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SUMMARY:Seminar 6.9: Wendy Allen
DESCRIPTION:Seminar 6.9: Barbara Hepworth and the self never sculpted: Can Hepworth’s use of the maquette in her sculptural practice inform a new creative practice in poetry? \n\n\n\nWhen and where: Thursday 11th September 2025 from 1-2 pm in Grosvenor East room 206 and on Teams\, with optional extension until 2.30pm for in-person attendees. Tea\, coffee\, juice and snacks provided. \n\n\n\nPresenter: Wendy Allen. Wendy is a poet and is in her 3rd year of full-time PhD research. Her creative-critical thesis considers Barbara Hepworth’s (1903-1975) use of the maquette to inform a re-making of poetic form. Focussing on the precariousness of the maquette\, Wendy suggests that by disrupting the idea of the final model as superior enables a new poetics to emerge\, one which gives equal placing to the inner workings and measuring of (a) form. \n\n\n\nFormat/topic: Wendy will begin the session by introducing the maquette: a small preliminary model created to test ideas and proportions. Maquettes are often overlooked\, lost or destroyed\, and yet\, when they are considered independently\, are crucial sites of thought\, experimentation and becoming. Through feminist theory and the Maquinette (a sequence of disrupted sonnets)\, Wendy suggests that the maquette enables a re-evaluation of how we see these unseen contributions. \n\n\n\nThere will be a discussion following the paper\, and it may be of interest to consider the inter-disciplinary aspect to the research (Creative Writing and Art History) in terms of a broader context and how this could work with other disciplines. \n\n\n\nPreparation: You do not need to read anything beforehand\, but it may be of interest to look at some images of Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures and maquettes. \n\n\n\nTea\, coffee\, juice and snacks provided. \n\n\n\nEmail Loretta to say whether you would like to attend online or in person\, and if you have any dietary requirements (all snacks are vegetarian).
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/seminar-6-8-wendy-allen/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Seminar 6.8: Manchester’s queer sonics
DESCRIPTION:When and where: Thursday 28th August 2025 from 1-2 pm in Grosvenor East room 206 and on Teams\, with optional extension until 2.30pm for in-person attendees. Tea\, coffee\, juice and snacks provided. \n\n\n\nPresenter: Markus Hetheier. Markus is a 5th year part-time practice-based PhD candidate at the School of Digital Arts (SODA). His artistic research project involves queer sonic mappings of Manchester (co-)produced by ten research participants and him. The project focuses on queer sonics as a transformative tool for community building. \n\n\n\nFormat/topic: Markus will begin the session by a brief introduction of his PhD project\, focusing on the intersection of methodological and theoretical concepts with practice as research as overall approach. He will then present and discuss the research participants’ individual queer sonic mappings of Manchester and the themes which have emerged from the practice. The session will be concluded with an open discussion and Q&A. \n\n\n\nPreparation: If you want to familiarise yourself with queer sonics\, you are welcome to read Truman\, S. E. and Shannon\, D. B. (2018) ‘Queer sonic cultures: an affective walking-composing project’\, Capacious: journal for emerging affect inquiry\, 3(1)\, pp. 58—77. \n\n\n\nFor the discussion and Q&A you may want to think about the following questions: How do we define co-production in artistic research projects? Which role does the researcher have when they are also an artist\, facilitator and curator in the project? What influence \n\n\n\nEmail Loretta to say whether you would like to attend online or in person\, and if you have any dietary requirements (all snacks are vegetarian).
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/seminar-6-7-andrew-ghribi-king/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:August: Writer's Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Writers’ Retreats give postgraduate research students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet\, structured\, and supportive atmosphere. \n\n\n\nThe retreats are facilitated by Dr Chad McDonald\, the faculty’s Senior Academic and Study Skills Tutor. Chad was awarded his PhD in History in 2019\, and he regularly took part in writers’ retreats during his postgraduate research. \n\n\n\nYou will need to arrive ‘ready to write’ but may\, of course\, bring any materials (laptops\, books\, data\, etc.) with you for the whole-day session. You may access data online\, but the retreat is a day free from active researching\, mobile phones\, or other internet access (emails\, Instagram\, online shopping\, etc.) that steals away focus and attention from writing! \n\n\n\nThere will be some short discussion around good writing practice and how to approach your writing as a professional task\, but much of the day will be devoted to writing without distraction. Whatever your writing project (e.g.\, annual report\, paper\, thesis)\, the retreat will provide a space away from your office or home in which to concentrate and reflect on the process of writing. \n\n\n\nWe hope the writers’ retreats will be a source of collegial support as you work alongside fellow PGRs who share similar goals—but also pressures and insecurities—in relation to academic writing. \n\n\n\nLunch and refreshments will be provided. Please notify us of any dietary requirements no later than 2 weeks before the date of the retreat you are attending. \n\n\n\nPlaces are limited so please email Fran Brooks if you wish to book a spot.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/august-writers-retreat/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Writer's Retreat
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SUMMARY:Seminar 6.7: Sumithreyi Sivapalan
DESCRIPTION:A series of informal seminars led by and for Arts and Humanities doctoral students. Each seminar is presented by a different PhD researcher and involves plenty of interactive discussion. This is a friendly\, supportive space in which we develop critical research skills and build community. \n\n\n\nSeminar 6.7: Sites of Belonging and Unhomeliness: exploring ‘home’ through the persona poetry of Sri Lankan women \n\n\n\nWhen and where: Thursday 14th August 2025 from 1-2 pm in Grosvenor East room 206 and on Teams\, with optional extension until 2.30pm for in-person attendees. Tea\, coffee\, juice and snacks provided. \n\n\n\nPresenter: Sumithreyi Sivapalan. Sumi is in her 3rd year of PhD research. Her thesis links the concepts of home and belonging with persona poetry and the civil war and post-war context of Sri Lanka\, and the possibility that persona poetry might serve as a site of belonging for those who feel ‘unhomely’ in their homeland or in their host country. \n\n\n\nFormat/topic: Sumi will lead this session with a brief introduction to the question of belonging in Sri Lanka and the historical and present struggles related to it. She will then introduce her research on persona poems\, linking them to critical theories of home and belonging. Attendees will be encouraged to consider when and how one can truly feel at home. \n\n\n\nPreparation: There is no pre-reading for this session\, but attendees may wish to read a brief introduction to Sri Lanka and the civil war (e.g. Wiki\, BBC\, or HIR) and persona poetry. \n\n\n\nGrosvenor East room 2.06 and on Teams\, with optional extension until 2.30 pm for in-person attendees. \n\n\n\nTea\, coffee\, juice and snacks provided. \n\n\n\nEmail Loretta to say whether you would like to attend online or in person\, and if you have any dietary requirements (all snacks are vegetarian).
