09:15–09:40
Arrival and Registration
09:45–10:00
Welcome Address by Professor Claire Squires (Auditorium)
10:00–12:00
Panel 1: Philosophy, Ethics, and Divinity | (Chair: Amber Ward; Room 1) Konstantinos Chatzigeorgiou (University of Glasgow) ‘Was Euclid a Pragmatist? A Contextual Analysis of Edward Strong’s Procedures and Metaphysics’ Oscar Hyde (University of Aberdeen) ‘Towards a theological reckoning with the social construction of consent’ Cian Brennan (University of Glasgow) ‘Weak Transhumanism: Moderate Enhancement as a Non-Radical Path to Radical Enhancement’ Enrico Galvagni (University of St Andrews) ‘Hume’s Theory of Virtue’
Panel 2: Places of Encounter | (Chair: Sue John; Room 2) Paddi Alice Benson (University of Edinburgh) ‘Ö6-Fieldwork, Somewhere Over Nowhere’ Emma McCabe (University of Stirling) ‘Negative Theology and the Void in Gender’ Lucy Forde (University of Edinburgh) ‘Participatory Music Making with People Living with Dementia’ Agana-Nsiire Agana (University of Edinburgh) ‘Authority and Authenticity in Ghana’s Online Christianity’
Panel 3: Liminality, and Crossing Boundaries | (Chair: Hilary Clydesdale; Room 3) Samuel Cheney (University of Edinburgh) ‘“The Discordant Roar of the Multitude”: Sonic Encounters with China in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century British Travel Writing’ Marc Czarnuszewicz (University of St Andrews) ‘Dreams of a Saffarid King: Exploring Sufi Connections’ Geraldine Timmerberg (University of Aberdeen) ‘The Turn to Narrative and the Recognition of its Limits: Biblical Studies in Process’ Catherine Mackenzie (University of St Andrews) ‘The adolescent protagonist in Central African fiction and international children’s rights law’
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