Lectures

by Dr Jonathan Stalling 6 October 2026, 5-7pm – UCO: School I This event is a collaboration with the Department of Chinese Studies In this lecture, Dr Stalling will explore the relationship and tensions between Classical Chinese ‘regulated verse’ as a testing diagnostic and as a mode of personal lyrical expression. The lecture will be … Read more

Tuesday, 23 June, from 5:00 pm to 5:55 pm UCO School 3 This event is part of the 16th EURAMAL CONFERENCE HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC & PERSIAN 22‒26 June 2026, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom CATASTROPHE AND BEYOND: REPRESENTATIONS OF VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA IN MODERN ARABIC LITERATURE In this … Read more

The Return of Biography: Leopoldo María Panero’s Letter-Poem to his Father (amid Lessons from Lorca) Wednesday 21 May, 2-4, KEN: 104 – Lawson Lecture Room Professor Federico Bonaddio, King’s College London This lecture centres on Leopoldo María Panero’s letter-poem to his father, Leopoldo Panero, from 1973, which glosses the last poem his father wrote before … Read more

European and American Poetries and the Creation of a Modern Chinese Lyric Discourse Lecture by Professor Gregory Lee (University of St Andrews) 4th February 2021, 5.30-7pm. When general readers think of Chinese poetry, they imagine perhaps bearded sages writing poetry in misty mountain retreats. But today’s Chinese poetry is an altogether different matter. But where … Read more