| Wed. 11 Jan. |
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| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Room 304, Crew Building, Kings Buildings |
Seminar: Researching Climate Engineering
Speakers: Simon Tett: "Can geo-engineering be used as a wedge to avoid dangerous climate change?"; Stephen Salter: "Can we capture methane from the Arctic seabed?"; Simon Shackley: "What will publics make of climate engineering?"
Please email nils.markusson@ed.ac.uk if you plan to attend |
School of Geosciences |
| 4.30 pm, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street |
Dr. James Kennaway (Durham University): "The Piano Plague: The Nineteenth-Century Medical Campaign Against Female Musical Education" |
Edinburgh History of Medicine Group seminar |
| 6.00 - 8.00 pm, Talbot Rice Gallery, Old College |
Forum / Artachat
Discussion hosted by Rocca Gutteridge (artist and local radio presenter) about beauty, the theme of the current TRG exhibition Beholder. To stimulate debate you are invited to bring along an object/image that you consider to be beautiful.
To book a place contact: info.talbotrice@ed.ac.uk or 0131 6502210 |
Talbot Rice Gallery / Artachat |
| Thu. 12 Jan. |
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| 5.00 pm, Room 11.11, David Hume Tower |
Pedro Rosa Mendes: "The Portuguese through the Wallace Line in the Malay Archipelago: Two Sides of an Identity" |
Portuguese Language Centre/ Instituto Camoes |
| Mon. 16. Jan. |
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| 4.00 pm, Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place |
Gunning Lectures: "Israel's Scripture through the Eyes of the Gospel Writers"
Professor Richard B. Hays (Duke Divinity School, North Carolina)
1. "Can the Gospels Teach Us How to Read the Old Testament?" |
School of Divinity |
| 5.30 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Dr. Andreas Goerke (IMES): "On the lawfulness or unlawfulness of images in Islam" |
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar |
| Tue. 17 Jan. |
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| 4.00 pm, Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place |
Gunning Lectures: "Israel's Scripture through the Eyes of the Gospel Writers"
Professor Richard B. Hays (Duke Divinity School, North Carolina)
2. "Unexpected Echoes: Reading Scripture with Mark" |
School of Divinity |
| 5.15 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Dr. Isabella Lazzarini: "The Words of Emotion: Political Language and Discursive Resources in Lorenzo de Medici's Lettere (1468-1492)" |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| Wed. 18 Jan. |
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| 12 noon - 1 pm, Room 1.4 Charteris Land, Moray House School of Education, Holyrood Campus |
Kate Purcell and Peter Elias (Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick): "Researching the graduate labour market" |
Institute for Education, Community and Society |
| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Dr. Mark Robson (Visiting Fellow of IASH; School of English Studies, University of Nottingham): "Fearing Democracy" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Anne Griffiths (School of Law, University of Edinburgh): "Law, Gender and Citizenship: Negotiating access to and control over land in Botswana" |
Centre of African Studies Seminar |
| 5.00 pm, Room 13.07, David Hume Tower |
Dr. Peder Gammeltoft (Name Studies, University of Copenhagen): "Scottish Personal Names in Denmark c. 1450-1720 - Name transfers and adaptations" |
Scandinavian Studies Research Seminar |
| Thu. 19 Jan. |
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| 3.30 pm, Old Library, Geography, Drummond Street |
Tim Edensor (Geography and Environmental Management, Manchester Metropolitan University): "Landscapes of illumination: rethinking atmosphere in Blackpool" |
Human Geography Research Group |
| 4.00 pm, Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place |
Gunning Lectures: "Israel's Scripture through the Eyes of the Gospel Writers"
Professor Richard B. Hays (Duke Divinity School, North Carolina)
3. "Torah Reconfigured: Reading Scripture with Matthew" |
School of Divinity |
| 4.00 - 5.00 pm, Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building |
Laura Staum Casasanto (Stony Brook): "Rethinking acceptability judgments: Seeing an old friend in a new light" |
Linguistic Circle |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, 7 Buccleuch Place |
Indrajit Roy (University of Oxford): "Political Society and Pro-Poor Discourse: Between Deliberation and Agonism" |
South Asian Studies Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, The Auditorium, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place |
INAUGURAL LECTURE
Professor Marilyn Booth (Iraq Chair in Arabic and Islamic Studies): "The Islamic Politics of John Stuart Mill: Street Literature, Translation and Gender Activism in Egypt" |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| 5.15 pm, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Teviot Place (Doorway 1) |
Sonia Baker (University of Edinburgh): "Scottish paternalism at home and in Empire; parallels between Scotland and the West Indies" |
Scottish History Seminar/Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room 1, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Professor Anne Wagner (University of York): "On Some Drawings by Anthony McCall" |
History of Art Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre |
Munro Lecture
James Laidlaw (Cambridge University): "Groundwork for an Anthropology of Ethics: Power, Morality, Reflection, and Freedom" |
Munro Lecture, Social Anthropology |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room A, Alison House, Nicolson Square |
Warwick Edwards (Glasgow University): "Words and Music, c.1500: The Humanistic Fallacy" |
Music Research Seminars |
| 5.30 - 8.15 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, 74 Lauriston Place |
Architectural Conservation Masterclasses 2012
Dr. Sophia Labadi (UNESCO, Paris): "World Heritage values, authenticity and post-authenticity" & "Evaluating the socio-economic impacts of selected regenerated heritage sites in Europe"
Full details of the Masterclass series, including costs: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/graduate-school/taughtdegrees/msc-architectural-conservation/about-the-msc/masterclasses |
Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies |
| Fri. 20 Jan. |
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| 9.30 - 11.00 am, Room 1.07, New College |
Dr. Kathy Ehrensperger: "Speaking Greek under Rome: Paul a Hybrid Jew?" |
Centre for the Study of Christian Origins |
| 11.15 am - 12.30, Martin Hall, New College |
Professor Richard Hays will lead a discussion on his Gunning Lectures |
Biblical Studies Research Seminar |
| 1.00 - 2.30 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Eva Heidbreder (University of Konstanz): "The EU's Big Bang Enlargement" |
Transatlantic Seminar, Politics and IR |
| 1.10 - 2.00 pm, Conference Room, 27 George Square |
Dr. Greta-Mary Hair (Celtic and Scottish Studies): "The Miracles of St. Kentigern, Patron Saint of Glasgow, in their Liturgical Context" |
Celtic and Scottish Studies |
| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
James Laidlaw (Cambridge University): "Groundwork for an Anthropology of Ethics: The Question of Freedom in Recent Anthropology" |
Social Anthropology Seminar |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Room G.06, Dugald Stewart Building |
Dr. Elinor Mason (University of Edinburgh): "Prospective and Objective Obligation" |
Philosophy Seminar |
| 4.30 pm, Conference Room, David Hume Tower |
Alexander Weigel (Berlin): "Von Goethes FAUST 1968 bis Müllers HAMLET/MASCHINE 1989: Dramaturgenjahre am Deutschen Theater Berlin/DDR" |
German Research Seminar |
| Mon. 23 Jan. |
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3.00 - 5.00 pm, Cinema, basement, David Hume Tower
and 5.00 - 6.30 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Screening and discussion of the film The Edge of Dreaming, with the film's director, Dr. Amy Hardie (ECA, University of Edinburgh)
The event is free but booking is essential. Please email Claire.McKechnie@ed.ac.uk if you plan to attend. |
Medical Humanities Research Network |
| 4.00 pm, Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place |
Gunning Lectures: "Israel's Scripture through the Eyes of the Gospel Writers"
Professor Richard B. Hays (Duke Divinity School, North Carolina)
4. "The One Who Redeems Israel: Reading Scripture with Luke" |
School of Divinity |
| 5.30 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Dr. Thomas Hegghammer (Research Fellow, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)): "'Abdallah 'Azzam between Palestine and the Umma" |
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar |
| Tue. 24 Jan. |
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| 4.00 pm, Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place |
Gunning Lectures: "Israel's Scripture through the Eyes of the Gospel Writers"
Professor Richard B. Hays (Duke Divinity School, North Carolina)
5. "The Temple of His Body: Reading Scripture with John" |
School of Divinity |
| 4.10 pm, Room 1.07, New College |
Dr. Bill Bell (University of Edinburgh): "Signs Taken for Wonders: An Anecdote Taken from Indian Mission History" |
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Seminar |
| 5.00 - 6.00 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
María Rosario Martínez Navarro (Universidad de Sevilla): " Cristóbal de Castillejo: la literatura cortesana en el Siglo de Oro" |
Hispanic Studies Research Seminar |
| 5.00 - 6.30 pm, Room G.12, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place |
Brian Hannon (Edinburgh): "Quality, Ethics and War Reportage: Past and Present" |
Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Dr. Scott Ashley (Newcastle University): "What did Louis the Pious See in the Night Sky? The Carolingians and Halley's Comet, 837" |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| 5.30 - 7.00 pm, Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower |
English Literature 1762-2012
Eve Bannet (George Lynn Cross Professor, University of Oklahoma): "Hugh Blair, belletrism and popular reading"
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Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 5.30 - 7.00 pm, Reception Room, McEwan Hall (access through Doorway 2, Medical Quad) |
Dr. Peter Hopkins (Newcastle University): "Global events, national concerns, everyday issues: Muslims in Scotland" |
The Muslims in Britain seminar series, The Alwaleed Centre |
| 6.00 pm, Lecture Theatre 183, Old College |
Mark Sheehan (Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Ethics Fellow, The Ethox Centre, University of Oxford): "Incidental Findings and the Nature of Research Ethics" |
SCRIPT Centre Guest Lecture |
| 6.00 - 8.00 pm, History of Art Common Room, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
"Reading Marx's Capital" - a reading group based around David Harvey's video lectures.
