Dr Alejandro Manuel Flores Aguilar is the 2022 CSMCH-IASH Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern and Contemporary History, working on his project Raised Gaze in Ixil Time: Towards a Minor History of War (1936-2020).
Maybe you've heard about Edward Jenner and his cows as the beginning of modern vaccines, but did you know how vaccination went global? In 1803, funded by King Carlos IV of Spain, a doctor used orphaned and enslaved children to incubate the vaccine for smallpox in their own bodies. They then travelled through the Caribbean, Mexico, the Philippines, China, and back to Europe, inoculating thousands along the way.
Dr Michael Murphy - orcid.org/0000-0001-5732-7256
Postdoctoral Fellow, April - July 2022
Home institution: Max Planck Institute of Comparative and International Private Law
Documentary Film Festivals: transnational crossroads for films and professionals
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Ali Kassem (Alwaleed Postdoctoral Fellow 2021-22):
Islamophobia, Racism, and the Modern Condition: Theorising from West Asia North Africa
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Nicola Dahrendorf (Nominated Fellow 2021-22):
Is there a role for arts practice in peace mediation processes?
You can download a .docx version of this transcript here.
Summary:
2:17: Ali and Nadeen’s conversation begins, discussing the terminology each use to describe the region they work on, and why it’s important.
10:46: The two discuss: What does it mean to be Arab? Has what it means to be Arab changed over time?
Prestigious playwriting fellowship returns to campus
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to announce that its long-running Creative Fellowship is returning to its place on campus. The Fellowship will allow an early- to mid-career writer a nine-month paid residency to develop their work in an intellectually stimulating and supportive environment.
Creative collaboration