A Game of Two Halves<br> <br>Dr. Neill Martin ţjóđfrćđikennari viđ Edinborgarháskóla flytur fyrirlestur á vegum Félags ţjóđfrćđinga á Íslandi og Háskóla Íslands. Hann mun fjalla um árstíđabundnar keppnir frá Skotlandi, Englandi og ... Japan. Fyrirlesturinn kallar hann "A Game of Two Halves; Winning and Losing in Seasonal Contest".<br>
<br>Fyrirlesturinn fer fram í stofu 103 á Háskólatorgi kl: 16, fimmtudaginn 26. ágúst.<br><br>Ađgangur er ókeypis og öllum heimill.<br><br>Nánar:<br>In Scotland and elsewhere, key points in the calendar, such as New Year and the beginning of Lent, are often marked by a contest between two opposed entities. An example would be a contest between one side idenitifed with summer versus one representing winter. The outcome of this contest would be "fixed" - after all, we can hardly have winter winning a contest which is intended to mark the beginning of the light half of the year.<br>
<br>However, many contests appear to have no winners or losers, and the two opposed entities are in fact two halves of the same community.<br><br>The lecture explores the nature and significance of seasonal contest and will draw upon examples from Scotland, England... and Japan.<br clear="all">
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