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/seminar-6-6-sumithreyi-sivapalan/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Seminar 6.6: Shuwen Wang
DESCRIPTION:Grosvenor East room 2.06 and on Teams\, with optional extension until 2.30 pm for in-person attendees. \n\n\n\nTea\, coffee\, juice and snacks provided. \n\n\n\nEmail Loretta to say whether you would like to attend online or in person\, and if you have any dietary requirements (all snacks are vegetarian).
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/seminar-6-5-shuwen-wang/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250725T090000
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SUMMARY:Gothic Crossroads Conference 2025
DESCRIPTION:A conference exploring and celebrating the multi and interdisciplinary crossings of Gothic and Horror Studies. \n\n\n\nManchester Centre for Gothic Studies\,Manchester Metropolitan University\, 25th-27th June\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\nConference Programme\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe event is free for all MMU students and includes creative workshops\, readings and reading groups – you’re welcome to attend as much or as little as you like. The Gothic and Heritage fair includes representatives from 10 different heritage organisations\, including Elizabeth Gaskell’s House\, the Portico library\, the Whitaker museum and gallery\, Hoghton Tower and Gladstone’s Library. \n\n\n\nFeel free to contact Emma Liggins ) or Ellie Beal  if you would like more information. \n\n\n\nPhysical crossroads have long been sites where the human\, divine and demonic were felt to converge and potent sites for magical\, religious encounters\, rituals of transformation\, binding of undesirable spirits\, siting of gallows and links to ancient cosmology. This conference also considers the crossroads as a space where the boundaries between differing spheres are negotiable\, asking what it means to walk in the interdisciplinary pathways and cross currents of the Gothic. \n\n\n\nThe crossroad is a geographical location and ancient symbol closely associated with folklore where two or more realms touch. It is historically and imaginatively connected with travellers and travelling\, strange encounters\, omens\, choice and indecision\, danger\, suicide\, criminality\, apocalypse and renewal\, guilt and judgement\, punishment\, ritual and ceremony\, lovers’ meetings\, hanging\, summoning\, access to Gods\, devil dealing\, casting out and death. The choice between paths can also lead to repercussions and consequences of “the wrong path”\, “the path not taken” and “straying from the path”. \n\n\n\nThis conference invites creative and scholarly consideration of any aspect of these areas or any other creative/critical spin on themes of crossing/crossover/cross currents\, travelling\, intersection\, interception\, (con)junction\, incursion\, deviation and transitioning in any/all aspects of cultural production as it relates to Gothic and horror. \n\n\n\nIt also proposes the crossing as a metaphor for presenting and thinking on the interdisciplinary work of the Gothic and the intersectional/transnational spaces where the gothic is engaged and approached. Thus\, we are particularly interested in “paths less travelled” and contributions from scholars and ECRs working in the intersections where the cultural work of Gothic and horror studies crosses boundaries and spheres\, engaging with fields and disciplines beyond the traditional\, and where new “crossings” can be discovered. This includes\, but is not limited to: Gothic and horror in gaming\, architecture and heritage\, creative writing and practice\, comics and graphic novels\, scriptwriting\, theatre\, music\, geography\, plant studies and environmentalism\, anthropology\, libraries and archives\, sociology and social studies\, broadcasting\, publishing\, media and graphic design. We are sure there are more\, so feel free to surprise us with your wanders\, crossings\, and encounters!