http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/
If you would like to participate please email programme@stills.org |
History of Art / Stills Gallery |
| Wed. 25 Jan. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Dr. Koji Yamamoto (Newby Trust Postdoctoral Fellow, IASH): "Capitalism for the Public Good? Innovation, Stereotypes, and the Culture of Projecting in Early Modern England" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 3.30 - 5.30 pm, Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building |
Dr. Martin Smith (University of Glasgow): "Knowledge, Justification and Normative Coincidence" |
Epistemology Research Group |
| 4.00 pm, Senate Room, Free Church College, The Mound |
Christopher Langley (PhD student, Aberdeen University): "Promulgating the Directions for Secret and Private Worship (1647)" |
Scottish Church History Society |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Nicole Ulrich (Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge): "Rethinking Underclass Identity and Political Traditions in the Cape of Good Hope in a Global Context, c. 1652-1815" |
Centre of African Studies Seminar |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, Postgraduate Centre G.01, Heriot Watt University |
Julie Boeri (Universitat Pompeu Fabra): "Exploring the Sociology of Translation and Interpreting: A Narrative Model of Analysis and a Case Study of Interpreting" |
Translation Studies Research Seminar, University of Edinburgh/ Heriot Watt University |
| 4.30 pm, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street |
Dr. Thomas Rutten (Newcastle University): "Thomas Mann's Fictional Characters and their Quest for the Patient Narrative" |
Edinburgh History of Medicine Group seminar |
| 5.00 pm, Room 13.07, David Hume Tower |
Professor R.D.S. Jack (University of Edinburgh): "'The dramatist I have always known to be the greatest of his age': J.M.Barrie's Debt to Ibsen" |
Scandinavian Studies Research Seminar |
| 5.00 pm, Portuguese Language Centre, Room 11.12, David Hume Tower |
Álvaro Santana-Acuña (PhD candidate in Sociology, Harvard University): discussion of Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude - "On the classicization process of literary books: The role of indexicals" |
Caribbean and Latin American Research at Edinburgh, CLARE |
| 5.00 - 6.30 pm, Room G.13, Doorway 4, Teviot Place |
Harriet Cornell (University of Edinburgh): "Social control: relationships, sex and shame in the early modern parish"; and Louise Settle (University of Edinburgh): "The geography of prostitution in Edinburgh, 1900-1945" |
Gender History Network (Edinburgh) - Work in progress seminar |
| 6.00 - 7.15 pm, Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower |
"Burns in Edinburgh" - poets and critics discuss the Bard and the city |
Centre for Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth-Century |
| Thu. 26 Jan. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Renaissance and Early Modern Discussion Group: "Performing Early Modern Texts" - discussion with contributions from Simon Malpas (English Literature) and Elizabeth Elliott (English Literature) |
Renaissance and Early Modern Discussion Group |
| 4.00 pm, Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place |
Gunning Lectures: "Israel's Scripture through the Eyes of the Gospel Writers"
Professor Richard B. Hays (Duke Divinity School, North Carolina)
6. "Retrospective Reading: The Challenges of Gospel-Shaped Hermeneutics" |
School of Divinity |
| 4.00 - 5.00 pm, Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building |
Heinz Giegerich (University of Edinburgh): "The morphology of -ly and the categorial status of 'adverbs' in English" |
Linguistic Circle |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, Room 2.13, Geography, Drummond Street |
Piyush Mathur (Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow, University of Edinburgh): "Environmental Citizenship: Lessons from India's Tribal Conundrum" |
South Asian Studies Seminar |
| 4.15 - 6.00 pm, Moot Court Room, Old College |
Professor Kieran MacEvoy (Queen's University Belfast): "The Politics of Victimhood in the Transition from Conflict" |
Centre for Law and Society Seminar |
| 5.00 - 6.45 pm, Conference Room, David Hume Tower |
"Scottish Community Councils: Local Democracy at Stake"
A practice-based conversation with participants: Jenny Mackenzie (journalist and community councillor in Leith); Vincent Waters (Chair, Association of Scottish Community Councils); Lillian Pryde (Democratic Services Officer, East Lothian Council)
Register at http://cpn-communitycouncils.eventbrite.com |
Public Policy Network's Citizen Participation Network |
| 5.15 pm, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Teviot Place (Doorway 1) |
Tawny Paul (University of Edinburgh): "Interpersonal conflict, community and the courts in eighteenth-century Edinburgh" |
Scottish History Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room 1, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Dr. Heather Pulliam (University of Edinburgh): "Colours sublime and abject: the divine and monstrous in Insular art" |
History of Art Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room A, Alison House, Nicolson Square |
Paul Harkins (Edinburgh Napier University): "Tomorrow's Music today: The Fairlight CMI and early experiments in digital sampling" |
Music Research Seminars |
| 5.15 pm, Conference Room, The Princess Dashkova Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place |
Dr. Petre Petrov (Princeton University): "The Soviet Gnomic: Generic Constructions in Stalinist Officialese" |
The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre |
| 5.15 pm, Conference Room, Celtic and Scottish Studies, 27 George Square |
Patricia Monaghan: "A Scottish dual sun goddess? An interpretation of John of Inverary's tale of "Dia Greine and the Fox" collected by Hector Urquhart in 1859" |
Traditional Cosmology Society |
| 5.30 - 8.15 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, 74 Lauriston Place |
Architectural Conservation Masterclasses 2012
Dr. Rebecca Madgin (University of Leicester): "Valuing the Historic Urban Environment: Attachment, Regeneration, Sustainability"
Full details of the Masterclass series, including costs: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/graduate-school/taughtdegrees/msc-architectural-conservation/about-the-msc/masterclasses |
Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies |
| Fri. 27 Jan. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, 5th Floor, Edinburgh University Library |
Justin Livingstone (University of Edinburgh): "Missionary Travails: Livingstone, Murray and the Making of Missionary Travels" |
Edinburgh Book History Seminar |
| 1.00 - 2.30 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Vassilios Paipais (University of Edinburgh): "The Sovereign Debt Crisis: a View from the Greek Side" |
Transatlantic Seminar, Politics and IR |
| 1.10 - 2.00 pm, Conference Room, 27 George Square |
Eddie McGuire (Composer, Musician, Educator): "Thoughts on Chinese music in Scotland" |
Celtic and Scottish Studies |
| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Paul Anderson (Cambridge University): "Reflecting objects and reflexive subjects: financial collapse and self-reproach in Syria" |
Social Anthropology Seminar |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Room G.06, Dugald Stewart Building |
Professor Hugh Mellor (University of Cambridge): "Nature's Joints: A Realistic Defence of Natural Properties" |
Philosophy Seminar |
| 4.30 pm, Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower |
Dr. Richard Adelman (Dundee): "'All this might scarcely be': Idle Contemplation in Shelley's 'Mont Blanc'" |
English Literature Seminars |
| Sat. 28 Jan. |
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| 9.30 am - 5.00 pm, West Wing, Old Medical Building, Teviot Place |
Conference: "Kings, Lords and Men in Scotland and Britain, 1400-1625" A Tribute to the Work of Jenny Wormald
Further information at
http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/conferences/jennyfest/ |
School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
| 12 noon - 4.00 pm, Talbot Rice Gallery, Old College |
Symposium associated with the Beholder exhibition
Key-note speaker: Dave Beech (London-based artist and writer who teaches at Chelsea College of Art)
The symposium will consider themes relating to the concept of beauty, taste and the influence of cultural tastemakers.
Further information from deborah.jackson@ed.ac.uk |
Talbot Rice Gallery |
| Mon. 30 Jan. |
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| 3.30 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 1.06, Old Surgeons' Hall, High School Yards |
Dr. Edwin Horlings (Rathenau Institute): "The complexity of science and innovation policy" |
Innogen Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, F21, 7 George Square |
Marcin Zajenkowski (University of Warsaw): "Cognitive mechanisms in verbal comprehension. Studies on natural language quantifiers" |
Psychology Seminar |
| 5.30 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
IMES Research Reading Group, convened by Dr. Thomas Pierret |
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies |
| Tue. 31 Jan. |
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| 1.00 pm, Common Room, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Bruce Currey: "Laughter and the Architectural Metaphor" |
Prokalò, Architecture Postgraduate Seminar |
| 4.10 pm, Room 1.07, New College |
Professor Brian Stanley (University of Edinburgh): "From Missionary Societies to Christian NGOs: How Christian Mission Became International Development" |
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Dr. Stephen Penn (University of Stirling): "'Matrimonium quid proprie sit': John Wyclif on the Sacrament of Marriage" |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| 7.00 pm, Auditorium, Edinburgh Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place |
Dr. David Milne OBE (Wolfson Microelectronics): "Building a Global Market Leader"
Register at http://ivtue2a.eventbrite.com |
iVenture Tuesday Speaker Series |
| Wed. 1 Feb. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Professor Pauline von Bonsdorff (Department of Art and Culture Research, University of Jyväskylä; Nominated Fellow of IASH): "Existential Aesthetics of Childhood" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 1.15 pm, Talbot Rice Gallery, Old College |
Christian Weikop (Art History, University of Edinburgh) on contextualising the Beholder exhibition within contemporary debates relating to beauty and visual culture.
