Long Commerce: Transactions across time Taking off from a 2007 Gresham lecture "Stealing the Silver...
Portugal and England, 1386-2010 Portugal and England, 1386-2010: A complex web of political, economic...
Literature and Politics in Seventeenth Century London The contrasting, but interconnected, experiences of two writers: Sir Walter...
Brazilian Perceptions of Brazil, Past and Present The symposium will look at the country's rapidly developing economy...
Rare and Endangered Languages - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?' Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's...
Science Fiction as a Literary Genre: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture This part of the symposium included the following talks: Introduction...