An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Seth Jacobowitz (American Philosophical Society Fellow, 2025)
The Forensic Turn in Modern Britain and Japan: Criminology, the Human Sciences, and Detective Fiction
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 2025. With a diverse array of offerings, including theatre, film, music, poetry, storytelling, readings and talks, there's an abundance of experiences awaiting festivalgoers. Don’t miss out!
Alright Sunshine by Isla Cowan at the Pleasance
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Suneela Ahmed (Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Fellow, 2025).
Understanding Indigenous Communities through Water-Based Belonging and Loss in Sindh’s Cultural Landscape
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Ina Linge (Environmental Humanities Visiting Research Fellow, 2025)
Ants in Your Pants: Queer Ecology and Nationalism in Hanns Heinz Ewers’ Ameisen [The Ant People] (1925)
As part of Refugee Festival Scotland, filmmaker and IASH alumnus Javad Daraei will present two short films made in Iran, alongside footage from a new film that he is currently developing in Scotland. After the screening, Javad will be in conversation with curator Xuanlin Tham.
I Don’t Like Here (2016). A trans teenager seeks his true self despite rejection by Iranian society and the inability of his parents to understand.
Limit (2017). A man in a quiet neighbourhood asks for help from people whom he is seeing until someone suddenly enters his home…
Join us for a remarkable live performance featuring Yemeni pianist, Saber Bamatraf, a former IASH Fellow, whose moving compositions draw from his deep personal experiences as a war refugee from Yemen now residing in Scotland. Saber will be accompanied by the talented Phil Westwell (uilleann pipes, flute and whistle) and Katherine Campbell (cello).
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Join us for a special screening and Q&A with Moayed Abu Ammouna, a Palestinian filmmaker and artist whose powerful work spans film, photography, and experimental storytelling. Originally from Gaza City, Abu Ammouna’s art explores themes of land, identity, displacement, and the ongoing trauma of colonialism. He is the 2025 Artist at Risk Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh.
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Natasa Thoudam (Nominated Fellow, 2025)
How to Set up a “Postcolonial Digital Archive” in India: My Journey from Jodhpur to Edinburgh and Back
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Rowan Bayliss Hawitt (Heritage Collections Research Fellow, 2025)
Hearing Scotland’s Petrocultures