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We host seminars and workshops throughout the year. Recordings of previous events are available on our YouTube channel.

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Exploring ways young people in Soqotra can use film, theatre and storytelling as tools to help preserve the language of their grandparents.

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CELCE is delighted to announce that Oliver Wilkins ( www.oliverwilkins.com) will be presenting to CELCE and participants of the Language and/or Nature in Southern Arabia group on Wednesday 13th October. at 4pm BST. The title of his presentation is: Exploring ways young people in Soqotra can use film, theatre and storytelling as tools to help preserve the...

Language and/or Nature in Southern Arabia

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Please join us for our next Southern Arabia workshop. The program is as follows: Adam Vandergriff - The Vowel Space of Kurian Soqotri Alex Bellem - A survey of problems in the interpretation and analysis of Semitic emphatics Keynote speaker: Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle - The loss of the Dual in Mehri and Hobyot spoken in Yemen...

Language and/or Nature in Southern Arabia Event

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The next Language and/or Nature in Southern Arabia workshop will be held at 4pm BST on 29th June 2021. We are delighted to host Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Adam Vandergriff and Alex Bellem.   Adam Vandergriff - “The Vowel Space of Kurian Soqotri” Alex Bellem - “A survey of problems in the interpretation and analysis of Semitic...

Wandering and Sleeplessness || Caminatas e insomnios

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We are delighted to announce the online premier of Wandering and Sleeplessness (38mins, in Spanish with English subtitles) on Thursday June 24th at 5pm BST. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, Lucho Ramírez. Interpretation will be provided. Tickets are free of charge. Please register here. Wandering and Sleeplessness is a one-person play by prolific Peruvian actor Lucho Ramírez....

Language and Poetry, pt 2

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CELCE is delighted to announce the second of our two workshops on poetry and nature. With poetry from around the globe, the event features poetry reading and discussions by Martín Veiga (Galician poetry), Tim Thurston (Tibetan poetry). Mike Edwards (poetry from Australia), Sam Liebhaber (Mehri poetry, Yemen, including The Battle of ʿAḳḳebōt), Mary Mulholland (Carribean),...

Language and Poetry, pt 1

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CELCE is delighted to announce the first of the poetry and nature workshops. The event features poetry reading and discussions by Amita Sanghavi (poetry on the Omani mountains), Ahmed al-Mashikhi & Kamela al-Barmi (Shehret, Oman), Mercy Geno Apachi (Ugandan poetry), Jordan Megolonyo (Akholi poetry), Elena Vedernikova (Meadow Mari poetry), Katrina Porteous (Northumberland poetry): About the...

Amer Al-Kathiri and Leonid Kogan, Language and Nature in South Arabia series

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The next online Language and Nature in South Arabia workshop is scheduled for 4th May at 3pm BST. The programme is as follows: Amer al-Kathiri: الأصوات الانفجارية في اللهجات العمانية Leonid Kogan (Keynote speaker): Recent Lexicographic Research on Soqotri, with an Emphasis on the Comparative-Historical Dimension. Professor Kogan's handout To attend the workshop, please contact...

Sandra Rátiva Gaona: Energy autonomy for the defense of the territory. An initiative from cooperativism in Sierra norte de Puebla

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Sandra Rátiva Gaona: Energy autonomy for the defense of the territory. An initiative from cooperativism in Sierra norte de Puebla The presentation will summarise the actions that have been developed to advance implementation and consolidation of a decentralised, local and sustainable model for the generation and use of electrical energy in the mountains of the...

Language and Nature in Southern Arabia Workshop

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A workshop held 6th April 2021 as part of the Language and nature in Southern Arabia series, this workshop focuses on traditions, including the following talks: Jerzy Weirzbicki : Eroding of traditions: Eroding of Presence Miranda Morris: Evaluating researching oral art in Soqoṭra: challenges, observations and choices made.