Join us for ‘Turkish Defence and Foreign Policy: A New Era?’ with Dr Ziya Meral, Lecturer at SOAS, Senior Associate Fellow RUSI, and Visiting Fellow of the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, at this lecture hosted by Defence-Tech, the School of IR, and the Roosevelt Group. Recent developments in Syria highlighted Turkey’s renewed capacities and…
American Politics Association and School of IR Speaker Event with Daniel Stoian, Senior Diplomat at the US State Department. Daniel Stoian is an experienced senior diplomat who has run seminars on diplomacy and negotiation at Harvard and Johns Hopkins Universities. He is particularly keen on public diplomacy and public service, as well as incorporating innovation…
This lecture will reflect on the histories of conflict and revolution in Sudan, analysing the causes and drivers of its multiple conflicts, including geopolitical dimensions. It will appraise the failures and (partial) successes of regional, international and national peace-making, and draw broader lessons about mediation and conflict resolution in what has become one of the…
: 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 mobile campaign earned him the nickname ‘lion of Africa’. His previous career as a colonial officer with deployments in the Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901) and during the Herero and Nama…
Each semester, an outstanding female scholar from any sub-discipline of Divinity is invited to St Andrews to deliver the Smith Lecture in memory of Agnes Lewis and Margaret Dunlop (both née Smith), twin sisters from Ayrshire, whose contribution to Divinity led to the award of honorary doctorates in 1901 by the University. A Smith Lecturer…
Rachel Nordstom, Operations Manager at the National Collection of Aerial Photography will be exploring the potential of NCAPs vast collections for the archaeologist and researcher. Part of NCAP’s mission is to care for over 30 million military and survey photographs, including many from the Second World War, which hold immense potential for archaeological research and…
Join students of the Political Institute of Action Research (PIAR) to hear Professor Andrew Neal, Chair of International Security and Postgraduate Programmes at Edinburgh University’s School of Social and Political science who will be speaking in St Andrews. Having worked in Edinburgh’s International Relations department since 2007, Professor Neal has a wide catalogue of published…
A workshop on the contemporary relevance of pre-modern environmental history with a focus on the potential policy implications of this research. Andy Dugmore (Edinburgh), Rowan Jackson (Edinburgh), and John Haldon (Princeton) will all address this topic from different perspectives. This event is open to anyone interested in attending. Please note: only Haldon’s keynote presentation will…
Forests of Refuge questions the effectiveness of market-based policies that govern forests in the interest of mitigating climate change. Yolanda Ariadne Collins interrogates the most ambitious global plan to incentivize people away from deforesting activities: the United Nations–endorsed Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) initiative. Forests of Refuge explores REDD+ in Guyana and…
Wildfires devour the Amazon. Devastating droughts affect Andean populations, crops and wildlife. These phenomena are interconnected and, to a high degree, human-made. The greed characterising the extreme phase of capitalism we live in – mega mining projects, unsustainable and deregulated foresting, and agro-industries – is destroying the balance of Andean and Amazonian ecosystems. At the…