Muriel Spark’s Secret World: Simon Cooke, Victoria Stewart and Patricia Waugh
Time and date: Tuesday 17th of April, 6.00pm
Venue: National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge
Part of Spark 100 : murielspark100.com
Spy Stories Now: Interview with Jeremy Duns and Aly Monroe
Date and time: Monday 16th of April, 5.30pm
Venue: Project room, 50 George Square
In a celebration of Spy Week’s 5th Birthday, two of our favourite espionage authors from previous years return to talk about spies in contemporary fiction, television and film. Join us to discuss recent trends in fictional spying and celebrate our birthday with a glass of wine afterwards.
Mind Network meeting
Friday 20 April
University of Edinburgh, Room 3.10/11 Dugald Stewart Building
Speakers:
Tuesday 3 Apr Rana Mitter (University of Oxford)
‘New China, new Asia: UNRRA, development and the reconstruction of postwar China, 1943-49’
Commentator: Konrad Lawson (St Andrews)
Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Doorway 1, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG
Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History seminars
Professor Melinda A. Zeder’s lecture titled, ‘Pathways to Animal Domestication: A Continuing Journey’ is to be given on Thursday 5 April 2018, 5.30-6.30pm, in the Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, Old Medical School, Teviot Place.
For further information on the lecture and venue details please visit:
Join us on Wednesday 4th April at 17.30 in room G.05 in 50 George Square for the last LLC WiP seminar of the academic session and an end of year party!
Ian Anderson will be presenting a paper entitled, 'Class Dismissed: Rancière Meets The Plebs'. An abstract and a bio can be found below.
After the talk and Q&A, there'll be drinks, snacks and other refreshments to toast another academic year of successful PG research seminars!
We hope to see you there!
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Abstract:
Event: "Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House"; screening of multi-media concert by Toronto-based Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and The Trio Arabica.
Date: Tuesday 3 April
Time: 17:00 - 20:00
Venue: Adam House Theatre, 3 Chambers Street (basement)
Auspices: LLC, ESALA, ECA
Roundtable: Citizenship, Race, and (Post-)Colonialism
31st May 2018 15:00
Project Room, 50 George Square, University of Edinburgh
[Critical Theory Network University of Edinburgh]
The Limits of Democratic Politics: Hannah Arendt and Jacques Rancière on Redressing Domination and Superfluity
Andrew Schaap (Exeter University)
18th May 2018 15:00
Room 3.15, 18 Buccleuch Place
[Politics and International Relations]
11th April 2018, 11-1, Senate Room, New College
Roundtable discussion: Performativity and Asian Religious Texts
What does it mean for a text to have a performative aspect? How do we know if a text is meant to be performed, or to perform? How do we account for the performative nature of texts when we study them? This roundtable, featuring Professor Natalie Gummer (Beloit College, Wisconsin) and colleagues from across the University of Edinburgh, will explore such questions using examples from research into Asian religious texts.