IDD Guest Seminar Series In 'IDD Guest Seminar Series' IDD Guest Seminar SeriesIDD Seminar Series Videos Back to 'Events' The International Development Department hosts a number of public seminars, talks and lectures throughout the year which focus on a range of different topics. 20Nov What Does it Feel to be an Ethnic Performer, and How Can Performers' Emotions Reveal the Politics of Inequality in Contemporary China DatesWednesday 20 November 2024 (12:00-13:30)Location429 Muirhead TowerDescriptionJinyu Mao, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh.This event is part of the International Development Department Seminar Series. Archive 2022 10th May - Performing Independence in Puducherry: Commemorative Public Holidays and Postcolonial Imaginaries in the Former French India26th April - Contesting Collapse: The socially organised inevitability of climate breakdown in the UK24th March - Lessons for post-pandemic governance and institutional strengthening8th March - Mission Driven Bureaucrats24th February - Book Launch: African Peacekeeping15th February - Beyond Liberal Order: States, Societies and Markets in the Global Indian Ocean25th January - Settler Ecologies: The Enduring Ecologies of Settler Colonialism in Kenya 2021 23rd November - "Chinese Development Cooperation in the New Era" and its impact in the Global South (A Panel Debate)16th November - 'Where There Was No Aid: War and Peace in Somaliland' with Dr Sarah Philips (University of Sydney)27th October - Small Island Developing States and COP 2613th October - States, Markets and Foreign Aid with Dr Simone Dietrich (University of Geneva)29th September - Contested Sustainability: The Political Economy of Conservation and Development in Tanzania16th June - New Directions in Conservation26th May - How can parliamentarians support inclusive change? (with Dr Rebecca Gordon, IDD)5th May - Does dual citizenship reproduce inequalities? (with Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey)21st April - Cosmopolitanism and branding international development in UK higher education (with Dr Kamna Patel) 2020 2nd December - A Potent Fuel? Faith identity, Religion and Development Impact11th November - "Acting in Good Faith": Reproductive Governance and Population Policies in India21st October - What is the Evidence Telling Us so far of COVID's Impact on Governance and Conflict?30th September - "How to Steal a Trillion Dollars", The Inner Workings of Kleptocracy and What we can do about it
20Nov What Does it Feel to be an Ethnic Performer, and How Can Performers' Emotions Reveal the Politics of Inequality in Contemporary China DatesWednesday 20 November 2024 (12:00-13:30)Location429 Muirhead TowerDescriptionJinyu Mao, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh.This event is part of the International Development Department Seminar Series.