A brand new subject area-wide history seminar series for 2022. HTML Seminar description Open to all! Seminars take place on Mondays, and everyone is welcome.. Please see below for details of venues and timings. Event schedule Semester 2 2023/24 Date Speaker Topic Time & venue Mon 5 Feb Book launch: 'Leo Africanus / al-Wazzan relates Africa to the Renaissance' In 1526 the Moroccan diplomat Hasan al-Wazzan, captured by pirates, enslaved and then baptised as Johannes Leo Africanus, finished his Cosmography and Geography of Africa. This is the first new translation into English since 1600. Please join the translators Anthony Ossa-Richardson and Richard Oosterhoff, in conversation with Meha Priyadarshini and Stephen McDowall, to celebrate the launch of this new translation. A reception will follow. Register (free) on Eventbrite 4.10 pm, Special Collections Research Suite (6th fl. University Library) Mon 26 Feb Emile Chabal (Edinburgh) 'Eric Hobsbawm discovers Latin America, 1960-1975' Emile Chabal on an aspect of his current project, in discussion with Julie Gibbings. 4.00 pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 2 Tue 26 Mar Wendy Ugolini (Edinburgh) 'Beyond Borders: The Second World War, National Identities and Empire in the UK' Wendy Ugolini discusses dimensions of her new AHRC project 4.00 pm, Maclaren Stuart Room, Old College Further information If you have any questions please contact the seminar organiser, details below. Professor Paul Nugent Professor of Comparative African History Centre of African Studies, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15A George Square Contact details Website: Professor Nugent's staff profile Email: Paul.Nugent@ed.ac.uk HTML Follow the School of History, Classics and Archaeology Find out about news and events in our community, or ask us a question online. Instagram Twitter YouTube Facebook Many of our research centres and groups, as well as subject areas and seminar series have their own social media spaces too. You can find out more at the link below. Follow us online [scald=4464:uoe_node_atom_full {"alt":"","caption":""}] This article was published on 2024-06-19
HTML Seminar description Open to all! Seminars take place on Mondays, and everyone is welcome.. Please see below for details of venues and timings. Event schedule Semester 2 2023/24 Date Speaker Topic Time & venue Mon 5 Feb Book launch: 'Leo Africanus / al-Wazzan relates Africa to the Renaissance' In 1526 the Moroccan diplomat Hasan al-Wazzan, captured by pirates, enslaved and then baptised as Johannes Leo Africanus, finished his Cosmography and Geography of Africa. This is the first new translation into English since 1600. Please join the translators Anthony Ossa-Richardson and Richard Oosterhoff, in conversation with Meha Priyadarshini and Stephen McDowall, to celebrate the launch of this new translation. A reception will follow. Register (free) on Eventbrite 4.10 pm, Special Collections Research Suite (6th fl. University Library) Mon 26 Feb Emile Chabal (Edinburgh) 'Eric Hobsbawm discovers Latin America, 1960-1975' Emile Chabal on an aspect of his current project, in discussion with Julie Gibbings. 4.00 pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 2 Tue 26 Mar Wendy Ugolini (Edinburgh) 'Beyond Borders: The Second World War, National Identities and Empire in the UK' Wendy Ugolini discusses dimensions of her new AHRC project 4.00 pm, Maclaren Stuart Room, Old College Further information If you have any questions please contact the seminar organiser, details below. Professor Paul Nugent Professor of Comparative African History Centre of African Studies, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15A George Square Contact details Website: Professor Nugent's staff profile Email: Paul.Nugent@ed.ac.uk HTML Follow the School of History, Classics and Archaeology Find out about news and events in our community, or ask us a question online. Instagram Twitter YouTube Facebook Many of our research centres and groups, as well as subject areas and seminar series have their own social media spaces too. You can find out more at the link below. Follow us online [scald=4464:uoe_node_atom_full {"alt":"","caption":""}]
HTML Follow the School of History, Classics and Archaeology Find out about news and events in our community, or ask us a question online. Instagram Twitter YouTube Facebook Many of our research centres and groups, as well as subject areas and seminar series have their own social media spaces too. You can find out more at the link below. Follow us online
