Events in social sciences
Forthcoming events
Priorities for Intersex People: Medical and Human Rights aspects
The seminar will address the medical treatment of Intersex traits, the rights of the child and other human rights issues, and best
practices for professionals. It will also highlight the lived experiences of people with Intersex traits. The workshop will address
both best practices and lived experience, providing the opportunity for participants to engage more deeply with the topic.
10:30 AM, 28 March 2017
Recent events
What can the temporal aspects of belonging tell us about the self?
Dr Vanessa May speaks on how a person’s sense of belonging is tethered to time, how the past, present and future inform a person’s sense of belonging
1:15 PM, 8 March 2016
The Kiwi Northern Powerhouse: Lessons from Auckland, New Zealand
This seminar examines the background for, impact and wider implications of local government reforms in Auckland, New Zealand
1:15 PM, 14 March 2016
Refugee quotas: a political, not a moral, solution
Dr Clara Sandelind will argue that refugee quotas are at best a political solution to a political problem, rather than a moral solution to a question of justice
1:15 PM, 5 May 2016
The ‘before, after and in between’ of immigration
The speakers will introduce research that analyses how the distribution of immigration and crime has changed during the last decade
1:15 PM, 8 February 2016
Book launch - Bisexuality; Identities and Theories
An event to launch Professor Surya Monro's book 'Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories'
7:30 PM, 29 January 2016
Beauty and Embodiment: The Hijras in Contemporary Mumbai
Dr Ahonaa Roy will speak about negotiating the various strands of transgender identities in Mumbai and (dis) similarities in which hijras represent their identities to the society, and claim their gender
1:15 PM, 12 January 2016
Visti da Fuori: Politics and Society in Italy as seen from abroad
In her role as co-convener of the PSA’s Italian Politics Specialist Group, CRISS researcher Dr Arianna Giovannini has organised an international one-day conference at the University of Urbino (Italy),
9:00 AM, 18 December 2015
“The Dark Knight Rises”
Professor Jason Powell's talk will highlight how and why older people are the subjects of legitimising professional gazes through the dark side of modernity
1:15 PM, 25 November 2015
Who owns the research?
Dr Ruth Garbutt will draw on her PhD research around disability and citizenship and her postdoctoral research around learning disability and sexuality to explore the issues
1:00 PM, 2 November 2015