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Beyond the Books - chats with researchers in literatures, languages and cultures

The University of Edinburgh

Beyond the Books is a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) at the University of Edinburgh. It gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. Episodes are researched, curated, edited and presented by PhD students: Hannah Trifunovic (Series 3 - upcoming); Emma Aviet (Series 2) and Ellen Davis-Walker (Series 1). Listen in to hear a mix of PhD, early career and established researchers talk about their journey to and through academia and

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Beyond the Books - Series 3: Episode 5 – Madeleine...

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2025/10/20

Beyond the Books is a podcast from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. This is the fifth episode in Series 3, which is hosted by Beth Price (PhD student in Asian Studies).Beth’s guest for this episode is PhD candidate in French and Francophone Studies, Madeleine Banatvala. Their discussion touches on philosophy, female friendship, and relationships and sexuality, all

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Beyond the Books - Series 3: Episode 4 – Charlotte...

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2025/10/09

Beyond the Books is a podcast from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. This is the fourth episode in Series 3, which is hosted by Beth Price (PhD student in Asian Studies).For this episode, Beth is talking to Dr Charlotte Gleghorn, Senior Lecturer in Latin American Film Studies in LLC. Together they explore Charlotte’s research into Indigenous and Afrodescendant Latin

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Beyond the Books - Series 3: Episode 3 – Xuelei Huang

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2025/06/27

Beyond theBooks is a podcast from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. This is the third episode in Series 3, which is hosted by Beth Price (PhD student in Asian Studies). In this episode, Beth talks to self-professed “fox type of scholar”, Dr Xuelei Huang, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies in LLC. From cinema to smells, they dive into the

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37:35

Beyond the Books - Series 3: Episode 2 - Paul...

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2025/06/06

Beyond theBooks is a podcast from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. This is the second episode in Series 3, which is hosted by Beth Price (PhD student in Asian Studies). In this episode, Beth talks to Paul Crosthwaite, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literature in LLC. Can fiction really predict the next economic trend? Can literature’s ‘what if’ questions

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Beyond the Books - Series 3: Episode 1 - Désha Osborne

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2025/05/30

Beyond the Books is a podcast from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. This episode is the first in Series 3 and, in a double first, marks the debut of new host Beth Price, a PhD student in Asian Studies. In this episode, Beth talks to Dr Désha Osborne, a Chancellor’s Fellow in English Literature. They chat about Désha’s work on the connection between Scotland and the

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Beyond the Books - Series 2: Episode 7 - Peter Davies

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2023/03/08

Beyond the Booksis a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen.In this episode, host Emma Aviet speaks with Peter Davies, Professor of Modern German Studies in the Department of European Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh. The episode wasrecorded at the start ofPeter's Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship,How are Victims' Voices Heard?: Interpreting and

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Beyond the Books - Series 2: Episode 6 - Charlotte...

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2022/07/14

Beyond the Booksis a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. In our sixth episode of this series, host Emma Aviet talks to Dr Charlotte Bosseaux, Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies.In the episode, Charlotte talks about herjourney to Edinburgh, as well as her current research on the ethical demands of translating accounts of trauma, such as gender-based violence. This project,

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Beyond the Books - Series 2: Episode 5 - Bahar Fayeghi

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2022/03/07

Beyond the Booksis a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. In our fifth episode of this series, host Emma Aviet talks to Bahar Fayeghi, a second-year PhD student in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at theUniversity of Edinburgh.Together they discuss the amazing work Bahar has done as an intern with the United Nations, acting as both aHumanitarian Affairs Intern with the Office for

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28:36

Beyond the Books - Series 2: Episode 4 - Isabel Seguí

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2021/11/05

Beyond the Booksis a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. In our fourth episode of this series, host Emma Aviet talks to Dr Isabel Seguí, a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studiesat the University of Edinburgh.Together they discuss the fascinating research Isabel is conducting on Women’s Nonfiction Filmmaking in Peru as well as her journey

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Beyond the Books - Series 2: Episode 3 - Youngmi Kim

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2021/08/25

Beyond the Booksis a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. In our third episode of this series, host Emma Aviet talks to Youngmi Kim,Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of Edinburgh.Together they discuss Youngmi's personal journey to becoming an academic as well as her work with students in the recently-established Centre for Korean Studies. The two also speak about

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Beyond the Books - Series 2: Episode 2 - Anna Kemball

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2021/05/25

Beyond the Booksis a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. In Emma Aviet’s second episode as host, she talks toAnna Kemball, fourth year PhD student in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, about her research in the Medical Humanities.Anna’s research focuses on a range of indigenous writers across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States, exploring how texts

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Beyond the Books - Series 2 - meet your host

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2021/03/19

Welcome to the second series ofBeyond the Books, theLLC podcast that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. In this minisode, meet your new host, Emma Aviet, an MSc graduate and first year PhD student in English Literature. Hear how Emmaleft Silicon Valley for student life in Edinburgh, why she applied to be our host, and what she hopes you'll take away fromBeyond the Books.Find out more about Beyond the Books and listen to more episodes

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Beyond the Books - Series 2: Episode 1 - Wilson McLeod

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2021/01/24

Beyond the Booksis a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. Emma Aviet, a first-year PhD student of English Literature, and LLC Web and Communications Postgraduate Intern 20/21 is taking over for Ellen Davis-Walkeras the host of this podcast. In her very first episode, she interviews Wilson McLeod, Professor of Gaelic in the Celtic and Scottish Studies department who also has a

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Beyond the Books - Series 1: Episode 4 - Peter Dayan

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2020/09/14

Beyond the books is a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen.This episode features Professor Peter Dayan, Professor of Word and Music Studies, Head of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Edinburgh. In this episode we talk about Peter’s R. Gapper Prize-winning book The Music of Dada: A Lesson in Intermediality for our Times, the works of Tristan

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Beyond the Books - Series 1: Episode 3 - Katie...

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2020/06/26

Beyond the Books is a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures (LLC) at the University of Edinburgh that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. This episode features Katie Hawthorne, a fourth year PhD candidate in European Theatre and German, where we discuss the final stages of her research and the impact of COVID-19 on the theatre industry. This episode was recorded via skype with some significant technical issues, andbefore the

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Beyond the Books - Series 1: Episode 2 - David Farrier

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2020/05/25

Beyond the Books is a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures (LLC) at the University of Edinburgh that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. This episode features David Farrier, a Senior Lecturer in English Literature, and a researcher in the environmental humanities. David is the author of Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils, a brand new book on the deep future, and was the first member of the LLC community to have a virtual

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32:08

Beyond the Books - Series 1: Episode 1 - Rachel Chung

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2020/04/17

Beyond the Booksis a podcast from the Schoolof Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. In this first episode, Ellen Davis-Walker (LLC's Web and CommunicationsPostgraduateIntern2019/20)sits down with Rachel Chung, a third year PhD candidate in English Literature, to talk about Rachel’s journey from Applied Maths graduate with a masters in narrative medicine, to her current research on gender, violence, and

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Beyond the Books - Series 1: trailer

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2020/02/28

Beyond the Books is a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. The podcast is researched, curated, edited and presented by Ellen Davis-Walker, a PhD student inFrench and Francophone Studies, and LLC's Web and CommunicationsPostgraduateIntern2019/20.Every episode, Ellensits down with a guest from LLC - either a research student or staff member -to find out more about their academic

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