Beyond the Books - chats with researchers in literatures, languages and cultures

About Beyond the Books - chats with researchers in literatures, languages and cultures

Beyond the Books is a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) at the University of Edinburgh. It gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. Episodes are researched, curated, edited and presented by PhD students: Hannah Trifunovic (Series 3 - upcoming); Emma Aviet (Series 2) and Ellen Davis-Walker (Series 1). Listen in to hear a mix of PhD, early career and established researchers talk about their journey to and through academia and about their current and recent work.

Publisher

The University of Edinburgh

Category

arts · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Feb 2020

Latest episode

26 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Jun 2026

   Beyond the Books - Series 4: Episode 4 – Marie Legendre

   Beyond the Books is a podcast from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. This is the fourth episode in Series 4, which is hosted by Beth Price (PhD student in Asian Studies). Beth’s guest for this episode is Marie Legendre, Senior Lecturer in Islamic History. They chat about Marie's research on Late Antique and early Islamic history, her experience within the field of papyrology, and her ERC-funded project, Caliphal Finances, which explores Abbasid fiscal history in the Islamic Late Antiquity period.

2. 

   11 Jun 2026

   Beyond the Books - Series 4: Episode 3 – Kat Zabecka

   Beyond the Books is a podcast from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. This is the third episode in Series 4, which is hosted by Beth Price (PhD student in Asian Studies). Beth’s guest for this episode is Kat Zabecka, PhD candidate in Film Studies. They chat about Kat's research into audience experiences of films, identity and belonging, and social sharing, as well as her decision to study part-time and how she balances work and study.

3. 

   5 Jun 2026

   Beyond the Books - Series 4: Episode 2 – Şebnem Susam-Saraeva

   Beyond the Books is a podcast from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. This is the second episode in Series 4, which is hosted by Beth Price (PhD student in Asian Studies). Beth’s guest for this episode is Şebnem Susam-Saraeva, Personal Chair of Translation Studies. They chat about Şebnem's work on translation/interpreting in maternal health, as well as her developing research within the field of eco-translation, especially communication in whales, dolphins and porpoises, and the role of translation in climate crisis discourse.

Who has been a guest on Beyond the Books - chats with researchers in literatures, languages and cultures

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Xuelei Huang
• Paul Crosthwaite
• Désha Osborne
• Peter Davies
• Charlotte Bosseaux

Podcast Authority Score: 4 / 100

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