Matthew Ford (University of Sussex): From the mundane to the sophisticated: military innovation studies and the question of power
Friday 14 October 2016
13.30-17.30
The Use of Research Resources in Midwifery History
Organiser: De Partu History of Childbirth Group / Dr Alison Nuttall, Honorary Fellow, SHCA
Venue: The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ
For more information please contact Dr Alison Nuttall: alison_m_nuttall@hotmail.com
Dr Karin Neutel (University of Oslo): Good News for the Foreskin? Paul in Ancient and Contemporary Debates on Male Circumcision
Dr Felix Waldmann: The Manuscripts of David Hume IASH Work in Progress Seminar
Dr Bruce Campbell, (University of Edinburgh): Insights into the Religious Dimension of Identity-based Violence in Northern Nigeria
Susan Molyneux-Hodgson (University of Exeter): Barriers, bodies and bacteria: the 'scaling up' of synthetic biology
250 Years of Press Freedom: Sweden’s Contribution to Open Communications*
Negotiating Nations 2
*Free event – however, please register here: http://swedish-press-freedom.eventbrite.com
Mr Bernardo Cho (University of Edinburgh): Messiah and Priesthood: Jesus’s Demonstration at the Temple in the Gospel of Mark
Anna Bohlin & Caroline Haux (Stockholm University): Negotiating Nations 1: Enchanting Nations: Commodity Market, Folklore and Nationalism in Scandinavian Literature 1830-1850
Alberto Manguel on Wednesday 5 October at 5.30pm in 50 George Square, Edinburgh.
Alberto Manguel's books A History of Reading, The Library at Night and The City of Words (among many others) have made him one of the most prominent authors on the subject of books and reading in the world today.
In this lecture, entitled ‘Adam’s Task: A Dictionary Story’, Alberto Manguel will talk about several of the dictionaries that have been important to him throughout his reader's life and reflect on how they shaped and guided his reading.