Arabic Stories and Poetry Translation Workshops
With the help of scholars of Arabic literature, who are interested in the wider transmission and enjoyment of their subject, these workshops allow students to work alongside poets, dramatists, translation theorists, and writers of fiction, in order to revision (‘awaken’) Arabic literary texts for contemporary readers/audiences.
Date: 11th May- 27th June 2017
Location: Department of Philosophy, Birkbeck, University of London, 30 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DT
Lead: Marina Warner (Birkbeck, University of London) and Wen-chin Ouyang (SOAS, University of London)
Bound, Unbound, Archived, Exhibited: Researching Illustrations and Books in the British Museum
Bound, Unbound, Archived, Exhibited explores the alternative orders of illustration within and outside the bindings of books and the engravers’ albums.
Date: 9th May 2017
Location: Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Lead: Luisa Calè (Birkbeck), Bethan Stevens (Sussex)
CHASE Supervisor Seminar
This interactive workshop will explore the relationship between researcher development and supervisory practice.
Date: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Location: Birkbeck, University of London
Chasing The Archives: Exchanges, Encounters, Elisions
Chasing the Archives is an exciting archive excursion chasing archives by early morning riverboat from Westminster Pier to Greenwich.
Date: 4th October 2017
Location: Caird Library, East Greenwich, London SE10 9NF
Lead: Dr Megan Barford, Curator of Cartography, Caird Library
Digital Film for Research and Public Engagement
A one and a half day workshop for PhD candidates with Professor Paul Allain and Stacie Lee Bennett exploring digital film for presenting research and enabling public engagement.
Date: 5-6 June 2017
Location: University of Kent, Darwin Road, Canterbury CT2 7NZ
Lead: Professor Paul Allain and Stacie Lee Bennett
Elite Interviewing: From Preparation to Publication
Elite Interviewing is a day-long workshop designed for research students who are conducting interviews with individuals who hold a particular status or an extraordinary level of influence.
Date: 3rd July 2017
Location: Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Lead: Dr Matthew Sillence (University of East Anglia)
History and Theatre
History and Theatre is designed for PhD candidates from the disciplines of History, Literature, and Drama/Film Studies.
Date: 12-15th December 2017
Location: Theatre Royal Stratford East, Gerry Raffles Square, London E15 1BN
Lead: Dr. Jeremy Krikler
How to become a “public” academic
How to become a “public” academic includes three sessions exploring the means to reach out to a broader, non-academic audience, whether in print, radio/TV, or via new media.
Date: 24th May 2017 & 7th, 12th, 13th June 2017
Location: Birkbeck, University of London, 30 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DT & SOAS, University of London, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0XG
Navigating through Borders: An Interdisciplinary Research Residency
Navigating through Borders: An Interdisciplinary Research Residency is a 7 day interdisciplinary research exchange project that aims to explore the concepts of Space, Place, and Time in relation to borders – through both practice and research.
Date: 12-18th June 2017
Location: Performing Arts Forum, 15, rue Haute 02820 St Erme Outre et Ramecourt, France
Lead: Space, Place, and Time Research Collective
On the Social in Architecture
On the Social in Architecture will collaboratively consider a question fundamental to PhD students in architecture and other disciplines, particularly in relation to public institutions, social housing, and resettlement: ‘What is the social in architecture?’
Date: 24th November 2017, 9th March & 21st June 2018.
Location: ICA,The Mall, St. James’s, London SW1Y 5AH
Lead: Mark Crinson (Birkbeck, University of London)
One Size Does Not Fit All Launch Party
Shedding light on training preferences and motivations, and identifying key barriers to engagement, One size does not fit all (2017) develops a better understanding of Arts and Humanities doctoral researchers’ and Early Career Researchers’ (ECRs) professional development within a challenging labour market.
