March 2024

50 Ways: the 2024 International Women's Day Lecture

March 21, 2024
Amina Shah

The International Women's Day Lecture 2024 was delivered by Amina Shah, National Librarian and Chief Executive of the National Library of Scotland, on Friday 8 March.

In this lecture, titled 50 Ways, Amina contemplates her fifty years on the planet through stories of women who have inspired her, and wonders what challenges women will meet and overcome in the next half century.

Robert Tannahill 250th Anniversary Tribute Lecture

Event date: 
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Time: 
17:30-19:00
Location: 
Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JU

2024 marks the 250th anniversary of the poet and song-writer, Robert Tannahill. Professor Fred Freeman celebrates his life with an illustrated lecture featuring several songs from his 5-volume Songs of Robert Tannahill CD series, which was released to a standing ovation at Celtic Connections on 1st February 2024.

The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception. Register free on Eventbrite: https://roberttannahill.eventbrite.co.uk

Professor Egdūnas Račius: "National Muslim Churches? Churchification of Muslim Religious Organizations in post-communist Central Asia"

Event date: 
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Time: 
13:00-14:00
Location: 
IASH Seminar Room, first floor, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Professor Egdūnas Račius (IASH-Alwaleed Research Fellow, March - May 2024)

National Muslim Churches? Churchification of Muslim Religious Organizations in post-communist Central Asia