Events

Past events

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).

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

Dr Marlo De Lara

CANCELLED Dr Marlo De Lara: “'If we were to solely listen, what knowledge could be gained' - Process in Displanting Routes: Sounding Philippine Diasporas"

Event date: 
Thursday 14 March 2024
Time: 
13:00-14:00
Location: 
Online-only

THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, online-only, delivered by Dr Marlo De Lara (RACE.ED Stuart Hall Foundation Fellow 2023; AMDA College and Conservatory of Performing Arts / Coaxial Arts Foundation)

'If we were to solely listen, what knowledge could be gained' - Process in Displanting Routes: Sounding Philippine Diasporas

Graffiti on a wall in Lebanon: "The state is the only terrorist" and "Are we free?" and "RESIST"

Cutting Edges of the Decolonial: Thinking Anthropocentrism and Queerphobia from/in the Arab-majority World(s)

Event date: 
Thursday 29 February 2024
Time: 
17:30-19:00
Location: 
IASH Seminar Room, first floor, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW

Cutting Edges of the Decolonial: Thinking Anthropocentrism and Queerphobia from/in the Arab-majority World(s) 

Dr Ali Kassem – Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore, and former IASH Fellow

Thursday 29 February 2024, 17:30-18:30, followed by a drinks reception - register free at https://cuttingedges.eventbrite.co.uk to attend in-person or online