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🌟Celebrate International Women's Day with our latest blog post 🌟 Editor of our upcoming book, Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten, Ben Fletcher-Watson spotlights five trailblazing women who dared to make history. Check the post out here: euppublishingblog.com/2025/03/07/5-w… #IWD25 #InternationalWomensDay

We're thrilled to announce that the 3rd book from the Dangerous Women Project will release in September from @EdinburghUP. "Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten" is edited by Ben Fletcher-Watson & @joshaw with a foreword by @sarasheridan.

My #Arctic article "Non-violence & Activism: The Case of #Greenpeace's Anti-Sealing Campaign" is published! doi.org/10.14430/arcti… @SDUArctic @CWSWarStudies. Many thanks to interviewees from @Greenpeace & funders @IASH_Edinburgh @MSCActions @MemorialU #JRSmallwoodFoundation

Great to see one of our @InsightBritish 90th Anniversary Fellows featured in the latest @IASH_Edinburgh newsletter - meet curator and sociologist Dr Viktoria Bavykina #CultureConnectsUs iash.ed.ac.uk/news/featured-…

Delighted to have received a copy of this book with new research on Hume's "Essays," which I co-edited with Felix Waldmann, with contributions from @sylvana_st @dcharette43 @mikko_tolonen and many others. cambridge.org/core/books/hum… @GaskinHilary @ufhamilton @CUPBookshop

Our latest newsletter is out now, with an exciting film screening at the Edinburgh Science Festival, an insight into Dr Viktoria Bavykina's work on Ukraine and Russia, the latest books by Fellows, and this year's International Women's Day Lecture. mailings.ed.ac.uk/2MQP-21Q1M-32/…

This Friday: the University of Edinburgh International Women's Day Lecture - Naeema Yaqoob Sajid, founder of Diversity+. Join us to dive into the purpose & themes of International Women's Day, and why now, more than ever, we must keep pushing for change. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-universi…

ICYMI! Friday 7 March sees UoE @womensday events taking place, starting with ‘Muslim women and gender equality’, 11am-12pm. The IWD Lecture, ‘Only a day, a theme and an initiative?’, will then take place 6.45pm=8.15pm. @IASH_Edinburgh @alwaleed_centre edin.ac/3BSY4oQ

"Menstruation and Menopause as Reproductive Justice Issues: Feminist Reflections on Activism, Research and Policy from the Global Movement’s Scottish Hub" is live!🩸 Read @BBildhauer + my 2023 take on lessons from the movement and the work that remains: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…🩸

"Margaret White and the Alcoran of Mahomet" is the fascinating story of how a woman living in 17th century London was the driving force behind the first publication of the Qu'ran in English. Starring Erin Shanagher, Laila Alj, Graeme Hawley, Jon-Paul Bell & Hamilton Berstock.

Former Fellow Hannah Khalil has a new play on BBC Radio 4 at 14:15 today, and available afterwards online: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

As part of the IWD programme, @IASH_Edinburgh, @alwaleed_centre and GENDER.ED bring you ‘Muslim women and gender equality’, a discussion event with Qazi Sarah Rasheed & Hamide Elif Üzümcü, chaired by Patricia Jeffery. 7 March, 11am-12pm, IASH Register: edin.ac/4108xc7

@IASH_Edinburgh and GENDER.ED bring you this year's International Women's Day Lecture, delivered by Naeema Yaqoob Sajid: ‘Only a day, a theme and an initiative?’ 7 March, 6.45-8.15pm #MarchForward #AccelerateAction #IWD Register: edin.ac/4gvuvbb

Speaking Towards One Another with @slampreasoprano we will see Inspace transformed through a multidisciplinary theatrical performance and installation that uses #technology and #creativity to explore the #body, #gender #representation, and resilience within #disability.

The Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship - Applications, 3 months, deadline: 17:00 GMT on Friday 28 February 2025. For details: csas.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ne… @IASH_Edinburgh @uoessps

Free concert: "Beneath the waves" as part of UNESCO Week of Sound - Monday 17 February at 19:00 at Edinburgh College of Art. The concert features current Fellow Dr Alex South: digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/mo…

Reminder: book launch at 17:30 tonight for "Otherworldly Mothering" by Dr Marika Ceschia: iash.ed.ac.uk/event/book-lau… Please register via the link. A drinks reception will follow the launch.

There is still time to register for the roundtable on Queering Research Methods, brought to you by @IASH_Edinburgh and @GenderEd_UoE. Tuesday 4 February, 4.30-6.30pm, IASH Register here: …eringresearchmethods.eventbrite.co.uk

We are saddened to hear of the death of Michael Longley, one of the world’s most highly regarded poets and a former IASH Fellow in 2013. Our thoughts are with Edna and their family. iash.ed.ac.uk/news/michael-l…

CONFERENCE: "AI and Digital Innovations for Voice and Vocal Music" Fri 7 March, 9am-6pm at @UoE_EFI A keynote by Prof. Ricardo Climent, expert talks, panels and performances exploring voice, song and music using new AI-based tools. iash.ed.ac.uk/event/conferen…