Unveiling Dame Rebecca West's Plaque
September 7, 2022
On Saturday 20 August 2022, a host of special guests gathered at IASH for the official unveiling of a commemorative plaque to writer and journalist Dame Rebecca West.
On Saturday 20 August 2022, a host of special guests gathered at IASH for the official unveiling of a commemorative plaque to writer and journalist Dame Rebecca West.
A plaque honouring an eminent 20th century writer is to be unveiled at the author’s childhood home and IASH’s current premises. The memorial is a tribute to the acclaimed novelist, literary critic and journalist Dame Rebecca West. The plaque is one of six commemorating prominent women to be announced by Historic Environment Scotland to coincide with Women’s History Month in March. The body is responsible for administering the commemorative plaques scheme in Scotland, with nominations accepted from members of the public and an independent panel responsible for the final list.
Congratulations to Christopher Mole on his new publication The Unexplained Intellect. Complexity, Time, and the Metaphysics of Embodied Thought
We are very pleased to have a new addition to the Sprigge Room library at IASH. Leemon McHenry, Professor of Philosophy at California State University, is a former student of Professor Sprigge and was instrumental in the foundation of that library.
Dr. Endre Szécsényi awarded prestigious title of Full Professor at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Endre Szécsényi, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation fellow at IASH in 2008 and visiting fellow in 2001, has been awarded the title of Full Professor at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest. This prestigious appointment was made by the President of Hungary, and is effective from June 2015.
Why is it important to Remember Srebrenica: some personal reflections
by Adam Boys, University of Edinburgh alumnus
In 1994 and early 1995, I was working for a small British charity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We, like the United Nations and many other agencies, had been trying for months to make our way through Eastern Bosnia to get food and medicine to the isolated enclave of Srebrenica. We all knew that many thousands of people had fled to the town from surrounding municipalities as a consequence of a brutal policy of “ethnic cleansing”.
Professor Samuel Cohn, currently in residence as a Visiting Research Fellow at IASH, has been elected this week as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Professor Cohn is one of just 56 Fellows elected this year across the RSE's multidisciplinary purview spanning the arts, business, science and technology sectors.
December 2nd is the United Nation’s International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. Last month, IASH held a Speculative Lunch with the aim of bringing together colleagues from across the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to discuss reparations for slavery.
Recent IASH Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Catriona McAra, reflects on organising and delivering a public-facing Luminate Festival event at the Institute last month.
Last month, IASH hosted a Speculative Lunch on photography in research. The academic lead for the project is Dr Ella Chmielewska, Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Visual Studies. The event was chaired by Dr Tom Allbeson, a research associate attached to the project. He took a few moments to reflect on why they decided a Speculative Lunch would be helpful, how the event unfolded and the potential outcomes.