September 2016

Professor Frank Baumgartner: Work in Progress talk

Event date: 
Thursday 16 June 2016 to Friday 17 June 2016
Location: 
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square

Professor Frank Baumgartner (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, IASH Fellow): title tbc

Practising the Reflexivity Tenet – Science Studies Unit 50th anniversary workshop

Event date: 
Thursday 16 June 2016 to Friday 17 June 2016
Location: 
Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI), High School Yards

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Science Studies Unit (SSU), one of the predecessors of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies Subject Group here in Edinburgh. Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS) Subject Group is happy to invite you to the Practising the Reflexivity Tenet Workshop, which is part of the SSU 50th Anniversary event series.

CeSeR Roundtable: The Future of Interdisciplinary Security Studies: Health, Environment, Literature, Cyber

Event date: 
Wednesday 15 June 2016 to Thursday 16 June 2016

CeSeR Roundtable: The Future of Interdisciplinary Security Studies: Health, Environment, Literature, Cyber

 

Date: 15 June, 5.30pm

 

Venue: St Giles Room, Radisson Blu Hotel, Niddry Street entry

 

Speakers:

Till Bachmann (Reader in Personalised Medicine in Infectious Diseases)

Penny Fielding (Grierson Chair of English, co-organiser Edinburgh spy-week)

Andy Kerr (Executive Director, Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation)

Kami Vaniea (Lecturer in Cyber Security and Piracy)

 

CfP: Anglo-German Encounters with Drama and Poetry, 1760-1835

Event date: 
Monday 13 June 2016 to Wednesday 15 June 2016
Location: 
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square

Anglo-German Encounters with Drama and Poetry, 1760-1835

Royal Society of Edinburgh Susan Manning Symposium

Edinburgh, 13-14 June 2016

Organisers: Prof. Sandro Jung (Ghent University/IASH); Dr Michael Wood (University of Edinburgh/IASH)

Zheng He – When the Dragon Ships Came

Event date: 
Thursday 9 June 2016 to Friday 10 June 2016

 

  1. Puppet show:

Title: Zheng He - When the Dragon Ships Came

Time: Thurs 9 June

Location: Central Hall, West Tollcross, Edinburgh

Ticket: Tickets are on sale to the general public for the 7pm show which will take place on Thurs 9 June at Central Hall, West Tollcross, Edinburgh Please book via the Queens Hall Box Office:

T: 0131 668 2019 M-F 10am-5pm