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Peter Chiene Lecture: The Encyclopedism of Renaissance Humanist Jurists - Xavier Prévost

The event was hosted by the Centre for Legal History. Professor Xavier Prévost, junior member of the Institut universitaire de France and professor of legal history at the University of…

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Week 10 - Religion 1

Roman Egypt, Religion

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Inaugural Lecture – ‘The Bad Bible in the Twenty-First Century’

Professor Matthew Novenson (Professor of Biblical Criticism and Biblical Antiquities) delivers his Inaugural Lecture ‘The Bad Bible in the Twenty-First Century’ in the Playfair Library,…

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Week 7 - Video 1

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The Bryce Miniature Qur'an and its travel across the globe (RB.S.4656)

Dr Mira Xenia focuses on a miniature Qur’an executed in golden ink and housed in a metal locket, now held in the Heritage Collections of the University of Edinburgh. This Qur’an may…

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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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Inaugural Lecture of Nehal Bhuta

Edinburgh Law School presents: The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Nehal BhutaRecovering Social RightsAbout the lectureDespite a flourishing in the constitutionalization and adjudication of social…

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Week 3 - Video 1

Week 3: Administation

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Week 2 - Before Rome

Week 2: Very broad backdround

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Week 1 Video 1 (Introduction)

Week 1 Video 1 (Introduction)

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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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Day 1 Spotlight: COP28 Climate Negotiation Simulation Event, Edinburgh

On 16 November, weeks before COP28 Learning for Sustainability Scotland, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh, welcomed pupils from Scottish and Egyptian secondary schools to take part in…

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Exploring Archives of Sexuality & Gender (Dissertation and Thesis Festival)

The Archives of Sexuality and Gender is one of the largest digital collections of primary source documents relating to the history and study of sex, sexuality, and gender. The series presents LGBTQ…

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Open Lecture Series | Adam Smith and his Enduring Significance

Listen to Dr John Gordon, Teaching Fellow in Philosophy and Humanities talk about Adam Smith, referred to 'Father of Economics.' 2023 marks the tricentennial of Adam Smith, who was born in…

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Nitrogen Pollution: Threats to Tropical Coral Coasts - Trailer

Explore how nitrogen interacts with the marine environment and the associated threats of nitrogen pollution caused by human activity, using tropical coral reefs and seagrasses as model ecosystems. …

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Lama Said - Three Minute Thesis Competition Finalist 2023

Lama Said - Three Minute Thesis Competition Finalist 2023

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