The event is free; to book a place email info.talbotrice@ed.ac.uk |
Talbot Rice Gallery |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Alex Beresford (Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds): "The ANC Reaches 100: Time for South Africa's workers to celebrate?" |
Centre of African Studies Seminar |
| 5.00 pm, Room G.13, William Robertson Wing, Medical School |
Esther Breitenbach (University of Edinburgh): Emerging findings: "Civil Society and empire in twentieth century Scotland" |
Seminar in Economic and Social History |
| 5.15 pm, French Class Library, 59 George Square |
James Leveque (University of Edinburgh): "Out of the Trenches, Into the Hills: Prophecy, Apocalypse and Creation in Apollinaire's Poetry" |
French Research Seminar |
| 5.15 - 6.30 pm, Edinburgh Business School Boardroom, 29 Buccleuch Place |
Professor Doreen McBarnet (Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford; Visiting Professor, Edinburgh Law School): "Corporate responsibility and the banking crisis: the issue of legal engineering"
To book a place, email isobel.speedman@ed.ac.uk or register online at http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/about/school-events/?a=44065 |
Sustainable Business Initiative and the Corporate Responsibility & Governance Network Seminar |
| 5.30 pm, Cinema Room, 19 George Square |
Dr. Jonny Murray (Centre for Visual and Cultural Studies, Edinburgh College of Art): "Discomfort and Joy: the cinema of Bill Forsyth" |
CiNet Seminar Series |
| Thu. 2 Feb. |
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| 1.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Speculative Lunch: "Mind and Metaphor"
As space is limited, email iash@ed.ac.uk to book a place |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 3.30 pm, Old Library, Geography, Drummond Street |
Hannah Macpherson (Environment and Technology, University of Brighton): "The physical-imaginative locations of disability" |
Human Geography Seminar |
| 4.00 - 5.00 pm, Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building |
András Kornai (Hungarian Academy of Sciences/Boston University): "Formalizing Lexical Semantics" |
Linguistic Circle |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, 7 Buccleuch Place |
Delwar Hussain (University of Cambridge): "The NGO-isation of the State on the Bangladesh/India Border" |
South Asian Studies Seminar |
| 4.15 - 6.00 pm, Moot Court Room, Old College |
Professor Iain Scobbie (University of London): "A court and conflict: Israel's Supreme Court litigates the occupation" |
Centre for Law and Society Seminar |
| 5.00 - 6.30 pm, Ground Floor Conference Room, 21 George Square |
Emma Battell Lowman (Warwick University): "Indigenous Methodologies, Missionary Lives: An argument for a shift in the study of Indigenous-Settler histories" |
Centre of Canadian Studies Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Teviot Place (Doorway 1) |
Dr. Karin Bowie (University of Glasgow): "'The Sense of the Nation': the People and the Public in pre-Union Scotland |
Scottish History Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room 1, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Dr. Erin Griffey (University of Auckland): "Sites of Magnificence, Stages of Virtue: Henrietta Maria's Rooms and the Art of Display" |
History of Art Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room A, Alison House, Nicolson Square |
Trevor Wishart (Durham University): "Transformed Voices" |
Music Research Seminars |
| 5.30 - 8.15 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, 74 Lauriston Place |
Architectural Conservation Masterclasses 2012
Dr. Alberto Viskovic (University "G.D'Annunzio" of Chieti, Pescara): "The reconstruction and strengthening of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi"
Full details of the Masterclass series, including costs: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/graduate-school/taughtdegrees/msc-architectural-conservation/about-the-msc/masterclasses |
Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies |
| Fri. 3 Feb. |
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| 11.15 am - 12.30 pm, Martin Hall, New College |
Dr. David Lim (Visiting Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh): "Hearing the Unsung Voice: Women in the Qumran Community" |
Biblical Studies Research Seminar |
| 1.00 - 2.30 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Michael Clarke (Royal United Services Institute): "British Security: Seeking a new relationship with the US" |
Transatlantic Seminar, Politics and IR |
| 1.10 - 2.00 pm, Conference Room, 27 George Square |
Dr. Virginia Blankenhorn (Celtic and Scottish Studies): "The Rev. William Matheson and the performance of Scottish 'strophic' verse" |
Celtic and Scottish Studies |
| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Jamie Cross (Edinburgh): "The 100th Object: Solar Light and the Social Good" |
Social Anthropology Seminar |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Room G.06, Dugald Stewart Building |
Dr. Naomi Eilan (University of Warwick): "On the Role of Attention in Solving the Paradox of Visual Gestalt Switches" |
Philosophy Seminar |
| 4.30 pm, Gibson Library, David Hume Tower |
Anne Fuchs (St. Andrews): "Entschleunigte Räume in der Literatur der Gegenwart" |
German Research Seminar |
| 4.30 - 6.30 pm, Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower |
Professor Susan Manning and Dr. Bob Irvine (English Literature, University of Edinburgh): "1762" |
English Literature Seminar |
| 6.00 pm, Lecture Theatre 183, Old College |
Sheldon W. Halpern (Harold R. Tyler, Jr., Chair in Law & Technology, Albany Law School): "A High Likelihood of Confusion: Metatags, Adwords and Other Goblins Challenging the Traditional Bases of US Trade Mark Law" |
SCRIPT Centre Seminar |
| Mon. 6 Feb. |
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| 5.00 - 6.30 pm, 6th Floor, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
PPN Mental Health Conversation: "Can we talk about mental health and mental illness in the University of Edinburgh?"
with participation from Dr. Sue Cowan (Occupational Health Psychology Consultant); Ann Diment (Health and Safety Manager and Biological Safety Officer, School of Biomedical Sciences), and Sheila Williams (Director, Student Disability Services)
Please book a place online at http://mentalhealthconversations.eventbrite.com |
Public Policy Network |
| 5.15 pm, Main Auditorium, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place |
INAUGURAL LECTURE
Professor Simon King (Personal Chair of Speech Processing): "Using Speech Synthesis to Give Everyone Their Own Voice" |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| 5.30 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Dr. Mattia Guidetti (Art History): "Art and Identity in Early Islamic Syria" |
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar |
| Tue. 7 Feb. |
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| 1.00 pm, Common Room, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Cristiano Agostino: "The Screen, the Hand and the Space Between" |
Prokalo Seminar, Architecture |
| 5.00 - 6.30 pm, Room G.12, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place |
John Gilmour and Ian S. Wood (Edinburgh): Neutrality in the Second World War |
Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Professor Judith Green (University of Edinburgh): "The Normans, Northern England, and Scotland" |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| 5.30 - 7.00 pm, Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower |
English Literature 1762-2012
Nigel Leask (Regius Professor of English Literature, University of Glasgow): "From Belles Lettres to English Lit.: the Victorian Regius Chair in Glasgow and Edinburgh" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 6.00 pm, Lecture Theatre 183, Old College |
Estelle Derclaye (Intellectual Property Law, School of Law, University of Nottingham): "Eudemonic Intellectual Property: Patents and Related Rights as Engines of Happiness, Peace and Sustainability" |
SCRIPT Centre Seminar |
| 6.00 - 8.00 pm, History of Art Common Room, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
"Reading Marx's Capital" - a reading group based around David Harvey's video lectures.
http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/
If you would like to participate please email programme@stills.org |
History of Art / Stills Gallery |
| 6.30 pm, Conference Room, David Hume Tower |
Writers and Readings:
Marianne Boruch (Fulbright-Scotland Visiting Professor, University of Edinburgh; Department of English, Purdue University) will read some of her poetry |
English Literature |
| Wed. 8 Feb. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Dr. Piyush Mathur (Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow, University of Edinburgh; Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla): "Environmental Citizenship: Lessons from India's Tribal Conundrum" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 4.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Professor David Wiles (Royal Holloway): "Historical Authenticity in performance" |
LLC Theatre Seminar |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Nadia Davids (School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London): "She Turned Everyone's Head, But Mine Not for Long? Performing the memory, place, and biography of Cissie Gool" |
Centre of African Studies Seminar |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, F21, Psychology, 7 George Square |
Susan Hunston (University of Birmingham): "Phraseology and Evaluative Language: Issues in Corpus Linguistics" |
Translation Studies Research Seminar, University of Edinburgh/ Heriot Watt University |
| 4.45 pm, Paterson's Land LG34, Moray House |
Dr. Aoife Ahern (Faculty of Education, Complutense University of Madrid): "Songs for the Young Language Learner: A Teacher Education Innovation Project" |
Language Teaching Forum, Moray House School of Education |
| 5.15 pm, Playfair Library, Old College |
The Erickson Lecture
Dr. Igor Yurgens (Chair of Management Board, Institute of Contemporary Development, Moscow): "Modernisation in Russia: Things to Come, Things to be Overcome"
The event is free but ticketed. Book online at http://www.eventbrite.com |
Politics & IR / Europa Institute / Princess Dashkova Russia Centre |
| 6.00 pm, Room 13.07, David Hume Tower |
Professor Yvonne Leffler (Department of Comparative Literature, University of Gothenburg): "Nordic Horror: The Gothic Landscape in Scandinavian Literature and Film" |
Scandinavian Studies Research Seminar |
| Thu. 9 Feb. |
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| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Conference Room, David Hume Tower |
"Putin's Russia?" A mid-Election Roundtable
Speakers: Dr. Paul Chaisty (University of Oxford): "The Parliamentary Elections and Party System", Professor Stephen White (University of Glasgow): "The Presidential Elections and the Presidency", and Dr. Derek Averre (CREES, University of Birmingham): "Russia-EU Relations Post-Election"
Chair: Dr. Luke March (University of Edinburgh) |
Princess Dashkova Russia Centre/ Europa Institute |
| 4.00 - 5.00 pm, Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building |
Ranjan Sen (University of Sheffield): "Diachronic Motivations: Duration, Undershoot and Syllable Structure in Latin Vowel Reduction" |
Linguistic Circle |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, 7 Buccleuch Place |
Tom Tomlinson (SOAS): "Breaking the Mould?: Market-oriented reforms and economic growth in India since 1991" |
South Asian Studies Seminar |
| 4.15 - 6.00 pm, Moot Court Room, Old College |
Dr. Toby Kelly (University of Edinburgh): "Law and Conscience: Refusing to Fight in the Second World War"
CANCELLED |
Centre for Law and Society Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Teviot Place (Doorway 1) |
Bannerman Seminar on the History of Gaelic Scotland
Dr. Steve Boardman (University of Edinburgh): "The dukes of Albany, Harlaw, and the 'defence of the patria'" |
