BAKLÄNGESSITZ with DaTe

The board of Britannica is proud to present our next sitz, this time in collaboration with DaTe! Last time our associations organized a sitz together was in October of 2012, and we had such a blast that we now decided to organize a "blast from the past"/"favorit i repris" two years later: ZTISSEGNÄLKAB, or in English ZTIS SDRAWKCAB!

A "backwards sitz" is exactly what the name suggests: everything is done backwards. The dessert is served before the main course, we start by drinking the punsch and the songs are sung in the wrong order. This makes for total chaos but also a totally fabulous party! If this sounds like something you want to experience (why on earth wouldn't you?!), you need to head off to DaTe's web page where the sign-up will open TOMORROW 1.10 at 12 noon.

In short:

WHAT? !ztissegnälkaB

WHEN? 15th of October at 7pm

WHERE? B

PRICE? 12€ (with alcohol) / 10€ (alcohol-free)

DRESSCODE: Overall/backwards

(; ereht uoy gniees ot drawrof kool eW

Blurry but precious memories

Hi guys,

I know it's been a while since our gulissitz, but life is busy and the pictures from the evening have been stuck on my camera until now. While I'm at it, I suppose I should apologize both for the delay and for the blurry quality of the pictures - but at least the latter means no one was captured with a particularly visible crazy facial expression. ;)

A huge THANK YOU to all the participants of the sitz! :) Hope you had as much fun as we did, and hope you'll return for our other sitzes this autumn - oh yes, TWO more are being planned as we speak! The next one is coming up in just a couple of weeks - but more about that in the next post!

x

Felicia

The Britannica board's vice president and paparazzi

People's Climate March 2014

Britannica are proud to have taken part in the global event People's Climate March 2014. Even though we seem like a small group we are part of a bigger picture.

Click here for more information and a lovely inspirational video.

Britannica x

Last Five Years at Åbo Svenska Teater

If you are feeling a bit malnourished on cultural happenings I strongly recommend the musical Last Five Years that is currently playing at Åbo Svenska Teater. Like most musicals, it is an emotional ride that is just wonderful in all its intimacy and humanity. Anna-Maria Hallgarn and Alexander Lycke (both known from ÅST's Jesus Christ Superstar) play a couple that are going through a divorce and are retelling their story from two different perspectives and through different timelines.

Hallgarn and Lycke offer splendid performances that match each other perfectly and are the only ones on stage except for the superb five man orchestra. The songs are in Swedish, but with Finnish and Swedish subtitles.

If you book only one day in advance you will get a student discount and see the show for 10 €. See ÅST's web page for more details: http://www.abosvenskateater.fi/sv/start/ 

Do go and see it, it is excellent.

Stay golden,

Matilda

Britannica

Busy busy busy

Hiya folks,

The board would like to thank you all for a great week! Wednesday and Thursday were busy days but we also had great fun, first at gulisakademin at Kåren where we got to chat to lots of nice people and then at the gulisintagning where the new students spoiled us with (more or less) beautiful singing and lots of other great stuff (massages and drinks and personalized cups, just to name a few!). We had a great time, hope everyone who was there did too!

Britannica's table at gulisakademin

The board + other lovely people at the gulisintagning

The busy times aren't over yet, though; as you should know, we have two other events coming up next week! On Tuesday at 7pm we're meeting up at Hunter's Inn for our gulis-gamyl-kväll and on Thursday at 7pm it's time for the first Britannica sitz for this academic year! Remember to sign up for the sitz before midnight on Tuesday - for the gulis-gamyl-kväll, you just have to show up! And gulisar: remember to bring your gulispass, since you will receive points for both events!

See ya there! x

GULISSITZ!

The academic year has started, and so has "studielivet" - and Britannica's traditional "gulissitz" is back! This is the perfect chance for all the new students at the English department to familiarize themselves with this awesome way of partying, and learn how to sitz the Britannica way! Of course, all older Britannicans are also welcome to participate and show the newbies how it's done. ;)

In short:

DATE: 18.9.2014
TIME: 19:00 (7pm)
PLACE: F
PRICE: 12€/14€ (member/non-member)
DRESSCODE: Come as you are (but wear your overall if you have one)!

GULISAR: Remember to bring your "gulispass", as you will receive points for attending this event! Also, if you aren't already a member of Britannica, you can become a member at the door.
 
You can find the FB-event for the sitz here and the sign-up here. The last day to sign up is Tuesday 16.9.

PS. Exchange students are also most welcome to join us for this party - a lovely mixture of Swedish and English will be spoken!

See y'all at F!

Gulis-gamyl-kväll @ Hunter's Inn 16.9!

Hiya folks!

Britannica is alive and kicking, and we have now set the first date for an event of our own! On Tuesday the 16th of September at 7pm we will have what we call a "gulis-gamyl-kväll", which is basically intended as a simple chill hangout breaking the ice between the gulisar (the new students) and the gamyler (the older students). This takes place at Pub Hunter's Inn, a pub in the city centre (Brahenkatu 3), so you might want to bring a little money so you can have a drink or two. Other than that, you only need to bring yourselves, preferrably in your most social mood, of course :)

The Facebook event can be found here, in case you want to let us know you're coming, or just want to check who else is joining in. We hope to see lots of you there!

In the meantime, don't forget next week's fabulous events:

- Gulisakademin @ Kåren, Wednesday 10.9 at 18:00

- Humfen's gulisintagning, starting @ Arken, Thursday 11.9 at 16:30

Have a great first week of teaching, everyone!

x The Board