Recovering Women's Past: New Epistemologies, New Ventures

Event date: 
Thursday 8 September 2016 to Saturday 10 September 2016
Location: 
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square

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Booking for Screening of March, 9 September 6 - 8 pm, Screening Room G.04, 50 George Square

Booking for Learning To See the Power of Women: Cultural Encounters Between Past and Present, Saturday 10 September, French Institute.

 

   

Sixth Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Conference

Event date: 
Sunday 3 July 2016

Dates of Event

3rd July 2016 - 5th July 2016

Last Booking Date for this Event

15th June 2016

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Dugald Stewart Building, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 3-5 July 2016.

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Conference - Perspectival modelling: pluralism and integration.

Event date: 
Saturday 2 July 2016 to Sunday 3 July 2016
Location: 
Room 3.10/3.11, Dugald Stewart Building

"http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/philosophy/events/view/perspectival-modelling-pluralism-and-integration   The goal of this first international conference - part of the ERC Consolidator GrantPerspectival realism (PI: Prof Massimi) - is to explore methodological problems and prospects of perspectival modelling across the sciences. What challenges does the integration of data coming from incompatible models pose? And what are the prospects of a pluralistic approach to perspectival modelling? Keynote speakers:

Education, Social Justice and Democracy: Critical Issues in 21st Century Education (A conference in celebration of the Centenary of John Dewey's Democracy and Education)

Event date: 
Friday 17 June 2016

"Moray House School of Education, U. of Edinburgh Friday, June 17, 2016 (9:00-17:30) Register now: http://www.etouches.com/166854   John Dewey’s statement that democracy is not just a political system, but also a “mode of associated living” has inspired philosophers and educators to think seriously about critical issues surrounding living together in inclusive, pluralist, and just societies.

Launch of the International network on Gender, Rights and Development (GRAND)

Event date: 
Monday 25 April 2016
Location: 
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

GRAND is a network dedicated to building an international network of feminists, gender theorists and development practitioners, and those who are interested in advancing the conceptual understanding of gender in their respective work by moving beyond regional and disciplinary boundaries in order to contribute to a nuanced understanding of gender and its politics. Please see the attached document for more information on the network.

Neil Lazarus (University of Warwick): 'Stone upon Stone: Land, Labour and Consciousness in World-Literary Perspective'; Corinne Bigot (University of Paris 10, Paris-Ouest La Défense): ‘Culinary dislocation: ethnic food memoirs and tales’

Event date: 
Friday 28 October 2016 to Saturday 29 October 2016
Location: 
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square

2pm: Neil Lazarus (University of Warwick): 'Stone upon Stone: Land, Labour and Consciousness in World-Literary Perspective'                               http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/people/lazarusprofneil/   3.30pm: Corinne Bigot (University of Paris 10, Paris-Ouest La Défense): ‘Culinary dislocation: ethnic food memoirs and tales’ http://anglais.u-paris10.fr/spip.php?article1525 Chair: Françoise Král