Festival dates: 3 – 8 November 2016 The organisers of the 2016 International UrbanPhotoFest (UPF) are delighted to announce an exciting schedule of events for this year’s festival run over six days. UrbanPhotoFest will appeal to photographers, artists, film-makers, and those interested in urban theory and research, and includes a two-day conference, a master-class with … Continue reading UrbanPhotoFest 2016: Programme of Events
CISP Salon: STS Then & Now October 27 (Thursday), 2016 3:00pm-6:00pm, Warmington Tower 1204 Over the past 40 years, Science and Technology Studies (STS) has grown with contributions from many disciplines, sometimes leading to complicated genealogies concerning its many theoretical commitments. During the Autumn and Spring terms, we will meet to discuss two texts in… via … Continue reading CISP Salon: STS Then & Now — CISP Online
PSH, LG02 24 October 2016 7-9pm Dennis Bovell is a producer, Dub Master, Lover’s Rock pioneer, Sound Engineer, Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and performer. Tonight he talks to Les Back (Sociology) about his long career working with many important acts such as his band Matumbi, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Alpha Blondy, Janet Kay (Silly Games), Edwyn Collins, Joss … Continue reading An evening of Music and Conversation with reggae legend Denis Bovell
The tongue Is the spine’s first leaf Forests of language surround it – Words II Mischievous, defiant, and profound, John Berger has mesmerised generations with his artworks, novels and cultural criticism that taught generations how to see. Commemorating Berger’s 90th birthday in collaboration with Smokestack Books, we celebrate his magnitude as a poetic maestro, a rarely … Continue reading The Long White Thread of Words
The Annual Gold Lecture and 30th Anniversary of the Department of Anthropology You are cordially invited to attend the 2016 Annual Gold Lecture, which this year marks the 30th Anniversary of the Goldsmiths Anthropology Department. Founded as an academic unit in 1979 by Professors Brian Morris and Pat Caplan, who were soon joined by Olivia … Continue reading The View from Nearby
Saturday December 3rd 2016 09.30-18.30 [followed by a wine reception at 18.30] Goldsmiths, University of London This event is free, but it is essential that you register. To register please go to: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/value-and-values-final-symposium-for-the-esrc-professorial-fellowship-project-tickets-26071878691 This event is the final symposium for the ESRC Professorial Fellowship project “Value and Values” (ES/K010786/1) conducted between 2013-2016 by Bev Skeggs and … Continue reading “Value and Values”: Interaction, Infrastructures and Accumulation
From 11-13 July some 250 researchers from around the world attended a conference hosted by Prof Evelyn Ruppert (Sociology and Editor, Big Data & Society) and Dr Dhiraj Murthy (Sociology and Co-Director, Goldsmiths Centre for Creative and Social Technologies (CAST). http://socialmediaandsociety.org Continue reading Social Media and Society
Alberto Toscano has published a short article, ‘Liberalism Terminable and Interminable‘, as part of a symposium on Joseph Massad’s book Islam in Liberalism, which also includes Sara R. Farris’ intervention ‘The Cold War of Women and Islam‘. Both pieces feature responses by Massad. Continue reading Liberalism Terminable and Interminable
On 9 May 2016 Kirsten Campbell will be at ISS, at the Development Research Seminars (DRS) Dialogue, addressing alternative strategies for achieving justice for the crimes perpetrated during violent conflicts. via Alternative Justice for War Crimes: Achievements & Limits of Feminist Strategies Continue reading Alternative Justice for War Crimes: Achievements & Limits of Feminist Strategies
// 18th & 19th May 2016, 2-6pm
// Professor Stuart Hall Building 314, Goldsmiths, University of London, SE14 6NW
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