Professor Nasar Meer talks with Professor Rollock about her new book, The Racial Code: Tales of Resistance and Survival, which uses narrative to explore and document the realities of everyday racism.
Dr Yarong Xie is Research Fellow (University of Edinburgh’s Historical Links to African Enslavement and Colonialism) at IASH from 2022 to 2024.
The last few years have witnessed urgent conversations on reproductive justice globally, following the setbacks to abortion rights in the US and its legalization or decriminalization in Latin American contexts. Yet questions of reproductive justice are not only about abortion: they are about parenting, healthcare, environmental toxicity, period dignity, and moral and religious lifeworlds.
As 'we' become increasingly immersed in life online, the material reality of toxic harms to our lives and landscapes remains hidden from view. While the digital has always been inextricable from the material, the point of ‘rematerialising’ is to bring to critical attention the environmental and social burdens of our everyday, digitally-dependent lives.
Professor John Plotz (Brandeis University)
Nominated Fellow, April 2023
Current Junior Anniversary Fellow Dr Thomas Metcalf presents a free lunchtime concert of his works for piano on Tuesday 21 March from 13:10-14:00 GMT in the Reid Concert Hall in Bristo Square. Featuring pianist David Palmer, this is an opportunity to enjoy Tom's recent compositions, including several premieres.
The Institute is delighted to announce the release of our latest book, Our Time Is A Garden: New Nature Writing by Women and Nonbinary Writers of Colour, edited by Dr Alycia Pirmohamed. This is the first poetry collection published by IASH, and features works by a range of writers including Anthony Ezekiel (Vahni) Capildeo, Tim Tim Cheng, Marjorie Lotfi, Nina Mingya Powles, Jeda Pearl and two winners of the 2022 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, Titilayo Farukuoye and Roshni Gallagher.
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Professor Nicole De Wet-Billings (African Fellow 2023; University of the Witwatersrand)
Food insecurity during COVID-19 in South Africa: impact of the pandemic on children and households
Dr Philippe Bernhard Schmid
Centre for Research Collections Fellowship, February – July 2023
Home Institution: University of St Andrews
Spring 2023 is a busy time at IASH as we celebrate the work of former Fellows, with a range of new books launching at the Institute in the coming months.
Our Time Is A Garden: New Nature Writing by Women and Nonbinary Writers of Colour, edited by Dr Alycia Pirmohamed (IASH Occasional Papers, vol. 25)
Friday 3 February, 17:30–19:00 GMT at Summerhall: https://ourtimeisagarden.eventbrite.co.uk (currently sold out, but virtual tickets are available)