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SUMMARY:Bilingualism and Intersection of Race\, Disability and Nation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) are happy to announce the speakers for the CeLM Seminar Series for the upcoming year. P \nPlease find information below\, including the date and time\, CeLM theme and location of each talk\, along with the speaker and talk title. \nIf you are interested in attending an online talk and are not at the University of Reading\, please email Holly Joseph (h.joseph@reading.ac.uk) for a joining link. \n25th May\, 2023 (1-2 pm\, Health\, online)\nVishnu Nair (University of Reading)\nBilingualism and Intersection of Race\, Disability and Nation \nUpcoming CeLM seminars: \n15th June\, 2023 (1-2pm\, Language and Literacy\, online)\nBeverley Jennings (University of Reading)\nAdolescent reading habits \n17th July\, 2023 (tbc) (6-7pm\, Health\, online)\nBetty Yu (San Francisco State University)\nDeconstructing bi/multilingualism\, social communication\, and autistic sociality with a focus on clinical application[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/bilingualism-and-intersection-of-race-disability-and-nation/
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230524T140000
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SUMMARY:AI and the Arts & Humanities
DESCRIPTION:The Digital Humanities CoP and the Artificial Intelligence CoP are pleased to announce two joint events for the summer 2023 term. \n  \nWednesday 24 May 2023 \n14:00 to 16:00 \nIn-person & hybrid \nKeynote: Professor David De Roure (Oxford) \n  \nNetworking Coffee/Tea \nWednesday 14 June 2023 \n14:00 to 15:00
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/ai-and-the-arts-humanities/
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230519T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230519T190000
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SUMMARY:Deconstructing bi/multilingualism\, social communication\, and autistic sociality with a focus on clinical application
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) are happy to announce the speakers for the CeLM Seminar Series for the upcoming year. P \nPlease find information below\, including the date and time\, CeLM theme and location of each talk\, along with the speaker and talk title. \nIf you are interested in attending an online talk and are not at the University of Reading\, please email Holly Joseph (h.joseph@reading.ac.uk) for a joining link. \n17th July\, 2023 (tbc) (6-7pm\, Health\, online)\nBetty Yu (San Francisco State University)\nDeconstructing bi/multilingualism\, social communication\, and autistic sociality with a focus on clinical application[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/deconstructing-bi-multilingualism-social-communication-and-autistic-sociality-with-a-focus-on-clinical-application/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230517T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230517T173000
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SUMMARY:Contradictions of the Digital in Screen and Performance Cultures
DESCRIPTION:From Hyperconnectivity to Solitude: A Pharmacological Journey in Digital Performance Ecologies\nDigital culture\, through the democratisation of technologies\, personal computing\, and the Internet\, has required the cultural sector to drastically rethink audiences’ modes of engagement/disengagement\, not least during the pandemic\, when artists and cultural organisations have been engaging with their audiences through networked and hybrid platforms. Through a pharmaco-phenomenological angle the paper analyses performance practices that invite participants to make/feel their way through a networked reality that oscillates between hyperconnectivity and solitary activity. This paper focuses on the role and significance of solitude in digital performance to propose an alternative understanding of the complex relationship between singularity and plurality in digital culture\, where aloneness and togetherness are not necessarily antithetical. The paper discusses how solitude as a relational\, embodied and situated experience invites a drastic reengineering of the relationship between humans and their technologies. In this context\, the role of digital performance is dual: a) it offers an intervention into the dominant positioning of being alone as being isolated\, and b) it serves as a pedagogical exercise speculating about the potentiality of being human in a digital ecology where our vulnerabilities\, tensions and limitations can be met with new exigencies of care about self and the other. \nBio\nDr Eirini Nedelkopoulou is a Lecturer in Digital Arts and Performance at the University of Glasgow. Her work as an author and editor appears in the International Journal of Performance Arts & Digital Media\, Contemporary Theatre Review\, Performance Research\, Performance Paradigm\, and other. She is the co-editor of Performance and Phenomenology: Traditions and Transformations (Routledge 2015\, 2018). Eirini is currently working on her monograph In Solitude: The Philosophy of Digital Performance Encounters (Bloomsbury\, Thinking Through Theatre). \nDeepfakes in screen culture – transformations in image\, practice and performance\nSince the inception of the ‘deepfake’ process of replacing faces in digital video\, the primary use of the technology has been to make very low-quality content for viewing on smartphones. More recent technical advances in this form of machine learning allow their use in film and broadcast media. This talk will focus on how deepfakes are now being adopted in fiction and documentary production\, examining ethical and cultural implications of current and future uses of synthetic media. \nBio\nDr Dominic Lees is Associate Professor in Filmmaking at the University of Reading\, UK. His research into deepfakes began in 2019/20\, with the Virtual Maggie project that experimented with deepfakes to resurrect Margaret Thatcher for a new period drama. He is interested in developing positive applications of deepfakes and synthetic media\, including in education. Dominic has written on deepfakes for academic journals\, the online current affairs journal\, The Conversation and the BFI magazine\, Sight and Sound. In 2021\, he was co-editor of a special issue on deepfakes of the journal\, Convergence. Dominic is convenor of the Synthetic Media Research Network\, which held its inaugural symposium at the University of Reading in 2022\, funded by The Alan Turing Institute. This work brings together researchers\, creatives and screen industry stakeholders to scope the future opportunities for ethical applications of synthetic media. Dominic’s earlier career was in television and film production\, working in current affairs and television documentaries; he has directed over 40 episodes of TV drama and the feature film\, Outlanders (2008). \nAbout this event\nThe FTT Research Seminar Series is hosted by the University of Reading and puts research from scholars in Film\, Theatre and Television into dialogue. This celebrates the exciting intersection of these fields within our department and seeks to support collaboration and conversation across Film\, Theatre\, and Television. \nEach invited paper is 25-30 minutes long and is followed by a participatory Q&A discussion. \nReserve a space here.