Professor Jef Huysmans (Queen Mary, University of London): Violence in Democracy: Refugees, Terrorism, and the Politics of Insecurity

8 November, 4pm-5pm

Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 1

Professor Jef Huysmans is Professor of International Politics. He is best known for his work on the politics of insecurity, the securitization of migration, and critical methods in security studies and IR. Currently he is working on security and democracy in times of surveillance, the political life of methods, and the political significance of little nothings.

Title: Re-Imagining Environmental Law in an Age of Sovereignty and Control

Date: 23^rd November 2016

Time: 12.30 to 17.30 (followed by reception)

Location: Outreach centre, University of Edinburgh

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Re-Imagining Environmental Law in an Age of Sovereignty and Control

23rd Nov 2016, Outreach Centre, University of Edinburgh

Dr Ellen Filor (University College London, IASH Fellow): The Roxburghshire Election of 1812: A Referendum on Empire?

The School of Divinity and Institute of Geography invite you to a talk “The Question of the Animal and Religion” by Dr. Aaron Gross, Associate Professor, University of San Diego.

Aaron S. Gross is a historian of religions at the University of San Diego who specializes in Jewish traditions and has a sub-specialty in South Asian traditions.

Date and time: 3^rd November 2016; 16.00 – 17.30

Venue: New College, Mound Place , Edinburgh EH1 2LX

Further details and registration available at: http://bit.ly/AGross

ESALA Research Seminars Oct-Nov 2016

Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA)

Wed 16 November

Speaker + affiliation: Philip Goad, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne

Title: Marks on the Land, Crossing Currents: Identity and Australian Architecture’

Venue: Lecture Hall B, David Hume Tower, George Square

ESALA Research Seminars Oct-Nov 2016

Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA)

Wed 9 November

Speaker + affiliation: Linda Matthews, Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building University of Technology, Sydney

Title: Pixel Versus Line: From the Digital Image to the Architectural Surface

Venue: Lecture Hall B, David Hume Tower, George Square

ESALA Research Seminars Oct-Nov 2016

Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA)

Wed 2 November, 1-2pm

Speaker + affiliation: Pablo Martinez, Portsmouth University

Title: Andrea Branzi and the "Città senza Architettura": From the No-Stop City to Weak Urbanization Models

Venue: Elliot Room, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street

ESALA Research Seminars Oct-Nov 2016

Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA)

Wed 26 October, 1-2pm

Speaker + affiliation: Anthony Auerbach,

Title: Reading Material: inscription, erasure, reconnaissance

Venue: Elliot Room, Minto House,  20 Chambers Street

MONDAY 24 OCTOBER

5.00 pm, Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place: Professor Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia (Pennsylvania State University): ‘Goddesses of the Seas': A Comparative Study of the Virgin Mary and Mazu as Protectors of Seamen in the Early Modern World [Gunning Lecture in the School of Divinity]

David Coady (University of Tasmania)

'Personal Responsibility and Climate Change'

Wednesday November 9th, 4-6pm, 2.05 (Geography Building) (MSc Environment, Culture and Society lecture)