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14 October 2024
13:00 - 14:00

Structural features of social networks are a demonstrable cause of the fidelity or divisiveness of information flowing through them

Part of the Q-Step seminar series
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14 October 2024
15:00 - 17:00

Decolonizing Climate Justice

Join us for a conversation with with Rueben George, Sundance Chief and member of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation. Rueben will be discussing his new book "It Stops Here" with his co-author Mike Simpson.
Poster - Leticia Marques Camargo's seminar
14 October 2024
15:00 - 17:00
Social Anthropology

Kinship and Transmissions of Mixed Blood Family in Valença/Rio de Janeiro

A seminar on the promises and limits of genealogical research in illuminating hereditary pathologies and family identities
14 October 2024
17:15 - 18:30
Science, Technology and Innovation Studies

Milk and Honey: Technologies of Plenty in the Making of a Holy Land

Join us for a hybrid seminar by Dr Tamar Novick (Humboldt University, Berlin), as part of the Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series
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15 October 2024
17:15 - 19:00

Book Launch: Chrystal Macmillan, 1872-1937, Campaigner for Equality, Justice and Peace

Join us to celebrate the book launch of Chrystal Macmillan, 1872-1937, Campaigner for Equality, Justice and Peace.
Jukka Syväterä The Authority of Science in Parliamentary Debates
16 October 2024
13:00 - 14:00

The Authority of Science in Parliamentary Debates: An Epistemic Governance Perspective

SKAPE welcomes Jukka Syväterä to deliver this presentation, drawing together the key results from his research project on the authority of science and expert knowledge in parliamentary debates over new legislation.
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16 October 2024
13:00 - 14:00
Science, Technology and Innovation Studies

Recipes for Recovery: Food, Plants, and the Knowledge(s) of Maya Women in Guatemala

Through participatory methodologies, we seek to understand the way in which home gardens might allow Maya women in Guatemala to shape the health of their families, but also of the landscapes they inhabit.
My Old School 16 October
16 October 2024
15:15 - 17:15
Sociology

My Old School: Film Screening and Discussion

In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow. What followed over the next two years would become the stuff of legend.
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16 October 2024
15:30 - 17:00
Centre of African Studies

'Distributive labour' in South Africa: Debt, work, and welfare

The Centre of African Studies is delighted to invite you to the following seminar as part of their CAS Seminar Series 2024/2025.
2024 UK General Election Series: The New Electoral Geography of the UK
17 October 2024
16:10 - 18:00

2024 UK General Election Series: The New Electoral Geography of the UK

This session will analyse how and why the geography of party support changed at the 2024 General Election
Poster for Elizabeth Chin's Munro Lecture
17 October 2024
17:00 - 18:30
Social Anthropology

Ethnography, Making, and Recursive Practice (Munro Lecture)

Professor Elizabeth Chin will deliver this semester's Munro Lecture.
Poster of Rusha Latif's talk
17 October 2024
17:00 - 19:00
Politics and International Relations (PIR)

Tahrir, Gaza, and Beyond: Revolution, Liberation, and Praxis

PIR Middle East Research Group in partnership with Al-Waleed Centre is delighted to invite you to the following event: Tahrir, Gaza, and Beyond: Revolution, Liberation, and Praxis

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