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General Event
17 May 2021
15:00 - 17:00
Politics and International Relations

Listening to and from Palestine

This panel will discuss the recent events across Palestine and contextualise them within a wider historical, legal and political context.
Social Work
17 May 2021
09:30 - 16:30
Social Work

Newly Qualified Social Workers Conference

The annual NQSW conference is open to all final year students and newly qualified social workers across Scotland. If you are completing your studies or in the first two years of practice, you are very welcome to attend. It is a full-day event with fascinating keynote speakers and a range of workshops and talks aimed directly at the interests of early-career social workers.
Social Work
12 May 2021
13:00 - 14:00
Social Work

Ensuring Ethical Social Work With Asylum Seekers & Refugees

Although barely mentioned in the 2021 Scottish Parliamentary campaign, the issue of this country’s treatment of asylum seekers who seek refuge here, and other migrant groups, remains a controversial issue at the heart of UK politics.
Social Policy
10 May 2021
13:00 - 14:30
Social Policy

Who Defines Childhood Innocence? Anti-Racist Practice, White Fragility and Effective Allyship in Early Childhood Webinar

Webinar event co-hosted by the Anti-Racist Early Years Collective (AREYC), the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland (CERES) and RACE.ED.
Sociology
07 May 2021
15:00 - 17:00
Sociology

RACE.ED: Discussion of Covid in India

As the harrowing impact of the Covid pandemic continues to unfold across India, we will get together to think through how to make sense of what is happening, and what we should do to better support our friends and colleagues.

General Event
05 May 2021
10:00 - 11:30
Politics and International Relations

CRITIQUE-PTRG Seminar Fidelity to Justice

Virtual seminar with Christian Barry (ANU).
Social Work
04 May 2021
13:00 - 16:00
Social Work

Restorative justice and the criminal courts: Developments and possibilities in Scotland, Belgium and Beyond

The Scottish Network of Restorative Justice Researchers, with the support of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, are running an international online seminar on Restorative Justice and the Criminal Courts.
Centre of African Studies
30 April 2021
12:00 - 14:00
Centre of African Studies

Africa-Centred Teaching at the University of Edinburgh

What would Africa-centred teaching look like at the University of Edinburgh?
Centre of African Studies
30 April 2021
12:00 - 14:00
Centre of African Studies

Africa-centred teaching at the University of Edinburgh

Africa-centred teaching at the University of Edinburgh: An action-focused discussion.
General Event
28 April 2021
15:00 - 16:30
Politics and International Relations

CRITIQUE Author-Meets-Critics (with RACE.ED) – Dreamworlds of Race, with Duncan Bell

Join CRITIQUE and RACE.ED for an Author-Meets-Critics with Duncan Bell, on his book Dreamworlds of Race: Empire and the Utopian Destiny of Anglo-America.
General Event
28 April 2021
11:30 - 12:30
Politics and International Relations

Ethical Scandals and Foundational Myths: A search for ethical principles in political science

On 28 April, we welcome Rebecca Tapscott (Visiting Scholar, PIR, Edinburgh) to SKAPE as part of our annual seminar series.
Social Policy
27 April 2021
13:00 - 14:00
Social Policy

Oral Histories and Futures: Methodological Innovations in Times of Crisis

In this seminar, Dr Hall will showcase Oral Histories and Futures as a transformative interviewing method. Part of the Research Training Centre's Talking Methods seminar series, with the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science.
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