Tuesdays, 4:10pm, in the Martin Hall unless otherwise stated All welcome. For enquiries, please contact Dr Shadaab Rahemtulla: s.rahemtulla@ed.ac.uk Semester 1: Autumn 2026 DateSpeakerTopic29 SeptemberSpeaker: Professor James L. Cox (Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh)Respondent: Professor Arkotong Longkumer (Professor of Anthropology and Modern Asia, University of Edinburgh)"Determining the Object of Study Relationally: The Repatriation ofKnowledge Project in Central Australia"13 OctoberOnline onlySpeaker: Dr Méadhbh McIvor (Associate Professor, Arizona State University)"‘All About the Marketing’: Rights-Based Conflicts and the Generation of Religious Publicity in the UK (and Beyond)."3 NovemberSpeaker: Dr Layli Uddin (Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University)"Fakk Kul Nizam (‘Destroy all Orders’): Maulana Bashani and Abolitionist Theology in South Asia."Jointly held with The Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam10 NovemberSpeaker: Prof Naomi Appleton (Professor of Buddhist Studies and Indian Religions, University of Edinburgh)"Love in the Time of the Buddha: Friendship and Devotion in Early Buddhist Narrative"24 NovemberSpeaker: Dr David Tollerton (Associate Professor in Memory Studies, University of Exeter)"Pandemic Memorialisation and Britain’s Religious-Secular Instabilities" This article was published on Tuesday 19 March 2024