Date: 20th July 2017
Location: RSA House, Tavern Room, 8 John Adam St, London WC2N
Lead: Marie-Alix Thouaille (University of East Anglia)
The Particularities of Conference Presentation
The Particularities of Conference Presentation is a 3-hour workshop that offers training in delivering conference presentations effectively.
Date: 3rd March 2017
Location: Birkbeck, University of London, 30 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DT
Researching interculturally: Conceptual and methodological issues
This workshop will focus on the core conceptual and methodological issues of researching interculturally and is designed to create a space for thinking through and about interculturality both critically and creatively.
Date: 24th November 2017
Location: October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester St, Holborn, London WC1N 3AL
Lead: Professor Zhu Hua (Birkbeck College, University of London), Dr Bojana Petric (Birkbeck College, University of London), Dr Alessia Cogo (Goldsmiths College, University of London) and Professor Maria Roth-Lauret (University of Sussex)
Rhythmanalysis: Everything You Always Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask
This seminar series foregrounds rhythm and rhythmanalysis by highlighting their relevance and richness as methodological perspectives and practices within the humanities.
Date: 15th February, 15th & 29th March, 25th April, 16th & 30th May 2017
Location: Professor Stuart Hall Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Lead: Dr Paola Crespi (Topology Research Unit, Goldsmiths), Prof Mike Featherstone (ICCE, Goldsmiths) and Dr Sunil Manghani (Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton)
Scholarly Editing Unpacked
This day-long workshop brings together leading scholars to explore why editing matters and to exchange and develop practical advice and experience.
Date: 17th November 2017
Location: Birkbeck, University of London, 30 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DT
Lead: Dr Carolyn Burdett (Birkbeck) and Professor Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck)
Scientific Approaches to the Study of the Past
The CHASE Scientific Approaches to the Past programme will bring together historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, palaeo-scientists (palaeo-climatologists, palaeo-pathologists, palaeo-geneticists, etc), and engage them in a scientific dialogue about various topics related to the study of the human past.
Date: 5-6th June 2017
Location: University of Kent, Darwin Road, Canterbury CT2 7NZ
Lead: Juliette Pattinson (University of Kent)
Space, Place, and Time Reading Groups
This critical excursion will address the institutional politics of the contemporary white cube.
Date: 24th February 2017
Location: Tate Modern Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG
Lead: Space, Place, and Time Research Collective
Textile Interpretations
Textile interpretations: materialising history, visual culture, design and anthropology will help students unlock the potential of textiles, and textile products, as intensely intimate research sources through which to trace and reflect upon stories of colonization, nationalism, fashion, belonging, identity and culture.
Date: 4th May 2017
Location: Constance Howard Gallery, Deptford Town Hall basement, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Transmission: Mapping Communicability through Artistic and Creative Research
Running over the course of three years, this series of events will offer specific training in artistic and creative research in the areas of Fine Art, Art-Writing, Performance and Poetry.
Date: 6th October 2017
Location: Deptford Town Hall, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross Rd, London SE14 6AF, UK
Lead: Kristen Kreider (Goldsmiths, University of London), Michael Newman (Goldsmiths, University of London), Edgar Schmitz (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Using Quantitative Methods in Pragmatics Research
This workshop provides researchers with an opportunity to develop an understanding of the benefits of quantitative methods in pragmatics research; build a toolkit of methods that are applicable to specific research questions in pragmatics; and gain hands-on experience of conducting statistical tests that are applicable to relevant methods.
Date: 12-14th July 2017
Location: University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ
Lead: Dr Chi-Hé Elder (University of East Anglia) and Dr Eleni Kapogianni (University of Kent)
Yes Lab Workshop
Please join Mike Bonanno of the Yes Men, Emile Devereaux, the Centre for Material Digital Culture and CHASE researchers for a practice-led event that explores and expands the connections between our research areas and the institutional and social frameworks that intersect with, support, or resist our efforts.
Date: 26th May 2017
Location: University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH
Lead: Emile Devereaux (University of Sussex)