Approaches to Genetics for Livestock Research

Dolly the sheep

On 24 May 2019, Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Cheryl Lancaster organised Approaches to Genetics for Livestock Research, a workshop supported by Susan Manning Workshop Funding from IASH, that aimed to explore the history of genetics research for farming at the University of Edinburgh. The workshop aimed to bring together scholars from the humanities and sciences to discuss how heredity, genetics, and genomics has impacted livestock breeding through the twentieth century, and into the twenty-first.

Heritage and interreligious coexistence in the city

Fatih Mosque, Amsterdam

On 17 May 2019 the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities hosted an interdisciplinary workshop on ‘Heritage and Interreligious Coexistence in the City’, organised by Dr Daan Beekers. Created in the context of his Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at IASH, this event brought together anthropologists, religious studies scholars, sociologists and historians to reflect on the role that time, history and heritage play in interreligious interactions in different parts of the world.

The 2019 Fulbright Legacy Lecture by David Miliband

David Miliband

We are delighted to present the recorded video of David Miliband’s recent sold-out Fulbright Legacy Lecture, entitled The New "Arrogance of Power": Global Politics in the Age of Impunity. The lecture was presented in conjunction with the US-UK Fulbright Commission, the Lois Roth Endowment, the International Rescue Committee, and the University of Edinburgh on Wednesday 19th June 2019. It was chaired by the Principal, Professor Peter Mathieson.

Dr. Stacy Wood: 3D Laser Scanners and the “Datafication” of Expertise 

Event date: 
Tuesday 23 July 2019
Time: 
15:30
Location: 
Old Surgeons’ Hall first floor Seminar Room, 

Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation Occasional Seminar:

 

3D Laser Scanners and the “Datafication” of Expertise 

Dr. Stacy Wood

School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh

 

3:30 pm Tuesday 23 July 2019

Old Surgeons’ Hall first floor Seminar Room, 

 

Doogab Yi: Correcting Life through the Marketplace? Genome Editing and Academic Capitalism in South Korea

Event date: 
Wednesday 17 July 2019 to Thursday 18 July 2019
Time: 
15:00
Location: 
High School Yards Teaching Centre - G.02 - Classroom 2

Correcting Life through the Marketplace? Genome Editing and Academic Capitalism in South Korea

Doogab Yi (Program in History of Science, Seoul National University)

Wednesday 17th July, 3.00-4.30pm

High School Yards Teaching Centre - G.02 - Classroom 2

 

Abstract:

Professor John Holloway, Hope and the concept of capital.

Event date: 
Monday 1 July 2019 to Tuesday 2 July 2019
Time: 
15:00
Location: 
Room 2.13, Institute of Geography, Drummond Street

1 July 2019, 3:00-5:00pm Professor John Holloway (), Hope and the concept of capital.

Room 2.13, Institute of Geography, Drummond Street, EH8 9XP Co-sponsored by Human Geography Research Group and Citizens, Nations and Migration Network