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Screening: The Magnitude of All Things (1st October)

Aerial Photography of Water Beside Forest during Golden Hour

October 1st, 3-5 pm, LG.09 40 George Square Lower Teaching Hub.  The Magnitude of All Things https://www.themagnitudeofallthings.com/.  A cinematic exploration of the emotional and psychological dimensions of climate change, this documentary draws intimate parallels between the experiences of grief—both personal and planetary. Commentators:  Rahul Ranjan, Lecturer in Environmental and Climate Justice […]

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Decolonizing Climate Justice (14 October)

CRITIQUE, the Centre for African Studies, the Centre of Canadian Studies and Lighthouse Books invite you to join us for a conversation with with Rueben George, Sundance Chief and member of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation. This event will take place on Monday 14th October, 3pm – 5pm at the Edinburgh […]

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Screening: Once You Know (18th October)

Ice covering Beaufort Sea near the Arctic Ocean

October 18, 1-3 pm, 2.13 Geography (Old Infirmary) Once You Know (2020) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9430820/ Once you know is the intimate journey of director Emmanuel Cappellin across the abyss of a world at the edge of climate-induced collapse. His voyage into this uncharted territory is that of a whole generation turning to […]

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Hannah Proctor – The Revenge of Heaven: U.S. Social Science, the Cultural Revolution, and Cold War Case History (23rd October)

Cover of the book, 'The Revenge of Heaven'.

During the Cold War, many large-scale research projects were funded by US academic and state institutions in an attempt to better understand the ‘Communist mind’, often relying on in-person interviews with emigres from the Soviet Union, Korea and China. I’m interested in a specific genre of publication that emerged from […]

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