May 2019

Dr. Alexis Lothian; Networked Public Sexual Fantasy and Other Old Queer Futures

Event date: 
Tuesday 4 June 2019
Time: 
14:30
Location: 
ECA boardroom

Dr. Alexis Lothian, from University of Maryland, will give a research seminar on speculative fiction and queer possibility titled "Networked Public Sexual Fantasy and Other Old Queer Futures" on Tuesday, 4 June at 14:30 (ECA boardroom). Refreshments will be provided.

 

A conversation with the Legal Advisers to the Permanent Five

Event date: 
Friday 7 June 2019
Time: 
10:30
Location: 
Adam Lecture Theatre (1.264)

A conversation with the Legal Advisers to the Permanent Five

 

7th June 2019

10.30 - 12.00

Adam Lecture Theatre (1.264)

Edinburgh Law School

Old College

 

A distinguished panel, made of up the Legal Advisers to the Foreign Ministries of the China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, will answer questions on topics of contemporary concern and interest in international law. This is an open event, but for planning purposes prospective attendees are asked to register.

 

Dr Tamson Pietsch: How to know the world? What the untold story of the 1926 Floating University world cruise says about how universities came to have authority over knowledge in the 20th century.

Event date: 
Tuesday 28 May 2019 to Wednesday 29 May 2019
Location: 
50 George Square Room G.06

How to know the world? What the untold story of the 1926 Floating University world cruise says about how universities came to have authority over knowledge in the 20th century.

Dr Tamson Pietsch, Director of the Australian Centre for Public History, University of Technology, Sydney'

Tuesday May 28th, 12-1.30pm, 50 George Square Room G.06

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The Easter Sunday Bombings in Sri Lanka Causes and Consequences - A Roundtable

Event date: 
Wednesday 29 May 2019 to Thursday 30 May 2019
Location: 
Violet Laidlaw Room (6th floor) Chrystal Macmillan Building

The Easter Sunday Bombings in Sri Lanka

Causes and Consequences

 

A Roundtable

 

Harini Amarasuriya (Open University Sri Lanka/IASH)

Farzana Haniffa (Colombo/Cambridge)

Alan Keenan (International Crisis Group – by Skype)

Farah Mihlar (Exeter)

Jonathan Spencer (Edinburgh)

 

IMHSD Workshop Series: The Diverse Musical Brain

Event date: 
Tuesday 18 June 2019
Time: 
16:30
Location: 
Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square, Edinburgh

Workshop 4: Dr Olupemi Oludare, Department of Creative Arts (Music), University of Lagos, Nigeria

Date/Time: Tuesday 18 June 2019, 16.30 – 18.30.

Location: Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square, Edinburgh

Type: Lecture/practical workshop

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IMHSD Workshop Series: The Diverse Musical Brain

Event date: 
Thursday 6 June 2019
Time: 
16:30
Location: 
Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square, Edinburgh

Workshop 3: Ugandan Amadinda and Percussion, with Andy Cooke

Date/Time: Thursday 6 June 2019, 16.30 – 18.30.

Location: Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square, Edinburgh

Type: Practical workshop

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