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Being interdisciplinary - by Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson | SAHA: The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance A joint initiative of Scottish Higher Education institutions, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities.

🖋️ Interdisciplinarity is in vogue again.

Read the new guest blog Being interdisciplinary, by Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson

Dr @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social is Deputy Director of the @iashedinburgh.bsky.social and a member of the SAHA Steering Group.

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The Susan Manning Memorial Lecture | English and Scottish Literature | Literatures Languages and Culture Join us in person for the Susan Manning Memorial Lecture 2026 by Professor Cedric Tolliver (University of Oklahoma), followed by a Q&A and reception.

Our annual Susan Manning Lecture is an exciting one this year. Cedric Tolliver will be speaking on African-American spy novels. Book here: llc.ed.ac.uk/english-lite... @uoe-llc.bsky.social

March newsletter out now: announcing our new Director; awards, promotions and the latest books by IASH alumnae/i; details of forthcoming events; a spotlight on Dr Diego Molina's work supported by @eehnetwork.bsky.social; a free applicant webinar, and much more!

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The announcement of the 2026 Tinniswood Award winner at the #BBCAudioDramaAwards this evening was a special one

It saw the late Oliver Emanuel honoured for ‘One Hundred and Fifty Days’, an "extraordinary and generous gift of a play"

Read more here 🔽

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Catch EEHN-IASH visiting fellows Hilal Alkan and Diego Molina talking about their work in this exciting panel discussion:

Cultivating A Nation: how biodiversity shapes countries A panel on plant humanities and nationhood, featuring Alice Wolff, Diego Molina and Hilal Alkan, chaired by Molly Rose Bond.

"Cultivating A Nation: how biodiversity shapes countries"
Tue 24 March, 4-5pm at IASH and online

A free interdisciplinary roundtable on plant humanities, featuring Dr Alice Wolff, Dr Diego Molina, Dr Hilal Alkan and Dr Molly Rose Bond.

cultivatinganation.eventbrite.co.uk

Are you a 2nd year to penultimate year undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh? You can apply for a paid internship opportunity this summer, to work with IASH and @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social for 10 weeks.

Applications due 18 March!

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A number of the @iashedinburgh.bsky.social fellowships for mid-career and senior academics close this Friday.

Women in Politics and International Relations are hosting a book launch for Chrystal Macmillan: Campaigner for Equality, Justice and Peace, and GENDER.ED are honoured to co-badge.

25 Feb, 3-5pm, G.03 - Doorway 6 (Medical School, Teviot)

Tickets: www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/shop?activit...

Congratulations!

UoE International Women's Day Annual Lecture with Caroline Criado Perez Join the International Women's Day Lecture and hear from Caroline Criado Perez, award-winning writer, broadcaster, and feminist campaigner.

International Women's Day Lecture 2026 with Caroline Criado Perez
Sat 7 Mar, 4pm-6pm at Edinburgh Futures Institute

Announcing the annual IWD Lecture, with award-winning writer, broadcaster and feminist campaigner Caroline Criado Perez. Register free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uoe-intern...

A Decade of Dangerous Women Join us to celebrate 10 years of the Dangerous Women Project, and to hear about some new women who dared throughout history!

"A Decade of Dangerous Women"
Fri 6 Mar, 1pm-2pm, at IASH and online

Join us to celebrate 10 years of the Dangerous Women Project, and to hear about some new women who dared throughout history!

Register free at decadeofdangerouswomen.eventbrite.co.uk

Concert: Ecstatic Visions - a curated exploration of feminine vocality, technology, and creation myths
Fri 27 Feb, 6pm-8pm, at Inspace, 1 Crichton St, EH8 9AB

Discover the new album by Stephanie Lamprea, offering a shining gateway into other realms.

£10/Ticketed: inspace.ed.ac.uk/ecstatic-vis...

Book cover: Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era

Book Launch: "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era"
Fri 27 Feb, 4pm-5pm (online only)

Join us for the online launch of Dr Danita Catherine Burke's new book about activism in the Arctic.

www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/book-l...

Image in the public domain: 'Alexander Woollcott Rescuing the Playwright From the Awful Shears of the Censor' by Ralph Barton, 1922, from Nonsenseorship. Cartoon showing a man in top hat and white tie holding a huge pair of scissors open, to avoid cutting into a cowering playwright.

"Censoring A Nation: from free speech to sedition and obscenity"
Tue 24 Feb, 4pm-5pm (at IASH and online)

How can art be used to oppose oppression and disenfranchisement?

www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/censor...

