Celebration of Research in the Humanities & Social Sciences
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck Clore Management Centre
Join us to learn about the transformative work in Birkbeck's Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences.
The event provides an opportunity to come together to share and celebrate research in the humanities and social sciences. It features speakers from the Schools of Creative Arts, Culture & Communication, Historical Studies, and Social Sciences who will present short talks (6-7 minutes) that offer a snapshot of the breadth and richness of work in FHSS.
This year, the talks aim to serve as starting points for wider discussions around collaboration, interdisciplinarity and creativity – come and join the conversation!
Contact: Heike Bauer, Head of Research, Innovation & Knowledge Exchange, h.bauer@bbk.ac.uk
PROGRAMME
From 11.00 Tea/coffee
11.15 Welcome - Sally Wheeler, Vice-Chancellor
11.30 - 12.45 Collaboration and transformation
- Molly Flynn, CCC, Ukrainian theatre and anti-colonial resistance
- Suzannah Biernoff, HS, Disfigurement and the cultural history of bodily imperfection
- Mara Nogueira, SSS, Food exclusion & ‘last mile’ delivery in Brazilian favelas
- Alex Grzankowski, HS/School of Advanced Studies, London AI & Humanity
- Mai Sato, SSS, Human rights, global justice systems & the death penalty
Lunch
13.30 -14.45 Interdisciplinarity and more-than-human research
- Sophia Connell, HS, Animal cognition
- Anna Richards, CCC, Intersections between animal advocacy & feminism
- Simon Pooley, SSS, Discovering the Okapi
- Joseph Viscomi, HS, Archives, environments, and depopulation in Calabria
- Penny Newell, CCC, Eco-anxiety/ calcification
Tea/coffee
15.15 - 16.30 Creativity
- William Ackah, SSS, The Black PhD Experience – stories
- Kasia Tomasiewicz HS, Cursed Objects: material culture, politics & history – podcast
- Jackie Lou, CCC, The Interpreter – sound installation
- Karen Wells, SSS, Weaving Knowledge – documentary film
- Daragh Carville, CCC, The Bay – TV drama
16.30 Closing remarks - Lucy Mazdon, DVC Research
16.45 - 19.00 Reception & publication display
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Contact name:
Heike Bauer