Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Location: G.03, 50 George Square, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JU
Professor Earl Lewis (University of Michigan) asks how do we build grace-filled communities that embrace both difference and inclusivity?
Free tickets: https://thegraceofrepair.eventbrite.co.uk
From Friday 27 to Sunday 29 October, a group of Fellows and Affiliates visited the Burn near Brechin for IASH's first writing retreat of the academic year. Despite the damage caused locally by Storm Babet, the group made it safely to the Burn for a weekend of writing, walks, board games and discussion, facilitated by former Fellow Dr Anna Pilz.
THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, online-only, delivered by Dr Marlo De Lara (RACE.ED Stuart Hall Foundation Fellow 2023; AMDA College and Conservatory of Performing Arts / Coaxial Arts Foundation)
'If we were to solely listen, what knowledge could be gained' - Process in Displanting Routes: Sounding Philippine Diasporas
Dr Imogen Bevan, Research Fellow in Social Anthropology at University of Edinburgh and IASH affiliate 2023-24, recently showcased her research on BBC Radio 4 podcast ‘Thinking Allowed’, episode ‘Sugar’. In this episode, Imogen considers the bittersweet nature of sugar consumption and kinship in Scotland.
Event Review: Attending the Festival of Decolonial Learning, The University of Westminster, London, 14-16 June 2023
The Centre of African Studies (CAS) in partnership with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) and the School of History, Classics and Archaeology (HCA) are delighted to invite you to the following seminar:
Migrancy, Resource Contestation and Citizenship Claims in Uganda’s Oil Region
Speaker: Dr Nicholas Tunanukye, Department of History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Makarere University, Uganda
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Noelle Gallagher (Daiches-Manning Memorial Fellow in 18th-Century Scottish Studies 2023)
Oats and Scottishness in British Print Culture 1707-1815
Free tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/intersectionality-therapy-and-change-activism-tickets-721989840047
How does therapy fit into the concept of social justice? When we think of social justice and activism, we usually think of petitions and protests. But in a world where social injustice can have adverse effects on mental health, it seems clear that therapy has a role to play in addressing these issues. But how far along are we, really?
An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Rory Scothorne (Postdoctoral Fellow 2023-24)
Print, Party, NGOization: Organising the Radical Intelligentsia in 1970s Scotland
Current Fellow Dr Marlo De Lara has contributed an opinion piece for the Press & Journal as part of Pass the Mic, a project focused on increasing representation of women of colour in Scottish media.