September 2021

Scratched Identities: a new exhibition

Event date:

Monday 11 October 2021

Time:

Times vary - see website for details

Location:

Southside Community Centre

Scratched Identities is an exhibition by Yemeni artist in exile and current IASH Fellow Shatha Altowai that talks about strong, successful women who are forced to hide their own identities due to the community constraints that are imposed on them. Free tickets can be booked at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scratched-identities-tickets-177109749027

Saber Came To Tea

Event date:

Saturday 9 October 2021

Time:

19:30

Location:

Southside Community Centre

Art27 Scotland @ Southside invites you to an evening of music, performance, visual art and conversation with Yemeni artists and current IASH-Artist Protection Fund Fellows Shatha Altowai and Saber Bamatraf.

Saber Came To Tea

Event date:

Friday 8 October 2021

Time:

19:30

Location:

Southside Community Centre

Dr Siphiwe Dube: "Decolonising the Theologico-Political Problem: A Reading through Mbembe’s Improvisation"

Event date:

Wednesday 29 September 2021

Time:

13:00

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Siphiwe Dube (Africa Fellowship 2021; University of the Witwatersrand):

Decolonising the Theologico-Political Problem: A Reading through Mbembe’s Improvisation

Professor Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi: "Exploring Environmental Ethics through the Concept of Ala in Igbo thought"

Event date:

Wednesday 6 October 2021

Time:

13:00

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Professor Lawrence Ugwuanyi (Environmental Humanities Fellowship 2021; University of Abuja):

Exploring Environmental Ethics through the Concept of Ala in Igbo thought

Abstract:

Professor Tamás Demeter: "Two Edinburgh Programmes for Socializing Knowledge"

Event date:

Wednesday 22 September 2021

Time:

13:00

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Professor Tamás Demeter (Visiting Research Fellowship 2021; Corvinus University of Budapest):

Two Edinburgh Programmes for Socializing Knowledge

Dr Roxana Preda: "'Literature is news that STAYS news': Ezra Pound and his Chinese History Cantos (1938)"

Event date:

Thursday 30 September 2021

Time:

13:00

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Roxana Preda ( Digital Scholarship Visiting Research Fellowship 2021; University of Edinburgh):

"Literature is news that STAYS news": Ezra Pound and his Chinese History Cantos (1938)

Abstract:

Professor Anthony E. Clark: "The Theater of Canonization: The Making of Jesuit Saints in Late Imperial China"

Event date:

Wednesday 20 October 2021

Time:

13:00

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Professor Anthony E. Clark (Combe Trust Fellowship 2021; Whitworth University):

The Theater of Canonization: The Making of Jesuit Saints in Late Imperial China

Abstract:

Professor Anthony Clark: "The Theatre of Conversion: Catholic Drama and the (Re)presentation of China"

Event date:

Tuesday 2 November 2021

Time:

16:10

A talk by Professor Anthony E. Clark for the Centre for the Study of World Christianity Research Seminars series. Tuesdays from 16:10 to 17:30 UK time in Rainy Hall, Old College and on Zoom.

Lyon in Mourning manuscript, courtesy of NLS

Networking Jacobites and 'The Lyon in Mourning' Manuscript of Robert Forbes

Event date:

Wednesday 28 September 2022

Time:

17:00

The National Library of Scotland presents a talk by recent Digital Scholarship Visiting Research Fellow Prof. Leith Davis. Leith will speak about her IASH project, examining the context and content of the manuscript, 'The Lyon in Mourning'.