Humanities & Social Sciences

About the Event: Georg Trakl was born on Feb. 3, 1887, in Salzburg, Austria. He was an expressionist poet whose emotional life story and wartime torments made him Austria’s foremost elegist of decay and death. Like other famous Austrian artists (e.g. painters Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele, composer Alban Berg, writers Robert Musil and Heimito […]

The objectives of the workshop are:   • To raise awareness of factors to be considered in assessment of speaking skills   • To discuss the principles behind test design in speaking tests   • To develop awareness of the assessment of speaking (Cambridge Exams)   Presentation will be delivered on the following topics:   […]

About the Event: Can conscientious judges from different generations – the young and idealistic, like Miss Hammurabi, and the older and worldly-wise, like her supervisor – fight corruption and unfair treatment in the courts? Join us for a two-part discussion of key scenes from Miss Hammurabi. This highly acclaimed drama, written by a sitting judge […]