Professor David Bromwich (Sterling Professor of English, Yale University): ‘The Single State of Man’ and Killing Caesar and Duncan.

Event date: 
Friday 18 March 2016 to Saturday 19 March 2016
Location: 
Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, 50 George Square

The Susan Manning Lecture

Professor David Bromwich, Sterling Professor of English, Yale University
“‘The Single State of Man’ and Killing Caesar and Duncan”
A reception will be held in the Project Room, Level 1,
50 George Square following the lecture.

‘In Theory’ Discussion Group: James C. Scott, “Domination and the Arts of Resistance (1990)”

Event date: 
Monday 21 March 2016 to Tuesday 22 March 2016
Location: 
Room G16, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School

We would like to invite all staff to a new lunchtime discussion group (‘In Theory’) which will provide an occasional opportunity to discuss theories and concepts in an informal way. One of the main aims of the group is to facilitate cross-School discussions and to this end the proposed focus is on theories that have broad application to our different disciplines. In the first session on 21 March 1-2pm at TBC we will discuss the work of James C.

Dr Christine Knight (Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh): Negative stereotypes of the Scottish diet: A qualitative analysis of deep-fried Mars bar references in the Scottish press

Event date: 
Monday 21 March 2016 to Tuesday 22 March 2016
Location: 
6th Floor Common room, Chrystal Macmillan Building

Dr Christine Knight (Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh): Negative stereotypes of the Scottish diet: A qualitative analysis of deep-fried Mars bar references in the Scottish press

 

http://www.stis.ed.ac.uk/events/stis_seminars

Ula Zeir: Salamiyya: a city of the Ismailis in the nineteenth and early twentieth century Ottoman Syria (1839-1918); Zeynep Merve Uygun: The making and imagining of space among veiled women in contemporary turkey: the case of segregated women beaches

Event date: 
Monday 21 March 2016
Location: 
Lecture Theatre 3, Appleton Tower, 11 Crichton Street

Ula Zeir: Salamiyya: a city of the Ismailis in the nineteenth and early twentieth century Ottoman Syria (1839-1918)

Zeynep Merve Uygun: The making and imagining of space among veiled women in contemporary turkey: the case of segregated women beaches

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar SERIES — SPRING 2016: Civil Wars in the Arab World

Dr Jacquetta Lee (University of Surrey): Multi-disciplinary Research: Moving the sustainability agenda forward Dr Jacquetta Lee Centre for Environmental Strategy

Event date: 
Tuesday 22 March 2016 to Wednesday 23 March 2016
Location: 
G.04, 50 George Square

WHAT: Perfect Storm Seminar Series

Multi-disciplinary Research: Moving the sustainability agenda forward  

Dr Jacquetta Lee

Centre for Environmental Strategy

University of Surrey

 

WHEN: 22nd March 2-4pm

 

WHERE: 50 George Square, room G.04