September 2018

Princess Dashkova, the Woman Who Shook the World

Event date: 
Thursday 29 November 2018
Time: 
18:30 - 20:00
Location: 
St Cecilia's Hall, Sypert Concert Room, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LG

Experience the extraordinary life of Princess Ekaterina Dashkova in a costumed extravaganza of eighteenth-century gossip, politics, poetry, and music.

She shook the world when she rode out in a soldier’s uniform at the side of the future Catherine the Great to help dethrone the Tsar.

She shook the world again when Catherine appointed her head of the Russian Academy of Sciences – the first woman in history to hold such a role.

Professor Adam Habib; #FeesMustFall & the Advancement of Social Justice

Event date: 
Monday 15 October 2018
Time: 
17:30
Location: 
University of Edinburgh Playfair Library Hall Edinburgh EH8 9YL

Futures Lecture Series | #FeesMustFall & the Advancement of Social Justice

Professor Adam Habib, academic, researcher, activist, administrator, and renowned political commentator and columnist joins us as guest speaker for EFI's Futures Lecture Series showcasing pioneering interdisciplinary work across the sciences and humanities.

Heritage Collections Research Fellowships

Our postdoctoral Fellowship programmes are now closed for 2025-26 applications. The next round, for visits between August 2026 and July 2027, will close in April 2026.

Applications are invited for Heritage Collections Research Fellowships (previously known as Library Fellowships) from postdoctoral scholars in any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, to carry out research based on any of the Heritage Collections held at the University of Edinburgh in 2025-26.

Professor Avner Offer (University of Oxford): Patient and impatient capital:   time horizons and market boundaries.

Event date: 
Wednesday 17 October 2018 to Thursday 18 October 2018
Time: 
16:00
Location: 
G0.7, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, William Robertson Wing.

Wednesday 17th October

4pm, G0.7, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, William Robertson Wing.

Professor Avner Offer (University of Oxford): Patient and impatient capital:   time horizons and market boundaries.

[Economic and Social History Research Group]

Professor Gareth Austin (University of Cambridge): Economic achievement and disappointment in   post-independence Africa: The case of Ghana, 1957-2017.

Event date: 
Wednesday 3 October 2018 to Thursday 4 October 2018
Time: 
16:00
Location: 
G0.7, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, William Robertson Wing.

Wednesday 3rd October

4pm, G0.7, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, William Robertson Wing.

Professor Gareth Austin (University of Cambridge): Economic achievement and disappointment in   post-independence Africa: The case of Ghana, 1957-2017.

[Economic and Social History Research Group]