A series of conversations exploring the challenges to arts and humanities research in the past and opportunities for the future.
2020 and 2021 brought extraordinary and ongoing challenges to societies and cultures, as well as bringing long-standing crises and predicaments to the foreground in new ways. This series of five videos and related podcast episodes were conceived as a way to open up conversations about how arts and humanities research might respond to these challenges – and about the futures we want to see for arts and humanities.
Each podcast episode presents a conversation between two University of Leeds researchers or stakeholders, in which they discuss what their area has learned from recent events; what new research questions and methods they see emerging; and what we can do now to create the future we want to see. The videos below represent an edited version of a longer podcast. The videos were played sequentially over five separate online events (May – June 2021) hosted by the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute
A discussion between Emma Tomalin, Professor of Religion and Public Life (School of Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science) and Nic Salazar-Sutil, formerly Associate Professor in Transformational Performance Practices (School of Performance and Cultural Industries). Emma and Nick discuss:
This video features discussion between Professor Janet C.E. Watson (School of Languages, Cultures and Societies and Co-director of Centre for Endangered Languages, Cultures and Ecosystems) and Dominic Gray, Projects Director at Opera North. This discussion centres around music and song and includes an exploration of protest songs and poetry.
This video features discussion between Dr Alaric Hall, Director of the Institute for Medieval Studies and Dr Jason Allen-Paissant, Director of the Institute for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies (ICPS). Jason and Alaric explore:
This video features discussion between Dr Helen Graham, Associate Professor in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies (Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage) and Dr Jasjit Singh, Associate Professor in the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science. During the discussion Helen and Jasjit discuss:
This video features discussion between Dr Fozia Bora, Associate Professor of Islamic History and Professor Ben Walmsley, Professor of Cultural Engagement and Director of the Centre for Cultural Value. In this episode of the podcast, Fozia and Ben explore: