#SEDweekly – Events and Opportunities Digest – Wednesday 1 February 2017

Here’s our list of events and opportunities we’ve just discovered and that are coming up in the next week.

If you’d like to add anything to next week’s digest then please email us.

Events

 

THIS WEEK

 

SED Representation: Long Table | Wed 1 Feb | 18:00-21:00 | QMUL Mile End – The Pinter Studio, ArtsOne

‘This will be an open discussion event for students and staff in the School of English and Drama at QMUL to have a dialogue about a lack of representation in the school and what can be done about it’.

 

Matthew Ingleby (Queen Mary) Guest Lecture | Thu 2 Feb | 18:00-20:00 | Goldsmiths University of London, New Cross

Join our very own Matthew Ingleby for a lecture at Goldsmiths entitled ‘Temporary Accommodations: Habitat and habitus in Little Dorrit’.

 

QMTC SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2017 | Sat 3 – Sun 4 Feb | Various Times | QMUL Mile End

QMTC Shakespeare Festival presents two fantastic adaptations of some of the Bard’s most well known and loved plays; The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet.

Book tickets here

 

 

Theatre Heritage Day | Sat 4 Feb | 14:00-16:30 | Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives

Join our local history archive for a packed afternoon of talks on different aspects of theatre history in the East End. Distinguished speakers for the day are:

  • Dr Janice Norwood on nineteenth century theatre in the East End
  • Carole Zeidman on the history of Wilton’s Music Hall
  • Erin Lee on the Black Plays Archive, including Elmina’s Kitchen by Kwame Kwei-Armah, set in Clapton
  • Isabelle Seddon on the Jewish East End’s contribution to twentieth century political theatre
  • Ashraf Neswar on the history of Tower Hamlets Council’s annual Season of Bangla Drama

No booking required

 

Coocoolili: My Funny Valentine | Tue 7 Feb | 19:00 | Jamboree, Limehouse

Eirini Kartsaki performing at Steakhouse Live | Photo credit: Greg Viet

Join our very own Eirini Kartsaki for Coocoolili, evening of a variety of acts brought together under a common theme; an evening of music, songs, spoken word, performance, dance, quirky tomfooleries, profound ideas and profanities.

 

 

The 2017 George Steiner Lecture in Comparative Literature: Aamir R. Mufti, UCLA | Tue 7 Feb |  18:30 | QMUL Mile End

Join the Comparative Literature department for this year’s George Steiner Lecture entitled: ‘Strangers in Europa: Migrant, Terrorist, Refugee’.

Book free tickets here

 

 

QUORUM Drama Research Seminar: Louise Owen | Wed 8 Feb | 18:00 | QMUL Mile End

Join our guest speaker Louise Owen for a seminar entitled: Social bodies: ‘The Oresteia at Shakespeare’s Globe‘.

No booking required

 

For more SED events see our calendar here

 

Jobs & Paid Internships

No listings this week. If you spot anything interesting please email sed-web@qmul.ac.uk and we’ll add in to this post.

Opportunities & Volunteering

No listings this week. If you spot anything interesting please email sed-web@qmul.ac.uk and we’ll add in to this post.

Current students and staff can see current listings on QMSU volunteering here

 

Calls for Papers

No listings this week. If you spot anything interesting please email sed-web@qmul.ac.uk and we’ll add in to this post.

 

 

To add a listing to next week’s digest or to help us update this edition please email us by Friday 3 February 2017 at 5pm

We try and keep these listings as accurate as possible but errors can occur. Please check with the relevant party before going to an event or taking up an opportunity.

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I am the Web and Marketing Administrator in the School of English and Drama. Amongst my various roles, I run the School's website (www.sed.qmul.ac.uk) and its Twitter feed (@QMULsed). I also manage the running of the School's Open Days and draft promotional materials.