The Traditional Cosmology Society presents a talk by Daniel Watson (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) on Friday 28th February, 17:00 - 19:00, 50 George Square, Room G.01.
Daniel Watson
Re-Embodiment in Early Irish Literature: The Case of Mongán Mac Fiachnai
Date and time: Friday 28th February, 4pm – 5.30pm
Title: Interlocking genealogies of social work's benevolent violences: Key moments the 1790's and 1890's
Location: Practice Suite (room 1.12) in Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD
Full description and Eventbrite link to secure a free place: https://edin.ac/38poSZK
TYPOGRAPHY AS RESISTANCE -- Colin Herd and Vaibhav Singh
5.30pm, 27 February 2020
Wilhelmina Barnes-Graham Trust (77 Brunswick St)
Can designed words devise new worlds? Colin Herd & Vaibhav Singh discuss the power of typography today and how designed words and new print technologies can disrupt, destabilise and act as agents of change. What does activism look like in poetry and print?
Followed by Q&A & drinks reception.
The Alwaleed Centre is delighted to be welcoming one of the world's leading experts on contemporary Islamic authority, Professor Masooda Bano, to Edinburgh for a special public lecture on Tuesday 17th March (5:30pm).
Professor Bano will explore 'Islamic authority and social liberalistation in the Muslim world' and further information + free tickets are available here: https://masoodabano.eventbrite.co.uk
Dr Kristoff Kerl is this year's CSMCH-IASH Fellow, in collaborations with the Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Edinburgh.
Date: 19th February
Time: 3-4pm
Venue: 23 Buccleuch Place (Centre for Research on Families and Relationships/Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society)
The Engagement of Literary Thought in Malawian Health Discourses