Student research in progress plenary session
Day 1, 11.45 – 13.00
ACCA Auditorium
Elspeth Latimer (UEA)
Elspeth Latimer is researching crime fiction series, creatively and critically, though writing a novel and studying character poetics. Contemporary crime fiction is dominated by one-off ‘domestic noir’ novels (e.g. ‘Gone Girl’), and series novels with an ongoing protagonist (e.g. Rebus). Complex female subjectivity has flourished in domestic noir and has the potential to radically reshape the crime series. This research paper argues that the Bengtzon novels by Swedish author Liza Marklund are a blueprint for a new type of series; one that critically engages with the gendered politics of home versus society, thereby ‘feminising’ what has traditionally been an iconically masculine form.
Jack Rutherford (University of Essex)
Jack Rutherford is a second year PhD student and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Essex. His research looks at representations of Native Americans in film; particularly the role of ‘Indianness’ in Indigenous and US identity: offering coherence but also liminality within cultural expression as it operates over mainstream, independent and ‘underground’ platforms. Jack is also the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies’ postgraduate research representative, and Essex’s PGR rep on the CHASE Student Committee.
Iliona Khalili (University of Kent)
Iliona Outram Khalili is an architect’s daughter, architect’s widow, and professional architect herself. After half a lifetime of building in groups with masonry (earth, bricks, stones – arches, domes, vaults etc.) while maintaining a lifelong interest in poetics and religion, she decided to undertake a PhD to dignify this art of hands-on earth building. Her thesis, “Unity within multiplicity; masonry, method, and analogy in Byzantine architecture” examines the 7th century cathedral of Hagia Sophia, Thessaloniki, as a living example. She compares its liturgy, iconography, and architecture, to tease out messages within its silent stones and unwritten building practices.
Personal-professional development breakout sessions
Day 1, 14.00 – 15.30
How to Be a Note-taking Ninja with Evernote and Trello — Catherine Pope
Gardner Tower, ACCA
Are your notes in a mess? Do you lack an effective system for storing and organising your research material? In this lively and practical workshop, you’ll explore two digital tools to help you impose order on the chaos: Evernote and Trello. Through demonstrations and discussions, you will learn how you can use them to build an effective process that’s right for you.
This session will cover topics such as:
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The challenge of note-taking & the importance of building good habits
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What can you store in Evernote?How do you organise your material?
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Using advanced features to become super-productive
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Getting started with templatesNext steps with Evernote
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What can you do with Trello?
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Linking Trello with Evernote
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Using Trello to project manage your thesis
Please note: this is not a hands-on session, so there’s no need to bring a laptop or other device. You’ll get links to all the resources at the end.
Introduction to Layout using Adobe InDesign — Simon Everett
Room AH-G4, Ashdown House
This session will provide basic introductory skills in using the industry-standard desktop publishing software, Adobe InDesign. This software is used widely in magazine and newspaper production, print and book design, and digital document design. Attendees will have an opportunity to complete a practical task using their new knowledge. This is a great opportunity to get hands-on experience using software that is used increasingly in the humanities and arts.
In this session we will cover:
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Introduction to the interface
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Document setup
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Frames and content
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Typography and typesetting
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Character and paragraph styles
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Basic captions and footnotes
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Preflighting and exporting to PDF
Please note: Access to computers and Adobe InDesign will be provided. There is no need to bring your own device.
Speed-Reading — Miranda Smyth (InHouseTraining Company)
Room MS3.07A, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
This is a highly interactive session that has been developed for participants who want to increase their reading speed. It is a very practical programme which will demonstrate how to use different reading styles in order to maximise the limited time that is available for review and retention of material. During the workshop we will use a variety of different exercises and examples to show ways in which readers can often double their reading speed, without losing retention. As part of this we will be exploring the way our brain absorbs and retains information as well as looking at some interesting and pragmatic solutions to managing brain/eye control. Importantly, we will also be talking about strategies for understanding ‘dense’ materials including technical or legal documents which can be harder to digest.
Programme highlights:
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Improving eye-brain relationships
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Minimising visual-gap speed
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Different reading styles and approaches
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Gutting a document to isolate key points
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How to study a document using a surveying technique
Aural Diversity — John Drever (Goldsmiths, University of London) and Helen Frosi (Artist & Curator)
Workshop Studio, ACCA
Sound studies, sound design, the music industry and acoustics tend to conceptualise hearing as fixed, perfect and idealised. Auraldiveristy refers to the actual variety of our hearing that we experience throughout a normal day and throughout our lives albeit to varying degrees, from the trifling experience of temporary threshold shifts or transient ear noise to intolerable pain from hyperacusis. In this workshop we will explore where embracing this new concept may lead us creatively and politically.
The Brilliant Club — Andy Fleming
Auditorium, ACCA
Only 1 in 50 of the most disadvantaged quintile of 18 year olds progress to a highly-selective university. As a Scholars Programme tutor with The Brilliant Club, CHASE researchers have the opportunity to deliver programmes of university-style teaching to small groups of high-performing pupils from underrepresented communities.
