SESLL News
Autumn 2008 Events
The National Poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke
Thursday 30th October.
Time: 17:30
Venue: Anatomy Lecture Theatre
Admission free.
A collection will be taken to support the Glasgow University Creative Writing Scholarship Fund.
An Informal discussion with Gillian Clarke and Robert Crawford, about nationhood, language(s) and related themes, chaired by Professor Michael Schmidt, followed by readings by the poets. Gillian Clarke is published by Carcanet Press.
THE CENTRE FOR ROBERT BURNS STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
Thursday 30th October 2008 at 18:00
University of Glasgow
Full details: Contact Dr Gerry Carruthers - gec@arts.gla.ac.uk
The Centre presents a lecture by Professor R.D.S. Jack (University of
Edinburgh):
'The Dramatic Burns'
Boyd Orr building, lecture theatre B (412)
Aye Write! and The University of Glasgow Writing Programme present
Niall Ferguson on Money
5 November 2008 18.00-19.00
Wellington Church, 77 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LE
Historian and broadcaster Niall Ferguson follows his bestselling books on the First World War, the American empire and the violent twentieth century with a new book and Channel 4 series on Money: its role in the economy, politics, the arts, war and peace. From the impact of the bond market on the American civil war, to the way financial failure led to Argentina becoming a basket case, to the financial revolution now propelling China from poverty to power in a single generation, Ferguson, in his passionate style and with great clarity, talks about money as the cornerstone of human progress and decline. As Britain and the world reel under the impact of current economic panics and events, Ferguson's is a timely and necessary lecture for our time.
Glasgow-born Niall Ferguson is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor at Harvard Business School. His books include: The Pity of War (Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 1998); The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000 (Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2001); Empire: The Rise and Fall of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power (Basic Books, 2003); Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire (Penguin Press, 2004); The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Decline of the West (Penguin Press, 2006) and, in 2008, The Ascent of Money: a Financial History of the World.
This event is free. To book a place, 'phone 0141 287 2870 or email lil@csglasgow.org.
A collection will be taken at the end to support the Glasgow University Creative Writing Scholarship Fund
Mary McKinlay Prize & Alastair Buchan Prize
The Mary McKinlay Prize is awarded annually usually to a student who performs with excellence in at least two of the three Level 1 classes (English Language, English Literature and Scottish Literature) within SESLL.The prize was established in 1995 in memory of the late distinguished schoolteacher, Mary McKinlay who had interests in the teaching and research areas represented by all three departments in the School.
The recipient of the prize for 2007-08 is Cara Naismith shown here with Professor Macmahon, Head of School, and Henry King, winner of the Alastair Buchan Prize.
The Alastair Buchan Prize was founded in 1919 in memory of Alastair E Buchan, undergraduate in Arts, who was killed in action in 1917. This award is offered annually for the best poem on a prescribed subject and is open to matriculated students who have attended or are attending any class in English Literature, Scottish History or Scottish Literature. The recipient of the prize for 2007-08 is Henry King.