Wednesdays, 4:10pm, in the Martin Hall unless otherwise stated All welcome. For enquiries, please contact Dr Alysa Ghose: alysa.ghose@ed.ac.ukSemester 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
