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IAS Bookfest of Forgotten Publications

06 June 2023, 10:15 am–6:15 pm

A close-up of a colourful bookshelf in the background. In the foreground it says: 'The IAS Bookfest of Forgotten Publications' in white type

Join us for a celebration of books by faculty in the Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities that were published during the pandemic and, under those circumstances, did not receive the attention they deserved.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Institute of Advanced Studies

Location

IAS Common Ground, G11
University College London
UCL, Gower Street, London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

To make up for this lack of attention, the IAS will host the day-long Bookfest of Forgotten Publications. 
Each author will be given 25 minutes to present their book. How they use that time is up to them - it might be a presentation, a discussion or a reading. It might be by themselves, with co-authors and editors or respondents. 
The Bookfest will be followed by a celebratory reception.

THE PROGRAMME

10:15    Welcome from IAS Director Nicola Miller    
10:30    Haidy Geismar (UCL Anthropology), Ton Otto (Anthropology, Aarhus University and James Cook University) and
             Cameron Warner (Anthropology, Aarhus University): Impermanence - Exploring continuous change across cultures    
11:00    Adam Drazin (UCl Anthropology): Design Anthropology in Context: an introduction to design materiality and collaborative thinking    
11:30    Giovanna Di Martino (UCL Greek & Latin): Translating and Adapting Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes in the United States     
12:00    Coffee Break    
12:30    Svetlana Sequeira Costa (UCL Slade) et al.: Migration    
13:15    Noele Crossley (UCL Political Science): Understanding Humanitarian Protection    
13:45    Lily Kahn (UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies), Riitta Valijarvi (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies):
             West Greenlandic: An Essential Grammar       
14:15    Break
14:45    Adam S. Harris (UCL Political Science): Everyday Identity: Race, Ethnicity and the Bloc Vote in South Africa    
15:15    Julie M. Norman (UCL Political Science): The Palestinian Prisoners Movement: Resistance and Disobedience  
15:45    Break 
16:15    Naftali Loewenthal (UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies): Hasidism Beyond Modernity: Essays in Habad Thought and History    
16:45    Russell Hitchings (UCL Geography): The Unsettling Outdoors: Environmental Estrangement in Everyday Life    
17:15    Celebratory Reception