As part of the Winter Tales Book Festival, IASH is proud to sponsor In conversation with Mara Menzies on Saturday 4 December, 13.15 – 14.15 GMT.

Mara Menzies is a Kenyan/Scottish storyteller and writer whose novel Blood and Gold originated from the stage show of the same name. The novel explores the legacy of colonialism and slavery through myth, legend and fantasy. Join her as she speaks of what inspired the stories and performs some of them in her unique, inimitable style.

As part of the Winter Tales Book Festival, IASH-Alwaleed Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Nadeen Dakkak is taking part in the panel session Books for the Hostile Environment: Facts, Fictions and Futures of Migration.

Discussion with Laura Jeffery, Nadeen Dakkak, Victoria Williamson and Marjorie Lotfi Gill, chaired by Ulrich Schmiedel.

Please note this event will take place on Tuesday 30 November, not Wednesday as is usual.

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Elaine Kelly (Sabbatical Fellow 2021; University of Edinburgh):

Musical Diplomacy and Cultural Transfer: From the German Democratic Republic to Cambodia and Back

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Future Fellow Dr Rama Salla Dieng launches her new book, Féminismes Africains: une histoire décoloniale, on Saturday 27 November at 14:00 UK time. The event will be online in French.

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Ashli Stokes (Fulbright Distinguished Scholar 2021; University of North Carolina Charlotte):

Rhetorics of Resilience: Communication, Foodways, and the Meaning of Appalachian Food

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