Storytelling in BSL

Richard Carter is a Deaf teacher of British Sign Language (BSL) at Elmfield School, Bristol. He is also a well-known storyteller in the UK Deaf community and has performed at many Deaf venues over the past ten years.


Presenter: Richard Carter
Title: Storytelling in BSL
Date: 23rd February 2011
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre PLG34, Paterson's Land, Moray House School of Education, EH8 8AQ (how to get there)
BSL/English Interpreters: Kyra Pollitt, Yvonne Waddell

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Video clips from Onno Crasborn's presentation

Some photos from the EdSign34 open lecture by Onno Crasborn at Heriot-Watt University on 12th May 2010, titled "Deaf views on language politics in the Netherlands", are now available at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2321168&id=61012449&l=106b25efca.

There is also a selection of film clips below.

Deaf views on language politics in the Netherlands

Onno Crasborn is Associate Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen and holder of the Mary Brennan Memorial Fellowship for 2010 from the Deafness, Cognition and Language (DCAL) research centre at UCL in London.

Presenter: Onno Crasborn
Title: Deaf views on language politics in the Netherlands
Date: 12th May 2010
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: Business Executive Centre, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS (how to get there)
BSL/English Interpreter: Kyra Pollitt

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UPDATE: You can see some photos and video clips from the seminar at http://edsign34.blogspot.com/2010/05/video-clips-from-onno-crasborns.html.

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Video clips from Emily Nordmann's presentation

Some photos from the EdSign34 open lecture by Emily Nordmann at Moray House, University of Edinburgh, on 5th May 2010, titled "Time of the Signs", are now available at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2320058&id=61012449&l=4829c6dbe8.

There is also a selection of film clips below.

Time of the signs

Emily Nordmann is a psycholinguist from the University of Aberdeen. She will tell us about her PhD work on timing of sign language production.

Presenter: Emily Nordmann
Title: Time of the signs: Investigating the temporal structure of sign language production
Date: 5th May 2010
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: Godfrey Thomson Hall, Moray House School of Education, EH8 8AQ (how to get there)
BSL/English Interpreters: Kyra Pollitt, Yvonne Waddell, Annelies Klomphaar
BSL/International Sign Interpreter: Clare Canton

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UPDATE: You can see some photos and video clips from the seminar at http://edsign34.blogspot.com/2010/05/video-clips-from-emily-nordmanns.html.

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Video clips from David Brien's presentation

Some photos from the EdSign34 open lecture by David Brien at Queen Margaret University on 21st April 2010, titled "The Past in the Present", are now available at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2318648&id=61012449&l=df70119282.

There is also a selection of film clips below.

The Past in the Present

David Brien worked at the Deaf Studies Research Unit, University of Durham for over twenty years and was co-director of the Unit with Dr Mary Brennan.

Presenter: David Brien
Title: The Past in the Present
Date: 21st April 2010
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: Queen Margaret University, EH21 6UU (how to get there)
BSL/English Interpreters: Lucy Cole and Yvonne Waddell

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UPDATE: You can see some photos and video clips from the seminar at http://edsign34.blogspot.com/2010/04/video-clips-from-david-briens.html.

Video clips from Donna Jo Napoli's presentation

Some photos from the EdSign34 open lecture by Professor Donna Jo Napoli at Moray House, University of Edinburgh, on 14th April 2010, titled "Symmetry in Sign Language", are now available at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2317023&id=61012449&l=0ce671e2d1.

There is also a selection of film clips below.

Symmetry in Sign Language

Donna Jo Napoli is Professor of Linguistics at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, and Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle.

Presenter: Prof Donna Jo Napoli
Title: Symmetry in Sign Language
Date: 14th April 2010
Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Venue: Godfrey Thomson Hall, Moray House School of Education, EH8 8AQ (how to get there)
BSL/English Interpreters: Lucy Cole and Yvonne Waddell

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UPDATE: You can see some photos and video clips from the seminar at http://edsign34.blogspot.com/2010/04/video-clips-from-donna-jo-napolis.html.

Video clips from Lucy Cole's presentation

Some photos from the EdSign34 open lecture by Lucy Cole at Heriot-Watt University on 24th March 2010, titled "Manipulative Visual Language", are now available at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2313437&id=61012449&l=de792f0102.

There is also a selection of film clips below.

Manipulative Visual Language

Lucy Cole works at Deaf Connections in Glasgow. She will tell us about "Manipulative Visual Language" and how it improves literacy among Deaf adults.

