'Peace Agreements, Inclusion and Human Rights’ - Launch of the PA-X Database

Event date: 
Thursday 6 September 2018 to Friday 7 September 2018
Time: 
17:00
Location: 
Playfair library, Old College

 

'Peace Agreements, Inclusion and Human Rights’ - Launch of the PA-X Database

 

Thu 6 September 2018

17:00 – 18:00

 

Description:

The Global Justice Academy is pleased to invite you to:

The Inclusion Project: Human Rights dilemmas in the negotiation of Peace Agreements and Human Rights

 

This is an Event to celebrate the launch of the new PA-X Peace Agreement Database on the occasion of the Association of Human Rights Conference Edinburgh.

The Inclusion Project: Human Rights dilemmas in the negotiation of Peace Agreements and Human Rights

Event date: 
Thursday 6 December 2018 to Friday 7 December 2018
Time: 
17:00
Location: 
Playfair Library

The Inclusion Project: Human Rights dilemmas in the negotiation of Peace Agreements and Human Rights

6th September, 17.00 – 18.00

Playfair Library

 

This is an Event to celebrate the launch of the new PA-X Peace Agreement Database on the occasion of the Association of Human Rights Conference Edinburgh.

 

Dr Theo Koutmeridis wins the Henry Duncan Medal

August 20, 2018

We are delighted to hear that Dr Theodore Koutmeridis (current Visiting Research Fellow) has been awarded the Henry Duncan Medal by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The Henry Duncan Medal is presented annually in recognition of outstanding ability in an early career researcher's work and professional practice within the fields of business, public service and public engagement. Previous winners include Dr Martyn Pickersgill (Newby Trust Fellow 2010-11).

Experiments in Thought

August 20, 2018
Christopher Kitson

In May, IASH hosted a Susan Manning workshop bringing participants from a diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds together to explore the intersection between philosophy, science and literature by producing creative writing inspired by thought experiments. Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Christopher Kitson discusses the workshop and its context:

Edward Mendelson: Why Auden thought we must, or must not, love one another or die.

Event date: 
Wednesday 22 August 2018 to Thursday 23 August 2018
Time: 
13:00
Location: 
IASH 2 Hope Park Square EH8 9NW

Professor Edward Mendelson: Why Auden thought we must, or must not, love one another or die.

Edward Mendelson is a professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He is the literary executor of the Estate of W. H. Auden. He is the author of The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life and Moral Agents: Eight Twentieth-Century American Writers.

'Issues in the Repatriation of Indigenous Knowledge: An International Panel',

Event date: 
Wednesday 7 November 2018 to Thursday 8 November 2018
Time: 
16:00
Location: 
Martin Hall, New College.

7th November 2018, 4-6pm, Martin Hall, New College.

'Issues in the Repatriation of Indigenous Knowledge: An International Panel', featuring James Cox (University of Edinburgh emeritus), Carole Cusack (University of Sydney), Arkotong Longkumer (University of Edinburgh) and Bjørn Ola Tafjord (Trømso University, Norway). Followed by a book launch: James L. Cox, Restoring the Chain of Memory. T.G.H. Strehlow and the Repatriation of Australian Indigenous Knowledge (Equinox, 2018) including a drinks reception.

[Religious Studies research seminar]