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SUMMARY:Ghandhi Research Seminar Series: Prof Duncan French
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Global Law at Reading (GLAR) is one of the leading groups of expert staff researching and teaching global law at any university in the UK. As Reading’s research hub for public international law\, EU law and human rights law it has a proud international reputation for research excellence in these areas. The series was launched in 2015. It is named in honour of Professor Sandy Ghandhi\, who taught at the School of Law from 1978 to 2013 and remains an emeritus professor at Reading.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \nAnyone is welcome to attend this seminar\, and attendance is free.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Wednesday 26 October \n12:30-1:30pm \nPalmer 108[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Professor Duncan French (University of Lincoln) \nEnvisioning Post-Holocene (Anthropocene) Global Commons[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/24884/
LOCATION:Palmer Building\, Room 108
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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SUMMARY:Performing the Digital Humanities in contemporary academia
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I interrogate the position of Digital Humanities in the contemporary university\, particularly (but not exclusively) in British academia. I open up the question of what the role of Digital Humanities might be in this conjuncture\, which sees the arts and humanities often marginalised by academia. At the same time\, though\, the contemporary world presents a number of wider social\, political and technological challenges that the arts and humanities may be well equipped to address. I draw on my recent work on the importance of feminist theories of performativity (particularly Karen Barad’s and Judith Butler’s) to unpack the functioning of Artificial Intelligence\, Machine Learning and data-driven methods and policies\, as well as the injustices and inequalities they generate. I invite the Digital Humanities to enter in a critical dialogue with contemporary technology by taking into account at least two aspects. Firstly\, technology has always been central to the constitution of what we call “the human”. Secondly\, Digital Humanities can itself be a generator of social and political inequalities or\, conversely\, an important tool for redressing such inequalities. I conclude by considering the role of feminist performativity in rethinking what it means to perform Digital Humanities responsibly today. \nFederica Frabetti is Principal Lecturer in Digital Media at the University of Roehampton. She has a diverse professional and academic background in the humanities and ICT and has worked for a decade as a software engineer in telecommunications companies. She is the author of Software Theory (2015). She is also an editor and translator of The Judith Halberstam Reader (Italian). In 2011 she edited the special issue of the academic journal Culture Machine\, “The Digital Humanities Beyond Computing” 12. \n14.50 Break \n15.00 Roundtable: \nDr Eugene McSorley (Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology\nHead of the Active Vision Lab  |  Director of the Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Lab) \nDr Dominic Lees (Associate Professor of Filmmaking\, AI research group)  \nDr Mara Oliva (Associate Professor in US History\, DH Champion\, Digital Humanities Quarterly Editor) \n15.30 Q&A \n15.55 What’s next (DH CoP and Hub – future events) & close \nTo book your place (online or in person) please contact the Hub’s DH Champion\, Dr Mara Oliva – m.oliva@reading.ac.uk
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/performing-digital-humanities/
LOCATION:Edith Morley Building\, G25\, University of Reading\, Shinfield Rd\, Reading\, RG6 6EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:The Rush of the Orinoco: The English Dream of El Dorado
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 26th October\, 4-5.30pm\, in-person (Miller G05\, Whiteknights Campus\, University of Reading) and online (please register below for zoom link) \nReading Latin American and Caribbean network (R-LAC) and the Department of Languages and Cultures Research seminar series are pleased to invite you to a seminar with Dr Tomás Straka\, Director of the Research Institute of History\, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello\, Caracas. Venezuela. \nThe current trial in The Hague about Venezuela’s claim of the Essequibo is another inheritance that remains from the old times of the British Empire throughout the world. Whilst Venezuela and Guyana await the verdict of the International Court\, many people have started to think about the historical roots of the problem. A long history of all the imperialisms in the Caribbean – Spanish\, Dutch\, English and American – and slavery is in the background of the Venezuela-Guyana dispute\, as well as the Cold War and the oil economy during the last decades. This talk focuses on the intellectual aspect of this process. \nAlongside the British penetration in the Orinoco area (Orinoquia in Spanish)\, among the British developed a real fascination about this area as a realm of two types of utopias: the endless wealth of El Dorado\, and the place where Noble Savages live without troubles. From the adventures of Walter Raleigh to the fantastic novel of Arthur Conan Doyle\, the British Orinoquia literature was an inspiration to traders\, explorers\, filibusters\, slavers\, and poets. Not for nothing the most world-famous novel of the Orinoco is a classic of the English literature: Robinson Crusoe. \nTo register for zoom link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rush-of-the-orinoco-the-english-dream-of-el-dorado-tickets-443273913207
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/orinoco-english-dream-el-dorado/
LOCATION:Miller G05\, Whiteknights Campus\, RG6 6UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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