School of Divinity

2017

School of Divinity events from 2017.

Interfaith Relations - CPD Event

12pm, 18 January 2017, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX. CPD Day for ministers and church leaders on the theme of Interfaith Relations.

New College Burns Supper

A night to celebrate Scotland's most famous poet, with the eating of a traditional Scottish meal, the drinking of whisky, and the recitation of works by, about, and in the spirit of the Bard.

Screening and Public Talk: The immanence of belief

8 February 2017 at 5pm, Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh, EH1 2LX. Isabel Rocamora (Edinburgh), filmmaker and scholar will give this talk, it will be chaired by Professor Jolyon Mitchell.

Cunningham Lectures

5pm - 14, 15, 16 February 2017, Martin Hall. Lectures given by Thomas Kaufmann, Professor of Church History, University of Gottingen.

Book Launch 'Witness': Surviving Gender Based Violence

Thursday, 23 February 2017 at 5pm, Martin Hall, New College. 'Witness'. Surviving Gender Based Violence, a Book Launch

CTPI Event. Homelessness and the Churches.

Science and religion stained glass window
Thursday, 2 March 2017, Martin Hall, New College. Homelessness and the Churches - a Roundtable discussion

Science and Religion Seminar

Philosophy and the Sciences
2pm, 6 March, Althaus-Reid Room, New College. Science and Religion in the Eighteenth Century, Newtonianism and Alternative Cosmologies in the Eighteenth Century, by Dr Derya Gurses Tarbuck, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul.

CTPI Event. Being a Beast

St Leonard's Land University Crest
5pm Thursday 9 March 2017, Martin Hall, New College. Public Presentation with Charles Foster

Asian Religions Network: Khyentse Lecture in Buddhist Studies

The Death of the Buddha, as Seen from Japan. Wednesday 5 April 2017, 5.30pm - 6.30pm, Martin Hall, New College, Edinburgh EH1 2LX. Professor Bernard Faure, Columbia University, will give this lecture

The Death of Romanticism and its Philological and Historical Consequences

4pm - 6pm, Thursday 13 April, Baillie Room, New College. Professor Suzanne Marchand, Louisiana State University, will give this public lecture

Coins and the Bible. Understanding Ancient Coinage.

Coins with a Arabic teapot on them
3.30pm - 5.00pm, Saturday 29 April 2017, Martin Hall, New College. Richard Abdy, Curator, The British Museum, will give this session.

Gifford Lecture Series. Religion Unbound: Ideals and Powers from Cicero to King

Philosophy & Religion courses
1,2,4,8,9,11 May 2017, 5.30 - 6.30pm (Multiple Dates), Business School Auditorium, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9JS. Professor Jeffrey Stout, Professor of Religion at Princeton University, will give these lectures.

Approaching Religion Through Story: A CPL Event for Scottish Schoolteachers. New Resources from Islam and Hinduism

Friday 5 May 2017, 2pm - 4pm, Martin Hall, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, New College,

Call For Papers: Reframing Christian-Muslim Encounter: Theological and Philosophical Perspectives

Muslim World and the West
The Global Network for Christian-Muslim Studies (GNCMS) will host its inaugural international conference at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh on 4-6 September, 2017

Divine Hospitality: A Christian-Muslim Conversation' book launch and interfaith discussion

The Christian-Muslim Studies Network invites the public to a book launch and round table discussion that explores the role that Christian-Muslim conversation and shared action have had in Lebanon and the broader Middle Eas

Women and the World Church Conference

Women and the World Church
10.30hrs, Saturday 16 September, New College. A Day Conference organised by the Centre for the Study of World Christianity and the Church of Scotland World Mission Council.

Biblical Resources for Year B: A CPD Day for Ministers and Worship Leaders

Science and religion stained glass window
Wednesday 20 September, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX

Who is worthy of a biography?

Balloon debate - October 4th

First Friday PG Conversations October

The first Friday of the month, during semester time, alternating morning and afternoon slots, in the Senate Room. The conversations are then followed by coffee and cake in the Rainy Hall. You can come to just the conversation or just the cake or combine both! Friday 6th October, 9.45-10.30am, the Senate Room 

The Sue Innes Memorial Lecture

The Sue Innes Memorial Lecture
Women's History Scotland holds an annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture, and this year Dr Lesley Orr has been invited to be the speaker.

Croall Lecture Series 2017

Financial statements
5pm 23, 24, 25 October, Martin Hall, New College. Professor Werner Jeanrond, Master of St Benet's Hall, Oxford, will speak on his current research

Reformation 500

Reformation 500
Protestants and their Bibles from the Reformation to the Present

First Friday PG Conversations - November

The first Friday of the month, during semester time, alternating morning and afternoon slots, in the Senate Room. The conversations are then followed by coffee and cake in the Rainy Hall. You can come to just the conversation or just the cake or combine both! Friday 3rd November, 2.15-3.00pm, the Senate Room

Exhibition in observance of 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation

10 November 2017 - 8 March 2018, New College Library and the University Main Library will open an exhibition in observance of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation

Who is Normal? : disability and the image of God

Who is normal?
25 November, St Cuthbert's Church, Lothian Road, Edinburgh. St John’s Theology Symposium on Christian Anthropology. A joint event with New College and the Centre for Theology and Public Issues.

Official Unveiling of New College Lights

Showcase videos
5pm - 6.30pm, 29 November 2017, Rainy Hall, New College. Official Unveiling of New College Lights

Asian Religions: Boundaries, Connections, Identities annual lecture

29th November - Prof Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University, The phenomenology of dispassion across Hindu and Buddhist traditions’

The Futures of Public Theology Conference

Colour photo of the statute of John Knox inside New College
3.30pm 30 November - 4.30pm 1 December 2017 in Martin Hall, New College

First Friday PG Conversations December

The first Friday of the month, during semester time, alternating morning and afternoon slots, in the Senate Room. The conversations are then followed by coffee and cake in the Rainy Hall. You can come to just the conversation or just the cake or combine both! Friday 3rd November, 2.15-3.00pm, the Senate Room

New College Christmas Carol Service

Showcase videos
5.15pm, Friday 15 December, Martin Hall, New College.