Presenter: Lucy Cole
Title: Manipulative Visual Language
Date: 24th March 2010
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: Business Executive Centre, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS (how to get there)
BSL/English Interpreter: Kyra Pollitt

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UPDATE: You can see some photos and video clips from the seminar at http://edsign34.blogspot.com/2010/03/video-clips-from-lucy-coles.html.

Video clips from Ruth Swanwick's presentation

Some photos from the EdSign34 open lecture by Dr Ruth Swanwick at Moray House, University of Edinburgh on 10th March 2010, titled "Policy and Practice in Sign Bilingual Education: Development, Challenges and Directions", are now available at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2312432&id=61012449&l=0aac5ba78d.

There is also a selection of film clips below, and the presentation slides can be seen here.

Policy and Practice in Sign Bilingual Education

Dr Ruth Swanwick is Senior Lecturer in Deaf Education at the University of Leeds. Her research focuses on the use of sign language in the education of deaf children and ways in which this supports language and literacy development.

Presenter: Ruth Swanwick
Title: Policy and Practice in Sign Bilingual Education: Development, Challenges and Directions
Date: 10th March 2010
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: Godfrey Thomson Hall, Moray House School of Education, EH8 8AQ (how to get there)
BSL/English Interpreter: Kyra Pollitt

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UPDATE: You can see some photos and video clips from the seminar at http://edsign34.blogspot.com/2010/03/video-clips-from-ruth-swanwicks.html.

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Video clips from Myriam Vermeerbergen's presentation

Some photos from the EdSign34 open lecture by Dr Myriam Vermeerbergen at Heriot-Watt University on 27th January 2010, titled "Sign + Gesture = Speech + Gesture?", are now available at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2306071&id=61012449&l=41a4c0319a.

There is also a selection of film clips below, and the presentation slides can be seen here.

CANCELLED: The End of the Deaf Community?

This event is cancelled because the presenter is ill.


Dr Steve Emery is a researcher at the University of Bristol. He completed his PhD on Citizenship in 2007.

Presenter: Dr Steve Emery
Title: The End of the Deaf Community? Transition in times of genetic legislation

Abstract
Steve will reveal the findings of a research project on Deaf and hard of hearing people's attitudes to genetics and genetic counselling, and explore the results in relation to communicative action, knowledge and citizenship.

Sign + Gesture = Speech + Gesture?

Myriam Vermeerbergen is Assistant Professor Flemish Sign Language at the Department of Applied Language Studies, Lessius University College (Antwerp, Belgium) and Affiliated Researcher at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Presenter: Dr Myriam Vermeerbergen
Title: Sign + Gesture = Speech + Gesture?
Date: 27th January 2010
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: Business Executive Centre, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS (how to get there)
BSL/English Interpreter: Kyra Pollitt

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UPDATE: You can see some photos and video clips from the seminar at http://edsign34.blogspot.com/2010/02/video-clips-from-myriam-vermeerbergens.html.

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Video clips from Gary Morgan's presentation

Some photos from the EdSign34 open lecture by Professor Gary Morgan at Moray House on 18th November 2009, titled "The importance of access to language: Conversational input and social cognition in deaf infants", are now available at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2292812&id=61012449&l=74de3eb5d3.

There is also a selection of film clips below, and the presentation slides can be seen here.

The importance of access to language

Professor Gary Morgan is Deputy Director of the DCAL (Deafness Cognition and Language) research centre in London.

Presenter: Gary Morgan
Title: The importance of access to language: Conversational input and social cognition in deaf infants
Date: 18th November 2009
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: Moray House School of Education, EH8 8AQ (how to get there)
BSL/English Interpreter: Kyra Pollitt

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UPDATE: You can see some photos and video clips from the seminar at http://edsign34.blogspot.com/2009/11/video-clips-from-gary-morgans.html.

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The BSL:UPTAKE project: WIN-WIN? KNOW-KNOW? YES, YES!

Tessa Padden, Knowledge Exchange Associate, and Bob Duncan, Project Officer on BSL:UPTAKE, will demonstrate features of the website, discuss its potential uses, and explain how we can all benefit from it.

Presenters: Tessa Padden and Bob Duncan
Title: The BSL:UPTAKE project: WIN-WIN? KNOW-KNOW? YES, YES!
Date: 4th November 2009
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: Queen Margaret University, EH21 6UU (how to get there)
BSL/English Interpreter: Kyra Pollitt

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Deaf children and attachment

Joanna Downes is a Deaf researcher from Leicester University and a BSL user. She is interested in finding out how deaf children develop their attachment and what is important for them to become securely attached.

Presenter: Joanna Downes
Title: Deaf children and attachment
Date: 14th October 2009
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: Paterson's Land 1.18, Moray House, EH8 8AQ (how to get there)

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