Category: Events

Events and seminars run by CCRI

‘GRAVITY: MATERIAL’ – Rose Butler and Ruth Levene hosted by Michelle Atherton

2017-11-09 Gravity, Material - with Rose Butler and Ruth Levene, chaired by Michelle Atherton

Gravity: Material, featuring Rose Butler and Ruth Levene, chaired by Michelle Atherton Thursday 09 November 2017, 4:15PM – 6:00PM Charles Street Lecture Theatre, City Campus Open to the public, all welcome Rose Butler‘s artwork can take the form of installation, single and multi-screen videos, or large-scale photographs. Her work teeters between different states of being and knowing, and plays with […]

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Saturday 25 November 2017 – Film screenings & discussion – Cinema Palestino 2017: Reels of Memory

Cinema Palestino 2017 - Reels of Memory film screening

On the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, Cinema Palestino presents Reels of memory, a reflection on history and memory in Palestinian cinema: an afternoon of films, talks and discussions. The event is a collaboration between Showroom Cinema, Sheffield Palestine Cultural Exchange and Sheffield Hallam University. The event is part of the AHRC funded Creative interruptions project.  For further information contact Dr […]

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Tuesday 21 November 2017 – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Liz Austen (Student Engagement, Evaluation and Research)

Dr Liz Austen - the use of digital storytelling for capturing student voices

Speaker: Dr Liz Austen (Student Engagement, Evaluation and Research, SHU) Title: The Use of Digital Storytelling for Capturing Student Voices Dr Liz Austen is a Senior Lecturer in Research, Evaluation and Student Engagement with an interest in the student experience and the diversity of youth lifestyles. Her current research focuses on experiences within higher education. This includes literature reviewing the complexity of ‘teaching […]

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Dr David Clarke – Illustrated talk: The Underground Tunnels of Sheffield and their Ghosts: Folklore or Fact

The Underground Tunnels of Sheffield and their Ghosts Folklore or Fact David Clarke

Dr David Clarke will give an illustrated talk on Sheffield’s legendary underground tunnels,  and their ghosts, said to radiate from Sheffield’s medieval castle and linking with Manor Lodge, the Old Queen’s Head and beyond.   Date: 29th November 2017 Time: 18:30–19:30 Venue: Carpenter Room, Central Library, S1 1XZ Sheffield Tickets: via eventbrite The event is hosted by Sheffield Libraries, Archives & Information

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‘Re-thinking thinking in Art & Design education’: Joanne Lee to speak at symposium at UWE Bristol – 03 November 2017

Composite image of Rethinking Thinking symposium banner, UWE Bristol logo and VCRG logo

Joanne Lee (Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at SHU) will speak at a symposium entitled Re-thinking Thinking in Art and Design Education: thoughts on/from/with creative practice with the aim to explore the location and practice of thinking in art and design education and what it means to integrate thinking and making, theory and practice. The symposium, organised by UWE Bristol […]

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Tuesday 17 October 2017 – Lunchtime Seminar with Timothy Woolliscroft (Sheffield Business School, SHU)

Timothy Woolliscroft

Speaker: Timothy Woolliscroft Title: Improving Healthcare Efficiency Through Smart Community, Utopia or Dystopia? Tim Woolliscroft has a professional background that includes and connects community health and circus.  His current research approach draws from the professional experience of having worked in health and the creativity he gained working in the arts.  Academically he has studied sociology, business and education at postgraduate level.   He […]

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Wednesday 04 October 2017 – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Anjana Raghavan (Sociology, SHU)

Raghavan Seminar - Image of a group of people of different cultures holding rainbow flags.

Speaker: Dr Anjana Raghavan Title: Intersections of Performance, Violence and Resistance: Trans- Solidarities in Southern India Anjana is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics, Sheffield Hallam University. Her research is broadly in the areas of Decolonial Feminism, and Cultural Theory, with a focus on embodiment, race and gender. More recently, she has been working on discourses of love, […]

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Thursday 07 September 2017 – Shared Solidarities III: Framing Catastrophe workshop

Shared Solidarities III Framing Catastrophe

Framing Catastrophe is a day event which aims to explore how we respond to those two intertwined issues when their very gravity may induce feelings of powerlessness, denial and a sense of being overwhelmed. How, then, might activists address the problem in ways that encourage effective movement-building and mainstream public discussion? Speakers include Nigel Young, founder member of Bradford University’s […]

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Monday 7th August 2017 – Lunchtime Seminar with Professor Michael Twidale (University of Illinois)

Professor Michael Twidale, School of Infomation Sciences, University of Illinois

Speaker: Professor Michael Twidale, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA) Title: Museum Informatics: GLAMouros Design Thinking Michael Twidale is a professor of the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include computer-supported cooperative work, computer-supported collaborative learning, human-computer interaction, information visualization, and museum informatics. Current projects include studies of informal social learning of technology, technological appropriation, metrics […]

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Dr Anandi Ramamurthy hosts screening and director Q&A of ‘Off Frame Aka Revolution Until Victory’ with director Mohanad Yaqubi 11/12 July 2017

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As part of her research for the AHRC funded Creative Interruptions project, Dr Anandi Ramamurthy (Reader in Post-Colonial Cultures) will conduct Q&As with director Mohanand Yaqubi following the screenings of ‘Off Frame Aka Revolution Until Victory’. Off Frame Aka Revolution Until Victory explores the Palestinian people’s struggle to represent themselves.  By using archival material from the Palestine Film Unit, founded in the 1960s to document the […]

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