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The provenance of the Edinburgh Fragment of Rashīd al-Dīn's Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh (Or MS 20)

Dr Lucy Deacon explores the history of the substantial fragment of Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh, by Rashīd al-Dīn (vizier to the Ilkhanids), held by the University of Edinburgh's Heritage Collections (Or…

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Images of the Prophet Muhammad in Rashīd al-Dīn's Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh (Or MS 20)

Rashid al-Din’s Jami‘ al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) is considered the first universal history ever written. Edinburgh University's Heritage Collections preserves an…

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Book Launch: Andrew Walls’s The Missionary Movement from the West

On November 29, 2023, the Centre held a book launch for Andrew Walls’s posthumously authored book, The Missionary Movement from the West, published in 2023 through Eerdmans. Panelists included…

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Ordinary Opinions: Mass Observation from WW2 to 2000s (Dissertation and Thesis Festival)

Founded in the late 1930s and running to this day, Mass Observation Archive is an extraordinary resource on the ordinary: it maps the thoughts and feelings of adults across the UK through surveys,…

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Tessa Strain

Tessa Strain talks about her research work with PAHRC.

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Student feedback on Wikipedia in the Curriculum assignments

Lorna Campbell, OER Services at University of Edinburgh, and Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh, present student feedback from 7 years' of Wikipedia in the…

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Beyond the Books - Series 2: Episode 7 - Peter Davies

Beyond the Books is a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. In this episode, host…

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Pedro Feitoza: Religion and Regionalism in Brazil

On November 1, 2022, we were pleased to have our new Lecturer in Latin American Christianity, Dr Pedro Feitoza, deliver a paper entitled “Religion and Regionalism in Brazil: The Dynamics of…

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Introductory Lecture Part II: What is a Story?

'The World of Story: Narrative, Creativity and the Arts' introductory lecture

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Introductory Lecture Part I: The Course

'The World of Story: Narrative, Creativity and the Arts' introductory lecture

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Yale-Edin2022 Morning Panel - July 30th 2022

Panelists: Emma Wild-Wood Andrew Song Kirsty Murray

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Yale-Edinburhg 2022 Edinburgh Hub - Morning Panel

Panelists: Emma Wild-Wood - Chair Deborah Gaitskell Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu

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SWW Network Round Table: The British Empire and the Second World War

As the British Empire was mobilised to fight, it had far reaching consequences for all of those involved; the political, social, and economic transformations created new relationships, shifting…

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One World SNIPS: Lukasz Szpruch

One World Virtual Seminar Series - Stochastic Numerics and Inverse Problems, 02 February 2022 Lukasz Szpruch (University of Edinburgh / Alan Turing Institute) From the theory of (stochastic)…

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One World SNIPS: Annie Millet

One World Virtual Seminar Series - Stochastic Numerics and Inverse Problems, 19 January 2022 Annie Millet (SAMM, University Paris 1 - FP2M federation (CNRS FR 2036) and LPSM (UMR 8001))…

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Jesús María Sanz-Serna (University Carlos III of Madrid) Numerical integrators for the Hamiltonian Monte Carlo method

This recording is in the process of being subtitled. We aim to have edited captions available within 2 weeks of publishing.15 November Jesús María Sanz-Serna (University Carlos III…

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