IASH | The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities

Should academics be activists?

Event date:

Friday 5 February 2016

Location:

Seminar Room 1+2, Chrystal Macmillan Building

Friday February 5th 2016

1:00-2:30pm

Dr William Tooman (University of St. Andrews): Inner-Biblical Quotations: Form, Function, and the Conventions of Text Production in Jewish Antiquity

Event date:

Friday 5 February 2016

Location:

Martin Hall, New College

Dr. William Tooman (University of St. Andrews): Inner-Biblical Quotations: Form, Function, and the Conventions of Text Production in Jewish Antiquity

Professor Adriana Craciun (University of California, Fulbright Visiting Professor, University of Edinburgh): Arctic Inscriptions and Corporate Authorship in 18th Century Exploration

Event date:

Friday 5 February 2016 to Saturday 6 February 2016

Location:

Project Room, 50 George Square

5^th February, 1-2pm, 50 George Square Project Room

Professor Adriana Craciun

University of California Presidential Chair

Professor English UC Riverside

Fulbright Visiting Professor, University of Edinburgh

"Arctic Inscriptions and Corporate Authorship in 18th Century Exploration"

Dr Ulrike Hogg (National Library of Scotland):

Event date:

Friday 5 February 2016

Location:

Room G.05, 50 George Square

Dr Ulrike Hogg (National Library of Scotland):

Professor Will Kymlicka (Queen’s University, Canada): The Near Death of Multiculturalism in Canada

Event date:

Friday 5 February 2016

Location:

Lecture Theatre G.03, 50 George Square

Professor Will Kymlicka (Queen's University, Canada) will be giving the Centre of Canadian Studies 40th Anniversary Lecture. Will Kymlicka is the most celebrated theorist of multiculturalism whose influence reaches far beyond the shores of his native Canada. If you are interested in attending, could you register via this link.