Dr Anthea Moys: "A Carrier Bag of Tricks: Unwinnable Games and Other Ways to Build Trust"

Event date: 
Wednesday 30 July 2025
Time: 
13:00-14:00
Location: 
Seminar room, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Anthea Moys (British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellow, 2025)

A Carrier Bag of Tricks: Unwinnable Games and Other Ways to Build Trust

What if we moved toward ‘survival of the friendliest’ instead of ‘survival of the fittest’? How might the socially restorative and relational power of play offer new tools for building trust? And what do we need in our carrier bags—our trust kits—to help us gather, listen, and re-story?

Dr Jowita Thor: "Continuity and Change: The Medicalisation of Pregnancy and the Transformation of Women's Charitable Institutions in Scotland, 1900-1920”

Event date: 
Wednesday 16 July 2025
Time: 
13:00-14:00
Location: 
Seminar Room, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Jowita Thor (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024-25)

Continuity and Change: The Medicalisation of Pregnancy and the Transformation of Women's Charitable Institutions in Scotland, 1900-1920