Oct
23
to Oct 27

Bilingualism & Creativity Ceilidh

Ever wondered about how learning gaelic and other languages may benefit your brain? And how creativity and music supports wellbeing?

Join neuroscience educator and fiddler Lewis Hou from the Science Ceilidh (Hands Up For Trad Community Music Organisation of the Year 2018) on his visit to the Isle of Lewis introducing the brain and some of research around bilingualism, creativity and wellbeing. Everyone is welcome to join for a blether over a cup of tea, a tune and a song or two - bring your questions!

www.scienceceilidh.com/bilingualism

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Oct
27
to Oct 28

Physics Ceilidh

Are you ready to Strip the Electron? Or try the Planetary Festival Dance? Join the award-winning Science Ceilidh band along with researchers from the School of Physics at the University of Edinburgh. On Saturday evening, we’re going to get down and physical with a full-blown proper ceilidh for the big kids with a mix of traditional and physics-themed dances touching on space, electrons & everything in-between! No partner, science or dance experience required! 

On Sunday daytime, families will get hands-on with our DIY Science Orchestra workshops all about the science of music. Experimenting with a series of unlikely instruments from fiddles to pipes, including making your very own kazoos to take away, we’ll learn all about physics of sound before we make some music together as a DIY science orchestra! Finally, the end the busy day, there'll be a family-friendly science ceilidh to put your physics learning (and dance moves) in action!! 

Part of the #FestivalofPhysics

http://www.festivalofphysics.org/

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Nov
30
6:30 PM18:30

Edinburgh Multilingual Stories Festival - Bilingual Ceilidh

Edinburgh Multilingual Stories Festival EMSF is bringing together artists, researchers, children and communities for the first time in Scotland to celebrate the diversity of our city at Assembly Roxy.
Organised by Bilingualism Matters, Theatre Sans Accents and the Polish Cultural Festival Association, this unique event is a chance to represent and empower the different voices from here and beyond gathered in Edinburgh.

The festival will offer an opportunity for bilinguals to creatively explore and express what it means to learn and speak more than one language, and for monolinguals to get a glimpse of the bilingual experience.

Our programme includes a multilingual ceilidh with Science Ceilidh Band, and a series of FREE workshops, talks, performances, concerts as well as scratch nights showcasing the best of our local talents across music, dance, theatre and visual arts.

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Sep
28
8:30 PM20:30

New Scots Ceilidh

Join us for a free community ceilidh celebrating the diverse cultures and research of the people living in Scotland. In collaboration with the New Scots community, The Welcoming Edinburgh and the award-winning Science Ceilidh Band as part of EU Researchers Night Explorathon - Researchers' Night Scotland.

All are welcome, absolutely no dance or research experience required - everything will be called!

Featuring traditional Scottish dances, a few with a twist of science (Ready to Strip-the-Helix anyone?) and short talks from researchers. If you'd like to be involved and share a story, dance, song, research or anything else, please get in touch! 

More details: 
www.scienceceilidh.com/newscots

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Sep
21
7:30 PM19:30

Biggar Science Ceilidh

Go Biggar or go home! 

Ready to Strip the Helix? Or try the Canadian Brain Dance?

Join us at Biggar Science Festival for an evening of your favourite ceilidh dances with a twist of science with the award-winning Science Ceilidh band, voted Community Music Organisation of the Year 2018. 

All welcome, no dance or science experience needed!

More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/232167064128096/

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Apr
28
10:30 AM10:30

Brainworks Day

Come join us for a day exploring the brain at William Patrick Library on the Brainworks Day! 

With free drop-in activities, talks and some science-themed dancing with the award-winning Science Ceilidh, everyone is welcome to join in. Reserve your tickets here or on the facebook.
 

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Feb
21
6:30 PM18:30

Physics Ceilidh

  • Room G1, Paterson's Land Edinburgh (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come and dance the night away at this unique event!

This is a free ceildidh, but with a twist: some of the dances will have been designed by physicists, to illustrate their research or physics concepts they love. With the Science Ceilidh Band playing live, it promises to be a fun evening!

