Friday, 3 November
2pm, Teviot Lecture Theatre, Doorway 5, Medical School.
Professor Nur Masalha (SOAS), ‘The Land Speaks Arabic’, documentary and discussion
[Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies]
Thursday, 2 Nov
6pm, Playfair Library, Old College.
Professor Nur Masalha (SOAS),‘Powerful Symbols and the British-Zionist Alliance: From Balfour to the Nakba’.
Please book your free tickets through
[Annual M.W. Watt lecture, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies]
5pm, Room LG.11, David Hume Tower
Luka Špoljarić (Zagreb) - Politics and National History in the Fifteenth-Century Adriatic World: Nicholas of Modruš and his De bellis Gothorum
[CMRS Seminar]
18.00 Martin Hall, New College
'Reformation 500' - Marking the Anniversary of the Reformation
Durham University's Professor Alec Ryrie will speak on 'Protestants and their Bibles from the Reformation to the Present'.
Artistic representations of history
Part of the Dashkova Centre's series of events to mark the centenary of the 1917 Revolution, this roundtable (in RUSSIAN) features writer Vladimir Sharov, chief archivist of the Russian State Film Archive Peter Bagrov, and theatre practitioner Kristina Matvienko.
24.10., 6pm
Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 19 Buccleuch Place
George Walters-Sleyon: Race, Terrorism and theology: The burden of double standards in the American discourse.
Elizabeth Templeton Room, New College
[special Church History lecture to commemorate Black History Month]
16.00 – 18.00 Erving Goffman Memorial Lecture
“The Societalization of Social Problems: Church Pedophilia, Financial Crisis, and Media Phone Hacking”
Lecture Theatre 3, Appleton Tower. Followed by a wine reception CMB Foyer
Hosted by Edinburgh Sociology
Eventbrite registration
Tuesday 17th October
11.00-1.00 Doing research with the strong programme in cultural sociology (Master class with Jeffrey Alexander, Yale University for PG students and staff. 6th Floor Staff Room, CMB
Hosted by Edinburgh Sociology (followed by lunch)
To register please email angelica.thumala@ed.ac.uk
SNAS Programme 2017-2018
Seminars take place every last Tuesday of the month at 4:30pm at the
University of Edinburgh, Chrystal MacMillan Building, Conference Room 2.15 (2nd floor), unless otherwise stated.
19 December 2017
The Vistorian: Network Visualization for the Digital Humanities
Dr Benjamin Bach, University of Edinburgh