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/gothic-crossroads-conference-2025/
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250723T093000
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SUMMARY:Two-Day Writing Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Two-Day Writing Retreat at Didsbury Parsonage Trust with a focus on practice\, creative methods\, & communities \n\n\n\nThis two-day summer retreat is for researchers who work with creative methods and practice\, or who are engaged in research with communities and members of the public. This is an opportunity to come together and reflect on writing-in-progress and the particular challenges you might be facing in making the connection between practice\, data collection\, community work\, and your writing. The two days will involve a combination of free writing time (for which you should bring work in progress)\, and some structured exercises and open discussion that will see us thinking collaboratively about writing and research practice. \n\n\n\nPlease get in touch with Fran Brooks if you would like to reserve a space. In your email please include some details about what you would like to work on during the retreat\, and how it relates to the focus of your research more broadly. Please also indicate what stage/year of your PhD you are currently in. \n\n\n\nPriority will be given in the first instance to people who can attend both days\, but please do get in touch if you would like to come but can only make one of the days so that we can register your interest. \n\n\n\nA full programme is still being put together\, and we are looking for researchers who might be interested in leading an exercise as part of the retreat. If this appeals\, please indicate this in your email too. \n\n\n\nWe’ve booked out the ‘Red Room’ and the ‘Terracotta Room’ in the Parsonage Trust\, and you can find out more about the venue here. The building has beautiful public gardens\, it is close to Fletcher Moss park\, and is an easy bus or tram ride away from central Manchester.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/two-day-writing-retreat/
CATEGORIES:Writer's Retreat
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SUMMARY:The Aftershock Review Launch
DESCRIPTION:THE AFTERSHOCK REVIEW LIVE AT JOHN RYLANDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND LIBRARY \n\n\n\nJoin us for the powerful live launch of The Aftershock Review Issue One — a groundbreaking new poetry magazine exploring trauma\, survival\, and literary transformation. \n\n\n\nSet in the iconic surrounds of the John Rylands Library\, this event brings together some of the most urgent voices in contemporary poetry for an evening of live readings\, conversation\, and creative disruption. Expect bold\, emotionally resonant work and a vital discussion on what it means to write — and edit — from the aftermath. \n\n\n\nFeaturing poets from Issue One – names to be announced ASAP. Hosted by Dr Anna Percy and Editor-in-Chief Max Wallis. \n\n\n\n\nLaunch Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree to attend | All welcome | Fully accessible \n\n\n\nDIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY TBC \n\n\n\nSupported by Arts Council England and the University of Manchester.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/the-aftershock-review-launch/
LOCATION:John Rylands Research Institute and Library\, 150 Deansgate\, Manchester\, M3 3EH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Seminar 6.5: Quen Took
DESCRIPTION:Grosvenor East room 2.06 and on Teams\, with optional extension until 2.30 pm for in-person attendees. \n\n\n\nTea\, coffee\, juice and snacks provided. \n\n\n\nEmail Loretta to say whether you would like to attend online or in person\, and if you have any dietary requirements (all snacks are vegetarian).
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/seminar-6-4-quen-took/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250716T170000
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SUMMARY:July: Writer's Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Writers’ Retreats give postgraduate research students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet\, structured\, and supportive atmosphere. \n\n\n\nThe retreats are facilitated by Dr Chad McDonald\, the faculty’s Senior Academic and Study Skills Tutor. Chad was awarded his PhD in History in 2019\, and he regularly took part in writers’ retreats during his postgraduate research. \n\n\n\nYou will need to arrive ‘ready to write’ but may\, of course\, bring any materials (laptops\, books\, data\, etc.) with you for the whole-day session. You may access data online\, but the retreat is a day free from active researching\, mobile phones\, or other internet access (emails\, Instagram\, online shopping\, etc.) that steals away focus and attention from writing! \n\n\n\nThere will be some short discussion around good writing practice and how to approach your writing as a professional task\, but much of the day will be devoted to writing without distraction. Whatever your writing project (e.g.\, annual report\, paper\, thesis)\, the retreat will provide a space away from your office or home in which to concentrate and reflect on the process of writing. \n\n\n\nWe hope the writers’ retreats will be a source of collegial support as you work alongside fellow PGRs who share similar goals—but also pressures and insecurities—in relation to academic writing. \n\n\n\nLunch and refreshments will be provided. Please notify us of any dietary requirements no later than 2 weeks before the date of the retreat you are attending. \n\n\n\nPlaces are limited so please email Fran Brooks if you wish to book a spot.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/july-writers-retreat/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Writer's Retreat
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250709T143000
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SUMMARY:PhD Reading Group: Sound Methodologies
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a peer-led session exploring Sound (or silence) in practice-based research. Open to all PhD researchers in Art\, Design\, and Humanities\, at any stage of study. \n\n\n\nPlease see below for a reading list from Markus Hetheier in advance of the reading group in July. \n\n\n\nFrom Markus: longlist and shortlist reading recommendations plus questions to use when reading and discussing these texts and some practical examples: \n\n\n\nReadings: \n\n\n\nAnderson\, I. (2015) ‘Soundmapping beyond the grid: alternative cartographies of sound’\, Journal of Sonic Studies\, 11\, pp. n.p. \n\n\n\nAnderson\, I. and Rennie\, T. (2016) ‘Thoughts in the Field: ‘Self-reflexive narrative’ in field recording’\, Organised sound : an international journal of music technology\, 21(3)\, pp. 222-232. \n\n\n\nGallagher\, M. (2015) ‘Sounding ruins: reflections on the production of an ‘audio drift”\, Cultural geographies\, 22(3)\, pp. 467-485. \n\n\n\nGallagher\, M. (2016) ‘Sound as affect: Difference\, power and spatiality’\, Emotion\, space and society\,20\, pp. 42-48. \n\n\n\nMcMurray\, P. (2018) ‘Ephemeral cartography: on mapping sound’\, Sound studies (2015)\, 4(2)\, pp. 110-142. \n\n\n\nMydlarz\, C. (2013) ‘Exploring soundscapes. Cutting-edge data collection by citizen scientists maps a world of sonic diversity’\, Perspectives\, (no. 1)\, pp. 16-21. \n\n\n\nOuzounian\, G. (2014) ‘Acoustic mapping’\, in Gandy\, M. and Nelson\, B. (eds.) The acoustic city. Berlin: JOVIS Verlag\, pp. 164-173. \n\n\n\nPaquette\, D. and McCartney\, A. (2012) ‘Soundwalking and the Bodily Exploration of Places’\, Canadian journal of communication\, 37(1)\, pp. 135. \n\n\n\nThulin\, S. (2018) ‘Sound maps matter: expanding cartophony’\, Social & cultural geography\, 19(2)\, pp. 192-210. \n\n\n\nTruman\, S. E. and Shannon\, D. B. 2018. Queer Sonic Cultures: An Affective Walking-Composing Project. Open Humanities Press. \n\n\n\nWaldock\, J. (2011) ‘Soundmapping: critiques and reflections on this new publicly engaging medium’\, The Journal of Sonic Studies\, 1\, pp. N.p. \n\n\n\nWaldock\, J. (2016) ‘Hearing urban regeneration: community composition as a tool for change’\, in Bull\, M. and Back\, L. (eds.) The auditory culture reader. Second ed. London:: Bloomsbury\, pp. 151-161. \n\n\n\nWells\, K. and Bailey\, A. (2020) ‘Sound art and the making of public space’\, Social & cultural geography\,21(8)\, pp. 1083-1102. \n\n\n\nWesterkamp\, H. (1994) ‘The soundscape on radio’\, in Augaitis\, D.\, Lander\, D.\, Walter Phillips\, G. and Banff Centre for the\, A. (eds.) Radio rethink : art\, sound and transmission. Banff\, Alta.\, Canada: Walter Phillips Gallery\, pp. 87-94. \n\n\n\nShortlist for the session: \n\n\n\nAnderson\, I. and Rennie\, T. (2016) ‘Thoughts in the Field: ‘Self-reflexive narrative’ in field recording’\, Organised sound : an international journal of music technology\, 21(3)\, pp. 222-232. \n\n\n\nGallagher\, M. (2016) ‘Sound as affect: Difference\, power and spatiality’\, Emotion\, space and society\,20\, pp. 42-48. \n\n\n\nPaquette\, D. and McCartney\, A. (2012) ‘Soundwalking and the Bodily Exploration of Places’\, Canadian journal of communication\, 37(1)\, pp. 135. \n\n\n\nWaldock\, J. (2016) ‘Hearing urban regeneration: community composition as a tool for change’\, in Bull\, M. and Back\, L. (eds.) The auditory culture reader. Second ed. London:: Bloomsbury\, pp. 151-161. \n\n\n\nThe articles cover field recordings\, sonic affect\, soundwalks and composition as key sonic methods and concepts. \n\n\n\nYou could think about the following questions: \n\n\n\n\nWhich sounds would you like record and document as field recordings for your research? What narrative emerges from these sounds?\n\n\n\nWhat sound are you affected by? Do they hold significance for your research?\n\n\n\nAre there any physical areas relevant to your research that you could examine through soundwalks?\n\n\n\nHow would you approach to composition of the gathered sounds and impressions? \n\n\n\nWould you develop a soundscape composition by yourself as researcher and artist or would you involve research participants or both?\n\n\n\n\nTwo practical examples of research projects based on some of these sonic methods: \n\n\n\nhttps://www.isobelanderson.com/post/sailortownhttps://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/map/the-lapsed-clubber-audio-maphttps://sickfestival.com/2022_event/soundpaths/ \n\n\n\nWith the first two examples there are audio samples which you can listen to and some context if you follow the links. \n\n\n\nOrganised by: Jan Connett
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/phd-reading-group-sound-methodologies/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Seminar 6.4: Louise Kenward
DESCRIPTION:Grosvenor East room 2.06 and on Teams\, with optional extension until 2.30 pm for in-person attendees. \n\n\n\nSeminar 6.4: Beachcombing as methodology: the stories of objects washed up by the sea \n\n\n\nWhen and where: Thursday 3rd July 2025 from 1-2 pm in Grosvenor East room 206 and on Teams\, with optional extension until 2.30pm for in-person attendees. Tea\, coffee\, juice and snacks provided. \n\n\n\nPresenter: Louise Kenward is a part-time doctoral student in her third year with the Centre for Place Writing. She is the editor of the anthology Moving Mountains: Writing Nature Through Illness and Disability (Footnote) which was released in paperback earlier this year. Louise is a writer and artist with a background working as a psychologist and psychotherapist in the NHS. \n\n\n\nFormat/topic: Louise will start this session with an overview of her current research\, which builds on her work creating Moving Mountains. Her current project is structured around beachcombing the coastline of the Romney Marshes\, a place on the southeast coast of England at particular risk of flooding. She is specifically investigating parallels between the body and landscape\, drawing on her own experiences of living with chronic illness. The session will open out to discuss and explore how we can use objects in creative practice\, inviting attendees to respond to creative writing prompts in considering found objects. You will be encouraged to play with ideas of the familiar and everyday in connecting with the unfamiliar and extraordinary. There’ll be time for a Q&A at the end. \n\n\n\nPreparation: You are invited to bring along an object that you can hold in your hand – for example something found on a walk\, one you keep on your desk or windowsill\, or one that you carry around with you in your pocket (or it could be something you find on your journey to the session). There’s no reading for this session but if you’d like to read more about beachcombing\, chronic illness\, and objects as starting points to stories\, I strongly recommend Sally Huband’s Wainwright Prize longlisted book\, Sea Bean. \n\n\n\nTea\, coffee\, juice and snacks provided. \n\n\n\nEmail Loretta to say whether you would like to attend online or in person\, and if you have any dietary requirements (all snacks are vegetarian).
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/seminar-6-3-louise-kenward/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Bunker Talk #152: Lena Šimić x James Marriott
DESCRIPTION:Dr Lena Šimić is Liverpool-based transnational performance maker\, local politician\, activist\, pedagogue and scholar researching contemporary performance and the maternal as well as arts responses to the climate crisis. Reader in Drama at Edge Hill University. Lena was a co-organiser of the Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent at Home between 2008 and 2018. Together with Emily Underwood-Lee\, she ran the AHRC funded Performance and the Maternal project with a number of outputs including Manifesto for Maternal Performance (Art) 2016! (2017). Her short play\, Three Conversations in collaboration with her sons\, Neal and Sid\, was commissioned for Climate Change Theatre Action in 2019. She has recently collaborated with James Marriott\, Platform\, on an audio play Three Sisters: A Story from the Climate Future (Big Light\, 2023). \n\n\n\nJames Marriott works as part of Platform\, which since 1983 has combined art\, activism\, education and research. He is co-creator a wide range of projects from performance to download-opera\, from film to non-fiction books. These include And While London Burns (2007)\, The Oil Road (Verso 2012)\, Crude Britannia (Pluto 2021) and The Oil Machine (BBC 2021). \n\n\n\nBunker Talks \n\n\n\nThis event is part of Bunker Talks. Bunker Talks invite artists and researchers to talk about who they are and what they do. Curated by the Performance Research Group at Manchester School of Art\, Bunker Talks explore geopolitical\, ecological or economic concerns. The talks create space for critical encounters\, presentations\, provocation and dialogue. \n\n\n\nOriginally conceived in the pandemic to explore how artists\, writers\, curators and researchers continued to make and share their work\, live Bunker Talks now take place at The Salutation every month. Since 2020\, over 150 talks have been hosted by Art & Performance Researchers and colleagues from across the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. All talks are recorded\, edited\, captioned and then archived to create an online catalogue\, capturing how artists\, makers and curators think about the world today. Find previous talks here:  \n\n\n\n\nBunker Talks
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/bunker-talk-152-lena-simic-x-james-marriott/
LOCATION:The Salutation Pub – Upstairs\, 12 Higher Chatham Streey\, Manchester\, M15 6ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Queer Stories of Belonging: Visual Art\, Songs and Medi
DESCRIPTION:This event will consist of an artist panel talk involving the display and discussion of digital artwork interspersed and framed by dance and music performances\, exploring queer diasporic experiences. \n\n\n\nThe event will feature Tahini Molasses from the Turkish and Middle Eastern drag collective Harem of No One\, and Natis\, a queer migrant painter based in Berlin\, and Dr Yener Bayramoğlu\, who conducted fieldwork for the project MEQDI (Media Practices of Belonging within Turkey’s Queer Diaspora in Europe) in Berlin and London. \n\n\n\nThis event marks the formal Closing of the MIGS One-Day Event ‘Moving Images: Audiovisual Representations of Migration and Migrants’. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/queer-stories-of-belonging-visual-art-songs-and-medi/
LOCATION:GF.11 Grosvenor East\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Moving Images: Audiovisual Representations of Migration and Migrants
DESCRIPTION:The Migration and Interdisciplinary Global Studies (MIGS) Research Network is pleased to announce a free\, one-day\, in-person event exploring migration and audiovisual representation\, to be held on campus on Thursday June 26th. \n\n\n\nBringing together academics\, artists\, practitioners\, activists\, and community members\, this event will showcase diverse audiovisual works created by and with migrants. Via a combination of screenings and panel discussions\, we will explore the ethics and aesthetics of creating and presenting audiovisual representations of migration and migrants. \n\n\n\nWe are particularly excited to be featuring the work of Arts and Humanities colleagues including Benedicte Brahic\, Carmen Herrero\, Bing Chi Wu\, and Audrey Albert. (See Eventbrite link below for the full programme.) \n\n\n\nThe day will conclude with a special event co-hosted by Christian Klesse\, Yener Bayramoğlu\, and the Contemporary Intimacies\, Sexualities and Genders Research Group: Queer Stories of Belonging. Visual Art\, Songs and Media in the Turkish Queer Diaspora. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/moving-images-audiovisual-representations-of-migration-and-migrants/
LOCATION:Geoffrey Manton Building\, 4 Rosamond Street West\, Manchester\, M15 6LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Routledge Companion to Irish Art
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to celebrate the launch of the Routledge Companion to Irish Art (2025) edited by Dr Fionna Barber (Reader in Art History\, Dept of Art and Performance\, Manchester Metropolitan University) and Dr Fintan Cullen (Emeritus Professor of Art History\, University of Nottingham). The launch is hosted by the Visual Culture Research Group at MMU. \n\n\n\nThe event will take place in the First Floor Open Space\, Righton Building. Please register by 18th June if possible so we can have an idea of numbers for catering. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFollowing a short introduction by Susannah Thompson\, Professor of Fine Art\, MMU\, the book’s two editors Fionna Barber and Fintan Cullen will talk about the scope of the book\, and its significance for studies of Irish art from the beginnings of the 19th c to the present day\, in addition to reflecting on the process of commissioning\, and editing such a large volume. Dr Matt Retallick (Lecturer in Art History and Curating\, MMU) will also talk about his experience of contributing a chapter to the Companion. \n\n\n\nThere’ll also be time for more informal discussion with refreshments provided. \n\n\n\nThis is the first publication of a companion to Irish art and its history. Its forty-four commissioned essays comprise a sustained critical commentary on a range of topics across a period from c.1800-2020. This companion contains new and innovative writing that critically engages with Irish art in a period linked to key events in Irish history\, beginning with the Acts of Union between Britain and Ireland (1800–01)) and the significant social and cultural changes that resulted. The book also provides a precedent for a focus on the significance of art in relation to other subsequent key historical events such as the early twentieth‑century struggles for independence or the role of political conflict in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s onwards and its aftermath. Key themes covered include tradition and innovation; upheavals of history; place\, location\, and artistic formations; Irish art and the wider world; and embodiment and identity. The book expands the critical discourse around Irish art over this period\, both within Ireland and beyond\, and encourages the potential for future scholarship in fields and periods not covered. \n\n\n\nThis book will be of interest to scholars and students working in art history\, Irish studies\, and colonial studies. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease register by 18th June if possible so we can have an idea of numbers for catering. \n\n\n\nContact: Fionna Barber or Matt Retallick for further details
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/book-launch-routledge-companion-to-irish-art/
LOCATION:1st Floor Open Space\, Righton Building\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:DoWell Co-Design Workshop and Lecture Series 2024-2025: Session 7
DESCRIPTION:Session 7: Co-Designing with Neurodiverse People: An Embodied Creativity Perspective \n\n\n\nWednesday 25 June 2025\, 3.30 -5pm\, Online session \n\n\n\nDr Laura Malinin\, Inaugural Director\, Nancy Richardson Design Center & Associate Professor of Interior Architecture + Design\, Colorado State University \n\n\n\nThis presentation describes two multi-year projects where an interdisciplinary group of researchers and students engaged neurodiverse people in co-design processes to improve inclusion and engagement in community programming. The first case involved older adults with dementia and their care partners to develop community performing arts programming. The second project engaged a group of autistic youth to improve visit-ability at a science museum. The projects will be discussed using the lens of embodied creativity as a framework to explain the design and methods used in the different cases as well as outcomes. \n\n\n\n\nEventbrite
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/dowell-co-design-workshop-and-lecture-series-2024-2025-session-7/
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Postponed: Practice-based Conversations: Mapping Methods and Methodologies with Sara Davies
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately this Practice-based Conversation has to be postponed. We’re sorry about this\, but Sara’s session on Mapping Methods and Methodologies will be back in the new academic year. \n\n\n\nThe Poetry Library (round table) and Online via Teams \n\n\n\nThis is a peer-led event organised by Nicola Lewis-Dixon \n\n\n\nThinking about methods and methodologies in arts and design practice-based research can be challenging. There may be multiple methods involved\, making it hard to pinpoint a single methodology that fits the project. The project might draw from multiple disciplines\, each with its own set of methods and terminologies\, adding further complexity to the mix. Additionally\, the dynamic and evolving nature of this kind of research can call for sometimes unsettling shifts in approaches. \n\n\n\nHave you recently read something about methods and methodologies in arts and design practice-based research? What methods and methodologies do you use in your research? Let’s gather and share! You could bring in something you’ve read\, something you’ve written\, or some interesting thoughts. \n\n\n\nSara Davies is a lecturer in Art Theory and Practice in the Manchester School of Art
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/practice-based-conversations-mapping-methods-and-methodologies-with-sara-davies/
LOCATION:Manchester Poetry Library\, Grosvenor Building\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Entangled II: Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Poetry Library and online \n\n\n\n\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n\n\nJoin poets Mark Pajak\, Anita Slater\, and Domenic Suntrapak for a poetry reading and discussion as they untangle the threads that link their poetry and research at Manchester Metropolitan University. \n\n\n\nMark Pajak’s PhD research explores the question of what poetry does for young lives by working with children in schools\, Anita Slater’s practice-based research looks at the concept of guidance in the city\, and Domenic Suntrapak researches the relationship between poetry\, architecture and urban city planning. In this conversation Mark\, Anita and Domenic will reflect on their interest in the social function of poetry\, thinking about how poetry interacts with institutions\, communities\, civic spaces\, and even expansive urban cityscapes. As researchers working across the creative and the critical\, they will also talk about their play with form\, and how formal experiments are shaping their writing and thinking. \n\n\n\n\nFree Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nENTANGLED is a PhD showcase which unravels the themes and forms which connect each poet’s work to one another\, established by award winning poet and PhD researcher Charlotte Shevchenko Knight.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/entangled-ii-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Manchester Poetry Library\, Grosvenor Building\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Arts and Humanities Summer Party and Social
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce a date for our annual Arts and Humanities Summer Party and Social\, which will take place this year on Thursday 19th June from 4.30 to 6.30 pm in the Grosvenor East\, 3rd Floor Open Space and Roof Terrace. \n\n\n\nThis will be a great opportunity to catch up with everyone and to celebrate the successes of this academic year. It would be lovely to see as many of you there as possible. \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP to Fran Brooks as soon as possible\, and ideally by next Wednesday 11th June\, so that I can have a sense of numbers for drinks and snacks.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/arts-and-humanities-summer-party-and-social/
LOCATION:Business School Atrium\, Oxford Road\, Manchester\, M15 6BH
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Seminar 6.3: Sophie Scott
DESCRIPTION:Grosvenor East room 2.06 and on Teams\, with optional extension until 2.30 pm for in-person attendees. \n\n\n\nTea\, coffee\, juice and snacks provided. \n\n\n\nPresenter: Sophie Scott. Sophie is in her 2nd year of a practice-based PhD. The research is investigating how pre-consumer fabric waste solutions can be more aligned to real world challenges\, faced by fashion micro-businesses. \n\n\n\nFormat/topic: Sophie will lead this session with a brief overview of her research\, highlighting specific low waste pattern cutting methods that have informed her practice to date. Following this\, she would like to trial two short activities on garment lay planning\, before opening to discussion. The activities will be audio-recorded for the purpose of testing sound quality\, but participation is voluntary. \n\n\n\nPreparation: All equipment will be provided and if you’re joining online\, there will be a digital version of the task made available. There is no pre-reading for this session\, though if interested\, Carrico & Kim (2013) introduce and discuss four main zero waste garment methods. \n\n\n\nEmail Loretta to say whether you would like to attend online or in person\, and if you have any dietary requirements (all snacks are vegetarian). \n\n\n\nPlease note: parts of this seminar will be recorded\, and we therefore have a Participant Information Sheet for review and Consent Form to complete\, in line with MMU ethics approval. Those who do not wish to participate in the recording are still very welcome to attend\, but advance booking is essential.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/seminar-6-3-sophie-scott/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Guest seminar: Responding to violent extremism
DESCRIPTION:Lunchtime seminar: Responding to violent extremism – resilience and rehabilitation.Wednesday June 18\, 12-1:30pm \n\n\n\nRoom BS 7.03This seminar provides an opportunity to hear from two leading Australian scholars\, Ramon Spaaij (Victoria University; Manchester Met Global Chair) and Vivian Gerrand\, PhD (Deakin University)\, exploring novel approaches to countering violent extremism.It will feature a 15-minute presentation from each speaker\, followed by a facilitated conversation and an audience Q&A. \n\n\n\nLunch will be provided. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaper 1: Facilitating disengagement from violent extremism \n\n\n\nProfessor Ramon Spaaij \n\n\n\nThe rehabilitation of terrorist offenders continues to be viewed with suspicion\, which is not helped by the limited evidence base for the success of disengagement programs. This presentation aims to advance the knowledge base by sharing the findings of recent research on facilitating disengagement from violent extremism. Drawing on a three-year mixed-methods inquiry into Australia’s longest-running Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program\, I will present a focus on the experiences of terrorist offenders to chart their journeys through the program. By doing so\, I will identify key factors that affect meaningful engagement with CVE interventions and enhance the likelihood of successful disengagement from violent extremism. \n\n\n\nProfessor Ramon Spaaij is a sociologist at Victoria University\, Melbourne\, Australia\, and Global Chair at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is co-founder of the Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP)\, a unique high-impact research program that brings together researchers\, embedded police\, defence and community members to develop novel responses to terrorism and violent extremism. \n\n\n\nPaper 2: Building resilience to (violent) misogyny? Alternative narratives to the manosphere \n\n\n\nDr Vivian Gerrand \n\n\n\nEfforts to mitigate the social influence of (violent) extremist movements through CVE counter-narrative campaigns or deplatforming initiatives have limited efficacy (Conway 2020; Hemmingsen and Castrob2017; Rogers 2020). Unlike counter-narratives\, alternative narratives can be more effective at challenging extremist narratives because they directly address real and perceived grievances as well as the psycho-social needs that may lead to engagement with extremist discourse. Alternative narratives meet people where they are and support critical-thinking and social capital resource allocation. Such narratives stand for rather than against something by conveying positive content\, centring on aspects of democracy and openness and promoting mutual understanding (Roose et al. 2021). Alternative narrative-based interventions can arguably be deployed to disarm the manosphere and support disengagement from violent extremist discourses. Drawing on interviews with manosphere adherents and an arts-based case study\, in this presentation I explore how alternative narratives might provide critically empathetic tools to support boys and men to build resilience and disengage from anti-women online movements.  \n\n\n\nDr Vivian Gerrand is a Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute\, Deakin University. Her current research addresses disinformation and (violent) extremism through alternative narratives. Vivian holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne and is the author of Possible Spaces of Somali Belonging (MUP\, 2016). She was a Max Weber Fellow in 2017-18. \n\n\n\nThis seminar is hosted by Manchester Met’s Migration and Interdisciplinary Global Studies Research Network\, and chaired by Dr Daniel Marshall. For enquiries\, email: migs@mmuac.uk \n\n\n\n\nRegistration
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/guest-seminar-responding-to-violent-extremism/
LOCATION:BS 7.03 Business School\, Oxford Road\, Manchester\, M15 6BH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Manchester Writing School Summer Festival
DESCRIPTION:This four-day intensive course is designed to give participants a taste of life in the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University\, one of the UK’s most successful literary centres\, and home to one of the country’s largest postgraduate English and Creative Writing communities. The course will introduce you to tutors and current students and offer opportunities to develop your own writing – and reading – in a lively and supportive environment. \n\n\n\nThe programme will include a choice of in-person or online masterclass workshops\, seminars and talks\, delivered by practising writers and critics\, with input from special guests. Sessions may include fiction\, poetry\, writing for children & young adults\, scriptwriting\, creative non-fiction\, how to present your work for publication\, performance skills\, and talks/Q&As with industry experts. \n\n\n\nThe programme for the Manchester Writing School Summer Festival has now been released. You can find details on the web page: \n\n\n\n\nWriting Festival\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt’s free to attend for current students and you can browse the programme and book a place / choose from the sessions via the links below. \n\n\n\n\nFestival Programme\n\n\n\nBooking Form
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/manchester-writing-school-summer-festival/
LOCATION:Grosvenor Theatre – Arts and Humanities Building\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Embedding Co-production in your research with Alix Moreleigh\, the Booth Centre
DESCRIPTION:In-person in GE 2.06 and online via Teams \n\n\n\nOrganised by Katie Chatburn. Please email Katie if you’d like to attend in person. \n\n\n\n2025 sees the 30th anniversary of our thriving Booth Centre community\, here in Manchester. We exist in partnership\, to raise the voices of all who have been impacted by homelessness and to celebrate their successes. At the Booth Centre we recognise the importance of working collaboratively with people who come to the centre to design\, deliver and evaluate our services\, this concept of partnership working is at the heart of what we do and forms one of our most important values. \n\n\n\nAlix\, Head of Service at the Booth Centre\, will be joining us for a session to discover how coproduction can be embedded into your practice. We hope this will guide you in creating an inclusive\, purposeful and achievable way of working that is truly collaborative and representative of your community.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/embedding-co-production-in-your-research-with-alix-moreleigh-the-booth-centre/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Seminar 6.2: Nerea Wachter Galindo
DESCRIPTION:Grosvenor East room 2.06 and on Teams\, with optional extension until 2.30 pm for in-person attendees. \n\n\n\nTea\, coffee\, juice and snacks provided.  \n\n\n\nEmail Loretta to say whether you would like to attend online or in person\, and if you have any dietary requirements (all snacks are vegetarian).
