Dr Jane O’Neill (University of Edinburgh): “It wasn’t really the sexual revolution it was described to be”: Gender Roles and Sexual Scripts in the Formation of Relationships, Scotland c. 1955-80’

Event date: 
Thursday 2 February 2017
Time: 
17:15
Location: 
Appleton Tower, 2:12.

Thursday 2 February, 5.15pm, Appleton Tower, 2:12.

Dr Jane O’Neill (University of Edinburgh): “It wasn’t really the sexual revolution it was described to be”: Gender Roles and Sexual Scripts in the Formation of Relationships, Scotland c. 1955-80’

[Scottish History Seminar]

Dr Elizabeth Ritchie (University of the Highlands and Islands): “It was of the ague that her husband died”: How Scots in British North America Experienced Emigration, Widowhood and Surviving Alone, 1800-1850.

Event date: 
Thursday 26 January 2017
Time: 
17:15
Location: 
Appleton Tower, 2:12.

Thursday 26 January, 5.15pm, Appleton Tower, 2:12.

Dr Elizabeth Ritchie (University of the Highlands and Islands): “It was of the ague that her husband died”: How Scots in British North America Experienced Emigration, Widowhood and Surviving Alone, 1800-1850.

[Scottish History Seminar / Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies]

Richard English (Professor of Politics at Queen’s University Belfast): Nationalism, Terrorism and Religion

Event date: 
Thursday 2 March 2017
Time: 
17:30
Location: 
Playfair Library Hall, Old College South Bridge

Richard English (Professor of Politics at Queen’s University Belfast): Nationalism, Terrorism and Religion

Thursday 2 March 2017 at 5.30pm Playfair Library Hall, Old College South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL
 

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Gifford lectures are free but ticketed. To book tickets visit www.ed.ac.uk/gifford-lectures

Grant Collie (Massey University, New Zealand): Emigrant Scottish Miners in the NZ Tunnelling Company: 1915-1919.

Event date: 
Tuesday 4 April 2017 to Wednesday 5 April 2017
Time: 
13:00
Location: 
G16, William Robertson Wing

4 April:  
1pm, G16, William Robertson Wing, School of History, Classics and Archaeology (Doorway 4 of the Old Medical School).
Grant Collie (Massey University, New Zealand): Emigrant Scottish Miners in the NZ Tunnelling Company: 1915-1919.
Grant Collie tells the story  of 62 Scottish members of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company who emigrated to New Zealand in  1880-1914.  Previously many had worked as miners in the Central Belt of Scotland. But who were they?  And what were the reasons for their emigration?
[Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop]
 

Catriona Ellis  (University of Edinburgh): Toys and the Movement of Peoples: What The Museum of Childhood’s Collections Tell Us About Material Culture and Childhood.

Event date: 
Tuesday 14 March 2017 to Wednesday 15 March 2017
Time: 
13:00
Location: 
G16, William Robertson Wing

14 March: 
1pm, G16, William Robertson Wing, School of History, Classics and Archaeology (Doorway 4 of the Old Medical School).
Catriona Ellis  (University of Edinburgh): Toys and the Movement of Peoples: What The Museum of Childhood’s Collections Tell Us About Material Culture and Childhood.
What do toys tell us about the movement of peoples? Toys reflect the interests of adults in collecting, rather than children in playing.  Toys are used to represent an ‘exotic’ life.
[Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop]