Dr Harini Amarasuriya has been appointed Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, the third woman to hold the role.
Dr Amarasuriya was a Nominated Fellow at IASH for three months in 2019, shortly before returning to Sri Lanka to become an MP.
Current Fellow Dr Marlo De Lara has contributed an opinion piece for the Press & Journal as part of Pass the Mic, a project focused on increasing representation of women of colour in Scottish media.
Our joint event with GENDER.ED on menstrual justice since the Period Products Act on Thursday 25 May was a great success. We are especially grateful that Monica Lennon MSP was able to join the panel at short notice.
Research by Professor Uğur Ümit Üngör of the University of Amsterdam and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies has helped to uncover evidence of war crimes by the Assad regime in Syria.
IASH is thrilled to share that Shatha Altowai, IASH/IIE-Artist Protection Fund Fellow, has been awarded the John Byrne Award. The judges found Shatha’s paintings to be “incredibly powerful and moving.” They praised “the stark composition and restraint of Shatha’s paintings, and her honest and heartfelt entry statement.” Shatha was selected unanimously by the four-judge panel. Read more about Shatha’s award here.
A new report from the Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient in Bonn details the challenges experienced by artists in Yemen since the eruption of armed conflict in 2014. Our IIE-Artist Protection Fund Fellows for 2020-21, Shatha Altowai and Saber Bamatraf, have contributed their reflections.
Dr Natalie Goodison, the 2019-20 Junior Anniversary Fellow, has helped uncover the fascinating story of birthing girdles in the Middle Ages.
IASH-SSPS Research Fellow Dr Cristina S. Richie has written for today's Scotsman on the links between medicine and climate change.
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is delivering events online as a response to COVID-19, and as usual, a number of our Fellows, alumni/ae and friends will be participating.