May 2018

Art & Violence Now

Event date: 
Monday 11 June 2018
Location: 
Hunter Lecture Theatre Lecture Theatre O17 (Hunter Building) Edinburgh College of Art

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Art & Violence Now

Art & Violence Now examines manifestations, enactments and representations of violence in contemporary art against a global political and cultural backdrop in which terrorism, extremism, intolerance, sexual and other forms of violence appear endemic and inescapable.

Hunter Lecture Theatre
Lecture Theatre O17 (Hunter Building)
Edinburgh College of Art
74 Lauriston Place

The identity of adolescent Russian heritage speakers in the US, Israel, Germany and Finland (Ekaterina Protassova, University of Helsinki)

Event date: 
Friday 15 June 2018 to Saturday 16 June 2018
Time: 
17:00
Location: 
Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 19 Buccleuch Place, EH8 9LN

The identity of adolescent Russian heritage speakers in the US, Israel, Germany and Finland (Ekaterina Protassova, University of Helsinki)

15 June, 17.00h

Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 19 Buccleuch Place, EH8 9LN

Dr Ali Emre Benli

Dr Ali Emre Benli

Postdoctoral Fellow September 2018 to 30 June 2019

Project: The political rights of asylum seekers and refugees in the EU

I studied philosophy at Bogazici University in Istanbul and Erasmus University in Rotterdam, and obtained my Ph.D. in Political Theory from LUISS University in Rome (2016). Since then I held research positions at the University of Rijeka, the Italian National Research Council, Durham University, and the University of Louvain. I have also been a visiting lecturer at Bogazici University in Istanbul.  

Dr Georgina Barker

Dr Georgina Barker, University of Edinburgh

Postdoctoral Fellow June - December 2018

Project: Elena Shvarts and Princess Dashkova

My research explores Russian responses to ancient Greek and Roman history, literature, and culture. I am especially interested in how classical antiquity shapes contemporary Russian society – and vice versa.