Coming up at IASH:

"Towards gender equality: transforming leadership and career development in industry and politics"
Mon 23 Feb, 9am-11:30am (online only)

Explore barriers and facilitators of women’s leadership / career development, in industry and politics.

www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/toward...

Reminder to register! Upcoming virtual book launch event
@iashedinburgh.bsky.social on February 27th, 2026 for "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North" @routledgebooks.bsky.social events.teams.microsoft.com/event/09d755... @uoe-sps.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @warcticantarctic.bsky.social

A Decade of Dangerous Women Join us to celebrate 10 years of the Dangerous Women Project, and to hear about some new women who dared throughout history!

"A Decade of Dangerous Women"
Friday 6 March, 13:00 at IASH & online

Join us to celebrate 10 years of the Dangerous Women Project, and to hear about women who dared throughout history! #IWD2026

Register free at decadeofdangerouswomen.eventbrite.co.uk or online via Teams (link on Eventbrite).

Partners:
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh; the Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) at the University of Ghana; and the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (CSSS), Kolkata. Funded by @royalsoced.bsky.social

Speakers:
Rita Aku-Shika Diabah (Founder/CEO, Ghana)
Dr Antoinette Tsiboe-Darko (Deputy Gen Secretary, New Patriotic Party & Exec Director of Danquah Institute, Ghana)
Dr Naeema Yaqoob Sajid (Founder/CEO, UK)
Dr Debdatta Chowdhury (CSSS, India)
Baroness Margaret Curran (Scottish Labour Party, UK)

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Webinar: "Towards gender equality: transforming leadership and career development in industry and politics"

Monday 23 February, 9am-11:30am GMT

Register free at events.teams.microsoft.com/event/10d0ce...

It was a late night, but very pleased to present at paper at the Digital Marginality & Plural Subjectivities conference hosted by @iashedinburgh.bsky.social. My paper, titled “Climate justice and the performing of prayer in digital spaces across transnational margins,” explored visual eco-praxis.

Multiexposure image of a faceless Hacker on abstract concrete blue interface background with digital app icons. Text reads: The Dark Side of the AI detecting and combating the criminal use of AI Modern information technology has created a vast scope for new harms, from hacking business and government, undermining critical infrastructures, to exploiting vulnerable people, especially children, on a global scale. The arrival of pretrained AI tools such as LLMs and image generators suggests that this is going to get increasingly worse. In this session our speakers who work on detection of and understanding of cybercrime and child sexual exploitation and abuse.

The Dark Side of the AI
Detecting and combating the criminal use of AI
Friday, Feb 6 - 3:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Modern information technology has created a vast scope for new harm on a global scale.

Join Ben Collier and James Stevenson to discuss
Book your space:
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Special shoutout, for @uoedivinity.bsky.social's Prof Arkotong Longkumer as a keynote speaker & PhD exchange student, Haidamteu Zeme. Besides co-organising, I'm excited to chair a panel on Ecology & Spirituality in Digital Spaces, with papers from NZ @emergentkiwi.bsky.social, Indonesia, & India.

Digitality, Marginality & Plural Subjectivities.

Further details about hybrid conference (2-4 Feb) @iashedinburgh.bsky.social
Across 3 days, it brings 40+ scholars/activists from across disciplines & continents representing exciting engagement with the theme.

Register via Teams: edin.ac/46naEZz

Today marks the end of my fabulous APS (@amphilsociety.bsky.social) Fellowship at IASH (@iashedinburgh.bsky.social). What began as an empirical assessment into National Museums Scotland's books has instead revealed the relational, emotional, and fluid dynamics underpinning our national museums.

It has been a pleasure to attend Professor Charlotte Bosseaux's book launch A Voice of Their Own. Encouraging Caring and Ethical Practices in Trauma Screen Translation (Palgrave Pivot, 2025) at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social‘s @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social @iashedinburgh.bsky.social

Excited to talk about censorship practices in Pakistan at IASH next month - sign up to watch online! 📚✍️❌

Abstract Background of Lines And Dots - shades of blue against black. text reads: Mediating AI innovation for dependable healthcare AI has potential to transform healthcare, however the use of emergent technologies in that area remains contested. Of particular concern is how innovation, deployment and continual development can be facilitated and supported in such complex organisations as the NHS. In this session, we hear perspectives from three of our leading scholars on social dimensions of information technology innovation – Prof Neil Pollock, Prof Robin Williams, and Prof Stuart Anderson

Mediating AI innovation for dependable healthcare
Jan 30
3.10pm - 5pm

AI has potential to transform healthcare, however the use of emergent technologies in that area remains contested. Join Prof Neil Pollock, Prof Robin Williams, and Prof Stuart Anderson to discuss.

Booking:
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