Women, Weapons, and War Workshop, 10am-4pm on 1 June 2018, in Raeburn Room, Old College, South Bridge, University of Edinburgh. Contact organisers: Prof. Stephen Bowd (Stephen.Bowd@ed.ac.uk) or Dr Sarah Cockram (S.Cockram@ed.ac.uk) for programme details.
Denys Hay Lecture 2018
Join us for the 2018 Denys Hay lecture on 29th May. Professor Gábor Klaniczay will speak on 'Bodily signs of divine presence: Medieval Christianity in comparative context'.
Full details here
Prof. Lawrence Cohen (University of California at Berkeley) will give a seminar talk "De-duplicating India" on Friday 1 June, 3-5pm, in the CMB 6th floor staff room. The talk analyses recent efforts by the Indian government at creating biometric databases as a tool of administering welfare, debt, and surveillance. Cohen is a Professor of Anthropology and South & Southeast Asian Studies, and Co-Director of the UC Berkeley/UCSF Medical Anthropology Program. All welcome!
[CSAS]
Trading Zone
An exhibition featuring the work of 21 students from 12 different programmes across the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh opens next week and we would be delighted if you could attend the preview on Friday 25 May, 6-8pm.
Talk Title: The Global Context of a Modern Chinese Quandary: Doubting or Trusting the Records of Antiquity by Professor Rudolf G. Wagner from Heidelberg University
Time: 5pm-6:15pm
Date: 23 May 2018
Location: Project Room, 1st floor, 50 George Square
University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL
Please join us for an important discussion on women’s reproductive rights in modern Ireland in the lead up to Ireland’s referendum on the repeal of the Eighth Amendment
Speakers:
Sarah-Anne Buckley (NUI Galway)
Cara Delay (College of Charleston, SC)
Laura Kelly (University of Strathclyde)
Jane O’Neill (University of Edinburgh)
[Modern Irish History research group]
Musical Action Planning in Expert Pianists
Wednesday 16th May, 2.30 pm, Alison House, Lecture Room B
Dr. Daniela Sammler
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Speaker: Professor Rob Rupert
Title: Epistemic Value in the Subpersonal Vale
'Kindred Citizens: Food and the Making of the Islamic Republic of Iran'
Politics in the Grey Zone: Violence, Complicity and Resistance
Date and Time
28th Jun 2018 09:00
Location
Project Room, 1.06, 50 George Square