bit.ly/3yUoJNs 9 November: Cardiff-Japanese Lecture: Being a Professional Translator (EN-JP, JP-EN) with guest speaker Nozomi Abe (Cardiff University & SOAS University of London, Translator, Playwright, and Theatre Maker). Funded by the Japan Foundation, London.

In celebration of Book Week Scotland, SUISS welcomes Blue Diode Press poets, Allie Kerper 💖💜💙, nicky melville and Lauren Pope. All have been involved in the summer school as either staff or students and will be reading from their recent poetry collections. eventbrite.co.uk/e/blue-diode-p…

The #BookWeekScotland programme has landed! 📚

Join us from 14-20 November for one enormous book party. 🥳 scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-scot…

Opening 4 Nov 'A Gathering of Leaves' in the Mausoleum of Spookie Bookies Exhibition Gallery. Discover over 70 prizewinning and selected bindings from the Designer Bookbinders International Bookbinding Competition 2022. Find out more 👉 ed.ac.uk/information-se…
Image: First prize winner Angela James

Happening right now LLCatEdinburgh! A former student of ours, Harry Richards, is doing a university tour with his short film 'Santi'. He is presenting it SPLAS Edinburgh with a Q&A focusing on its connection to his Year Abroad experience and to employability for languages students!

Join us for this week’s seminar: “African Writers’ Lives: Focus on Leila Aboulela” with speaker Bhakti Shringarpure Bhakti Shringarpure and Chaired by Terri Ochiagha Plaza, in collaboration with IASH, Edinburgh. Wed Nov 2, 4:00, details here: sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

It may be Halloween 🎃 but did you know it's also the first day of our Dissertation Festival? And there's still time to book onto some of the sessions taking place this week. For full programme and booking links go to ed.ac.uk/is/dissertatio… #DissertationFestival #Dissertations

'A Gathering of Leaves' opens 4 November in the EdUniLibrary&Museums Exhibition Gallery. Discover over 70 prizewinning and selected bindings from the Designer Bookbinders International Bookbinding Competition 2022. Open Mon-Sat, 10-5. Free admission.

Image: First prize winner Angela James

Just a week left to watch Holding/Holding On for FREE online. Inspired by conversations with care experienced individuals, this work-in-progress script by nicola mccartney explores the way society treats those in Scotland’s care system.

#CEW22 #CareExperiencedWeek

💬APPEARANCES AND APPARITIONS: THE BLACK SUBJECT IN SARA GÓMEZ’S DOCUMENTARIES

📅 7 Nov, 6pm on Zoom
🎟️ FREE ticket: bit.ly/3U14Hca

Susan Lord speaks to Jessica Gordon-Burroughs about her book The Cinema of Sara Gómez

In partnership with The University of Edinburgh and Africa in Motion

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BSL Awareness training have been organised! These will be either in person in campus 👋🏻 or online via Zoom 👩🏻‍💻🧑🏽‍💻👨🏼‍💻

🗓️ check MyEd for list of available dates!

Book now! ➡️ edin.ac/3icyjmk

#BSL #BritishSignLanguage #awareness

📣 Tomorrow! #Black HistoryMonth lecture:

Beyond Bilal: #Black History in #Islam :
A Conversation with Imam Mustafa Briggs

📅 28 Oct, 4pm
📍 General Assembly Hall, New College

Co-sponsored by School of Divinity, ISoc Edinburgh, RACE.ED & UoE EREN

Register ➡️
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Our annual Watt Lecture was launched in 2015 to mark William Montgomery Watt's 50th anniversary as the first Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Scotland.

Join us in person or on Zoom for this year's lecture by Professor Carole Hillenbrand.

➡️ edin.ac/3sBkK4Y

Our Dissertation Festival starts this Monday, 31 October, and has a range of sessions available to help you discover the wealth of resources and help available from the Library to support your dissertation or final year project. ed.ac.uk/is/dissertatio… #DissertationFestival

Join us on 23rd November for the latest in Edinburgh Uni Film's #EdinburghScreenConversations series!

Award-winning Film & TV editor Chris McCaleb will be discussing his work on Breaking Bad Better Call Saul and more.

The event is online, free and open to all.

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#ScotLit and Stevenson lovers! Join us with Shari Sabeti, Simon Grennan &
Michelle Keown online @ 7pm on #RLSDay 13th November to hear about the first stage of their #RemediatingRLS Arts and Humanities Research Council project. An important new perspective.
Book FREE ow.ly/FjBh50LlJw4 Ian Rankin

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🎟️ Registration is now open via Eventbrite: formsofsecrecy.eventbrite.co.uk