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Digital Scholarship Seminar: Greta Franzini (Gottingen Centre for Digital Humanities) presents a paper on ‘Study and automatic detection of text reuse occurring in historical texts’

Greta Franzini, University of G̦ttingen / University College LondonGrimms MÌ_rchen: Investigating an intertextual puzzle of fairy tales. As the name suggests, the Electronic Text Reuse Acquisition Project (eTRAP) concerns itself with the study and automatic detection of text reuse, and particularly that occurring in historical texts. Text reuse takes various forms, ranging from verbatim quotations... | Read on »

Drama, Theatre and Performance Speaker Series: Reinhard Kuhnert, Actor and Writer

Drama, Theatre and Performance Speaker Series: Reinhard Kuhnert, Actor and Writer'Theatre in Germany before and after Reunification: Experiences of a Playwright working in two political systems' Born in East-Berlin, Reinhard Kuhnert studied Creative Writing and Drama in Leipzig. Since 1967 he workied as a playwright, actor and director at theatres in East-Germany. In 1983 he... | Read on »

The Centre for Antique, Medieval and Pre-Modern Studies (CAMPS) presents ‘3rd Annual Medieval Studies Lecture’ by Joseph.F.Nagy, Prof of Celtic Studies, University of California

The Centre for Antique, Medieval and Pre-Modern Studies (CAMPS) is delighted to announce that this year's Annual Medieval Studies Lecture will be delivered byJoseph F. Nagy, Professor of Celtic Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles,on Friday, 26 February, at 12.00 noon,in the Moore Institute, Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research BuildingTitle: 'Hunting Mythical Pigs... | Read on »

School of Humanitites: Symposium on the Phenomenology of Theatre and Film

Schedule12.30 Introductions by Prof Patrick Lonergan (Drama, Theatre and Performance), Prof. Felix ÌÒ Murchadha (Philosophy)Prof.Rod Stoneman (Huston School of Film and Digital Media)1.15 Prof.Paul Crowther (Discipline of Philosophy, NUIG) 'Hyperbodiment and Aesthetic Meaning in Film'2.15 Coffee Break2.30 Prof. Shaun Richards (St. Mary's University): 'An almost instant communion becomes a trap': Irish stage sets and the... | Read on »