Governance.
2011

Translation in Nazi Germany
21/11/2011
A research Seminar organised by the Politics of Translation Research Group and presented by By Daniel Göske.

Bob’s Birthday Bash: Dylan at 70!
17/11/2011
A celebration of Bob Dylan’s 70th Birthday, culminating with contemporary acoustic/folk music by Colum Regan and Lawson Dando.
2010

Public Lecture by Slavoj Žižek
03/03/2010
First as Tragedy, then as Farce: Economic Crisis and Ideology Critique Today, a public lecture by Slavoj Žižek

International Criminal Law and the European Court of Human Rights
03/02/2010
Professor Schabas is Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he also holds the Chair in Human Rights Law.
2009

Conference: Hamlet - Reception in European Cultures
14/05/2009
Shakespeare’s Hamlet exemplifies a source text prolifically appropriated by countless national cultures throughout Europe.

Preventive Human Rights Strategies
16/02/2009
As part of the celebration of the UN Declaration of Human Rights to be staged at the Temple of Peace , Dr Bertrand G. Ramcharan will speak on ‘Preventive Human Rights Strategies’.
2008

Conference: The State of the Kingdoms - Nationalist Challenges in Britain and Spain
02/05/2008
A multi-disciplinary one day event examining nationalist movements in the Basque Country, Catalonia, Galicia, Wales and Scotland.

The Italian Elections. What Happened and Why?
30/04/2008
Silvio Berlusconi first became Prime Minister of Italy in 1994. The Economist declared him "unfit to govern". Now he is back for the third time.
