November 2017

Sammy Bishop (Edinburgh University) 'Bodies and Boundaries: The Role of the Researcher in Contemporary Tantra'

Event date: 
Wednesday 2 May 2018 to Thursday 3 May 2018
Time: 
16:00
Location: 
Althaus-Reid Room, New College      

2 May 2018 (rescheduled from 28th February 2018)
 4-5.30pm, Althaus-Reid Room, New College               

Sammy Bishop (Edinburgh University)

'Bodies and Boundaries: The Role of the Researcher in Contemporary Tantra'

Religious Studies research seminar

Seán Martin (Edinburgh Napier University) ‘A Shadow on the Face of Muspel: Gnostic Traces in the Fiction of David Lindsay (1978-1945)’

Event date: 
Wednesday 31 January 2018 to Thursday 1 February 2018
Time: 
16:00
Location: 
Althaus-Reid Room, New College  

31st January 2018, 4-5.30pm, Althaus-Reid Room, New College  

Seán Martin (Edinburgh Napier University)

‘A Shadow on the Face of Muspel: Gnostic Traces in the Fiction of David Lindsay (1978-1945)’

Religious Studies research seminar

'Engaging the Public: The Impact of Religious Studies’

Event date: 
Wednesday 17 January 2018 to Thursday 18 January 2018
Time: 
16:00

 

17th January 2018, 4.00-5.30pm, Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre, New College

'Engaging the Public: The Impact of Religious Studies’

A panel on the public impact of Religious Studies/Study of Religions led by committee members of the British Association for the Study of Religions, including Dr Stephen Gregg (Wolverhampton), Dr Christopher Cotter (Edinburgh), Dr Suzanne Owen (Leeds Trinity), Dr David Robertson (The Open University) and Dr Steven Sutcliffe (Edinburgh)

Roundtable: Academic citizenship beyond borders

Event date: 
Thursday 30 November 2017 to Friday 1 December 2017
Time: 
17:00
Location: 
Room LG11 David Hume Tower

Roundtable: Academic citizenship beyond borders

Full details and registration

Speakers

Bangladesh: Dr. Shuchi Karim, University of Dhaka, visiting scholar at Radboud University, Nijmegen

China: Dr. Tim Pringle, SOAS, editor of the China Quarterly

Turkey: Dr. Serdar Tekin, independent scholar, formerly at Ege University, Istanbul

Uganda: Dr. Zoe Marks, University of Edinburgh

Professor Paul Matthews OBE: Using large population-based studies to understand age-related changes in cognition

Event date: 
Tuesday 28 November 2017
Time: 
17:15
Location: 
F21, Department of Psychology, 7 George Square. 

CCACE special guest St Andrews Day seminar will be given by Professor Paul Matthews OBE, Associate Director UK Dementia Research Institute, Imperial College London.

 

Tuesday 28th November, 5.15pm followed by a drinks reception. Please note the slightly later start time.

Room F21, Department of Psychology, 7 George Square. 

 

Title: Using large population-based studies to understand age-related changes in cognition

Tales of a Tour Guide: Middle East politics and the creative memoir with Ronnie Chatah

Event date: 
Wednesday 29 November 2017 to Thursday 30 November 2017
Time: 
16:00
Location: 
ground floor of 50 George Square

Tales of a Tour Guide: Middle East politics and the creative memoir with Ronnie Chatah

29 November 4pm-6pm

Screening Room, ground floor of 50 George Square

About: Please join us in warmly welcoming a very recent graduate of the MSc in Creative Writing, Ronnie Chatah, who will be reading from his work 'Tales of a Tour Guide'.  Ronnie will be introduced by Dr Ewan Stein, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh.  His reading will be followed by a Q&A and then a wine reception.

Professor Gustavo San Román, from the Spanish Department at The University of St Andrews, will deliver a lecture entitled: "The Purple Land of Memory and Identity: Three Instances of Memorialization in Three Literary Texts".

Event date: 
Friday 1 December 2017 to Saturday 2 December 2017
Time: 
17:00
Location: 
Room G.06 50 George Square

Professor Gustavo San Román, from the Spanish Department at The University of St Andrews, will deliver a lecture entitled: "The Purple Land of Memory and Identity: Three Instances of Memorialization in Three Literary Texts".

 

by Connecting Memories Research Initiative