Community of Portuguese Language and Culture - Film Presentation: 'Língua – Vidas em Português'
Lecture
Join us in celebrating the Community of Portuguese Language and Culture (CPLP) with a film in Portuguese: Língua – Vidas em Português Victor Lopes / Portugal 85 min / 2008 Portuguese with subtitles in English. Free and open to the public. This film viewing is supported by…
Childhood Anecdotes in Suetonius’ 'De Vita Caesarum'
Other
Presented as part of the Centre for Classical Studies Seminar Series All are welcome to attend this seminar. After the talk, informal discussion will continue over light refreshments in the Classics Museum.
In Search of Salomon Romov alias Serge Romoff
Lecture
Presented as part of the SLL LIterary Studies Seminar Series On 13 May 1921, the Dadaists and Surrealists held a mock trial in Paris of the Republican and right-wing politician Maurice Barrès. One of the witnesses called to testify against Barrès was Serge Romoff, an émigré Ukrainian who had been…
Community of Portuguese Language and Culture - Film Presentation: '1958 - O Ano em que o Mundo Descobriu o Brasil'
Lecture
Join us in celebrating the Community of Portuguese Language and Culture (CPLP) with a film in Portuguese: 1958 - O Ano em que o Mundo Descobriu o Brasil José Carlos Asbeg / Brasil 105 min / 2002 Portuguese with subtitles in English. Free and open to the public. This film viewing is supported by…
Rangitiaria Dennan’s 1954 Visit to Australia: Prominent Indigenous Women and the Print Media
Lecture
Presented as part of the Humanities Research Centre Seminar Series In March 1954, just after Queen Elizabeth II had left Melbourne for Brisbane on the next stage of her extensive Australian tour, Rangitiaria Dennan arrived from New Zealand on a twelve-day visit. Better known as Guide Rangi, Dennan…
Celebration of the Day of the Portuguese Language
Lecture
Professor Catherine Travis, Head of the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, together with HE the Ambassadors, Abel Guterres (Timor-Leste), Manuel Innocencio de Lacerda Santos Jr. (Brazil), and Paulo Cunha-Alves (Portugal), have the honour of inviting you to the 2016 Celebration of the…
Memories of the Nazi Occupation of France
Lecture
Public lecture presented by the Humanities Research Centre Semiar Series In May 1940, German troops invaded France and stormed towards Paris. The government collapsed, the Third Republic came to an end and Philippe Pétain, the 84 year old hero of the First World War, became head of what was known…