May 2026

Narratives of the Future II

Event date: 
Friday 12 June 2026
Time: 
13:30-15:30
Location: 
Seminar room, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW

Explore how we imagine the future through literary, cultural and political perspectives, and how narratives shape today’s global challenges. Click here to view the agenda, abstracts and biographies (as PDF).

Javad Daraei

"The Strikers" by Javad Daraei

Event date: 
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Time: 
16:30-18:00
Location: 
Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS

The Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, as part of Refugee Festival Scotland 2026, presents a work-in-progress reading of Strikers, a new play written and directed by former IASH Fellow Javad Daraei. The play explores labour, displacement, dignity, and resistance through stories shaped by lived experiences of survival and exile. Book tickets here