Bloomsbury Summer School
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2022 Course timetable
Monday 27 June to Friday 1 July
READING HIEROGLYPHS: SONGS FOR ALL TIME
Course Co-Directors: Dr José-Ramón Pérez-Accino (Complutense University of Madrid) and Dr Bill Manley (University of Glasgow)
Monday 27 June
10:45* – 11:30
Students assemble in BSS common room; Participants login to Zoom*; BSS Director's Welcome Address
Monday 27 June
11:30 – 13:00
1a. Introduction, and Chester Beatty Love Songs (1)
13:00 – 14:30
Welcome Lunch in BSS Common Room (14:00 Short optional tour of UCL with the Director)
14:30 – 15:45
2a. The Love Songs (1)
16:15 – 17:30
3a. A Harper's Song
Tuesday 28 June
10:00 - 11:15
4a. The Love Songs (2)
11:45 - 13:00
5a. The Love Songs (2)
14:15 - 15:30
6a. To the Inundation (1)
16:00 - 17:15
7a. To the Inundation (1)
Wednesday 29 June
10:00 - 11:15
8a. The Love Songs (3)
11:45 - 13:00
9a. The Love Songs (3)
14:15 - 15:30
10a. To the Inundation (2)
16:00 - 17:15
11a. To the Inundation (2)
Thursday 30 June
10:00 - 11:15
12a. The Love Songs (4)
11:45 - 13:00
13a. The Love Songs (4)
14:15 - 15:30
14a. To the Inundation (3)
16:00 - 17:15
15a. To the Inundation (3)
Friday 1 July
10:00 - 11:15
16a. The Love Songs (5)
11:45 - 13:00
17a. The Love Songs (5)
14:15 - 15:30
18a. To the Inundation (4)
16:00 - 17:15
19a. To the Inundation (4)
17:15 - 19:00
End-of-Course Drinks (you are welcome to invite guests)
Monday 27 June
11:30 – 13:00
1b. Introduction, and A Harper's Song
14:30 – 15:45
2b. Chester Beatty Love Songs (1)
16:15 – 17:30
3b. The Love Songs (1)
Tuesday 28 June
10:00 - 11:15
4b. To the Inundation (1)
11:45 - 13:00
5b. To the Inundation (1)
14:15 - 15:30
6b. The Love Songs (2)
16:00 - 17:15
7b. The Love Songs (2)
Wednesday 29 June
10:00 - 11:15
8b. To the Inundation (2)
11:45 - 13:00
9b. To the Inundation (2)
14:15 - 15:30
10b. The Love Songs (3)
16:00 - 17:15
11b. The Love Songs (3)
Thursday 30 June
10:00 - 11:15
12b. To the Inundation (3)
11:45 - 13:00
13b. To the Inundation (3)
14:15 - 15:30
14b. The Love Songs (4)
16:00 - 17:15
15b. The Love Songs (4)
Friday 1 July
10:00 - 11:15
16b. To the Inundation (4)
11:45 - 13:00
17b. To the Inundation (4)
14:15 - 15:30
18b. The Love Songs (5)
16:00 - 17:15
19b. The Love Songs (5)
17:15 - 19:00
End-of-Course Online Social (you are welcome to invite guests)
Apart from the Monday when we start at 11:00, each day this course will run from 10:00 – 17:15 with coffee / tea / lunch breaks. All times are UK time.
NB: Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.
