New exhibition by Yuen Fong Ling at Graves Gallery launching 17 April 2024

We are the Monument, a new exhibition by Yuen Fong Ling, presents his work Monumentalise (2023) alongside collection highlights to explore the complex power of the plinth at Graves Gallery. LAND: Photographs by Matthew Conduit sees a series of images of post-industrial landscapes by the Sheffield-based artist go on display for the first time. New additions to the collection displays include work by Emma […]

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Overspill: Presences, Processes and Perspectives – Thursday 2 May 2024

All warmly invited to this in conversation event with live artist and movement practitioner Virginia Kennard. This event is part of the research seminar series Overspill: Presences, Processes & Perspectives hosted by Dr Sophie Swoffer (Lecturer in Performance) and Sheffield Hallam University. When: 2nd of May 2024 Where: Online Overspill #5’s featured artist is Virginia Kennard ! About Virginia Virginia Kennard is an explicit body performance/live […]

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UK’s first season of Vietnamese cinema announced including Professor Esther Johnson’s ‘DUST & METAL’ – 16-31 May 2024

The first national celebration of Vietnamese film in cinemas Star Nhà Ease: Vietnamese Cinema today announces its programme, introducing Vietnamese cinema to UK audiences across the country this May. The Season is supported by the BFI, awarding National Lottery funding, British Council and Longdan Ltd. Co-curated by Esther Johnson, Cường Minh Bá Phạm, and Tuyết Vân Huỳnh, Star Nhà Ease includes five feature films, a short […]

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On the Radar: “Nigel Kneale, Quatermass and the Ancient Astronaut Legend” with Dr David Clarke – Tuesday 09 April 2024

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ON THE RADAR research seminars promote the sharing of knowledge across the entire Sheffield Hallam University community – all are welcome, free to attend. Our next talk is by Dr David Clarke with Nigel Kneale, Quatermass and the Ancient Astronaut Legend, as below: Nigel Kneale, Quatermass and the Ancient Astronaut Legend The Book of the Damned (Fort 1919) opined that […]

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The last forgotten victims of the Nazis? – Professorial Lecture featuring Professor Robbie Aitken

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Professor Robbie Aitken on bringing forgotten history to light Ahead of his free-to-attend inaugural lecture – The Last Forgotten Victims of the Nazis? The Nuremberg Race Laws as a Threat to Black German Futures (Wednesday 20 March) – Professor Robbie Aitken has been discussing his professorship, his career to date, and his hopes of challenging society’s ideas about history. Professor […]

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Apartheid: A Cultural and Political History

Mandela on Israeli apartheid by Carlos Latuff, 2007. Images from Carlos Latuff are copyright free.

Apartheid: A Cultural and Political History A lecture by Andrew Feinstein took place on Wednesday 06 December 2023 at Cantor Building, Sheffield Hallam University. Organised by the Anti-Racism Research Group and the Palestine Education Network, this lecture enabled staff, students and the public to explore an important cultural and political concept for our time. Audio of the lecture is available […]

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WEDNESDAY 20 March 2024 – ‘OVERSPILL: PRESENCES, PROCESSES, PERSPECTIVES’ – In conversation with performance artist Nando Messias

All are warmly invited to this in conversation with Nando Messias. This event is part of the research seminar series Overspill: Presences, Processes & Perspectives hosted at Sheffield Hallam University by Dr Sophie Swoffer (Lecturer in Performance). __________________________________ Nando Messias’ work straddles performance art, dance and theatre. Their performances combine beautiful images with a fierce critique of gender, visibility and violence. Nando has […]

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Peter Spence, Senior Lecturer in Film and TV, presenting at Unhomed, Unhoused, Homeless: An Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Notre Dame, 02 March 2024

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Peter Spence (Senior Lecturer in Film and TV) is presenting at the University of Notre Dame’s Unhomed, Unhoused, Homeless: An Interdisciplinary Conference, on Saturday 2 March 2024. Peter’s talk “Homelessness in the Film Work of Michelangelo Antonioni” will be presented via Zoom as part of the conference on homelessness and representation, history, activism, mediation, policy, youth, climate change, and other […]

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Prof Lise Autogena to present in Hallam’s Space and Place Group Lecture

Prof Lise Autogena will present in Hallam’s Space & Place Group’s first lecture series: Perceiving Climate Change #1: Ice: Greenland – what next? Local Perceptions of the retreating ice. In Greenland, the melting glaciers is already impacting on traditional ways of life and Greenlanders are experiencing a huge influx of climate researchers from around the world who come here to […]

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HavObservatoriet: Professor Lise Autogena’s sea observatory art installation in Vejle, Denmark

HavObservatoriet: Credit to Jean Bidlot and Lise Autogena.

This post is from the Latest News on the Sheffield Hallam University press website – find this online here. Update: Lise Autogena was a guest on BBC Radio York and Lincolnshire to discuss her sea observatory art installation in Denmark. Listen back from 1:11:51. Find another interview online and listen back from 1:44:35. HavObservatoriet (“sea observatory”) is a public space which […]

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