Date: Wednesday 1 November, 2 pm – hybrid To attend this in person, please register through Eventbrite. Or online via Zoom link Meeting ID: 895 3078 1926, Passcode:?ZUp3C Title: "Contemporary Franchising of the Global Superhero: From Analogue Comics to Digital Animation". Description: Drawing from Rayna Denison’s unique expertise, this talk addresses the textual and production links...
Scholars have adopted a wide range of conceptualisations of social justice to analyse how (in)justices play out in different forms of education (formal, non-formal and informal), and how educations can contribute to social (in)justice. However, two factors are missing in these approaches: young people’s perspective and interdisciplinarity. The aim of the project was to build...
Part of the AHRC-funded project Ordinary Citizenship On 13th June, the University of Leeds will host Yasmin El-Rifae, the author of Radius: A Story of Feminist Revolution. In conversation with Sahla Aroussi and Maša Mrovlje, Yasmin will discuss her work on feminist activism during the Egyptian Revolution and reflect on the intersections of gender, violence and civic...
In this inaugural lecture, Professor Rodosthenous will outline his 26-year academic journey which oscillates between Adaptation and Composed Theatre, focusing on musicalisation, composition and improvisation. He will explore this journey through his practice-based work which travelled to the State Theatre of Cyprus (TH.O.C.), the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation in Athens, Pafos 2017 European Capital of Culture, the...
This in-person event aims to bring together academics, researchers, educators from a variety of disciplines keen to gauge interest in the use of historical archives for research and teaching.
Hosted by CePRA and the Faculty Research Ethics Committee May 17th: 9.30 for coffee/workshop runs 10-12noon Dance Studio, Stage@Leeds, chaired by Helen Graham & Scott McLaughlin Are you currently exploring the ethics of your practice research? Are you considering a research ethics application? There are two linked dimensions to ethical research. There is the way each of us...
On the eve of Opera North’s new staging of Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers, join Opera North’s Academic in Residence Professor Edward Venn, creatives from the production and guests for a series of conversations about how productions and performances of The Pearl Fishers engage with issues of desire, memory, colonialism and authenticity. What might it mean...
We are delighted to invite you to the presentation of the Royal Musical Association’s inaugural 2020 Tippett Medal to John Casken for The Shackled King, a drama for bass, mezzo-soprano and ensemble based on Shakespeare’s King Lear. The presentation will be preceded by a discussion of the prize-winning work with John Casken in conversation with Camden Reeves....