Scottish History Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room 1, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Gavin Delahunty (Head of Exhibitions, Tate Liverpool): "Tracing an Outline: Drawing from the Tate Collection" |
History of Art Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room A, Alison House, Nicolson Square |
Heike Fricke (Berlin): "Origins of the British Sound: London Clarinets in the 18th century" |
Music Research Seminars |
| 5.30 - 8.15 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, 74 Lauriston Place |
Architectural Conservation Masterclasses 2012
Leticia Leitão (International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN, Geneva-): "World Heritage between Politics and Conservation: Kathmandu and beyond"
Full details of the Masterclass series, including costs: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/graduate-school/taughtdegrees/msc-architectural-conservation/about-the-msc/masterclasses |
Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies |
| Fri. 10 Feb. |
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| 11.15 am - 12.30, Martin Hall, New College |
Dr. Mark Elliott (University of St. Andrews) |
Biblical Studies Research Seminar |
| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, 5th Floor, Edinburgh University Library |
Elizabeth Elliott (University of Edinburgh): "Ransacking Old Banny: The Bannatyne Manuscript and the Bannatyne Club" |
Edinburgh Book History Seminar |
| 1.10 - 2.00 pm, Conference Room, 27 George Square |
Ms Lucy MacRae: "Placing the Past: Walter Scott, Cultural Memory and the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" |
Celtic and Scottish Studies |
| 1.30 pm, Lecture Theatre 1, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Doug Fishbone: Artist's Talk |
Edinburgh College of Art |
| 2.00 pm, Raeburn Room, Old College |
"Reconceptualising the Law of Defamation"
Speakers: Professor Anton Fagan (University of Cape Town); Professor Francois du Bois (University of Nottingham); Professor Elspeth Reid (University of Edinburgh); and Dr. Eric Descheemaeker (University of Edinburgh)
Further details at: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/centreforprivatelaw/defamation.aspx
The event is free but those wishing to attend should register in advance by email to eric.descheemaeker@ed.ac.uk |
Edinburgh Centre for Private Law |
| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic (Edinburgh): "Performative failure among Muslim mystics in Macedonia" |
Social Anthropology Seminar |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Room G.06, Dugald Stewart Building |
Professor Katherine Hawley (University of St. Andrews): "Trust and Distrust" |
Philosophy Seminar |
| 4.30 - 6.30 pm, Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower |
Professor Michael Irwin (Kent): "Literature and the Moon" |
English Literature Seminar |
| Mon. 13 Feb. |
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| 5.15 pm, Conference Room, Celtic and Scottish Studies, 27 George Square |
Ian Astley and Erin Evans: "A Hindu-Buddhist pantheon and the Japanese sky: Aspects of cosmology and ritual in pre-modern Japan" |
Traditional Cosmology Society |
| 5.30 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
IMES Research Reading Group, convened by Dr. Thomas Pierret |
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies |
| 6.00 - 7.30 pm, Lorimer Room, Old College |
Rok Zvelc (European Commission, DG Environment): "EU External Representation in the field of Shared Competence: Latest Developments" |
Europa Institute, School of Law |
| Tue. 14 Feb. |
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| 4.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Dr. Alastair A. MacDonald (Preclinical Veterinary Science, University of Edinburgh): "The mystery of the pig with horns - an exotic illustrated history" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 4.10 pm, Room 1.07, New College |
Jason Carter (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh): "Reading the Book of Job through the Eyes of Leprosy Sufferers in Equatorial Guinea" |
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Seminar |
| 5.00 pm, Room F21, 7 George Square |
Professor Paul Ince (Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield): "Epidemiological Neuropathology of Brain Ageing" |
Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology |
| 5.15 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Professor Michael Angold (University of Edinburgh): "Historical Turning Points: 1204 and 1453 compared" |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| Wed. 15 Feb. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Dr. Rachel Harkness (Mellon Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellow, IASH): "Embodied Values and Stone Houses" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Lizelle Bisschoff (Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh): "Bongoland's Hollywood: Funding, production and distribution in the Tanzanian video-film industry" |
Centre of African Studies Seminar |
| 5.00 pm, Room G.13, William Robertson Wing, Medical School |
David Higgins (University of York): "Where does the rubbish in every country come from? Assessing Britain's response to unfair competition during the interwar years" |
Seminar in Economic and Social History |
| 5.30, Cinema Room, 19 George Square |
Dr. Chris Perkins (Japanese Studies, University of Edinburgh): "Man versus the spectacle: flatness, depth and Satoshi Kon's ethics" |
CiNet Seminar |
| 6.00 pm, Stills Gallery, 23 Cockburn Street |
Globalisation & Art Lectures: Gail Day (School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds): "Social Transivity in Allan Sekula's The Lottery of the Sea" and Steve Edwards (Art History, The Open University): "Some Brechtian Moments"
The lectures are free. To book a place email programme@stills.org |
History of Art |
| Thu. 16 Feb. |
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| 4.00 - 5.00 pm, Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building |
Andrew D.M. Smith (University of Stirling) |
Linguistic Circle |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, 7 Buccleuch Place |
Dr. Parveen Akhtar (University of Bristol): "Village Men or Gentlemen?: The Importance of Contextualising Class for Understanding Migratory Flows between the UK and Pakistan" |
South Asian Studies Seminar / The Alwaleed Centre |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room 1, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Dr. Barbara Dawson (Director, Dublin City Gallery): "The Polysemic role of the curator" |
History of Art Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre |
Munro Lecture
Daniel Miller (UCL): "The Digital and the Human" |
Munro Lecture, Social Anthropology |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room A, Alison House, Nicolson Square |
Ann Heymann (Minnesota): "Reconstructing Gaelic harp performance practice through musicological and organological research" - lecture-performance |
Music Research Seminars |
| 5.15 pm, Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place |
The Honorary Dashkova Lecture
Professor Irina Sandomirskaia (Sodertorn University): "Bez stali i leni: Aesopian Language and Legitimacy in Discourse" |
Princess Dashkova Russian Centre |
| 5.30 - 8.15 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, 74 Lauriston Place |
Architectural Conservation Masterclasses 2012
Eisa Esfanjari (Conservation Architect, Iran): "Persian Urbanisation: Conservation and Development (with specific reference to the case of Meybod)"
Full details of the Masterclass series, including costs: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/graduate-school/taughtdegrees/msc-architectural-conservation/about-the-msc/masterclasses |
Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies |
| 6.00 pm, Lecture Theatre 183, Old College |
Daniel Drewer (Head of Unit, Data Protection Office, EUROPOL): "Protection of personal data in the sector of police co-operation: Europol's role in the fight against organised crime and terrorism" |
SCRIPT Centre Seminar |
| Fri. 17 Feb. |
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| 9.30 am - 4.30 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Symposium: "Mental Health and the Disciplines: Contributions to Mental Health Practice from Biology, Geography, Sociology, Architecture, Religious Studies, and Philosophy"
Full programme and abstracts at http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/theory.events.html
Booking is essential as space is limited; email iash@ed.ac.uk |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 11.15 am - 12.30 pm, Martin Hall, New College |
Dr. Scott Hafemann (University of St. Andrews): "Fellow participants of the 'Divine Nature' (theia fusis): 2 Peter 1:4 within its 'Philosophical' and Eschatological Context" |
Biblical Studies Research Seminar |
| 1.00 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, Lauriston Place |
Krijn de Koning: Artist's Talk |
Edinburgh College of Art |
| 1.00 - 2.30 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Dan Kenealy (University of Edinburgh): "The EU in crisis: a return of realism to the continent?" |
Transatlantic Seminar, Politics and IR |
| 1.10 - 2.00 pm, Conference Room, 27 George Square |
Anders Ahlqvist (Sir Warwick Fairfax Professor of Celtic Studies, University of Sydney): "The name Din Eidyn 'Edinburgh'" |
Celtic and Scottish Studies |
| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Professor Daniel Miller (University College London): "Why Blue Jeans?" |
Social Anthropology Seminar / Sociology |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Room G.06, Dugald Stewart Building |
Andy Clark (University of Edinburgh): "Perceiving as Predicting" |
Philosophy Seminar |
| 4.30 - 6.30 pm, Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower |
Dr. James Loxley (English Literature, University of Edinburgh): "Shakespeare's Cheek: Another Bard in Scotland" |
English Literature Seminar |
| 5.30 - 7.00 pm, Lorimer Room, Old College |
Professor Timothy Barnes (Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Toronto; Hon. Professorial Fellow, School of Divinity & School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh): "The Lex Dei on Male Homosexuality: A Reinterpretation of Leviticus and its Implications" |
Edinburgh Roman Law Group, Centre for Legal History |
| Mon. 20 Feb. |
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| 4.00 - 5.00 pm, McEwan Hall Reception Room, Teviot Place |
Courtney Fingar (Financial Times): "The Politics of Foreign and Direct Investment in the European Union" |
Europa Institute |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower |
INAUGURAL LECTURE
Professor Andrew Thompson (Personal Chair of Public Policy and Citizenship): "The State of the Citizenry: views from the communities" |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Tue. 21 Feb. |
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| 11.00 am, Martin Hall, New College |
Professor Timothy Lim: "Exegesis in Action" |
Biblical Studies Research Seminar |
| 4.10 pm, Room 1.07, New College |
Marina Xiaojing Wang (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh): "The Search for Christian Unity in China: The Church of Christ in China, 1927-40" |
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Dr. Jane Gilbert (University College London) |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| 5.30 - 7.00 pm, Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower |
English Literature 1762-2012
Alistair Fowler (Emeritus Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh) and Greg Walker (Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh): "The Regius Chair and its incumbents" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 6.00 - 7.00 pm, Lecture Theatre 175, Old College |
Brodies Lectures in Environmental Law
Professor Philippe Cullet (Professor of International and Environmental Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London): "Water Law in a Globalised World: the Need for a New Conceptual Framework" |
Edinburgh Law School |
| 6.00 - 8.00 pm, History of Art Common Room, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
"Reading Marx's Capital" - a reading group based around David Harvey's video lectures.
