January 2017

Sydney Ayers (University of Edinburgh): Representing Robert Adam: Biography, Portraiture & Memory; Nel Whiting (University of Dundee): ‘if they hang not in proper Places, they will not have a good Effect’: Portraiture, Place and Position.

Event date:

Wednesday 22 February 2017

Time:

16:30

Location:

Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square.

Wednesday 22nd February

4.30pm, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square.

Sydney Ayers (University of Edinburgh): Representing Robert Adam: Biography, Portraiture & Memory; Nel Whiting (University of Dundee): ‘if they hang not in proper Places, they will not have a good Effect’: Portraiture, Place and Position.

[18^th Century Research Seminars]

Nicola Martin (University of Stirling): Improvement, Stadial Theory, and the Pacification of the Highlands inthe mid-Eighteenth Century; Thomas Archambaud (Independent): The Highland Bard and the Prime Minister: James Macpherson, Lord Bute and the politic

Event date:

Wednesday 8 February 2017

Time:

16:30

Location:

Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square.

Wednesday 8th February

4.30pm, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square.

Nicola Martin (University of Stirling): Improvement, Stadial Theory, and the Pacification of the Highlands inthe mid-Eighteenth Century; Thomas Archambaud (Independent): The Highland Bard and the Prime Minister: James Macpherson, Lord Bute and the politics of Scottish patronage in the age of Enlightenment.

[18^th Century Research Seminars]

Ben Rogers (University of Edinburgh): ‘An Unexpected Solution or a Political Imposition?’: Scottish Episcopalian Toleration, 1702-1712; Carys Brown (University of Cambridge): ‘A dissembling Harlot for a leacherous wolf’: sexual reputation and religious co

Event date:

Wednesday 25 January 2017

Time:

16:30

Location:

Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square.

Wednesday 25th January

4.30pm, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square.

Ben Rogers (University of Edinburgh): ‘An Unexpected Solution or a Political Imposition?’: Scottish Episcopalian Toleration, 1702-1712; Carys Brown (University of Cambridge): ‘A dissembling Harlot for a leacherous wolf’: sexual reputation and religious coexistence in England, c.1689-1750.

[18^th Century Research Seminars]

The Steven Campbell Trust Lecture 2017: Rimbaud Panel Discussion

Event date:

Monday 6 February 2017 to Tuesday 7 February 2017

Time:

18:00

Location:

CCA Glasgow

On the occasion of the eighth annual Steven Campbell Trust Lecture, the Steven Campbell Trust are delighted to announce a panel of expert guests to discuss the enduring influence of 19th century French poet Arthur Rimbaud on popular culture.

In essence an eclectic postmodernist, Campbell’s complex layered artworks reference multiple sources. The iconic image of the young rebel poet Arthur Rimbaud is a recurring figure in Campbell’s paintings and drawings, poems such as ‘The Drunken Boat’ of 1871 were a vital source of inspiration.

Dr. Dinesh Wadiwel (University of Sydney): Animals as Labourers? Marx, Work and Nonhumans

Event date:

Friday 3 February 2017 to Saturday 4 February 2017

Time:

13:00

Location:

Drummond Library, Institute of Geography, Drummond Street

Friday, 3^rd February

1pm, G10 Drummond Library, Institute of Geography, Drummond Street
Dr. Dinesh Wadiwel (University of Sydney): Animals as Labourers? Marx, Work and Nonhumans
[The Institute of Geography]

Dr Joseph Daher: Hezbollah: The Political Economy of the Party of God

Event date:

Monday 30 January 2017 to Tuesday 31 January 2017

Time:

19:00

Location:

50 George Square, G.05

Dr Joseph Daher: Hezbollah: The Political Economy of the Party of God

30 January 2017, 7 pm – 9 pm

50 George Square, G.05

Joseph Daher completed a Doctorate in Development Studies at SOAS, University of London, and teaches at Lausanne University, Switzerland. He is the co-editor of Penser l'émancipation and co-author of The People Demand: A Short history of the Arab Revolutions.

This event is a book launch of his new book published by the University of Chicago Press.

Professor Jussi Hanhimäki (The Graduate Institute, Geneva): Divorce in the Making? Transatlantic Relations Before and After 2016.

Event date:

Thursday 9 February 2017

Time:

17:30

Location:

Anatomy Lecture Theatre

Thursday 9th February

5.30pm, Anatomy Lecture Theatre
Professor Jussi Hanhimäki (The Graduate Institute, Geneva): Divorce in the Making? Transatlantic Relations Before and After 2016.
[2018 Fennell Lecture]

A short drinks reception will follow the talk

All welcome Registration is free but ticketed: click here to register.