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Saints Talk: Dr Leshu Torchin
Documentary Film (and other Media) in a Post-Truth World
Development is delighted to invite you to the next instalment in our Saints Talk series from Dr Leshu Torchin, 'Documentary Film (and other Media) in a Post-Truth World' on Microsoft Teams. In this talk, Dr Torchin will explore the challenges to nonfiction media with a focus on how the documentary industry is affected by...
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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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Evidence Based Early Diagnosis (EBED) Conference
Exploring new diagnostics -- big promise, big challenge
Are you an innovator, researcher, clinician, policy-maker, or regulator who is interested in early diagnosis? You might be a patient, a member of the public, or a shareholder in a company making exciting technology in this area. If so, join the Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis to explore what success looks like for the...
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Former First Minister to launch Speaker Series
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Former First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, will launch the University's Scotland's Future Speaker Series. Ms Sturgeon, who was First Minister and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2014 to 2022, will share her thoughts on Scotland's future and how it could and should look. The former First Minister will reflect...
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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...
