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S21 Film screening and discussion

By Cecile Dubuis, on 4 February 2009

Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities presents

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Saturday 7th February 2pm – 6pm Birkbeck Cinema
S21: – Film screening and discussion with the film’s director, Rithy Panh

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London Lore Conference

By Cecile Dubuis, on 13 January 2009

London Lore at Bishopsgate Institute

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Folklore is the way that people fill their lives with meaning, through the stories they share, the daily rituals they perform.’ Folklore Society Leaflet.

This one-day conference, held in conjunction with the Folklore Society and the South East London Folklore Society (SELFS), explores not only the history of London’s traditions and collectors of London folklore, but also modern interpretations and rediscoveries of old customs. The conference will discuss magical talisman collections, seasonal celebrations, urban witchcraft and contemporary mysteries. Meet the Jack-in-the-Green, learn the secrets of Crossbones Graveyard, hear stories of the city’s rats and ravens, and discover London’s people through their own stories and beliefs.

Speakers include:

Doc Rowe on London Seasonal Celebrations

Steve Roud, Neil Gordon-Orr and Ross MacFarlane on Urban Magic: The Edward Lovett Collection
Sonia Ritter & Dr Eva Griffit on The Lions Part Bankside festivals: the old in the new

Antony Clayton on Strange Brew: The Folklore of London pubs

John Callow on Witchcraft & Witch Trials in London

John Constable on The Southwark Mysteries and the Crossbones Shrine

Mark Pilkington on The Brompton Cemetery Time Machine

Sarah Crofts on The Deptford Jack-in-the-Green

Paul Cowdell on Rats, Redstarts, and Ravens

Dates: – April 2009: 25
Time: 9.30am – 5.30pm
Price: £10, concs £8

http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/events_details.asp?EventsID=343

Screening “GRASS: A Nation’s Battle for Life” at SOAS

By Cecile Dubuis, on 5 December 2008

FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER 2008 @18.15hrs FOR 18.30 START
IN THE KHALILI LECTURE THEATRE

Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life
Filmmakers: Merion Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack.
B/W silent 62 mins. 1924

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Tonight screening of People of the Wind

By Cecile Dubuis, on 29 October 2008

Mike Dodds, one of the original camera crew, will be attending for a Q&A session.People of the Wind

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In 1975 precisely fifty years after Merian C. Coopers and Ernest B. Schoedsack’s 1925 Odyssey ‘Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life’ , Anthony Howarth and David Koff decide to pay tribute to their daunting predecessors in another Documentary illustrating the same journey, only the reverse trip.
This time in colour this documentary entitled « People of the Wind » shot in 1975 and released in 1976 allowed the film crew to focus on one particular tribesman leader, whose words, translated into English and read by the actor James Mason, tell the timeless story of the great migration.
 
Wednesday, 29 October, 18:30 pm Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS (http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/visit/how-to-find-us.html)
 
If you want to find out more about on the Bakhtiari in general or on the related exhibition “A People’s Migration: The Bakhtiari Kuch’ at SOAS Brunei Gallery’ and the screenings, please visit the SOAS website:
http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/bakhtiari-kuch

24 hours Libraries

By Cecile Dubuis, on 11 March 2008

UCL is pleased to announce that UCL’s two largest campus libraries – the UCL Main Library (Wilkins Building) and the Science Library (DMS Watson Building) –  will open for 24 hours in the run-up to the exam period.

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From Wednesday 26th March until Saturday 24th May 2008, the Main and Science libraries will  open at 0845 on Mondays, remaining open continuously until closure at 2100 on Saturdays.

On Sundays, they will be open from 1100 until 2100.

Full details of opening arrangements, plus issue desk hours, for all UCL libraries over the Easter vacation and in the 3rd Term, including the May 5th Bank Holiday, are available at:

www.ucl.ac.uk/library/opening.shtml

Events

By Cecile Dubuis, on 11 February 2008

Events happening near UCL from the RAI Calendar http://www.therai.org.uk/anthcal/calendar.html

17-18 Feb 2008 Adoption, captivity and slavery: Changing meanings in early colonial America. Interdisciplinary conference at the British Museum, London, UK. Contact: mcarocci at thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

20 Feb 2008, 4.00-6.00 pm Anthropologists and the Bible since the Victorians. Lecture by Adam Kuper. Mary Douglas Seminars on Anthropology and the Bible. Room 218 Foster Court, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.

28 Feb 2008, 1.00-6.00 pm Scale, size and the ephemeral. Research workshop 3 organized by University College London and the British Museum Centre for Anthropology. British Museum: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/extreme-collecting.

5 Mar 2008, 4.00-6.00 pm A structuralist analysis of competitive models of sacred space in the biblical texts. Lecture by Seth Kunin. Mary Douglas Seminars on Anthropology and the Bible. Room 218 Foster Court, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

 RAI Discover Anthropology outreach programme: 7 Mar 2008, 6.30-9.00 pm: Street fictions and realities: Childhood experiences on film: The Foundling Museum, London; http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk; 10-12 Mar 2008, 6.30 pm: Anthropology of boarding schools: Childhood experiences on film: at the RAI; http://www.therai.org.uk / http://www.esrcsocietytaday.ac.uk

19 Mar 2008, 4.00-6.00 pm Biblical elements in Russian magic. Lecture by William Ryan. Mary Douglas Seminars on Anthropology and the Bible. Room 218 Foster Court, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.

31 Mar 2008, 1.00-6.00 pm Collecting and source communities. Research workshop 4 organized by University College London and the British Museum Centre for Anthropology. British Museum: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/extreme-collecting.