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Alan Spence at the Faculty of Arts
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures is pleased to invite you to a lecture by the acclaimed Scottish poet, playwright, novelist and short-story writer Alan Spence. During his talk, professor Spence will discuss his multifaceted writing career, his relationship to Scottish culture and literary traditions, and he will also read extracts from his works. The […]
dr. Hans-Christian Trepte (Univerzita v Lipsku): Between Documentary and Provocation: Jewish Topics in Polish Culture
The Prague Centre for Jewish Studies (CUFA) is delighted to invite you to a lecture by Dr Hans-Christian Trepte (University of Leipzig) co-organised together with the Prague Jewish Museum. The lecture will be held in English, free entry.
Yoshiyuki Asahi: Old and new trends in Japanese dialect research
Yoshiyuki Asahi is an associate professor of sociolinguistics at National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics. In his talk, he will introduce Japanese dialects from both traditional and innovative perspectives. Despite the large impact standard Japanese has had on the dialects, dialects still do exist and seem to be assuming a new role in the contemporary […]
Richard Maltby: Approaches to Classical Hollywood History
The film historian Richard Maltby, a world-famous expert on the history of Hollywood, is going to give three lectures at the Department of Film Studies. Students can register for the lecture by e-mailing Dr Jindřiška Bláhová (jindriska.blahova@ff.cuni.cz). Registration deadline: 8 November 2017. Programme
Prof. Laura Kolbe “Finland 100 – myths and reality in the building of a nation 1907-2017”
The Embassy of Finland in Prague cordially invites you to a keynote lecture by Professor Laura Kolbe (University of Helsinki), with the presence of H. E. Helena Tuuri, Ambassador of Finland to the Czech Republic. Laura Kolbe is a Finnish professor of European history at the University of Helsinki. She is also a Helsinki City Council member. Kolbe earned […]
Os Guinness: Time for Truth – Who can we really trust?
Os Guinness is an author and social critic. Great-great-great grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer, he was born in China in World War Two where his parents were medical missionaries. A witness to the climax of the Chinese revolution in 1949, he was expelled with many other foreigners in 1951 and returned to Europe where […]
John C. Lennox: Time for Science – What can we really know?
John Lennox is Professor of Mathematics (emeritus) at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College, Oxford. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School, Oxford University, and teaches for the Oxford Strategic Leadership Programme. In addition, he is an Adjunct Lecturer at […]
Dr. Nicholas Groom: From gene sequencing to genre sequencing: A corpus-based analysis of British patents of invention, 1711 – 2011
This lecture has three aims. The first aim is to present a novel corpus – based methodology for the diachronic analysis of generic text structure, which combines previous work in corpus – based genre analysis with ideas and techniques drawn from the field of computational genomics. The second aim of the lecture is to present the […]
