Wednesdays, 4:10pm, in the Martin Hall unless otherwise stated All welcome. For enquiries, please contact Dr Alysa Ghose: alysa.ghose@ed.ac.ukSemester 2: Spring 2025DateSpeakerTopic5 February A Vast Shadow House: David Lindsay's VisionA film by Seán Martin & Louise Milne In collaboration with the Scottish Network for Religion and Literature27 February Health and Healing, Magic and Medicine—Collaborations between EdCMA and the School of DivinityRegister12 March International Women’s Day event—A conversations with Irenosen Okokie , co-badged between the EDI committee and the RS seminar series26 March Women Leaders, Queer Faithfuls: Reinventing Religion in Contemporary SpainSemester 1: Autumn 2024DateSpeakerTopic25 September Religious Studies speed presentations, taster subject area staff all presenting their current research within 5 minutes!9 OctoberPlayfair Library, Old CollegeNaomi Appleton (University of Edinburgh)Inaugural LectureWhat are Stories For? Answers from the Buddha and Beyond23 October A screening of ‘Distant Journey’Set in the Terezín ghetto as deportations to Nazi extermination camps escalate, Radok's film interweaves the love story of a young Jewish doctor forcibly separated from her Gentile husband, and harrowing documentary footage. With striking, expressionist imagery, Distant Journey presents a harrowing account of the Nazi horrors of the recent past and remains a stark, still-relevant warning from history.5 November Slavery, Brazil and the Gunning Lectures: Workshop on Decolonisation and Reparative Justice in the School of Divinity27 NovemberMegan Rose (University of Manchester)A Human is a Mystery: Theologising the Other in an Indonesian Catholic Convert This article was published on 2024-03-19