http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/
If you would like to participate please email programme@stills.org |
History of Art / Stills Gallery |
| Wed. 22 Feb. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Dr. David Manning (Postdoctoral Fellow of IASH): "Rethinking the History of 'Christian Enlightenment': Divine Illumination in British Reformation Discourse" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 3.30 - 5.00 pm, Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building |
Dr. Aidan McGlynn (Northern Institute of Philosophy) |
Epistemology Research Group |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Joseph Hanlon (Department of International Development, London School of Economics; Development Policy and Practice Centre, Open University) and Teresa Smart (Institute of Education, University of London): "Zimbabwe Takes Back its Land" |
Centre of African Studies Seminar |
| 4.30 pm, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street |
Dr. David Hamilton (University of St. Andrews): "Is there such a thing as 'Scottish' Medicine?" |
Edinburgh History of Medicine Group seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Conference Room, Celtic and Scottish Studies, 27 George Square |
Professor Kenneth MacKinnon (University of Aberdeen): "Media and language revitalisation: minority-language media and reversing language shift" |
Soillse Seminar Series |
| Thu. 23 Feb. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
16th Century reform, in the light of Alex Nagel's The Controversy of Renaissance Art
Contributions
from Michael Bury (History of Art) and Christopher Black (History, University of Glasgow) |
Renaissance and Early Modern Discussion Group |
| 3.00 pm, Lecture Room A, Alison House, Nicolson Square |
Kieran Curran: "'White Trash That Talks Back' - The Fall and 'primitive/avant garde'" |
Music Research Seminars |
| 3.30 - 5.00 pm, Room S37 (second floor), Psychology, 7 George Square |
Professor Priscilla Wald (English, Duke University): "The Outbreak Narrative: Disease Emergence and the Obscured Geography of Poverty"
Attendance is free but please book online at http://waldlecture.eventbrite.co.uk |
ESRC Genomics Forum/Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 4.00 - 5.00 pm, Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building |
Vyvyan Evans (Bangor University) |
Linguistic Circle |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, 7 Buccleuch Place |
Shinya Ishizaka (Kyoto University): "Ethicization of Gandhism? : Lage raho Minna bhai and Anna Hazare" |
South Asian Studies Seminar |
| 5.00 - 6.30 pm, Room G.13, Doorway 4, Teviot Place |
Katherine Holden (University of the West of England): "Nanny knows best? The single nanny and the married mother in 20th century Britain" |
Gender and Life-Cycle Seminar, School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
| 5.30 - 8.15 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, 74 Lauriston Place |
Architectural Conservation Masterclasses 2012
Gareth Hoskins (Gareth Hoskins Architects Ltd, Glasgow): "The National Museum of Scotland Redevelopment"
Full details of the Masterclass series, including costs: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/graduate-school/taughtdegrees/msc-architectural-conservation/about-the-msc/masterclasses |
Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies |
| Fri. 24 Feb. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, 5th Floor, Edinburgh University Library |
Adam Reed (University of St. Andrews): "Literature and Agency in English Fiction Reading: The Henry Williamson Literary Society" |
Edinburgh Book History Seminar |
| 1.00 - 2.30 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Sarah Smith (Scottish Government): "Working in Government" |
Transatlantic Seminar, Politics and IR |
| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
T.L. Taylor (Centre for Network Culture, University of Copenhagen): "The Assemblage of Play" |
Sociology Seminar |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Room G.06, Dugald Stewart Building |
Dr. Jonas Olson (University of Oxford/University of Stockholm): "How to Understand Mackie's Arguments from Queerness" |
Philosophy Seminar |
| Mon. 27 Feb. |
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| 5.15 pm, F21, 7 George Square |
Dave Lee (University of Edinburgh): "Control of Movement" |
Psychology Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Conference Room, Celtic and Scottish Studies, 27 George Square |
Anna Dallapiccola: "Retelling the Ramayana: South Indian temple hangings of the 19th century" |
Traditional Cosmology Society |
| 5.30 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
IMES Research Reading Group, convened by Dr. Thomas Pierret |
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies |
| Tue. 28 Feb. |
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| 4.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Professor Colwyn Trevarthen (Professor Emeritus of Child Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Edinburgh): "Tasting Shapes In Light, and Feeling Time In Sound: How Moving Animals Sense Their World, and Give Its Forms and Values Social Meaning" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 4.10 pm, Room 1.07, New College |
Dr. Liz Grant (Global Health Academy, University of Edinburgh): "Faith in Action: Christian Responses to the Millennium Development Goals" |
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Seminar |
| 5.00 - 6.30 pm, Room G.12, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place |
Julius Ruiz (Edinburgh): "Gangsterismo: Hollywood and Terror in the Spanish Civil War" |
Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Dr. Anna Groundwater and Dr. James Loxley (University of Edinburgh): "Parvenus, patrons, and inebriated parsons: on the road with Ben Jonson, 1618" |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Conference Room, Celtic and Scottish Studies, 27 George Square |
An Dr Gillian Rothach, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig:
‘’S e Siabost as bòidhche leam: barail agus comas cànain ann an
coimhearsnachd thraidiseanta sna h-Eileanan Siar’
This seminar will be presented in Gaelic, with no translation facilities |
Soillse Seminar Series |
| Wed. 29 Feb. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Dr. Prasannanshu (National Law University, Delhi; British Academy Visiting Scholar, University of Edinburgh): "Politics of Names and Naming in India" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, O.17, Hunter Building, Lauriston Place |
Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) - University of Edinburgh insights.
An opportunity for potential applicants to learn more about this funding scheme from a partner in a current HERA project, Professor Simon Biggs (Edinburgh College of Art); and from Dr. Bill Bell (Centre for the History of the Book) who is attending the February 2012 partner matchmaking event in Berlin.
Booking is via MyEd. Further information from sarah.anderson@ed.ac.uk |
Edinburgh Research and Innovation |
| 1.00 pm, Room 1M.27, William Robertson Wing, Doorway 4, Teviot Place |
Dr. Gordon Pentland (University of Edinburgh): "Material Culture, Religion, and Politics in Nineteenth Century Scotland" |
Scottish History Seminar/ Workshop for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion and Culture |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
George Ogola (Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire): "Case for global retreat? Pan African(ist) media, 'Brand Africa' and the new politics of otherness" |
Centre of African Studies Seminar |
| Thu. 1 Mar. |
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| 4.00 - 5.00 pm, Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building |
Marcus Tomalin (Cambridge) |
Linguistic Circle |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, 7 Buccleuch Place |
Manuela Ciotti (Aarhus University, Denmark): "A postcolonial renaissance "Indianness": contemporary art and the market in the age of neoliberal capital" |
South Asian Studies Seminar |
| 4.15 - 6.00 pm, Moot Court Room, Old College |
John Sturrock QC (Core Solutions): "Mediating Conflict: a radical departure - or nothing new?" |
Centre for Law and Society Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room A, Alison House, Nicolson Square |
John Cunningham (Bangor University): "'I have brought you variety of noises': Ben Jonson and Music, beyond the Seventeenth Century" |
Music Research Seminars |
| 5.30 pm, Lecture Room 1, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Dr. Angela Dimitrakaki (University of Edinburgh): "Rethinking Feminism?: Why Women Form Curatorial and Art Collectives in the 21st Century" |
History of Art Seminar |
| 5.30 pm, Playfair Library, Old College |
Montague Burton Lecture
Mr. Lionel Barber (Editor, The Financial Times): "Absent at the creation: crisis management in the eurozone from a transatlantic perspective"
Places are free but limited; book a place at http://mblecture.eventbrite.co.uk/ |
Europa Institute |
| 5.30 - 8.15 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, 74 Lauriston Place |
Architectural Conservation Masterclasses 2012
Andrew McClelland (University of Ulster): "Belfast: Destruction and Conservation in a Troubled City"
Full details of the Masterclass series, including costs: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/graduate-school/taughtdegrees/msc-architectural-conservation/about-the-msc/masterclasses |
Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies |
| Fri. 2 Mar. |
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| 11.15 am - 12.30 pm, Martin Hall, New College |
Dr. Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer (Aberdeen University): "Evil and the Community in the Covenant Liturgy of 1QS" |
Biblical Studies Research Seminar |
| 1.00 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, Lauriston Place |
Static Gallery Liverpool: Talk |
Edinburgh College of Art |
| 1.00 - 2.30 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
William Noë (European Commission): "EU enlargement and its neighbours" |
Transatlantic Seminar, Politics and IR / Princess Dashkova Russia Centre |
| 1.10 - 2.00 pm, Conference Room, 27 George Square |
William Gillies (Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh): "Literature and Religion in the Book of the Dean of Lismore" |
Celtic and Scottish Studies |
| 3.00 pm, French Class Library, 59 George Square |
Professor Shirley Jordan (Queen Mary, University of London): "Intermediality and Intimacy: thoughts on photobiography" |
French Research Seminar |
| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Yulia Egorova (Durham University): "From 'liberation theology' to 'soul citizenship': the Lost Tribes of Israel and the Law of Return" |
Social Anthropology Seminar |
| 4.30 pm, Gibson Library, David Hume Tower |
Eleoma Joshua (Edinburgh) |
German Research Seminar |
| 4.30 - 6.30 pm, Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower |
Professor Bridget Bennett (Leeds) |
English Literature Seminar |
| Mon. 5 Mar. |
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| 5.15 pm, Conference Room, Celtic and Scottish Studies, 27 George Square |
Dr. Laura Kostanski (Office of Geographic Names Victoria and Committee for Geographical Names of Australasia): "Australian place-names and language policy" |
Soillse Seminar Series |
| 5.15 pm, F21, 7 George Square |
Radha Murthy (Bangalore/India): "A holistic approach to dementia care - an Indian Perspective" |
Psychology Seminar |
| 5.30 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Dr. Maria Elena Paniconi (University of Macerata): "The Path of the Arab Novel: Bildungsnarratives and the Literary Canon in Egypt" |
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar |
| 5.30 - 6.30 pm, Lecture Theatre 175, Old College |
Europa Institute's Mitchell Lecture
Alec Stone Sweet (Leitner Professor of Law, Politics and International Studies, Yale Law School): "A Cosmopolitan Legal Order: Constitutional Pluralism and Rights Adjudication in Europe" |
Europa Institute |
| Tue. 6 Mar. |
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| 4.10 pm, Room 1.07, New College |
Dr. Kevin Ward (University of Leeds): "The Euthanasia of a Communion? Will the Global Anglican Communion Survive and Does it Matter?" |
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Professor Richard Gameson (Durham University): "The Earliest English Royal Books" |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Conference Room, Celtic and Scottish Studies, 27 George Square |
Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Saenz: "From Deity to Devil: A Peruvian Indigenous Colonial Source as Multi-Layered Expression of Verbal Art" |
Traditional Cosmology Society |
| 5.30 - 7.00 pm, Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower |
English Literature 1762-2012
Deidre Lynch (Chancellor Jackman Professor of English, University of Toronto): "Daniel Wilson, Scotland and Canada: the export of English" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 6.00 - 7.00 pm, Lecture Theatre 175, Old College |
Brodies Lectures in Environmental Law
Linda Rosborough (Acting Director, Marine Scotland): "Devolution and the Development of Marine Policy in Scotland" |
Edinburgh Law School |
| 6.00 - 8.00 pm, History of Art Common Room, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
"Reading Marx's Capital" - a reading group based around David Harvey's video lectures.
http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/
If you would like to participate please email programme@stills.org |
History of Art / Stills Gallery |
| Wed. 7 Mar. |
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| 11.00 am - 1.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Tim Edensor (University of Manchester): "The Atmosphere and Aesthetics of the Dark" |
Sociology Seminar / Institute of Governance |
| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Professor Kiyoshi Shimokawa (Department of Philosophy, Gakushuin University, Tokyo): "Hume and Natural Jurisprudence" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower |
Elena Vezzadini (Centre d'Études Africaines, L'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris): "Making Racism in Sudan: Racial Relationship, identity and the state in colonial Sudan, 1898-1956" |
Centre of African Studies Seminar |
| 4.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Nicola McCartney (University of Edinburgh) |
LLC Theatre Seminar |
| 5.00 pm, Room G.13, William Robertson Wing, Medical School |
Jeremy Boulton (University of Newcastle): "How to be duck food. Pauper burials in the Georgian City" |
Seminar in Economic and Social History |
| 6.00 - 7.00 pm, Lecture Theatre 175, Old College |
Wilson Memorial Lecture
Professor George L. Gretton: "On Law Commissioning and Other Things" |
Edinburgh Centre for Private Law |
| Thu. 8 Mar. |
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| 9.30 am - 5.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
"Translated Identities" - an event to celebrate International Women's Day bringing together creative writers, scholars and critics: Marilyn Booth, Marianne Boruch, Dilys Rose, Olga Taxidou, and Kapka Kassabova.
