Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

A Conversation about Work-Life Balance with Margaret L Ross (Emeritus Professor in Law, University of Aberdeen) and Professor Angela J Black (Business School, University of Aberdeen).

Event Organised by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committees of the School of Law and Business School. Tuesday, 8 December 2020. 12:00 – 13:00 GMT.

Opening Remarks: Dr Titilayo Adebola, Ms Anne-Michelle Slater, Dr Qiang Cai and Mr Mark Whittington.

Moderator: Dr Eddy Wifa.

The conversation will foreground the following four questions. First, how would you envision work/life balance as a staff (or student)? Second, how does one excel as a staff (or student), while maintaining healthy relationships with family and friends? Third, what forms of support mechanisms would you recommend to maintain an effective work/life balance? Fourth, as we plan for 2021, what lessons can you share to help us prepare for the year, in particular, for work/life balance and promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion?

Lecture by Professor James Thuo Gathii (Wing Tat-Lee Chair, Loyola University Chicago).

Thursday, 22 October 2020. 14:00 – 15:00 GMT.

Opening Remarks: Professor Greg Gordon.

Moderator: Dr Titilayo Adebola.

Centering Race in International Law

This lecture prepared to commemorate Black History Month at the University of Aberdeen in October 2020 will use examples of Scottish merchant adventurers and explorers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to show that race has always been at the centre not only of colonial and imperial relations, but of present day international law. Written from the perspective of Third World Approaches to International Law, (TWAIL), the lecture makes the case for more scholarly inquiries to uncover the continuities and discontinuities of the role of race in international law and international relations.