Professor Soraya de Chadarevian (UCLA, IASH): “.... more exciting than the back of the moon”: chromosomes and the study of human heredity
a lecture by Carla Tsampiras (Medical Humanities) from Primary Care Directorate, University of Cape Town, followed by a panel discussion with international/interdisciplinary speakers from literature, medicine & gender studies. (Donna McCormack (Surrey), Kari Jegerstedt (Bergen, Norway), June Fabian (Witwatersrand, South Africa), Neil Vickers (Kings College London).
[Usher Institute]
EURIAS Fellow 2015/16
Applying for a scholarship can be nerve-wracking, and applying for a EURIAS fellowship doubly so as you do not necessarily know which city or even country you might end up in if the application is accepted. Thus, I was particularly delighted when I was invited to IASH in Edinburgh – my favourite out of the three institutes in two countries that I picked from the long list of participating institutes – as one of the first two EURIAS fellows in 2015/2016.
European Consortium of Humanities Institutes and Centres Annual Conference 2017: inside/OUT: A European Conference for the Humanities 2017
The seventh annual ECHIC Conference took place on 5th-7th April 2017, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh, bringing together colleagues from across Europe.
Inaugural lecture by IASH Management Group member Prof. Edward Hollis:
A chair? In the interior?
Wed 21 June 2017
17:00 – 18:30
George Square Lecture Theatre
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-chair-in-the-interior-tickets-35199800551
What is the interior? How can we research it? Why should we research it?
Film Screening of Congolese/Ugandan film N.G.O. (Nothing Going On) with Director Arnold Aganze.
There will be a Q&A following the film.
Date: June 19, 2017
Time: 6:30
Place: Screening Room, 50 George Square, University of Edinburgh.
The event is FREE, but registration required!! So we can have a sense of numbers.
Human Rights and Discrimination Law Post Brexit
Wednesday 21st June 2017, 6pm-8pm at the Scottish Parliament, Committee Room 2.
(2) Hispanic Studies Research Seminar, Wednesday, 21 June, 3-4 pm, 50 George Square, room G.05
Title: “Introducción al español de México”
(This talk will be given in Spanish)
(1) LVC-RG Talk, Tuesday, 20 June, 1-2 pm, DSB room 1.17
Title: "PRESEEA, a Sociolinguistics Corpus from Guadalajara"