WANTED: New Board Members

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Beowulf Film Night

On wednesday 25 April, Thijs Porck has organised a Beowulf Film Night. For more information, see the announcement below.


Dear all,

Over the years, the Old English poem Beowulf has not only captured the hearts and minds of students like yourselves, it has also inspired several movie and television producers. With no less than ten professional film adaptations, Beowulf is one of the most cinematised works of English literature.

On the 25th of April, an ancient Leiden University tradition will be revived: the Beowulf film night. In a brief lecture entitled ‘The Various Faces of the Grendelkin in Beowulf movies’, you will be presented with an overview of the ten film adaptations. Afterwards, we will watch one Beowulf film (to be decided on by democratic vote).

So, if you want to know how Beowulf found its way into a Startrek episode, how an animated Beowulf tried to fight a naked Angelina Jolie, how Gerald Butler (from 300) defeated a rather hairy Grendel or how Christopher Lambert (from Highlander) played Beowulf in a “a post-apocalyptic, techno-feudal future”, then please join us on Wednesday the 25th of April in Lipsius/228 from 19:00 to 22:00.

Kind regards,

Thijs Porck

 

Posted in Events | Leave a comment

Guest Lecture: From Dick Tracy to Dr. House


The Department of English invites you to a guest lecture by

Martha Alexander
(College of William & Mary)

From Dick Tracy to Dr. House:

The American Detective in Twentieth-Century Popular Culture.

Thursday, 19 April, 16.15-17.15, Lipsius 235C

All welcome!

Note that this is not a lecture organised by Albion Association. All the credit goes to the Department of English.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Dublin Trip 2012

There are still a couple of places left on the Dublin Trip;) So if you’d still like to join us, send this form to entrepreneurs@albionassociation.org before Friday 13 April.

Slán Agat!:)

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Lecture: Doctor Who in Anglo-Saxon England

Dear all,

Do you want to find out how Doctor Who influenced the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066?

If so, please join us on Thursday the 22nd of March between 15:00 and 18:00 in Lipsius/005 when we will watch four classic episodes of the first Doctor Who from 1965. Prior to the episodes there will be a short lecture on Doctor Who’s other visits to Anglo-Saxon England.

Thijs Porck

Posted in Events, Uncategorized | Leave a comment