This is open to absolutely everybody, from ceilidh lovers to mad physicists, wethere you are affiliated to the University or not. Book your ticket onhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/physics-ceilidh-tickets-42862493873. IF YOU ARE AFFILIATED TO THE UNIVERISTY OF EDINBURGH, PLEASE REGISTER ON http://www.festivalofcreativelearning.ed.ac.uk/event/soft-matter-physics-meets-ceilidh-dancing.

We thank the The Festival of Creative Learning at The University of Edinburgh for generous support.

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Science Ceilidh at the Extreme World Medicine Expo
Nov
20
to Nov 21

Science Ceilidh at the Extreme World Medicine Expo

We are very excited to be playing at the World Extreme Medicine Expo for some extreme Science Ceilidh-ing!

World Extreme Medicine is home to adventurous medics, experts and the most creative innovators in the world of remote, humanitarian and pre-hospital medicine.  Our annual conference offers a platform to share and spread best practice for the world’s medical professionals, willing to risk themselves to help others.  We also offer fully immersive unique learning experiences to medical professionals, giving them confidence to take their skills into challenging environments.  Partnering with the University of Exeter Medical School, we have developed the world’s first post-graduate qualification in Extreme Medicine, demonstrating core competencies for providing travel and expedition medicine to gain a Certificate, Diploma or Masters in Extreme Medicine.  Where man goes, medicine must follow.

Find out more and register here! http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/

 

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Science Ceilidh Video Launch at Explorathon
Sep
20
12:00 AM00:00

Science Ceilidh Video Launch at Explorathon

Come and celebrate the launch of our new Science Ceilidh videos & resources as part of the nationwide Explorathon - Researchers' Night Scotland

Over the last year, we had worked with scientists from the University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry to develop dances based on International Year of Light. We have now finished the videos and launching them to the world the only way we know how...with a ceilidh!

Featuring screenings & dances of:
The PROTEUS Jig - Samuel Jeremy Stanfield
Strip the Leaf - Jessica Walker
The Fluorescent Fling - Rachel Fisher
Shepherd's Delight (Red Sky at Night) - Sara Schmidt

This event is part of Explorathon Edinburgh: Curiosity Night event which starts from 17.00, with the screening & a short ceilidh starting from 20.00.

18+, no tickets or reservation necessary, but see you there!

These dances & videos were funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry, supported by University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry Alumni, with videographers Paul Anthony Sayer & Robin Mair.

Facebook Event: 

Explorathon Event

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Science on a Summer's Evening, Edinburgh
Jul
6
5:30 PM17:30

Science on a Summer's Evening, Edinburgh

Part of the annual Science on a Summer's Evening, we'll be playing some instrumental musics before the lectures and in the break alongside drinks, and will be talking about our project. 

One of the speakers is a judge on Robot Wars!! 

"The College of Science and Engineering presents a special evening of lectures, music and hands-on science, showcasing exciting research at the University of Edinburgh. In the 2016 edition, we focus on the themes of robotics and automation in current research"

Speakers

Dr Hille Tekotte and Prof Sethu Vijayakumar

Doors open at 5:30pm.

Reserve Free here 

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Twilight Science at the Royal Society, London
Jul
4
9:00 PM21:00

Twilight Science at the Royal Society, London

Discover what alcohol and other drugs do to our brains, and why some people are more susceptible to their effects than others. Venture round the sense tent and have a whiff of some pathology perfumery, try out the tactile illusions, ultrasound your own tongue and experience audio-visual synaesthesia among other things. Or if you’re feeling more physical than psychological why not kick off your heels and join us in the basement for a Science Ceilidh

https://royalsociety.org/events/2016/07/twilight-science/

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Ceilidh: Let's (DNA)CE, Oxfordshire Science Festival
Jun
25
to Jun 26

Ceilidh: Let's (DNA)CE, Oxfordshire Science Festival

We'll be working with the Wellcome Trust Centre for Genetics the day before writing new DNA themed dances before we unleash them to the Oxford public one Orcadian-Strip-the-Helix at a time!

Time: 21.00 - Midnight

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2016-oxfordshire-science-festival-tickets-25352074738

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