Welcome to our digest full of interesting events, opportunities and schemes that may help you meet collaborators, improve their career prospects or simply broaden your horizons.
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From QMUL, Partners & Friends
MA English Literature and MA Creative Writing Zoom Event
Tuesday 7 November 2021
1600-1700 UK Time
Embodiment in Disembodied Systems by Vivian Chinasa Ezugha
Wednesday 8 December
Soft start at 18:30 GMT via Zoom
Book on bit.ly/qm0812o
Vivian Chinasa Ezhugha, one of the new directors of Live Art Development Agency, will be talking about navigating leadership as a performance artist.
Book Launch: Bad English: Literature, Multilingualism, and the Politics of Language in Contemporary Britain (2020) by Rachael Gilmour.
A convivial conversation between Rachael, Nisha and Juliette will be followed by a reception.
Careers Events
SED Livelihoods in English ESH6044: Presenting yourself to others (careers)
07-Dec-202110:00 – 12:00
09-Dec-2021 11:00 – 15:00
External fair run by Tower Hamlets
Amazon Women’s Event Series: Silencing your inner critic
09-Dec-2021 12:00 – 13:00
External event hosted by Amazon
LONDON YIDDISHTOWN: EAST END JEWISH LIFE IN YIDDISH SKETCH AND STORY, 1930-1950
Thursday December 9th 7.30pm at JW3
An evening with Vivi Lachs, Alan Dein and guests for the book launch of
LONDON YIDDISHTOWN
Conversation, story readings and East End music.
£10 in person with a big discount on the book and free CDs of Cockney-Yiddish music hall songs.
JW3, 341-351 Finchley Road, London NW3 6ET,
Book here: https://www.jw3.org.uk/index.php/whats-on/london-yiddishtown
TO BUY THE BOOK, DESCRIPTION AND REVIEWS
https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/london-yiddishtown
Add voucher code FW21 for a 30% discount
https://www.eurospanbookstore.com/book/detail/london-yiddishtown/?k=9780814348475
Add voucher code VIVI20 for a 20% discount
OR IN PERSON launch discounts – a whopping 36% off
LONDON YIDDISHTOWN: GREAT JEWISH BOOKS ONLINE AT THE YIDDISH BOOK CENTER
Sunday December 12th 1pm (Eastern time), 6pm (UK)
ONLINE: Yiddish Book Center
LONDON YIDDISHTOWN: YIDDISH NEW YORK
27th, 28th and 29th December 6.30-7.45 (UK)
ONLINE: Three lectures, each focusing on a different writer
London Yiddishtown: Katie Brown’s comic and rueful tales of family shenanigans
London Yiddishtown: Arnold Kaizer’s humour on community and synagogue politics
London Yiddishtown: I A Lisky’s left-wing stories of work, protest and fascism
Sign up at https://www.yiddishnewyork.com/
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Further sources of interesting events, opportunities and jobs are…
Apples & Snakes Artists Newsletter | Arts Admin E-Digest | ArtsJobs | BBC Academy | Creative Access (Jobs) | JournoResources | Lectures.London | MediaBeans (media jobs) | QMUL Careers | Presspad | Tower Hamlets Arts | Write at Home (freelance writing opps)
