Dr Cheryl Lousley: Disposable Bodies, Disposable Ecologies: Mourning, Memory, and the Extractive Industries in Contemporary Canadian Fiction
Richard Bourke, Professor in the History of Political Thought at Queen Mary, University of London, will deliver this free public lecture on the role of political and religious ideas during the Irish Revolution (1913-1923). Professor Bourke has written extensively on Irish and intellectual history, ranging from the eighteenth-century philosopher Edmund Burke to the Irish Troubles. Soon to take up the prestigious Chair of the History of Political Thought at the University of Cambridge, he is currently working on a history of democracy.
[Classics]
Rémy Duthille: The British People and French Revolutionary Festivals
[IASH Work in Progress Talk]
We are delighted to announce the 1st Annual Symposium of the Connecting Memories Research Initiative and invite you to participate in this one-day event exploring interdisciplinary perspectives relating to memory. Please find a detailed CfP attached. Details are also available on our website here.
IASH and the School of Social and Political Science are pleased to invite to a guest lecture by Prof. N.J. Fox (Sheffield) on 16th May 2018 in the IASH Coffee room. Coffee available from 3pm for 3.30pm start.
The posthuman condition? A materialist odyssey from obesity to sexualities to ecology.
Nick J Fox
Ambedkar Lecture : What Defines a Permanent Minority? Comparative Reflections on Ambedkar’s "Evidence Before the Southborough Committee"
Speaker: Rupa Viswanath (Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen)
Date: Thursday 26th April 2018
Venue: Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Doorway 1, Medical School, Teviot Place
Time: 1600 - 1730
EFI Futures Lecture Series
LABELS ARE DANGEROUS
Professor Dame Athene Donald
University of Cambridge | Department of Physics
Master of Churchill College
We like to divide the world into two whenever possible: male versus female, arts versus science. Such binary divisions are very unhelpful and may hold progress back in academic research as much as in society.
As a physicist, should I only work with other physicists? (No.)
Should I only work with other scientists?
(No, at least not necessarily.)
Dr Amy Chandler Book Launch
Wednesday 30th May 2018, 4pm-6pm, Project Room, 50 George Square, University of Edinburgh
Join us for a showcase (very delayed launch) event for Dr Amy Chandler’s book, Self-Injury, Medicine and Society: Authentic Bodies, winner of the 2017 Philip Abrams Memorial Prize.
This event will feature presentations and open discussion on the themes of the book: self-injury, bodies, emotions, medicine, and the role of sociology in contributing to how we understand and talk about self-injury.
Annual Honorary Dashkova Lecture: The hosts who learned immigrants' tongues (Dr Aneta Pavlenko, Center for Multilingualism, University of Oslo)
Followed by an informal wine reception.
All information: https://edin.ac/2HbOMTA
17 May, 17.15
Project Room, 50 George Square
[The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre]