January Travel Symposium

Date: 18th & 19th Januaray 2012

RMM (Representing Migration and Mobility) research network

As part of a RMM’s 2011-2012 series of events on travel, journeys and the book, EUROS, RMM and SCOLAR will we be hosting two distinguished guest speakers in Cardiff in mid-January, along with a presentation on the Library’s extensive collection of rare travel books by the Head of Special Collections at the ASSL, Mr Peter Keelan.

The events in the Symposium are:

Date:18 January

Time:18:00 -21:00

Location: 65-68 Park Place

Mère Folle/Crazy Mother (120 mins.) screening and Q&A discussion with Prof Mieke Bal, Dinstinguished Visiting Research Professor, Birt Acres Lecture Theatre, Bute Building.

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Date:19 January

Time:16:00 17:30

Location: Room 1.17, 65-68 Park Place

Historical Rare Books: Travel Literature, 1492-1914, Peter Keelan, Head of Special Collections and Archives, Cardiff University Library.

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Date:19 January

Time:18:15 -19:30

Location: Optometry Lecture Theatre

The Post-Colonial Afterlife of Primo Levi, Derek Duncan, Professor of Italian Cultural Studies, Bristol University (Part of the Cardiff Rare Books and Archives Lecture Series and a New Directions in Modern Languages Distinguished Lecture).

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All staff, students and members of the public are warmly welcome at these events.

Advance booking for events with Profs Bal and Duncan is recommended
email: publicbookings@cf.ac.uk

For further information please contact the Symposium organiser Dr Rachael Langford,
email:LangfordRE@cf.ac.uk