March 2018

Rana Mitter (University of Oxford): ‘New China, new Asia: UNRRA, development and the reconstruction of postwar China, 1943-49’

Event date: 
Tuesday 3 April 2018 to Wednesday 4 April 2018
Time: 
17:00
Location: 
Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Doorway 1, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG

 

Tuesday 3 Apr    Rana Mitter (University of Oxford)    
‘New China, new Asia: UNRRA, development and the reconstruction of postwar China, 1943-49’

Commentator: Konrad Lawson (St Andrews)

Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Doorway 1, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG

Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History seminars

Professor Melinda A. Zeder’s  lecture titled, ‘Pathways to Animal Domestication: A Continuing Journey’

Event date: 
Thursday 5 April 2018
Time: 
17:30
Location: 
Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, Old Medical School, Teviot Place.

Professor Melinda A. Zeder’s  lecture titled, ‘Pathways to Animal Domestication: A Continuing Journey’ is to be given on Thursday 5 April 2018, 5.30-6.30pm, in the Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, Old Medical School, Teviot Place.

 

For further information on the lecture and venue details please visit:

Ian Anderson: Class Dismissed: Rancière Meets The Plebs.

Event date: 
Wednesday 4 April 2018
Time: 
17:30
Location: 
G.05 in 50 George Square

Join us on Wednesday 4th April at 17.30 in room G.05 in 50 George Square for the last LLC WiP seminar of the academic session and an end of year party!

Ian Anderson will be presenting a paper entitled, 'Class Dismissed: Rancière Meets The Plebs'. An abstract and a bio can be found below. 

After the talk and Q&A, there'll be drinks, snacks and other refreshments to toast another academic year of successful PG research seminars! 

We hope to see you there!

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Abstract:

Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House

Event date: 
Tuesday 3 April 2018 to Wednesday 4 April 2018
Time: 
17:00
Location: 
Adam House Theatre, 3 Chambers Street (basement) 

Event: "Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House"; screening of multi-media concert by Toronto-based Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and The Trio Arabica.

 

Date: Tuesday 3 April

 

Time: 17:00 - 20:00

 

Venue: Adam House Theatre, 3 Chambers Street (basement) 

 

Auspices: LLC, ESALA, ECA

Andrew Schaap (Exeter University): The Limits of Democratic Politics: Hannah Arendt and Jacques Rancière on Redressing Domination and Superfluity

Event date: 
Friday 18 May 2018 to Saturday 19 May 2018
Time: 
15:00
Location: 
Room 3.15, 18 Buccleuch Place

The Limits of Democratic Politics: Hannah Arendt and Jacques Rancière on Redressing Domination and Superfluity

Andrew Schaap (Exeter University) 

18th May 2018 15:00 

Room 3.15, 18 Buccleuch Place

[Politics and International Relations]

Roundtable discussion: Performativity and Asian Religious Texts

Event date: 
Wednesday 11 April 2018 to Thursday 12 April 2018
Time: 
11:00
Location: 
Senate Room, New College

11th April 2018, 11-1, Senate Room, New College

Roundtable discussion: Performativity and Asian Religious Texts

What does it mean for a text to have a performative aspect? How do we know if a text is meant to be performed, or to perform? How do we account for the performative nature of texts when we study them? This roundtable, featuring Professor Natalie Gummer (Beloit College, Wisconsin) and colleagues from across the University of Edinburgh, will explore such questions using examples from research into Asian religious texts.

Professor Ian McFarland: Christus Victor

Event date: 
Thursday 3 May 2018
Time: 
17:15
Location: 
Martin Hall, New College

Ian McFarland, Regius Professor of Divinity, will be delivering the Croall Lectures in Christian theology at the University of Edinburgh on four consecutive evenings from 30 April-3 May 2018. The lecture series, entitled, 'Vere Deus, Vere Homo: Reflections on the Incarnation', are based on his forthcoming book on the same topic.

30 April: One and the same

1 May: Perfect in Divinity

2 May: Perfect in Humanity

3 May: Christus Victor

Professor Ian McFarland: Perfect in Humanity

Event date: 
Wednesday 2 May 2018
Time: 
17:15
Location: 
Martin Hall, New College

Ian McFarland, Regius Professor of Divinity, will be delivering the Croall Lectures in Christian theology at the University of Edinburgh on four consecutive evenings from 30 April-3 May 2018. The lecture series, entitled, 'Vere Deus, Vere Homo: Reflections on the Incarnation', are based on his forthcoming book on the same topic.

30 April: One and the same

1 May: Perfect in Divinity

2 May: Perfect in Humanity

3 May: Christus Victor

Professor Ian McFarland: Perfect in Divinity

Event date: 
Tuesday 1 May 2018
Time: 
17:15
Location: 
Martin Hall, New College

Ian McFarland, Regius Professor of Divinity, will be delivering the Croall Lectures in Christian theology at the University of Edinburgh on four consecutive evenings from 30 April-3 May 2018. The lecture series, entitled, 'Vere Deus, Vere Homo: Reflections on the Incarnation', are based on his forthcoming book on the same topic.

30 April: One and the same

1 May: Perfect in Divinity

2 May: Perfect in Humanity

3 May: Christus Victor