Saturday, 19 November 2016

December 2016 Language, Cultural & Festive Events


Pic of Christmas tree lit up at night in Trafalgar Square, London

1 December 1.30-5pm
Campaign for Freedom of Information 
Free Word Centre
London
1 December 6pm
Trafalgar Square
London


1 December-2 January
Advent Windows 2016 – The Promised Time
New window revealed each day until Christmas Eve on 24 December
Greenwich
1-2 December
ELIA ND Focus
Networking Days Focus on 
Project Management
Barcelona
Spain



2 December
Translating Europe Workshop
Corfu
Greece
2 December
Symposium on soft law
Université de Maine
Le Mans
France

2 December 7pm
In English and Slovene followed by Christmas drinks and potica
Organised by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia
Church of St Andrew by-the-Wardrobe
London



2 December 7pm
Sadler’s Wells over 60s dance company
Lilian Baylis Studio
London

4 December 
Charity festive run for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital
Clapham Common
London



4 December 5.30pm
Also a torch lit procession from 
St Martin-in-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London

5 December 8.30am-6pm
Theme: Italian and French Diplomacy and Style
Maison d'Italie
Paris
France


5 December 11.30am-6pm
City Hall
London
England
5-23 December (ex 10 & 17) 
4pm-8pm or 2pm-6pm (weekends)
London
6-8 December
Theme: From Babel to Google Translate: Translation and Interpretation, 
A Bridge between People
Havana, Cuba
7 December 2-2.30pm
Jewish Museum
London




7 December 7-9pm
Romanian Cultural Institute
London

8 December 2016
Christmas Concert with child prodigy Misi Boros on piano
Organised by Hungarian Cultural Centre
St George's Bloomsbury
London




8-10 December 8pm-midnight
Lyon, City of Lights
Lyon 
France


8 December 2.30-5.15pm & 6-8.30pm
Moderated discussions and evening panel discussion
Free Word Centre
London
9 December 
Theatrical production on Democracy
Glyptothek München
Munich 
Germany

9 December-18 February
George Bernard Shaw’s play
Donmar Warehouse
London

10 December
European Film Academy (EFA)
Wroclaw
Poland

10 December
Carol concert in German followed by Austrian Vanillekipferl
Organised by Austrian Cultural Forum
St Mary at Hill
London

11 December 10am-2pm
Jewish Museum
London



11-16 December
26th International Conference on Computational Linguistics
Osaka International Convention Center
Osaka
Japan
12 December 6.30pm
Comedy Show in Dutch and Flemish
Dutch Centre
London

12 December 2016 6.45-9pm
Dragonworld: 4 Short Stories from China
Free Word Centre in partnership with Free Paper Republic
Speed Book club event with the translators
London
12 December 7-8pm
A photographer and journalist discuss Scotland’s diverse and complex Jewish community
Jewish Museum
London
12-13 December
Ireland
Theme: Cutting New Paths in Translation and Interpreting
13 December 7pm
Spanish pianist and Slovenian violinist
Cervantes Institute and Embassy of Slovenia
Bolivar Hall
London



14 December 6-9pm
Free fromage-themed extravaganza with cheese traders participating in 'cracking of Parmesan wheel' competition
Borough Market
London

14 December 6.30pm
3 historians discuss the impact of the dual battle of Verdun-Somme
French Institute
London

14-15 December
Hungarian Folk Chamber Ensemble & The Girls’ Choir of St Catharine’s College Cambridge

14th: Gresham Centre, St Anne & St Agnes Church, London
15th: St Catharine’s College Chapel, Cambridge

16 December
Part of China Changing Event
Southbank Centre
London

19 December 7-8pm
Southwark Cathedral
London

26 December 1-6pm
Argentinian tango taster class for absolute beginners, social dancing and professional performances (free event with DJ)
Royal Festival London
London

31 December 2016 7.30pm-2017
London Eye
London







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