Speaker: Dr Michelle Hay (University of the Witwatersrand): Does South Africa's Land Restitution Programme encourage xenophobic attitudes?16:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes)S1 7 George Square
CAS Seminar Series
Centre of African Studies Seminar Series 2017
Wednesday 22nd March 2017 16:00 - 17:30
Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Ground floor, CMB, 15a George Square
Dr. Rijk van Dijk, University of Leiden Exploring Event-ethics in Weddings in Botswana; an ethnography of elasticity?
Thursday 27th April 2017 – 17.30 to 19.30 – The Project Room, 50 George Square
W. A. Wilson Memorial Lecture 2017: “Enforcing Promises”
Prof. Sarah Worthington QC FBA, Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge
Monday 10th April 2017 – 18.00 to 19.30 - G.03, Lecture Theatre, 50 George Square
‘With One Bound We Shall Be Free?’ – European Law After Brexit
Judge Ian Forrester QC, Judge at the General Court of the European Union
Chair: Rt Hon Prof Sir David Edward, former Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
Bio: Judge Ian Forrester QC
Tuesday 4th April 2017 – 12.30 to 15.00 – 2.14 Appleton Tower
The Innovative Initiative Fund (IIF) Presents: “Unrecognized in the Shadows: The Plight of the Stateless”
The panel will provide a framework on the complicated issue of statelessness and raise awareness of the implications that statelessness has on the enjoyment of human rights. The event aims to stimulate the debate among academics, professionals and students and to enable them to share their views on statelessness.
Tuesday 28th March 2017 – 18.00 – 19.30 – Playfair Library, Old College
The Iron Law of Financial Regulation
Professor Roberta Romano, Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Discussant: Professor Emilios Avgouleas, Chair in International Banking Law and Finance, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh
12:30, Althaus-Reid Room, New College
Friedrich Bokern (Director, Relief & Reconciliation for Syria): Building Inclusive Futures for Syrians: A Perspective from Lebanon.
[Relwar/CTPI]
PG Student Seminar Series
Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation
http://www.issti.ed.ac.uk/research_students/seminar
Thursday 23rd March 2017, 2pm - 3.30pm
Seminar Room 1.06, Old Surgeons' Hall
(http://www.issti.ed.ac.uk/about/how_to_find_us)
Friday 07 April, 17.30 - 19.00, Lecture Theatre G03, 50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JU
Untangling Resilience to Depression
Many people talk about ‘resilience’, but what exactly is it? What factors make some people more resilient than others? Is it their brain or their environment? This event brings together mental health researchers, practitioners, and members of the public to discuss and debate this important issue, which affects every one of us.
Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School,Teviot Place, Doorway 1 (2nd floor)