The event is free but booking is essential as space is limited; email iash@ed.ac.uk to book |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities/Scottish PEN |
| 3.30 pm, Old Library, Geography, Drummond Street |
David Pinder (Geography, Queen Mary, University of London): "'Refusing the world picture offered us': cartographies of globalisation, violence, resistance and hope" |
Human Geography Research Group |
| 4.00 - 5.00 pm, Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building |
Bonnie Webber (University of Edinburgh) |
Linguistic Circle |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, 7 Buccleuch Place |
Prashant Sharma (London School of Economics): "The Right to Information Act in India: Deepening Democracy in a "Shallowing" State?" |
South Asian Studies Seminar |
| 4.15 - 6.00 pm, Moot Court Room, Old College |
Dr. Claire Duncanson (University of Edinburgh): "Forces for Good? British Military Masculinities in Iraq and Afghanistan" |
Centre for Law and Society Seminar |
| 5.00 - 6.30 pm, Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Doorway 3, Medical School, Teviot Place |
Robert Cook-Deegan (Director for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy): "ConSequences: Some implications of DNA sequencing technology"
Attendance is free but please book online at http://cookdeeganlecture.eventbrite.com |
ESRC Genomics Forum |
| 5.15 pm, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Teviot Place (Doorway 1) |
Dr. Mark Jardine: "'The New Mode Against Monarchie': Donald Cargill and Cameronian King Killers in Late-Restoration Scotland, 1680 to 1681" |
Scottish History Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room 1, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Professor Catherine Karkov (University of Leeds): "The Franks Casket Speaks Back" |
History of Art Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room A, Alison House, Nicolson Square |
David Irving (King's College, London): "Psalms (Mazmur) and Humns (Tahlil) in the Malay World, 1600-1900" |
Music Research Seminars |
| 5.15 pm, LT2, Appleton Tower |
Dr. Birgit Beumers (Department of Russian Studies, University of Bristol): "Sokurov's Ark: Entrances to and Exits from a Film(ic) Museum" |
Russian Studies Research Seminar |
| 5.30 - 8.15 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, 74 Lauriston Place |
Architectural Conservation Masterclasses 2012
Dr. Ana Pereira Roders (Eindhoven University of Technology): "Outstanding Universal Value, World Heritage Cities and Sustainability: The Island of Mozambique"
Full details of the Masterclass series, including costs: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/graduate-school/taughtdegrees/msc-architectural-conservation/about-the-msc/masterclasses |
Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies |
| Fri. 9 Mar. |
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| 11.15 am - 12.30 pm, Martin Hall, New College |
Norman Francis (NT PG): "Jesus as the Fulfilment of the Temple: Matthew's Interpretation of Israel's Temple Traditions in the Light of the Christ Event" |
Biblical Studies Research Seminar |
| 1.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Speculative Lunch: "Money and Markets"
Space is limited and booking is essential - please email iash@ed.ac.uk |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, 5th Floor, Edinburgh University Library |
Mary Hammond (University of Southampton): "Printers on the Move: Migration, Identity and Printing Skills Transfer Across the English-Speaking World, 1840-1914" |
Edinburgh Book History Seminar |
| 1.00 - 2.30 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Alessandro Fussachia (Council of the EU): "The EU Global Governance and the G20" |
Transatlantic Seminar, Politics and IR |
| 1.10 - 2.00 pm, Conference Room, 27 George Square |
Dr. Anja Gunderloch (Celtic and Scottish Studies): "Donnchadh Bàn Macintyre and his subscribers" |
Celtic and Scottish Studies |
| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Melissa Parker (Brunel University): "The politics and anti-politics of neglected tropical diseases" |
Social Anthropology Seminar |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Room G.06, Dugald Stewart Building |
Sarah Broadie (University of St. Andrews) |
Philosophy Seminar |
| 4.30 - 6.30 pm, Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower |
Dr. Alice Ferrebe (Liverpool John Moores): "'Something unreal, something to go on paper': Elizabeth Taylor and the Problems of Realism" |
English Literature Seminar |
| 6.00 pm, Lecture Theatre 183, Old College |
Sven Bostyn (Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool): "Is there a future for absolute product patent protection?" |
SCRIPT Centre Seminar |
| Mon. 12 Mar. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Oral Culture Discussion Group
Please email E.Lyle@ed.ac.uk for further information |
Oral Culture Discussion Group |
| 3.30 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 1.06, Old Surgeons' Hall, High School Yards |
Dr. Ismael Rafols (SPRU, University of Sussex): "How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinary research: The case of Innovation Studies vs. Business & Management" |
Innogen Seminar
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| 5.15 pm, F21, 7 George Square |
John Marshall Memorial Lecture
Peter Halligan (Cardiff): "Delusion-like beliefs and Anomalous Perceptions in the non-clinical population" |
Psychology Seminar |
| 5.30 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Dr. Thomas Pierret (IMES): "Some Keys to Understanding the Syrian Uprising: Classes, Sects and Family Structures" |
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar |
| Tue. 13 Mar. |
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| 4.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Dr. Andrew Gardiner (Veterinary Clinical Lecturer, University of Edinburgh): "The Dangerous Women of Animal Welfare: how British veterinary medicine went to the dogs" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 4.10 pm, Room 1.07, New College |
Chris Sabanal (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh): "Emerging Social Awareness in the Self Narratives of Evangelicals in the Philippines" |
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Seminar |
| 5.00 - 6.30 pm, Room G.12, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place |
Stuart Allan (National War Museum, Edinburgh): "Military culture wars: the Commando debate 1940-45" |
Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Dr. Deborah Strickland (University of Glasgow): "'Ethiopians' and the Problem of 'Race' in Late Medieval Art and Thought" |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| 6.00 pm, Lecture Theatre 183, Old College |
Duncan Matthews (Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London): "The Doha Declaration + 10: Reflections on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health from a Human Rights Perspective" |
SCRIPT Centre Seminar |
| Wed. 14 Mar. |
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| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Richard Banegas (Département de Science Politique de la Sorbonne, UFR11 Science Politique): "Violence, Youth and Citizenship: Post-conflict politics in Côte d'Ivoire" |
Centre of African Studies Seminar/ Royal African Society |
| 4.30 pm, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street |
Dr. Jane Stevens Crawshaw (Oxford Brookes University): "Books and Beaks: Doctors' Fight Against the Plague in Early Modern Europe" |
Edinburgh History of Medicine Group seminar |
| 5.15 pm, French Class Library, 59 George Square |
Professor Philippe Willemart (University of São Paulo, Brazil): "Un nouvel Œdipe chez Henry Bauchau" |
French Research Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Conference Room, Celtic and Scottish Studies, 27 George Square |
Fiona O'Hanlon, Professor Lindsay Paterson & Dr. Wilson McLeod (University of Edinburgh): "Classifying Gaelic-medium provision: language use in early years, primary and secondary school settings" |
Soillse Seminar Series |
| Thu. 15 Mar. |
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| 3.30 pm, Old Library, Geography, Drummond Street |
Ruediger von Krosigk (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh): "Spaces of Governance" |
Human Geography Research Group |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, 7 Buccleuch Place |
Sangeeta Dasgupta (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi): "Heathen Aboriginals" to "Christian Tribes": Locating the Oraons in Missionary Writings on Chhotanagpur" |
South Asian Studies Seminar |
| 4.15 - 6.00 pm, Moot Court Room, Old College |
Professor Linda Mulcahy (Law Department, LSE): "Architects of Justice: The relationship between design, degradation and due process" |
Centre for Law and Society Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Main Auditorium, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place |
INAUGURAL LECTURE
Professor Alice Turk (Personal Chair of Linguistic Phonetics): "Timing in Talking: How is it controlled, and what is it for?" |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| 5.15 pm, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Teviot Place (Doorway 1) |
Bannerman Seminar on the History of Gaelic Scotland
Professor Ewen Cameron (University of Edinburgh): "J.M. Bannerman and Scottish Liberalism" |
Scottish History Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room A, Alison House, Nicolson Square |
Herbert Heyde (New York): "Four lutes of 1594 - built or not built on proportions?" |
Music Research Seminars |
| 5.30 - 8.15 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, 74 Lauriston Place |
Architectural Conservation Masterclasses 2012
Nicolas Boyes (Nicolas Boyes Stone Conservation Ltd): "The Ongoing Conservation of Rosslyn Chapel"
Full details of the Masterclass series, including costs: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/graduate-school/taughtdegrees/msc-architectural-conservation/about-the-msc/masterclasses |
Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies |
| 6.00 - 7.15 pm, Lecture Theatre 2, Appleton Tower |
SWINC Annual Lecture
Professor Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck College, University of London): "Stevenson Among the Psychologists"
Free but ticketed. Book online at http://edinburgh-university-80.eventbrite.co.uk/
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Centre for Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century |
| Fri. 16 Mar. |
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| 11.15 am - 12.30 pm, Martin Hall, New College |
Dr. Michael Legaspi (Massachusetts): "The Personification of Death in the Prophets" |
Biblical Studies Research Seminar |
| 1.00 - 2.30 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Mike Battcock (Department for International Development): "DFID: International Partnerships and Faith Groups" |
Transatlantic Seminar, Politics and IR / Just World Institute / Religion & War Project |
| 1.10 - 2.00 pm, Conference Room, 27 George Square |
Ms Abigail Burnyeat (Celtic and Scottish Studies): "See Munster and Die: a reappraisal of cosmological approaches to medieval Irish literary sources" |
Celtic and Scottish Studies |
| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Chuck Jedrej Lecture in African Anthropology
David Pratten (African Studies Centre, University of Oxford): "Radical Insecurity and Rugged Lives: the politics of youth in Nigeria" |