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/contradictions-digital-screen-performance/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:2nd CBCP Postgraduate Symposium - call for papers
DESCRIPTION:The 2nd CBCP Postgraduate Symposium will be held at the University of Reading. It will mainly be an in-person event with an option for remote presentation and attendance. \nPhD students and Postdoctoral researchers are invited to submit abstracts for 15-minute talks on relevant topics\, such as: \n\nbook production\, distribution\, and readership in global contexts.\nprinting and publishing trade.\nbook history\, typography\, and book design.\nmateriality of text and image (both analogue and digital).\nenvironmental histories of print cultures and book printing and sustainability.\nwider book cultures and publishing with a distinctive global\, multilingual\, and\nmultidisciplinary focus.\nprotagonists and professionals of the book market (such as publishers\, editors\,\ndesigners\, illustrators\, translators\, cultural mediators\, literary agents\, readers).\n\nThe deadline for the submission of the abstracts is Monday 5th May 2023. Abstracts should also include single-line bio or affiliation descriptions and should not exceed 350 words in length (references and bio excluded). \nThe symposium will be an occasion for PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers to showcase their research while engaging with the wider community of researchers within the CBCP. No costs to attend: lunch and refreshments will be provided. \nAbstracts and enquiries should be sent to: Andrea Romanzi and Pritha Mukherjee. \nDelegates may also like to register to attend the Marina Warner talk on ‘Archives\, history and memory in memoir writing’ which is taking place on the same evening\, as an in person/hybrid event. For more information please click here.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/2nd-cbcp-postgraduate-symposium-call-for-papers/
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Spring Children's Lecture: Wind of Change\, Curbing Cow Burps to Fight Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”27345″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] \nWind of change curbing cow burps to fight climate change\nMilk comes from cows and cows eat grass everyone knows that. But along with milk\, the average dairy cow also burps out over 600 litres of methane\, every day. That’s enough to fill more than 40 party balloons. And methane is a powerful greenhouse gas\, which is making climate change worse. \nThat’s why the University of Reading’s Centre for Dairy Research gave our cows a different menu. We swapped out some of their grass for things like seaweed\, garlic and herbs. \nWhat happened next? Can farmers tackle climate change? Will cow’s milk be more planet friendly? And could a cow be trained to burp the National Anthem? Find out at our Spring Children’s Lecture\, with dairy science expert Professor Chris Reynolds. \nAdmission free. Booking essential. \nSuitable for children 7 to 12 years. \nTo book your place visit www.reading.ac.uk/events[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/spring-childrens-lecture-wind-of-change-curbing-cow-burps-to-fight-climate-change/
LOCATION:JJ Thomson Ditchburn Lecture Theatre
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230503T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230503T193000
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SUMMARY:Author event: Kit de Waal in conversation – in person/hybrid event
DESCRIPTION:In conversation with Shelley Harris\, Creative Writing programme director\, Kit will be discussing her writings – both fiction and memoir – and the impact she’s had in making publishing a better place for working-class writers. This is an in person/hybrid event. \nKit de Waal is a multi-award-winning author of short stories\, novels\, and an autobiography. My Name is Leon (2016)\, her first novel\, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award\, longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award. It was recently televised by the BBC\, with a cast including Christopher Eccleston and Sir Lenny Henry\, who also voiced the audiobook. \nKit has a passion for getting diverse voices heard. She used some of her author advance to set up the Kit de Waal Creative Writing Scholarship at Birkbeck to help improve working-class representation in the arts. It is dedicated to supporting a budding writer from a low-income household or other marginalized backgrounds. In its first year it attracted 138 applicants: this in turn\, attracted other donations which has enabled the funding of additional scholarships. \nShe is the editor of Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers (2019)\, the result of a project with Unbound and regional writing development organisations to feature working-class writers: this also involved mentoring and supporting new writers. \nHer autobiography Without Warning & Only Sometimes – Scenes from an Unpredictable Childhood published in 2022 and was a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. The Guardian described it as ‘A richly observed portrait of a working-class childhood and adolescence that finds magic in the mundane’. \nThis is a free in person/hybrid event but everyone attending (whether in person or online) will require a ticket from Eventbrite: click here for in person; click here for online. \nQuestions for Kit are welcome but we request they are submitted in advance by email to cbcp@reading.ac.uk by Monday 24th April\, please. This will allow Kit sufficient time to consider her answers.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/author-event-kit-de-waal-in-conversation-in-person-hybrid-event/
