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

13/10/2017

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

11/10/2017

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)

10/10/2017

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)

15/09/2017

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

16/08/2017

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)

20/07/2017

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

07/07/2017

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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Association for Contemporary Jewellery’s 20:20 Visions Conference in Sheffield 07 – 09 July 2017

05/07/2017

The Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ) is bringing an agenda of promoting the artform, supporting the makers and developing the audience in the UK and abroad this week, as part of a 3-day conference between Friday 07 July and Sunday 09 July 2017. Association for Contemporary Jewellery’s 20:20 Visions Conference Cantor Building Sheffield Hallam University S1 2NT Friday 07 July […]

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Wednesday 28 June 2017 – Lunchtime Seminar with Raj Ramachandran (Computing, SHU)

23/06/2017

Speaker: Raj Ramachandran (C3RI PhD student and Associate Lecturer, Computing) Title: ‘Exploring the Vedic concepts in determining requirements for a speech to text technology: The case of Tamil Brahmans’ Raj Ramachandran is in his final stages of PhD. His PhD research sets focus on the user acceptance of speech to text in Tamil. In this seminar, he aims to look into the relationship between […]

CANCELLATION Wednesday 14 June 2017 – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Anjana Raghavan (Sociology, SHU)

05/06/2017

** This seminar has been cancelled. A rescheduled date will be announced in due course ** 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, […]

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