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Inside//Out 2023: quick fire feedback and fun!
The 6th Inside//Out festival took place on the 25th January 2023 and included 10 speakers and 11 presentations. It was a fabulous opportunity to learn about the range of projects being carried out within the faculty. The festival included an exciting programme of...
Inside//Out online chaos, collaboration and conversation
Inside//Out 2022 Our fifth festival took place on the 26th January 2022 and was a huge success! Our fabulous headline acts included peach kulcha style talks and open mics from: . Salome Chitaia / Benjamin Cottrell / Laura Hind / Frederick Hubble / Niamh Seana Meehan /...
Call for Papers: Gentle Gestures: Contexts, Spaces and Approaches beyond the Academy
Makings journal, co-edited by Kateryna Sivak and Vincent Obia, PGRs of the Creative Industries research cluster, is excited to release a call for proposals for a new guest-edited issue. The What The theme for this special issue of Makings is titled ‘Gentle...
Critical reflections on the keynote address of the 2022 PGR Studio conference by Jacob Koster
By Jacob Koster This year’s PGR Studio conference was a great success. For the first time, the conference was open to contributions from outside ADM, giving postgraduate students across BCU the opportunity to engage in fruitful academic exchange. Topics ranged from...
The Borders, Cultures, Communities conference by Vincent Obia
The last time we had an in-person PGR Studio conference was 2019. Ever since then, we have had online conferences, which though useful, were not as fun as seeing people face-to-face. Once restrictions were lifted, we knew this was our chance to organise an event that...
New issue of Makings journal is out!
We are excited to announce the release of the new issue of Makings journal. The contributions to this issue address the theme of ‘Disruption’. The issue consists of eight peer-reviewed articles, which explore wide-ranging disruptions faced by various stakeholders in...
Call for Proposals: Borders, Cultures, Communities
Borders, Cultures, Communities The 8th annual PGR Studio conference Venue: Birmingham City University | Date: 28 October 2022 | Proposals deadline: 16 September 2022 Keynote speaker: Dr Karen Patel ‘We know what we are, but not what we may be’ – William...
Being a Brilliant Conference Chair
We are fast approaching conference season! That means that there are plenty of opportunities to present your work, as well as listen to the work of others. However, it also means developmental opportunities for things that may not be so obvious such as chairing. But...
Embracing (un)known (un)knowns: the Precarious Futures conference
Precarious Futures: Towards the (un)known (un)knowns was the 7th PGR Studio annual conference taking place on 9th July 2021 and a great success! Known knowns, known unknowns, unknown knowns and unknown unknowns are all precarious states but also vital aspects of the...
Overcoming challenges in academia: a forum on disability, race and class for prospective PhD students
Join this LAHP-hosted event for some short presentations, Q&A, and an open discussion about some of the challenges faced as 'nontraditional' and 'underrepresented' people in academic spaces. This forum is primarily aimed at those considering doing a LAHP/ AHRC/...
<> connectedness conference 2020
In 2020, our first-ever virtual conference … < > connectedness: interactions, provocations, collaborations, took place on the 10th July 2020. We ran the conference on Discord -- Take a look at our conference! The conference aimed to explore the multifarious...
Uncertain Knowledge(s): Call for proposals
An artist’s working process is a hidden yet significant journey: it is where ambiguous and uncertain knowledge(s) are given the opportunity to be discovered through materiality and encounter. The artist’s process itself is also a highly valuable practice of research,...
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