New Directions: How Languages Promote Research and Internationalisation in Higher Education

New Directions: how Languages promote research and internationalisation in higher education

Friday 23 April 2010

Room 408, Gilmorehill G12 Cinema, 9 University Avenue (near Kelvinway), University of Glasgow

09.45 – 10.10 Registration and coffee

10.10 – 10.15 Welcome Professor Richard R Berry, Director, Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies

Consul-General Sergey K Krutikov, Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Edinburgh

10.15 – 10.45 Languages and Internationalisation of the postgraduate curriculum Clare McManus-Czubinska, Centre for Russian, Central, and East European Studies, University of Glasgow

10.45 - 11.15 Idolatrous Cannibals in Golden Palaces: How language knowledge improves research in East Asia Thomas McAuley, White Rose East Asia Centre, University of Sheffield

11.15 – 11.30 Coffee

11.30 – 12.00 Challenges of teaching and research in Islamic Law Ayesha Shahid, University of Hull

12.00 – 12.30 Teaching History at Newcastle Tim Kirk, Newcastle University

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch (sponsored by Humbox) Humbox project presentation, Kate Borthwick, Subject Centre for LLAS

13.30 -14.30 Languages meeting the challenges of postgraduate research in Humanities and Social Sciences: the research student perspective Looking for Polish in the city, Rachel Clements, University of Newcastle Studying racism in Europe, Brendan McGeever, University of Glasgow Studying Hungarian for research needs, Colin Vernall, University of Glasgow Why language matters when conducting qualitative research, Taulant Guma, University of Glasgow Problems of translation: the transition from German and French to Russian as the language of academic journals in Russia, Mary Bailes, University of Glasgow

14.30 – 14.45 Coffee .../… …../…..

14.45 – 15.15 Opportunities for languages in universities’ internationalisation strategies: report on research findings Hannah Doughty, Scottish CILT, University of Strathclyde

15.15 – 16.00 Languages support for community outreach “Are the Barn Doors Open?” Interpreting at Edinburgh Festival Margaret Tejerizo, University of Glasgow

Working with migrant communities Alison Phipps and Elwira Grossman, University of Glasgow

16.00 Close