An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Elad Carmel (Daiches-Manning Memorial Fellow in 18th-Century Scottish Studies 2023; Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Freethought, Feminism, and Antislavery Ideas in 18th Century Britain: Two Case Studies
Please note the date for this additional seminar. Dr Anthony Neal will present his seminar in the usual Wednesday slot on 12 July.
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Valerie Wallace (Daiches-Manning Memorial Fellow in 18th-Century Scottish Studies 2022-23; University of St Andrews)
The Case of William Macao: Alienness, Subjecthood and Legal Pluralism during Britain’s Reign of Alarm
An online IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Anthony Neal (American Philosophical Association Fellow 2023; Mississippi State University)
Under Hume’s Foot…Violent Abstractions
Decolonising Modernism(s)
A one day symposium coordinated by Dr Arka Chattopadhyay and Dr Sourit Bhattacharya.
Register to attend in-person or virtually: https://decolonisingmodernisms.eventbrite.co.uk
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Priyanka Tripathi (Visiting Research Fellow 2023; Indian Institute of Technology Patna)
A Decolonial Reading of Caste/Class Narrative of Abortion as a Tool of Gender-Based Violence in Select Indian Literary Texts
This special event explores the role of reparation in acknowledging and redressing the harms caused by colonialism, the slave trade and slavery, and in building a pathway towards future justice. The panel discussion will be followed with a buffet lunch. Questions to be discussed by our panel of experts include:
• What is the role of reparation in tackling the legacies of the slave trade, slavery, colonialism and contemporary imperialism?
• How, if at all, is it possible to repair the harms done and what form should this take?
Taking the Past into the Future: Studying, Preserving, and Understanding Islamicate Manuscripts
Thursday 11 May, 10am-5pm and Friday 12 May 10am-4.30pm
This two-day symposium hosted between the Centre for Research Collections (CRC) and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) will feature presentations and discussions on topics including: