July 2024 | IASH

Who paid for the Old Medical School building?: Philanthropy, Empire and the University of Edinburgh, 1873-1885

Event date:

Thursday 25 July 2024

Time:

16:30-17:30

Location:

Seminar Room, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW

This seminar shares recent research on the University of Edinburgh’s campaign to finance the construction of new infrastructure for its Medical School – the building known today as the Old Medical School on Teviot Place – in the 1870s and 1880s.

Dr Qazi Sarah Rasheed

GENDER.ED Postdoctoral Fellowship, September 2024 - April 2025

Independent Researcher

Dr Kelsey Granger

IASH-HCA Postdoctoral Fellow, October 2024 - June 2025

Home Institution: Ludwig Maximilian University

Dr Alex South

Postdoctoral Fellow, September 2024 - June 2025

Home Institution: University of St Andrews

Dr Muhamad Rofiq Muzakkir: "Decolonial Critiques on the Modernization of Islamic Juristic Theories"

Event date:

Wednesday 24 July 2024

Time:

13:00-14:00

Location:

Seminar Room, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Muhamad Rofiq Muzakkir (IASH-Alwaleed Postdoctoral Fellow, 2023-24)

Decolonial Critiques on the Modernization of Islamic Juristic Theories

New Discoveries in Medieval Religion: A Susan Manning Workshop at IASH

July 10, 2024

New Discoveries in Medieval Religion: A Susan Manning Workshop at IASH

By Dr Hope Doherty-Harrison

Race, Empire, and the Edinburgh Medical School

July 10, 2024

Race, Empire, and the Edinburgh Medical School

By Dr Simon Buck and Dr Ian Stewart.

The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Fellowship

This Fellowship is currently closed. The next round will open in 2026.

Fellows at the 2024 Festivals

July 1, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that many current and former Fellows and friends of IASH will grace the stages of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Art Festival and International Book Festival in 2024. With a diverse array of offerings, including theatre, music, poetry, storytelling, readings and talks, there's an abundance of experiences awaiting festivalgoers. Don’t miss out!

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

My English Persian Kitchen by Hannah Khalil at the Traverse Theatre

Reflections on ‘Rethinking the Ecological Imaginary: Decolonial Ecologies and Black Feminism’

July 1, 2024

Rethinking the Ecological Imaginary: Decolonial Ecologies and Black Feminism’ workshop

The two-day hybrid conference ‘Rethinking the Ecological Imaginary’, supported by the Susan Manning Workshop Fund, successfully took place at IASH and online from 8am-6pm on 30-31 May 2024. Over the two days, approximately forty members of the public attended, including students, staff, community activists, and creative artists.