April 2024

Rethinking the Ecological Imaginary: Decolonial Ecologies & Black Feminism

Event date: 
Thursday 30 May 2024 to Friday 31 May 2024
Time: 
08:30 - 17:30
Location: 
IASH Seminar Room, first floor, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW

The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) is hosting a two-day interdisciplinary conference on Black feminist and decolonial ecologies.

Join us for an exciting international conference on Black feminist and decolonial ecologies that will include academic papers as well as creative performances and workshops. It aims to foster debates and discussions about ways of decolonising dominant ecological imaginaries. A full schedule is available here (opens as PDF).

British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowships

Under a new British Council partnership with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh, we are awarding two 12-month postdoctoral fellowships for international early-career researchers. Fellowships will begin in January 2026. 

This is a three-year partnership from 2025 to 2027. The final round of Fellowships – starting in January 2027 – will be awarded in due course as part of the same programme.

The Colonial Constitution: An Origin Story

The Colonial Constitution: An Origin Story

Event date: 
Thursday 16 May 2024
Time: 
12:00 - 14:00
Location: 
Online-only

The Constitution of India has been widely viewed as a transformative document and a founding charter for independent India. This narrative has meant that critical engagement with the contents of the Constitution has been inadequate and has often been drowned out by hagiographical accounts.