Panagiota Velliou (Unviversity of Edinburgh) 'Linguistic structure, variation, and the political institution of amnesty in Hellenistic Greece: The cases of Alipheira and Tegea in Arcadia

Event date: 
Thursday 22 February 2018
Time: 
17:10
Location: 
Room G.15, Doorway 4, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place.

Thursday 22 Feb

Panagiota Velliou (Unviversity of Edinburgh)    
'Linguistic structure, variation, and the political institution of amnesty in Hellenistic Greece: The cases of Alipheira and Tegea in Arcadia'

Room G.15, Doorway 4, William Robertson Wing
 

 

Classics postgraduate seminar

 

Dr André Krebber (University of Kassel, Germany / IASH Fellow):»Owlet Moths, … [with] Hair like Hungarian Bears«: Recovering Animal Particularity and Environmental Uncertainty

Event date: 
Wednesday 18 April 2018 to Thursday 19 April 2018
Time: 
13:00
Location: 
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square

Dr André Krebber (University of Kassel, Germany / IASH Fellow):

»Owlet Moths, … [with] Hair like Hungarian Bears«: Recovering Animal Particularity and Environmental Uncertainty

 

RESISTANCE

RESISTANCE

Event date: 
Friday 9 March 2018
Time: 
09:45 - 17:00
Location: 
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

RESISTANCE: an all-day symposium hosted by Scottish PEN Women Writer’s Committee and the Institute for the Advanced Studies in Humanities

Featuring Jackie Kay, Sim Bajwa, Caroline Bowditch, Beth Banjeree-Richards, Afshan D’souza-Lodhi and Alice Tarbuck

Professor Roger Mason: 'Inventing the Scots V: Scotland and Britain, 1300-1700'

Event date: 
Saturday 10 March 2018 to Sunday 11 March 2018
Time: 
14:00
Location: 
Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Teviot Place

Saturday 10 March in the Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh. Professor Roger Mason will speak on 'Inventing the Scots V: Scotland and Britain, 1300-1700'.

Further details, and registration, are available at

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scottish-history-society-presidential-lecture-and-annual-general-meeting-2018-tickets-42190118781

[Scottish History Society]

 

Erla Hulda Halldórsdóttir and Ragnheiður Kristjánsdóttir (University of Iceland): In the Wake of Suffrage. Icelandic Women as Cultural and Political Agents, 1915-2015.

Event date: 
Wednesday 21 February 2018 to Thursday 22 February 2018
Time: 
13:00
Location: 
Seminar room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building

2018 is the centenary of the gaining of votes for (some) women in the UK. But how does this experience compare to other parts of Europe?

Erla Hulda Halldórsdóttir and Ragnheiður Kristjánsdóttir (University of Iceland) will be visiting the School of History, Classics and Archaeology on 21 February to discuss the Icelandic perspective. All welcome!

In the Wake of Suffrage. Icelandic Women as Cultural and Political Agents, 1915-2015.

Wednesday 21 February, 13.00-14.30

Propaganda, social media and “Fake News” in contemporary politics

Event date: 
Monday 26 March 2018
Time: 
11:10
Location: 
1 George Square (Neuroscience) G.8 Gaddum LT

 

11:10am, 1 George Square, (Neuroscience), G.8 Gaddum LT.

Propaganda, social media and “Fake News” in contemporary politics

With Robin Hill, Clare Llewellyn, Rachael Craufurd Smith.              

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/propaganda-social-media-and-fake-news-in-contemporary-politics-tickets-42277385799

[EFI - Part of the Controversies in the Data Society seminar series]