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/seminar-6-2-nerea-wachter-galindo/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:PhD Reading Group\, Session on Decolonial Methodologies
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a peer-led session exploring decolonial methodologies in research. Open to all PhD researchers in Art\, Design\, and Humanities\, at any stage of study. \n\n\n\nFormat: \n\n\n\n\nBring an article or chapter (printed or digital) on decolonial methodologies to read during the first 20 minutes.\n\n\n\nShare a key insight or reflection from your reading.\n\n\n\nConsider: What methods or approaches might inform your own research?\n\n\n\n\nThis is a supportive space for discussion\, learning\, and exchanging ideas.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/phd-reading-group-session-on-decolonial-methodologies/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Writing Ethics Workshop: How do we write about ethical complexities?
DESCRIPTION:Please note this event takes place online via Teams\, the link is available via Moodle. \n\n\n\nYou are cordially invited to the next event in our “writing ethics” series: a short on-line writing retreat. Although primarily aimed at PhD students\, the session would be beneficial for anyone who is reflecting on ethical complexities in their publications. The session will include a short presentation\, followed on by hands-on writing exercises and a discussion. \n\n\n\nProgramme  \n\n\n\n\n9.00   Introduction and welcome: Adi Kuntsman\, Faculty Chair of Ethics\, and Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem\, FREGC PhD Liaison\n\n\n\n9.15 Ethics of researching the far right: Katy Brown\, Research Fellow in Language and Social Justice\n\n\n\n9.45  Writing exercise (guided)\n\n\n\n10.00 Writing session\n\n\n\n10.40 Discussion and wrap up\n\n\n\n\nPlease send Dr Fran Brooks an email if you’d like to sign-up and be added to the calendar event.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/writing-ethics-workshop-how-do-we-write-about-ethical-complexities/
CATEGORIES:DCAH's Research Training and Development Programme
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SUMMARY:Meet\, Greet\, Connect and Create
DESCRIPTION:PhD students from all disciplines are warmly invited to a new PhD student-led online initiative. If you are interested in joining please email Arlene Jackson \n\n\n\n\nHeld via Teams – afternoon and evening sessions available \n\n\n\nAn accessible\, flexible format to meet fellow PhD students in a supportive space to share aims\, goals & experiences
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/meet-greet-connect-and-create/
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:June: Writer's Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Writers’ Retreats give postgraduate research students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet\, structured\, and supportive atmosphere. \n\n\n\nThe retreats are facilitated by Dr Chad McDonald\, the faculty’s Senior Academic and Study Skills Tutor. Chad was awarded his PhD in History in 2019\, and he regularly took part in writers’ retreats during his postgraduate research. \n\n\n\nYou will need to arrive ‘ready to write’ but may\, of course\, bring any materials (laptops\, books\, data\, etc.) with you for the whole-day session. You may access data online\, but the retreat is a day free from active researching\, mobile phones\, or other internet access (emails\, Instagram\, online shopping\, etc.) that steals away focus and attention from writing! \n\n\n\nThere will be some short discussion around good writing practice and how to approach your writing as a professional task\, but much of the day will be devoted to writing without distraction. Whatever your writing project (e.g.\, annual report\, paper\, thesis)\, the retreat will provide a space away from your office or home in which to concentrate and reflect on the process of writing. \n\n\n\nWe hope the writers’ retreats will be a source of collegial support as you work alongside fellow PGRs who share similar goals—but also pressures and insecurities—in relation to academic writing. \n\n\n\nLunch and refreshments will be provided. Please notify us of any dietary requirements no later than 2 weeks before the date of the retreat you are attending. \n\n\n\nPlaces are limited so please email Fran Brooks if you wish to book a spot.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/june-writers-retreat/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Writer's Retreat
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SUMMARY:History\, Politics & Philosophy postgrad research conference
DESCRIPTION:Showcasing recent studies by postgraduate researchers in the fields of History\, Politics and Philosophy\, the theme for this year’s conference is ‘Conflict and Cohesion’. \n\n\n\nPlease note this in person only and there will be no live stream. \n\n\n\nMore information and pre-recorded presentations will be available here: https://bit.ly/hpprcMMU \n\n\n\nRefreshments will be provided. \n\n\n\nLocal historian Steve Roman has invited attendees on a free tour of the Manchester Peace Trail after the conference. The route is fully accessible in a wheelchair/with pushchairs. Booking unnecessary\, but Steve would appreciate a rough idea of numbers\, so please email suzanne.cloves@stu.mmu.ac.uk if you’d like to join the tour.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/history-politics-philosophy-postgrad-research-conference/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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