Éric Francalanza from the Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3, will give a public lecture on Le théâtre au XVIIIe siècle: conditions de représentation et genres nouveaux tomorrow from 5.30 to 7.30 p.m., at MP101 (Car park 2), and another on Voltaire en 1759 on Friday from 4 to 6 p.m, in LC118 (Car park 2).
Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Michael Saffle, professor of Music and Humanities at Virginia Tech University, US, will deliver a public lecture on 'Franz Liszt at the Opera: From the Theatre to the Concert Hall' on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Aula Magna, Old University Building, Valletta.
For more information, call 2340 2985 or e-mail michelle.k.paris@um.edu.mt.
Inclusive education conference
A conference discussing the question 'When educating is difficult, are inclusive schools the answer?' will be held on April 30 from 4 to 8 p.m. and May 1 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. in Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1).
Roger Slee from University of London and Renzo Vianello from the University of Padova will be among the conference speakers.
For more information contact Stefania Micallef on tel. 2340 2928, Andrew Azzopardi on tel. 2340 2918, 7926 6344, or Elena Tanti Burlò, on tel. 2340 2269, 9944 4321.
Applications to attend should be submitted by Friday.
MKSU 80th anniversary
A number of activities are being held this week to mark the Univeristy Students Catholic Movement (MKSU)'s 80th anniversary.
Several students will demonstrate their talents and display artwork for sale at an art exhibition at the University Common Room between tomorrow and Friday.
On Tuesday at 10.30 a.m. the MKSU publication Hide and Seek: Reflections on Faith and Culture in Dialogue, will be launched in the University Common Room.
The MKSU will animate Mass at the University chapel on Wednesday at 12.30 p.m.
A reunion for past MKSU executive members and all current members will be held on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Melita room at Students' House.
For more information visit the website: www.mksu.org.
Cultural translation
Roger Just, professor of Anthropology at the University of Kent, will deliver a public talk entitled 'Charity begins at home: metaphors, beliefs and cultural non-translation' on Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Mediterranean Institute room 124 (opposite the University Library by the Arvid Pardo study area behind HSBC on campus - Car park 4), as part of the Work in Progress in the Social Studies seminar series.
Prof. Just will raise the problem of what happens if the notion of cultural translation is applied to making sense of apparently counter-factual beliefs in an 'anthropology at home', that is, in a context where 'translation' seems to be redundant precisely because such beliefs agree with our own linguistic, mental and social habits.
A basic income for artists
Vivan Storlund will give a public talk entitled 'A basic income - an investment in art and culture' during a Philosophy Society meeting on Thursday at 7.15 p.m. in Gateway Building hall D1.
Art and culture are among the fastest growing sectors of the economy yet much artistic work is in a legal grey area between an employment relationship and entrepreneurship. A basic income could be one solution to the precarious situation artists often face.
The meeting, which will be chaired by Edward Zammit, will also include interventions by Jeanine Rizzo, Louis Galea and Toni Attard.