Dr Khalil al-Anani (Doha Institute for Graduate Studies): Inside the Muslim Brotherhood: Religion, Identity, and Politics
24 November, 5pm-6pm
Chrystal Macmillan Building Seminar Room 2
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: 23rd November 2016
Time: 12.30 to 17.30 (followed by reception)
Location: Outreach centre, University of Edinburgh
Details:
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: 3rd 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]