Forthcoming Conferences
Revisiting New Latin American Cinema from its Periphery: a Dialogue between Academics and Mario Handler
Thursday 7th June 2012 09:30 to 17:45
Arts Lecture Theatre
This one-day symposium will revisit New Latin American Cinema through the Uruguayan case. Much has been written about films made in countries such as Argentina, Brazil or Cuba, but less about smaller nations which had their own film production and participated in festivals and debates during the prolific period of the 1960s and 1970s, when cinema played its own revolutionary role.
The event is funded by Santander Universities, the Centre for Film Studies and the Department of Spanish at the University of St Andrews.
For further information, please contact Beatriz Tadeo Fuica at btf@st-andrews.ac.uk.
Further information and symposium programme (PDF, 87 KB)
University of St Andrews
Institute of European Cultural Identity Studies
in association with the Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies
Rethinking Humanism
An International conference at St Andrews,
Thursday 28 June - Friday 29 June 2012
Further information and call for papers
Provisional programme (PDF, 110 KB)
Emblems of Nationhood: Britishness 1707–1901
A multidisciplinary conference organised by
the Schools of Art History, English and Modern Languages
University of St Andrews, 10th–12th August 2012
1st Honeyman Conference
At the Crossroads of Arabic Literature:
The Arabic Literary Heritage in the Context of World Literature
University of St Andrews
School of Modern Languages
Department of Arabic
27–30 September 2012
Parliament Hall, South Street, St Andrews, Scotland
Call for papers (PDF, 199 KB)
Link to online shop for registration
The objective of the conference is to investigate the history of Arabic literature in its relation to other literary traditions and to explore various aspects of cultural exchange and their impact on Arabic literature in a diachronic perspective.
Arabic literature as represented by such works as A Thousand and One Nights has traditionally been perceived as the product of an exotic culture. Like a strange fruit it can be admired and enjoyed, but remains essentially alien and might often appear to exist in an impressive, yet self-contained, isolation. In reality, it has been characterized throughout its long history by its breadth, diversity and intense periods of interaction with other literatures and cultures.
For further information, please see conference web page, or contact Dr Kirill Dmitriev, kd25@st-andrews.ac.uk