Through working as a tutor, researchers: develop teaching experience in small group tutorials; receive high-quality training and support; disseminate their research to a unique, non-expert audience; and are paid £500 per placement (and an additional £100 for handbook design).
In this session, researchers will have the opportunity to find out more about The Scholars Programme and the Fair Access landscape, and start thinking about how to articulate their research for non-specialist audiences
Wellcome Collection
Seminar room, ACCA
Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. At this session, join members of Wellcome Collection’s Research Development Team who will shed light on the rich and diverse library and archive collections that they work with, and will discuss the different kinds of placement opportunities available for CHASE PhD researchers. We’ll give examples of recent placements, including communications work and research into untapped parts of the collections, and will welcome you to discuss your ideas with us and ask us questions. We’ll also outline an opportunity to work with us to organise a collections-based workshop.
Keynote 1 – Susheila Nasta
Moving with the Times: Publishing Wasafiri for 35 years and its Continuing Journey
Day 1, 15.30 – 16.30
ACCA Auditorium
Susheila Nasta MBE is Founding Editor of Wasafiri, the Magazine of International Contemporary Writingshe launched in 1984.Since its inception, the magazine has championed new writing, consistently highlighting Britain’s diverse cultural heritage and extending the boundaries of literary culture. Recognised for its promotion of the early works of some of the world’s most distinguished writers, Wasafiri celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2019 and its 100th issue. Judge of a number of literary prizes and director of a number of public engagement projects, she has published widely; especially on the Caribbean, South Asian diaspora and black Britain. Recent books include: Home Truths: Fictions of the South Asian Diaspora in Britain(2002), Writing Across Worlds: Contemporary Writers Talk(2004), India in Britain(2012), Asian Britain: A Photographic History(2013) and the co-editing of the first major literary and cultural history of Black and Asian British Writing (CUP 2019). She is at present compiling an essay anthology Brave New Words: The Power of Writing Now(Myriad Books) marking Wasafiri’s 35thanniversary and completing a group biography, The Bloomsbury Indians. A literary activist, she has worked as an academic in a number of institutional contexts. She is currently Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literatures at Queen Mary College, University of London where Wasafiriis now based. She received an MBE for her services to black and Asian literature in 2011. See: www.wasafiri.org
Please see here for more information about the history of wasafiri.
Chaired by Minoli Salgado (University of Sussex)
Guide to Evening Activities
Day 1, 18.00 onwards
Please note: you MUST have received confirmation of your place on an activity in order to participate.
Krater Comedy Club, Komedia, Brighton
44 Gardner St, BN1 1UN
Doors : 19.00
Show start time: 20.00
Live Comedy with Paul McCaffray, Roger Monkhouse, Matt Green and MC Laura Lexx
The Komedia idea is rooted in a love of live performance and a belief in its power to add to the sum of human happiness. Over the last 22 years Komedia has helped to launch the careers of dozens of the UKs best-known comics and become one of the most influential comedy brands in the country. Komedia is known for exciting, bold and independent comedy, music, film and live performance that is accessible without being obvious, cutting edge without being elitist and above all always fresh and exciting.
Your ticket includes a main course, and a side dish and/or dessert. Please ensure that you have confirmed your food choices with the Encounters team prior to the event. Krater runs for 2.5 hours inc. 2 intervals. If you have any questions about the show please call Krater on 01273 647100.
Seating is allocated on arrival. Please arrive at door opening time to ensure that you can be seated with the rest of the group and have time to eat your meal before the show. Please note that doors close 15 minutes before show time. Line ups are subject to change.
Kari Club (The Authentic Indian Cookery Club)
143B Ditchling Road Brighton, BN1 6JA
Class start time: 18.30
During his frequent childhood trips to Gujarat in India, 8-year-old Minesh Agnihotri watched his mother effortlessly prepared a series of fresh, delectable dishes for her family. The sights, aromas and sounds of an Indian home kitchen inspired his great passion for (what is surely) the world’s greatest cuisine. Today, most curries sold in Britain are a poor representation of Indian food. At the Kari Club, Minesh has found a way to re-discover his love for authentic Indian dishes. Join him for an in-depth cookery lesson, where participants will learn to cook elegant Indian dishes from scratch with the care and attention to detail they truly deserve.
Guests will learn how to cook a Kari Club recipe box with expert tuition and enjoy eating the delicious meals they create. All dishes will be made from fresh ingredients (without additives). Vegan and vegetarian options will be available.
Guests will cook the Mamaji Chicken recipe box, a homestyle Indian chicken recipe showcasing various techniques like roasting spices and building a base. If you are vegetarian or vegan you will cook the smoked aubergine main course. The class will last approximately 3.5-4 hours, including time to eat your dishes.
Please note: while vegan and vegetarian options are available (and the space will be divided accordingly), all food will be prepared in close proximity (including meat products).