Social Anthropology/African Studies |
| 4.30 - 6.30 pm, Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower |
Professor William Christie (Sydney) and Dr. Alan Gillis (Edinburgh): "The Edinburgh Review: Then and Now" |
English Literature Seminar |
| Mon. 19 Mar. |
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| All day, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Colloquium: "Atlantic World Rhetorics"
Speakers from University of North Carolina at Greensboro and University of Edinburgh
As space is limited, booking is essential. Email iash@ed.ac.uk to reserve a place |
STAR Project, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities/Atlantic World Research Network |
| 5.15 pm, F21, 7 George Square |
Kate Watkins (Oxford): "Neural correlates of developmental disorders of speech and language" |
Psychology Seminar |
| 5.30 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Ms Jehan Saleh (PhD candidate, IMES): "The Evolution of Political Identity within Lebanon's Shi'i community" and Mr. Mahmoud Atiyya (PhD candidate, IMES): "From Violence to Non-violence: The ex-Jihadist Egyptian Islamist Group, 1974-2012" |
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar |
| Tue. 20 Mar. |
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| 4.10 pm, Room 1.07, New College |
Dr. Emma Wild-Wood (Henry Martyn Centre, Cambridge): "Powerful Words: Reading the Diaries of Apolo Kivebulaya, a Ganda Priest (c.1865-1933)" |
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Seminar |
| 5.00 - 6.30 pm, Room 1.9, Doorway 6, Teviot Place |
"Beyond Male/Female: Challenging Binary Divisions of Labor in Prehistory"
Nyree Finlay (University of Glasgow): "Gender and Prehistoric Lithic Production"; and Diane Bolger (University of Edinburgh): "Gender and Prehistoric Pottery Production" |
Gender and Archaeology Seminar, School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
| 5.15 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Professor Stefan Brink (University of Aberdeen): "Viking Slavery" |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| 5.30 - 7.00 pm, Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower |
English Literature 1762-2012
Olga Taxidou (English Literature, University of Edinburgh), Peter Arnott (Resident Playwright, Genomics Forum) and David MacLennan (actor, writer, producer Òran Mór, Glasgow): "Theatres of Learning: Drama, the University and performance in Scotland" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 6.00 - 8.00 pm, History of Art Common Room, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
"Reading Marx's Capital" - a reading group based around David Harvey's video lectures.
http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/
If you would like to participate please email programme@stills.org |
History of Art / Stills Gallery |
| Wed. 21 Mar. |
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| 11.00 am - 1.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Marion Fourcade (University of California, Berkeley): "Lost in Translation: Foreign Experts in the US legal system" |
Sociology Seminar |
| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Professor Marilyn Reizbaum (Harrison King McCann Professor of English, Bowdoin College, Maine): "Sparknotes: Muriel Spark's Aesthetic of Ridicule" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Tom Fenn (Centre for Archaeological Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven): "From Whence the Monsoon Blows: Indian Ocean Trade in Glass Beads with Africa in the 1st and 2nd Millennium AD" |
Centre of African Studies Seminar |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, F21, Psychology, 7 George Square |
Yvonne Fowler (Aston University): "Interpreting into the Ether: Prison Video Link in the Multilingual Courtroom" |
Translation Studies Research Seminar, University of Edinburgh/ Heriot Watt University |
| 5.15 pm, French Class Library, 59 George Square |
Professor Jean-Nicolas Illouz (Université Paris VIII): "L'Après-midi d'un faune et l'interprétation des arts: Mallarmé, Manet, Debussy, Gauguin, Nijinsky" |
French Research Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Conference Room, Celtic and Scottish Studies, 27 George Square |
An Dr. Alasdair MacCaluim
(Pàrlamaid na h-Alba): "Adhartachadh na Gàidhlig ann am Pàrlamaid na h-Alba"
This seminar will be presented in Gaelic,w ith no translation facilities |
Soillse Seminar Series |
| Thu. 22 Mar. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Emblems -
Laurence Grove (French, University of Glasgow): "How the Renaissance Code was Broken"; and Miranda Anderson (English Literature): "Thinking with Emblems" |
Renaissance and Early Modern Discussion Group |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, 7 Buccleuch Place |
Nate Roberts (Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen): "Meanings of Monotheism: Ethnographic Evidence and the Intolerance Thesis" |
South Asian Studies Seminar |
| 4.15 - 6.00 pm, Moot Court Room, Old College |
Dr. Kirsten McConnachie (University of Edinburgh): "The struggle for ownership of justice: Legal pluralism, legitimacy and asymmetries of power in a Karen refugee community" |
Centre for Law and Society Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Teviot Place (Doorway 1) |
Dr. Andrew McKillop (University of Aberdeen): "Scots Law and Identities in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire" |
Scottish History Seminar/Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room 1, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Dr. Hanneke Grootenboer (University of Oxford): "A Genuine Augengeschichte: 18th Century Eye Miniatures" |
History of Art Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room A, Alison House, Nicolson Square |
Gill French: "Follow the Band: Scottish Borders Brass Bands and the Common Ridings" and Lisa Norman: "Some novel approaches to brass instrument organology" |
Music Research Seminars |
| 5.30 - 8.15 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, 74 Lauriston Place |
Architectural Conservation Masterclasses 2012
Dr. Zeynep Eres (Istanbul Technical University): "Preservation and Presentation of Prehistoric Sites in Turkey - A Case Study from Eastern Thrace: Asagi Pinar"
Full details of the Masterclass series, including costs: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/graduate-school/taughtdegrees/msc-architectural-conservation/about-the-msc/masterclasses |
Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies |
| Fri. 23 Mar. |
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| 11.15 am - 12.30 pm, Martin Hall, New College |
Sungkuk Kim (NT PG): "Continuity and Discontinuity in Reading the Psalms between the Second Temple Judaism and the first century Christianity" |
Biblical Studies Research Seminar |
| 1.00 - 2.30 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Liz Cripps (University of Edinburgh): "Climate Change and Moral Responsibility" |
Transatlantic Seminar, Politics and IR |
| 1.10 - 2.00 pm, Conference Room, 27 George Square |
Dr. Katherine Campbell (Celtic and Scottish Studies): "William Christie's song collecting in the Buckie fishing community (1840-1855)" |
Celtic and Scottish Studies |
| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Harry Walker (LSE): "The Violence of Justice: Law and Amazonian Cosmopolitics" |
Social Anthropology Seminar |
| 4.30 pm, Gibson Library, David Hume Tower |
Mary Cosgrove (Edinburgh) |
German Research Seminar |
| 4.30 - 6.30 pm, Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower |
Dr. Mark Robson (Nottingham): "The Sense of an Ending and the ends of Sense" |
English Literature Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, LT1, Appleton Tower |
Dr. Mike O'Mahony (Department of History of Art, University of Bristol): "Winter Sports through the Prism of Soviet Artists" |
Russian Studies Research Seminar |
| Mon. 26 Mar. |
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| 4.00 pm, Room 2.01, Geography, Drummond Street |
Julie Cupples (Geography, University of Canterbury) |
Human Geography Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, The Auditorium, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place |
INAUGURAL LECTURE
Professor John Lee (Personal Chair of Digital Media): "Learning Vicariously with Rich Media" |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| 5.15 pm, F21, 7 George Square |
Peter Naish (Open University) |
Psychology Seminar |
| 5.30 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Mr. Yousef Hamdan (PhD candidate, IMES): "The Development of Adonis's Critical and Cultural Attitudes in Majallat Shi'r (1957-1970)" and Mr. Mahmoud al-Shalaby (PhD candidate, English/IMES): "The Intellectual's Dilemma in Salah Abd Al-Sabur's Drama" |
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar |
| Tue. 27 Mar. |
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| 5.15 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Professor Peter Coss (Cardiff University): "Entertainment in the Medieval Gentry Household" |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| 6.00 pm, Lecture Theatre 183, Old College |
Christopher Millard (Queen Mary, University of London): "Cloud Computing: Risks, Rewards and Regulation" |
SCRIPT Centre Seminar |
| Wed. 28 Mar. |
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| 1.00 - 2.00 pm, IASH, 2 Hope Park Square |
Dr. Stuart McWilliams (Newby Trust Postdoctoral Fellow, IASH): "The Inscription of Enchantment: Magical Books in Theory and Practice" |
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| 4.00 pm, Senate Room, Free Church College, The Mound |
Dr. Margaret Batty (Edinburgh): "Primitive Methodism in Scotland 1826-1932" |
Scottish Church History Society |
| 4.00 - 6.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Mirjam de Bruijn (African Studies Centre, University of Leiden): "'Connecting Dreams' in Cameroon: Life histories, crossing borders, and new ICT" |
Centre of African Studies Seminar |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, Postgraduate Centre G.01, Heriot Watt University |
Adam Kilgarriff (Lexical Computing Ltd): "Corpus Methods and Corpus Tools in Linguistics, Lexicography and Translation" |
Translation Studies Research Seminar, University of Edinburgh/ Heriot Watt University |
| 5.00 pm, Room G.13, William Robertson Wing, Medical School |
Ben Marsh (University of Stirling): "Silk hopes in eighteenth century Carolina" |
Seminar in Economic and Social History |
| 5.15 pm, Conference Room, Celtic and Scottish Studies, 27 George Square |
Dr. Fiona Lyon (East Renfrewshire Council): "Early identification of literacy difficulties in Gaelic-medium education" |
Soillse Seminar Series |
| Thu. 29 Mar. |
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| 3.30 pm, Old Library, Geography, Drummond Street |
Michael Thompson (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis): "Wicked Problems, Uncomfortable Knowledge, Clumsy Solutions" |
CECS Senubar |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, 7 Buccleuch Place |
Jonathan Saha (University of Bristol): "Corruption and the Making of the Colonial State in Burma, c.1890-1910" |
South Asian Studies Seminar |
| 4.15 - 6.00 pm, Moot Court Room, Old College |
Professor Lindsay Farmer (University of Glasgow): "The Institution of Criminal Law" |
Centre for Law and Society Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Teviot Place (Doorway 1) |
