Information is often characterized as facts that float effortlessly across time and space. But before the nineteenth century, information was seen as a process that included a set of skills enacted through media on a daily basis. How, why, and where were these mediated facts and skills learned? Concentrating on manuscripts created by students in Scotland, Durham University’s Matthew Daniel Eddy will give a talk about his new book Media and the Mind: Art, Science and Notebooks as Paper Machines, 1700-1830.

This special event explores the role of reparation in acknowledging and redressing the harms caused by colonialism, the slave trade and slavery, and in building a pathway towards future justice. The panel discussion will be followed with a buffet lunch. Questions to be discussed by our panel of experts include:

• What is the role of reparation in tackling the legacies of the slave trade, slavery, colonialism and contemporary imperialism?

• How, if at all, is it possible to repair the harms done and what form should this take?

This two-day workshop will bring together scholars from various countries and disciplines to discuss one of the world's greatest and longest-lasting cultural events, the Eurovision Song Contest. Register for in-person or virtual attendance at https://lovelovepeacepeace.eventbrite.co.uk

An afternoon of talks and discussion about our relationship with place-making and environments.

Presented by Environmental Humanities Fellow Dr Kat Hill.

From tackling period poverty to stronger menstrual education standards and accommodations for menopause at work, the Scottish menstrual movement has both successfully obtained new law and policy provisions to address the menstrual cycle—from menarche through menopause—and to support current and former menstruators—and issued calls for more protections. This event begins with a salon about the state of menstrual justice in Scotland.