Please bring your own drinks (alcohol permitted).
Please ensure that you arrive promptly at 18.30 or you may be unable to participate.
Cine City (The Brighton Film Festival)
Duke of York’s, Preston Rd, Brighton, BN1 4NA
6:30PM
Film screening of Rocks (UK, 2019)
Dir: Sarah Gavron
With: Bukky Bukray, Kosar Ali, D’Angelou Osei Kissiedu
A standout portrait of teenage female friendship from the director of Suffragette and Brick Lane.
Olushola (Bukky Bukray), nicknamed ‘Rocks’ after she bravely stood up to bullies on behalf of her best friend, is an ordinary teenage girl living in East London. The rhythms and concerns of her life are typical for someone of her age, hanging out with her all-female crew and helping to take care of her 7-year-old brother Emmanuel (D’angelou Osei Kissiedu). Typical, that is, until Rocks comes home from school one day to discover that her mother has abandoned them, leaving behind some money and a vague note of apology. Wary of letting the authorities find out, Rocks decides to take charge of the situation herself.
Director Sarah Gavron and writers Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson workshopped the film for a year with first-time actors, a process of collaborative improvisation that lends the film a beautifully realised naturalism. Rocks is a joyful, resilient shot of energy and a humane reminder of the strength and power of community.
“A deft balance of drama, humour and hormonal adolescent huffs, Rocks is a real treat: full of warmth, honesty and authenticity” – Wendy Ide, Screen International
Show time 93 Mins.
Dinner will take place at the Alcampo Lounge 84-86 London Road, Brighton, BN1 4JF after the screening at 20.30.
Attendees should make their own way to the Alcampo Lounge, which is approximately 3 minutes (by foot) from Duke of York’s.
Each attendee will be allocated a £30 budget to select dinner and drinks of their choice from Alcampo Lounge’s extensive menu.
Tour of Brighton Museum and Pavilion
4/5 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton BN1 1EE
Tour time: 18.30
The Royal Pavilion has a colourful history stretching back over 200 years. Built as the seaside pleasure palace for King George IV, it has also served as a civic building, First World War hospital, and has become a true icon of Brighton.
Attendees will enjoy an hour long tour of the Pavilion and then head to the Brighton Museum for drinks and canapes at in the twentieth century art and design gallery at Brighton Museum. This flagship gallery contains significant works from the major design styles of the last century, including Aestheticism, Art & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernism, Post-War Design, and Surrealism, with a focus on three influential artists: Pablo Picasso, Eric Ravilious and Grayson Perry.
Dinner is booked for 20.30 at Wahaca, Brighton 160 – 161 North St, Brighton BN1 1EZ.
Guests should make their own way to Wahaca, which is approximately 3 minutes by foot from Brighton Museum, directly after the drinks reception.
Each attendee will be allocated a £30 budget to select dinner and drinks of their choice from Wahaca’s extensive menu.
Proud Cabaret
83 St George’s Rd, Brighton BN2 1EF
18.30 – late
On the Edge of Drag: Every Friday and Saturday night in the heart of the gay capital of the country, a unique line-up combines high camp with high skill, showcasing the UK’s most flamboyant drag acts, with lip sync and singalong and cutting camp comedy, set alongside beautiful burlesque performers and skilled fire breathers to create a real variety cabaret show.
Attendees will enjoy a cocktail upon arrival, and will be served a three-course meal throughout the evening. Please ensure that you have confirmed your menu choices with the CHASE team prior to the event.
Please note that Proud has a strict dress code and rights of admission are at the absolute discretion of the staff. Proud insists that our performers, staff and venue are nothing short of stunning and we ask that you join in the fun and dress to impress! No sportswear, trainers or hats are permitted. Smart jeans are fine as long as there is no rips. Please note that any party accessories or decorations are not in keeping with the glamorous, 1920’s vintage theme of our venues and will not be allowed for the durations of the show (until 23.30). Under no circumstances are “phallic” items such as straws or headpieces allowed into the venue
Please ensure that you arrive as close to the booking time (18.30) as possible! Failure to do so might result in your table being given to a reserve.
Stargazing
University of Sussex Campus
19.00 – 22.00
Dr Darren Baskill (University of Sussex Astrophysics) will talk attendees through the basics of astronomy and our place in the universe. Fingers crossed the weather will be fair and the skies clear; in which case telescopes will be set up near the conference venue. In case of bad weather or clouds, you will explore the galaxy from the comfort and warmth of the planetarium set up inside the conference venue.
Dinner will be available in the ACCA prior to the activity from 18.00 onwards.
Please wrap up warm as (hopefully!) this activity will be taking place outside.
PLEASE NOTE
With the exception of Stargazing, all evening activities will take place off-campus.
All events will be managed and organised by third parties and are therefore subject to change.
CHASE staff will not always be present at dinner and social activities.
A map detailing all evening activity venues can be found here