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  1. Byre World 24/25: The Mothers of the Belgian Empire's Stolen Children

    Byre World 24/25: The Mothers of the Belgian Empire's Stolen Children

    During Belgium's colonisation of what are now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi, mixed-'race' children born from relations...

  2. of sea and sod: a generative writing workshop arising from the Arandora Star
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    of sea and sod: a generative writing workshop arising from the Arandora Star

    3 hour multilingual workshop in residence with Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh and Miek Zwamborn.

    This workshop will use a variety of tools and exercises inspired by the Arandora Star, an ocean liner that was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland in 1940....

  3. Georgia's peace and conflicts in the shadow of Russia

    Georgia's peace and conflicts in the shadow of Russia

    MECACS Seminar Series Event - MS Teams - Guest Speaker Dr Sergi Kapanadze - Online via MS Teams -- email [email protected] for the link

    Georgia is currently navigating the challenges of rising authoritarianism while also witnessing the determined resistance of pro-democracy forces. These...

  4. Energy Cafe --- The Unjust Transition at Grangemouth Oil Refinery

    Energy Cafe --- The Unjust Transition at Grangemouth Oil Refinery

    Workers' Perspectives

    Hosted by Dr Ewan Gibbs and Riyoko Shibe Fossil fuel workers are central protagonists in achieving a 'just transition' to a greener and fairer...

  5. Linguistic Travels to Scottish, Ukrainian, and Spanish Landscapes Walkshop

    Linguistic Travels to Scottish, Ukrainian, and Spanish Landscapes Walkshop

    Festival of Languages

    Join us at 2:30-4:30 pm on Friday 4 October at United Colleges-School V for an exciting workshop where we will look at how poetry is made of nature and...

  6. International Colloquium "Rethinking Religion and Politics"

    International Colloquium "Rethinking Religion and Politics"

    20th Anniversary of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics

    CSRP International Colloquium 20th Anniversary: "Rethinking Religion and Politics" St. Mary's College Hall 10-5 (Registration required. Write...

  7. Lunch with a lecturer: Dr Ariadne Collins

    Lunch with a lecturer: Dr Ariadne Collins

    International Relations and VegSoc free lunch event

    Don't tell me there's no such thing as a free lunch... In a first for the Lunch with a lecturer series, we're partnering with the student...

  8. In the Name of a 'Revolution' (bi-ism al-thawra)

    In the Name of a 'Revolution' (bi-ism al-thawra)

    Emotionality, Dysphoric Memories and Identity in the Syrian War

    Have we won the revolution? Or have we failed miserably? Or has Assad and Iran won? Or shall we say that Assad survived but not won and Iran will eventually...

  9. Damascus Balancing Under Pressure:  Centre for Syrian Studies Panel Discussion

    Damascus Balancing Under Pressure: Centre for Syrian Studies Panel Discussion

    CSS Teams Event

    The Syrian government faces multiple pressures from external and internal actors, exacerbated by the Gaza cantered crisis sweeping the region. How is it trying...

  10. Ambivalent Loyalty and Dissonance: Alawite Community Dynamics Amidst the Syrian War

    Ambivalent Loyalty and Dissonance: Alawite Community Dynamics Amidst the Syrian War

    CSS MS Teams Event

    CSS Webinar, Microsoft Teams, Thursday 27 March, 5:00-6:30 UK Time Haian Dukhan and Rahaf al-Doughli, Ambivalent Loyalty and Dissonance: Alawite Community...

  11. Popular women's representations in Uzbek contemporary cinema

    Popular women's representations in Uzbek contemporary cinema

    MECACS Seminar Series Event - MS Teams

    Popular women's representations in Uzbek contemporary cinema Since independence in 1991, the transformation of gender and sexuality throughout...

  12. Book Launch -- The Politics of International Norms: A Rhetorical Approach

    Book Launch -- The Politics of International Norms: A Rhetorical Approach

    Anette Stimmer, St Andrews University - Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research (ILCR) and co-sponsored by CGLG

    We are delighted to invite you to the launch of Anette Stimmer (St Andrews)'s book, The Politics of International Norms: A Rhetorical Approach (Cambridge...

  13. Progress or Return? Capitalism and Eternal Recurrence in the Anthropocene

    Progress or Return? Capitalism and Eternal Recurrence in the Anthropocene

    A talk from Miguel Vatter who is a Professor of Politics at Deakin University and Leverhulme Visiting Professor at Lancaster University.

    The Anthropocene is not simply a new geological age: it signifies the entrance of the 'deep history' of the cosmos and of our planet into our late...

  14. Stop Cop City and the Future of Direct Action Environmental Justice

    Stop Cop City and the Future of Direct Action Environmental Justice

    Special Guest Speaker - Joseph Brown

    The Stop Cop City movement represents a convergence of racial justice, anarchism and environmentalism. Activists employ diverse tactics to halt the construction...

  15. Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's Career as a Colonial officer, 1900-1906

    Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's Career as a Colonial officer, 1900-1906

    Knowledge Transfer and the Performance of an Imperial Biography - Guest Speaker Prof. Sibylle Scheipers

    : Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck is best known as commander of the Schutztruppe in German East Africa during the First World War, where his daring and increasingly...

  16. Dispatches from the Quiet Centre, Ukraine: Episode 1

    Dispatches from the Quiet Centre, Ukraine: Episode 1

    An online discussion with artists living and working in Ukraine

    Join colleagues from the Centre for Arts and Politics, an interdisciplinary research unit housed in the School of International Relations at the University of...

  17. Whose Order?' An analysis of the relationship between Remote Warfare and Global Order

    Whose Order?' An analysis of the relationship between Remote Warfare and Global Order

    Guest Speaker Dr Norma Rossi

    This paper explores the relationship between remote warfare and global order and illustrates how different understandings of global order shape the ways we...

  18. Clemens Poole: Making noise as an American Artist in Ukraine

    Clemens Poole: Making noise as an American Artist in Ukraine

    Guest Speaker - Clemens Poole

    Our series of talks about arts and politics in the apocalyptic times is back. Join us online for a talk with Clemens Poole, a US artist based in Ukraine, who...

  19. 'Flicking the Switch': The Ethical Implications of Researching Online Extremism

    'Flicking the Switch': The Ethical Implications of Researching Online Extremism

    CSTPV Seminar

    December 9, 4-5pm (UK time) Dr Ashton Kingdon, University of Southampton Online This talk explores some of the challenges researchers face when conducting...

  20. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor David Scanlon (University of Birmingham)

    School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor David Scanlon (University of Birmingham)

    Computational Prediction and Experimental Realisation of New Transparent Conducting Oxides

    Transparent conducting oxides have become ubiquitous in modern optoelectronics. The number of oxides that are transparent to visible light and have the...