Kerstin Pahl, Humboldt University Berlin and King’s College London ‘Crossing Over: The Transboundary Aesthetics of Godfrey Kneller’s Portrait of Michael Alphonsus Shen Fuzong (The Chinese Convert, 1687)’ Georgia Vullinghs, University of Edinburgh ‘Loya

Event date: 
Wednesday 4 April 2018
Time: 
16:30
Location: 
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities

Kerstin Pahl, Humboldt University Berlin and King’s College London
‘Crossing Over: The Transboundary Aesthetics of Godfrey Kneller’s Portrait of Michael Alphonsus Shen Fuzong (The Chinese Convert, 1687)’
 
Georgia Vullinghs, University of Edinburgh
‘Loyal Exchange: material and visual culture of Jacobite exile c.1716’

Eighteenth-Century Research Seminars

Sarah Burdett, University of York ‘”Decoyed by the Artifice of a Villain”: Irish Politics in Matthew West’s Pizarro (1800)’ Sarah Hendriks, University of Edinburgh ‘”Fair to behold”: A history of concert halls in eighteenth-century Dublin’

Event date: 
Wednesday 21 March 2018
Time: 
16:30
Location: 
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities

Sarah Burdett, University of York
‘”Decoyed by the Artifice of a Villain”: Irish Politics in Matthew West’s Pizarro (1800)’
 
Sarah Hendriks, University of Edinburgh
‘”Fair to behold”: A history of concert halls in eighteenth-century Dublin’
[Eighteenth Century Research Seminars]

Thomas Whitfield, Newcastle University ‘”To live free from impost”—Jack “the Blaster,” Marsden Grotto, and the creation of a rent-free home in later-eighteenth century Northeast England’ Alley Jordan, University of Edinburgh ‘”Beautiful shells from the

Event date: 
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Time: 
16:30
Location: 
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities

rescheduled to 18 April 2018

Thomas Whitfield, Newcastle University
‘”To live free from impost”—Jack “the Blaster,” Marsden Grotto, and the creation of a rent-free home in later-eighteenth century Northeast England’
 
Alley Jordan, University of Edinburgh
‘”Beautiful shells from the shore”: Thomas Jefferson’s Sacred Grotto of 1771’

Eighteenth-Century Research Seminars 

 

Eva Lippold, University of Loughborough ‘Sneaking into Seraglio: Crossing gender boundaries in Inchbald’s The Mogul Tale and Crawley’s A Day in Turkey’   Alexandra Anderson, University of Leeds ‘The Promotion of Feminine Ideals in Eighteenth-Century Hist

Event date: 
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Time: 
16:30
Location: 
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities

Wednesday 21 February

Eva Lippold, University of Loughborough
‘Sneaking into Seraglio: Crossing gender boundaries in Inchbald’s The Mogul Tale and Crawley’s A Day in Turkey’
 
Alexandra Anderson, University of Leeds
‘The Promotion of Feminine Ideals in Eighteenth-Century Historical Accounts’
 

Eighteenth-Century Research Seminars 2018 Programme

Elise A. Mitchell, New York University ‘Enduring Morbidity: The Histories of Ill Enslaved Women in Dr. Alexander Johnston’s Archive, 1765-1776’   Alastair Learmont, University of Edinburgh ‘Health, Wealth and Prestige in Late 18th Century Jamaica’

Event date: 
Wednesday 7 February 2018
Time: 
16:30
Location: 
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities

Elise A. Mitchell, New York University
‘Enduring Morbidity: The Histories of Ill Enslaved Women in Dr. Alexander Johnston’s Archive, 1765-1776’
 
Alastair Learmont, University of Edinburgh
‘Health, Wealth and Prestige in Late 18th Century Jamaica’

Eighteenth-Century Research Seminars 

 

Rosanne Waine, University of Southampton: Refashioning Patriotic Display for an Independent Interior: The Entrepreneurship of British Calico Printers within the Republican Marketplace of America.

Event date: 
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Time: 
16:30
Location: 
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square

Rosanne Waine, University of Southampton: Refashioning Patriotic Display for an Independent Interior: The Entrepreneurship of British Calico Printers within the Republican Marketplace of America.

[Eighteenth-Century Research Seminars]

Inter-disciplinary roundtable on Diagnosis and Global Mental Health

Event date: 
Thursday 25 January 2018 to Friday 26 January 2018
Time: 
14:00
Location: 
01M.473 Teaching Room 13 - Doorway 3,

Inter-disciplinary roundtable on Diagnosis and Global Mental Health

Speakers: Professor Brandon Kohrt (George Washington University), Dr Jayasree Kalathil (Survivor Research), Dr Stefan Ecks (Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh), Professor Stephen Lawrie (Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh), Chris Harding (History, University of Edinburgh), Professor Liz Grant (Global Health Academy, University of Edinburgh)

 Dr Jayasree Kalathil, Survivor Research: ‘Mad’ knowledge in the global south: Responses to local and global hegemonic narratives of mental health

Event date: 
Wednesday 24 January 2018 to Thursday 25 January 2018
Time: 
15:00
Location: 
G.05, 50 George Square, University of Edinburgh

 

Seminar:  ‘Mad’ knowledge in the global south: Responses to local and global hegemonic narratives of mental health

Speaker: Dr Jayasree Kalathil, Survivor Research  

Date: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

TIme: 3:00 – 5:00 pm 

Venue: G.05, 50 George Square, University of Edinburgh

Considerations for Digitisation Projects Workshop

Event date: 
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Time: 
13:30
Location: 
5th Floor Seminar Room, Centre for Research Collections, Main Library

Considerations for Digitisation Projects Workshop

Wednesday 24 January, 13:30 – 16:30

5th Floor Seminar Room, Centre for Research Collections, Main Library

Norman Rodger & Susan Pettigrew, CRC

 

Digitised material forms the foundation of many digital scholarship projects and the impact of decisions taken during the digitisation process can have far-reaching consequences for research.