by Ullrich Kockel In socio-cultural research, there has been a long-running argument pitching “roots” against “routes” as the source of identity. At a time when identities appear to become ever more detached from territorial connections, it makes sense to define cultural belonging in terms of the intensity of communication within one’s social field, even though […]
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Stop Hiding Your Work
by Jonathan Downie Recently, I attended the Engaging Research Day at Heriot-Watt University. Not only did I get to take home a nice certificate and hear Graham Turner scoop first place (I’ll beat him next year) but I got to hear stories of how academics of all stripes are going out and interacting with the […]
Reporting from "Can Scotland Play a Leading Role in Defining Heritage?"
by Emma Hill What is Scotland’s relationship with the UNESCO Charter for the Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage? What should it be? How can ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ be defined? Should it be defined at all? Can ‘heritage’ be split into ‘tangible’ and ‘intangible’ features? Should it be split? Who defines a ‘heritage’ project? What does ‘community’ […]
Can Scotland play a leading role in redefining Heritage?
The Intercultural Research Centre in LINCS is leading the next event in the Thought Leadership Series, which will take place on Wednesday 27th May 2015 at 6.00pm at the Postgraduate Centre, Heriot-Watt University, with the title “Can Scotland play a leading role in redefining Heritage?” Before the referendum the SNP promised that in the event of a […]
Exploring Access to Mental Health Care Services for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Patients
by Isabelle Perez The rising prevalence of mental illness is a growing concern for societies worldwide and access to mental health care is one of the top public health priorities in Scotland, as in many countries. In addition, as more and more people migrate and settle or take refuge in countries with a dominant language […]
Call for papers! Special issue on Signed Language Interpreting and Translation
Translation and Interpreting Studies Special Issue Signed Language Interpreting and Translation CALL FOR PAPERS Guest Editors Laurie Swabey, St. Catherine University Brenda Nicodemus, Gallaudet University Translation and Interpreting Studies (John Benjamins) invites proposals for a special thematic issue on signed language interpretation and translation to be published in April of 2018. The editors aim to […]
“I can write it, I can understand it, but I’ve never spoken it”
by Nicola Bermingham Last Wednesday, 11th March, Nicola Bermingham held a seminar at the School of Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh. The seminar, entitled “I can write it, I can understand it, but I’ve never spoken it”: challenges faced by immigrant “new speakers” in Galicia, formed part of the Soillse seminar […]
2nd Year General Linguistics Poster Session: Bridging the gap between UG and PG research
by Nicola Bermingham and Sara Brennan A 2nd Year General Linguistics Poster Session took place on 18th and 19th February in LINCS. This was the first poster session for 2nd year General Linguistics students and the results were impressive, to say the least. This was part of the students’ assessment and the topics were chosen […]
Intensive Interpreting Practice – Easter Course 2015 !
In April this year Heriot-Watt University will be running an Intensive Interpreting Practice CPD course. The course is designed for: Interpreting students who are in the middle of their training and wish to improve both their English skills and their Interpreting skills. Professional interpreters who would like to improve their English, either with the intention of making it […]
3rd Edinburgh Interpreting Research Summer School!
The 3rd Edinburgh Interpreting Research Summer School (EIRSS) will take place from 22 – 26 June 2015 ! EIRSS 2015 offers intensive research training for existing and future scholars in any field of Interpreting and will include lectures from our Guest Speaker Claudia Monacelli as well as leading Heriot-Watt Speakers, including Professor Ian Mason. It will be […]