Taiwan Film Festival 2025: Encounter Taiwan and the World

When: 4th-19th November 2025

Where: Centre of Contemporary Arts (CCA), Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT)

A selection of contemporary Taiwanese cinema that delves into the intricate tapestry of identity, memory, and societal transformation. This festival serves as a luminous platform of encounter, where Taiwan's cinematic imagination dialogues with Scotland's cultural landscape, and where local stories refract global questions of belonging, resilience, and renewal, to bridge Taiwan and Scotland, fostering a lasting cultural exchange that celebrates cinema's power to connect inward truths with outward visions, creating a shared space for reflection and inspiration. We invite you to join us in these marvellous encounters - where Taiwan meets the world, and where Scotland, in turn, encounters Taiwan.

More information can be found here. 

Book Tales

When: Thursday, 6th November 2025, 4:30-6:30pm

Where: University of Glasgow Library, Main Library, Special Collections

Take a deep dive into the library collections at the University of Glasgow and discover the secret lives of rare books! Learn more about these extraordinary texts and join a treasure hunt between the lines for clues about past readers. Trace their marks and uncover the stories they reveal. This event is suitable for adults and teens aged 16+.

This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 6 - 15 November 2025. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org.

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In Translation: A Scottish-Slovenian Poetry Exchange

When: Friday, 7th November 2025

Where: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical Building and Online via Zoom

Since 2015, the Edwin Morgan Trust has supported a biennial series of international translation exchanges that bring leading international poets to Scotland to collaborate with Scottish poets through workshops and public readings.

The fifth edition of this series brings together four poets – Beth Frieden, Iva Jevtić, David Kinloch, and Milan Šelj – working across Scottish Gaelic, Scots, and Slovene for a two-part exchange in Edinburgh (November 2025) and Ljubljana (summer 2026). During these residencies, the poets will translate each other’s work and explore the cultural and linguistic contexts that inform their writing.

Chaired by Ken Cockburn, this event will feature readings from all four poets as they reflect on the process of literary translation, offering insight into the creative and collaborative journey behind their work. This free event will be hybrid, and will be held in the Gannochy room of the Wolfson Medical building.  It will be followed by a wine reception in The Atrium.  Please register via the link below if you are interested in attending in person, where you will also find more information about the poets and translators.  

 Book here to attend in person.

Email arts-cclt@glasgow.ac.uk to attend online.

Make Your Own Book! at the Mitchell

When: Saturday, 8th November 2025, 1:30-4:30pm

Where: Mitchell Library, via Granville Street entrance

In this drop-in creative event, we will bring some examples for you to explore, and then you will create your very own book, using craft materials, images taken from old books (though not the originals!), and new and recycled decoration. Every book will be absolutely unique, as you get to choose how big or small your book should be, how to make it special, and how you want it to be used in future. This event is suitable for families and children aged 8-12. Parents are welcome to join in the fun!

This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 6 - 15 November 2025. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org.

 

Roundtable on Constructed Languages

When: Wednesday, 12th November 2025, 4:00-6:00pm

Where: Melville Room

Find out about the History of Esperanto in Scotland, the first Esperanto-Gaelic dictionary, the crucial role of constructed language in fantasy fiction, and much more! Hear from linguists with first-hand experience in building languages for TV series and learn how inventing a language in class can be used as a pedagogical method. Confirmed speakers include: Professor David Adger (Queen Mary), Professor Dimitra Fimi (UofG), Dr. Bernhard Struck (St. Andrews), and Dr. Petra J. Poncarová (Charles University, Prague).

To register or for further information about the event, contact Elisa Segnini at Elisa.segnini@glasgow.ac.uk 

Books "Antiques" Roadshow at the Mitchell

When: Thursday, 13th November 2025, 4.30-7.30pm

Where: Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow

Bring a book that is meaningful to you or your loved ones, tell us its story and what makes it valuable to you! Annotations, doodles, earmarks, pressed flowers between the pages... past readers were not so different from us, and we will find this out, also thanks to Mitchell collections on display. With your help, in this community event we will uncover connections and similarities that bring together past and present, geographic distance, and different views of the world. A drop-in event suitable for adults and families.

This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 6 - 15 November 2025. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org.

Click here to book. 

'Writers and their Translators' Event

When: Early December 2025

Where: TBD

The Centre for Comparative Literature and Translation will be continuing their flagship 'Writers and their Translators' event series into the 2025-2026 school year. This lecture series stages dialogues between writers and their respective translators, exploring the relationship between authorship and interpretation. While announcement of this year's speakers are forthcoming, previous years have featured the likes of Jennifer Croft and Antonia Lloyd-Jones. While details regarding the event are forth-coming, interested indivuduals are encouraged to check the Centre's website for updates as they occur. 

 

Comparative Literature and Translation PG-Led Career Development Event

When: January 2026

Where: TBD

The Centre for Comparative Literature and Translation is planning a Post-Graduate-led career development event. While details regarding the event are forth-coming, interested indivuduals are encouraged to check the Centre's website for updates as they occur. 

Professor Emmanuel Bouju Masterclass

When: April 2026

Where: TBD

Professor Emmanuel Bouju-- Director of the Centre de recherches comparatistes in Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris-- will be visiting this April to deliver a masterclass for PG Comparative Literature students. This visit is being arranged by the Centre for Comparative Literature and Translation. While details regarding the masterclass are forth-coming, interested indivuduals are encouraged to check the Centre's website for updates as they occur. 

Translation Studies PG Conference

When: May 2026

Where: TBD

Keynote from Professor Mads Rosendahl Thomsen.

While details regarding the conference are forth-coming, interested indivuduals are encouraged to check the Centre's website for updates as they occur.

Practive-led event for non-academic practitioners and artists

When: Semester 2

Where: TBD

Organized by the Centre for Comparative Literature & Translation and led by SMLC lecturer Dr Alessia Zinnari, this event will continue the series of talks/workshops initiated in 2025, bringing together artists, facilitators and practitioners working with creative methodologies. The aim of the series is to inspire academics to broaden their research frameworks, and to foster connections between academic and non-academic audiences, planting seeds for future projects and collaboration. While details on the event are forthcoming, interested indivuduals are encouraged to check the Centre's website for updates as they occur. 

 

Summer School on Collection and Digital Archives

When: September 2026

Where: TBD

We are pleased to announce the upcoming summer school for PG students on Collection and Digital Archives (September 2026, exact day TBA). The summer school is funded by the Marie Curie Doctoral network 'Decadocs', but activities will be open to PGR and PGT students at Glasgow. For information about the event, please contact Elisa Segnini at elisa.segnini@glasgow.ac.uk.

 

First published: 14 November 2025

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