Annual John Bannerman Lecture on the History of Gaelic Scotland
Professor Dauvit Broun (University of Glasgow): "The origins of the mormaer and the beginning of Scotland" |
Scottish History Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room 1, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Dr. Julian Stallabrass (Courtauld Institute of Art): "Elite Art in an Age of Populism" |
History of Art Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room A, Alison House, Nicolson Square |
Pedro Rebelo (Queen's University Belfast): "Distributed Performance: Collaborative Strategies in the Network" |
Music Research Seminars |
| Fri. 30 Mar. |
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| 11.15 am - 12.30 pm, Martin Hall, New College |
Marilyn Burton (OT PG): "The Power and the Glory: an analysis of two interconnected Hebrew semantic domains" |
Biblical Studies Research Seminar |
| 11.00 am - 12.30 pm, Seminar Room 3, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Dr. Matthew Goodwin (University of Nottingham): "What Drives Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Twenty-First Century Britain?" |
The Muslims in Britain seminar series, The Alwaleed Centre |
| 1.00 pm, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA, Lauriston Place |
Paul Rooney: Artist's Talk |
Edinburgh College of Art |
| 1.00 - 2.30 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
John Lloyd (Financial Times): "'The Media are American': For Good or Ill?" |
Transatlantic Seminar, Politics and IR |
| 1.10 - 2.00 pm, Conference Room, 27 George Square |
Dr. Neill Martin: "The Return of the Cossacks: the revitalisation of tradition in Crimea" |
Celtic and Scottish Studies |
| 3.00 - 5.00 pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Janet Carsten (Edinburgh): "Ghosts, Commensality, and Scuba Diving: Tracing Kinship and Sociality in Clinical Pathology Labs and Blood Banks in Penang" |
Social Anthropology Seminar |
| 4.30 - 6.30 pm, Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower |
Professor Marianne Boruch (Purdue): "'The End inside It: Poetic Closure that Opens" |
English Literature Seminar |
| Mon. 2 Apr. |
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| 5.30 - 7.00 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Professor Jack Renard (St. Louis University): "Friends of God in Islamic Art and Literature" |
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar / The Alwaleed Centre |
| Tue. 3 Apr. |
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| 2.00 - 4.00 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Professor Jack Renard (St. Louis University): "Islam and Christianity: Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective" |
The Alwaleed Centre |
| 6.00 - 8.00 pm, History of Art Common Room, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
"Reading Marx's Capital" - a reading group based around David Harvey's video lectures.
http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/
If you would like to participate please email programme@stills.org |
History of Art / Stills Gallery |
| Wed. 4 Apr. |
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| 5.15 pm, French Class Library, 59 George Square |
Professor Peter Nelson (University of Edinburgh): "Astral and Terrestrial Music: the spectacular art of Iannis Xenakis" |
French Research Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Conference Room, Celtic and Scottish Studies, 27 George Square |
Dr. Guy Puzey (University of Edinburgh): "Linguistic landscapes as a mechanism of language policy: case studies from Scotland, Norway and Italy" |
Soillse Seminar Series |
| Thu. 5 Apr. |
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| 3.30 pm, Old Library, Geography, Drummond Street |
Tim Hall (Geography, Queen Mary, University of London): "The making of ethicohygienic space: converting churchyard and disused burial grounds to spaces for health in late-Victorian East London" |
Human Geography Seminar |
| 4.00 - 5.30 pm, 7 Buccleuch Place |
Aalok Khandekar: "An 'Indian Summer': Lokpal and the Framing of Accountability" |
South Asian Studies Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Teviot Place (Doorway 1) |
Dr. Nick Draper (University College London): "Legacies of Scottish Slave-ownership: Scotland's share in Britain's colonial slave empire" |
Scottish History Seminar/Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room 1, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Dr. Sarah Cook (University of Sunderland): "The Context of a Festival for Experiments in Curating" |
History of Art Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Lecture Room A, Alison House, Nicolson Square |
Lauren Hayes: "(A)live Electronics: Multimodal and enactive approaches to digital music from the performer's perspective" and Nearchos Panos: "The evolution of the musical and cultural genre of Lullaby in the repertoire music of Western Europe and its establishment as a musical topos during the Romantic period" |
Music Research Seminars |
| Fri. 6 Apr. |
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| 11.15 am - 12.30 pm, Martin Hall, New College |
Dr. Matthew Novenson: "Bluebloods and Upstarts: The Problem of Ancestry in Early Jewish and Christian Messiah Texts" |
Biblical Studies Research Seminar |
| 4.30 - 6.30 pm, Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower |
Dr. Anthony Paraskeva (Dundee): "Samuel Beckett and Second Wave Modernist Cinema" |
English Literature Seminar |
| Fri. 13 Apr. |
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| 5.00 - 7.00 pm |
Conference: "Lines of Continuity - Lines of Descent, Lines of Memory and Other Modes of Connection"
Organiser: Emily Lyle (e.lyle@ed.ac.uk)
Details available at http://www.tradcos.co.uk nearer the date of the conference |
University of Edinburgh Oral Culture Forum / Traditional Cosmology Society |
| Sat. 14 Apr. |
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| 9.30 am - 5.00 pm |
Conference: "Lines of Continuity - Lines of Descent, Lines of Memory and Other Modes of Connection"
Organiser: Emily Lyle (e.lyle@ed.ac.uk)
Details available at http://www.tradcos.co.uk nearer the date of the conference |
University of Edinburgh Oral Culture Forum / Traditional Cosmology Society |
| Sun. 15 Apr. |
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| 10.00 am - 1.00 pm |
Conference: "Lines of Continuity - Lines of Descent, Lines of Memory and Other Modes of Connection"
Organiser: Emily Lyle (e.lyle@ed.ac.uk)
Details available at http://www.tradcos.co.uk nearer the date of the conference |
University of Edinburgh Oral Culture Forum / Traditional Cosmology Society |
| Tue. 17 Apr. |
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| 6.00 - 8.00 pm, History of Art Common Room, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
"Reading Marx's Capital" - a reading group based around David Harvey's video lectures.
http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/
If you would like to participate please email programme@stills.org |
History of Art / Stills Gallery |
| Thu. 19 Apr. |
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| 5.15 pm, venue tbc |
Denys Hay Lecture
Professor Judith Bennett (University of Southern California): "Death and the Maiden" |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| 5.15 pm, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Teviot Place (Doorway 1) |
Dr. Adam Budd (University of Edinburgh): "John Armstrong (1709-1778) MD Edin (1732), Expatriate Poet-Physician in London" |
Scottish History Seminar/Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies |
| Fri. 20 Apr. |
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| 6.00 - 7.30 pm, Garden Lobby, Scottish Parliament, Holyrood |
"Muslims and the Political Process in Scotland: A Panel Event"
For security reasons you must formally register for this event at:
http://edinburgh-university-81.eventbrite.co.uk/ |
The Muslims in Britain seminar series, The Alwaleed Centre |
| Mon. 23 Apr. |
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| 5.30 pm, St. Cecilia's Hall, Cowgate |
Gifford Lectures: "Silence in Christian History: the witness of Holmes' Dog"
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch (Professor of the History of the Church, Oxford; and Fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford)
Lecture 1: "Introduction: voices and silence in Tanakh and Christian New Testament"
Free but ticketed. Booking will open in early March. |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Tue. 24 Apr. |
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| 5.15 pm, Room G2, 19 George Square |
Postgraduate Presentations/CMRS Round Table |
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar |
| 5.30 pm, St. Cecilia's Hall, Cowgate |
Gifford Lectures: "Silence in Christian History: the witness of Holmes' Dog"
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch (Professor of the History of the Church, Oxford; and Fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford)
Lecture 2: "The triumph of monastic silence"
Free but ticketed. Booking will open in early March. |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Thu. 26 Apr. |
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| 3.30 pm, Old Library, Geography, Drummond Street |
Paul Kirkness (Geography, University of Edinburgh) |
Human Geography Seminar |
| 5.30 pm, St. Cecilia's Hall, Cowgate |
Gifford Lectures: "Silence in Christian History: the witness of Holmes' Dog"
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch (Professor of the History of the Church, Oxford; and Fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford)
Lecture 3: "Silence transformed: the Reformation and beyond"
Free but ticketed. Booking will open in early March. |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Mon. 30 Apr. |
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| 3.30 - 5.00 pm |
Dr. Jane Gregory (University College London) |
ISSTI Seminar |
| 5.30 pm, St. Cecilia's Hall, Cowgate |
Gifford Lectures: "Silence in Christian History: the witness of Holmes' Dog"
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch (Professor of the History of the Church, Oxford; and Fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford)
Lecture 4: "Getting behind noise in Christian history" |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Tue. 1 May |
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| 5.30 pm, St. Cecilia's Hall, Cowgate |
Gifford Lectures: "Silence in Christian History: the witness of Holmes' Dog"
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch (Professor of the History of the Church, Oxford; and Fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford)
Lecture 5: "The silences of fear and shame"
Free but ticketed. Booking will open in early March. |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Thu. 3 May |
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| 5.30 pm, St. Cecilia's Hall, Cowgate |
Gifford Lectures: "Silence in Christian History: the witness of Holmes' Dog"
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch (Professor of the History of the Church, Oxford; and Fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford)
Lecture 6: "Silence in modern and future Christianities"
Free but ticketed. Booking will open in early March. |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
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