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Remembering Service
The Chaplaincy extends a warm invitation to our community members who have experienced the death of a family member, friend, student, peer, or colleague. Regardless of your faith or philosophy of life, you are welcome to join us for a reflective service featuring readings and music. There will also be an opportunity to light...
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Public lecture by Professor Stephen Gardiner
Beyond institutional denial: a global constitutional convention for future generations
Join CEPPA (Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs) for a public lecture on climate justice as part of Climate Week. The lecture will be given by Professor Stephen Gardiner of the University of Washington. Humanity is in deep institutional denial. Current institutions are failing future generations, in part because there is a governance...
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Public lecture by Professor Tahseen Jafry
About climate justice: what does it mean and what lies ahead?
Join CEPPA (Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs) for a public lecture on climate justice as part of Climate Week. The lecture will be given by Professor Tahseen Jafry of Glasgow Caledonian University. In July 2023, Europe reached scorching milestones with relentless heatwaves and Scotland had its hottest June ever. Several regions grappled...
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Quantification and the Persepolis Fortification Archive
An exploratory workshop
With more than 15,000 original texts, the Persepolis Fortification Archive is one of the largest surviving governmental archives from the ancient world. The surviving texts date from the 13th to the 28th regnal years of Darius I (509 to 493 BCE), with the majority falling between regnal years 21 and 24. The archive records...
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Public Lecture by Professor Anne Knowles, (University of Maine), 2023/24 Global Fellow
Mapping Genocide - What numbers and location can, and cannot, tell us about the Holocaust
In this lecture, Professor Knowles, a leading practitioner of historical GIS, will contrast counting and mapping data about 1,142 Holocaust ghettos to the brutal specifics of genocide in Eastern Galicia and Lithuania, and to what one family experienced during eight mass atrocities in their hometown. She will argue that many scales, methods, and sources...
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"Protest and Persistence: Analysing the Sweida Movement's Dynamics and Future Pathways."
CSS Teams Event - email irevents for the link to take part.
"The protest movement that erupted in Sweida last year continues to gain attention, particularly as it unfolds in a region predominantly inhabited by the Druzes. These protests, primarily led by the Druze community, a prominent religious minority in the region, have been driven by grievances over economic deterioration, corruption, and the demand for political...
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When Nature stumbles on a good thing: from promiscuous binding to essential enzyme activity
Research seminar as part of the School of Biology's Biomolecular Sciences (BMS) External Seminar series by Prof. Joelle Pelletier, Department of Chemistry, University of...