LOCATION:Edith Morley Building\, Van Emden Lecture Theatre\, Edith Morley Building\, University of Reading\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG6 6UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Way of type Evolution of Chinese typeforms
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition charts the development of Chinese type and type making technologies in China from the invention of movable type in the eleventh century to the design of digital typefaces today. It documents numerous Chinese typefaces created in different eras using varied techniques and technologies presented in high quality digital reproductions.  The exhibition is an abridged version of Way of Type  Modernisation of Chinese Typography in China which toured seven cities in China before travelling to the UK\, and is a collaboration between the University of Reading and the Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing. \nNo booking is required for members of the University of Reading and off-campus attendees need to email typography@reading.ac.uk. 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/chinese-typeforms/
LOCATION:Building 21 (TOB2)\, University of Reading\, Whiteknights\, Building 21 (TOB2)\, Department of Typography & Graphic Communication\, T-Spur exhibition space\, Reading\, RG6 6ER\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230406
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SUMMARY:MonoGram Conference
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”25818″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://research.reading.ac.uk/monogram-2023/”][vc_column_text] \n\n\nThe School of Agriculture at the University of Reading has a varied and exciting programme in development for Monogram 2023\, encompassing inspiring keynote speakers\, thematic sessions\, poster and flash presentations\, and early career awards. We want the meeting to appeal to all the sector of the Monogram community\, and we therefore welcome contributions from all cereal crops and grass research. \nLectures will be taking place in our 250-seater Madejski Auditorium in the School of Agriculture\, Policy and Development\, on Whiteknights campus. \nWe understand that some people will be unable to attend an in-person event and therefore are offering the opportunity to join the Monogram conference remotely through live-streaming of the talks. However\, all presentations need to be in person. \nPlease submit your abstract for either an oral or poster presentation to monogram2023@reading.ac.uk\, specifying under which of these six scientific sessions you would like it to be considered. \nPhysiology and resource use (response to abiotic stress and nutrient use efficiency) \n\nBioinformatics and genomics\nInteractions with pathogenic and beneficial organisms\nDevelopmental processes\nEnd use quality and nutrition\nSustainable systems\n\n\n\n\n\nKey dates \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStudent attendance bursary application deadline\n6 January 2023\n\n\nRegistration for in-person attendance closes\n8 February 2023\n\n\nAbstract submission deadline\n8 February 2023\n\n\nMonoGram Early Career Excellence Awards (MECEA) application deadline\n31 January 2023\n\n\nAbstract notification\n28 February 2023\n\n\nRegistration for virtual attendance closes\n9 March 2023\n\n\nConference\n3–5 April 2023\n\n\n\nVisit the Monogram Conference 2023 website\nRegister via the University of Reading booking system\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/monogram-conference/
LOCATION:University of Reading\, RG6 6UR 
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230331T120000
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SUMMARY:2023 Research Awards - Deadline for entries
DESCRIPTION:New University Research Awards have been launched to celebrate the work of research and associated professional services staff. \nWork that showcases research excellence or fosters a positive research culture and environment is eligible in four new categories: \n\nPublic Engagement with Research\nOpenness in Research\nExternal Collaboration and Partnerships\nResearch Impact\n\nThe Awards are open to both researchers and associated professional services staff and entries are actively encouraged from all research themes and associated functions across the University. \nEntries can be from individuals or groups and activities of any scale will be welcome but must have taken place in the last three years (i.e. since January 2020). Shortlisted applicants will showcase their projects at an in-person Awards event on Tuesday 13 June from 2pm and winners will receive £1000 towards their next engagement activity. \nFurther information can be found on the 2023 Awards page and in the guidelines and eligibility criteria. Applications via this online form must be submitted no later than 12 noon on Friday 31 March. \n 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/2023-research-awards-deadline-for-entries/
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health,Environment,Heritage & Creativity,Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230329T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230329T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
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SUMMARY:Collections and Digitisation workshop
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered about including an online exhibition\, or other digital resource involving collections\, in your research project? Do you want to find out more about what these involve? \nWe invite you to a Collections and Digitisation workshop on Wednesday 29 March 2023\, 2pm-4pm at the MERL Learning Studio\, run jointly by UMASCS (University Museums\, Archives\, and Special Collections Services) and the Digital Humanities Hub. \nThe workshop will help you gain first-hand understanding of what is involved in the digitisation process directly from the staff that would support collections-based research\, to inform the inclusion of digital resources in your project proposals. It will cover: \n\nIntroduction to digitisation\, sustainability and preservation\nCollections research themes\nMERL Online Exhibition templates\nCase Study – Modernist Archives Publishing Project\nCurrent Digitisation Projects at UMASCS\nTour of the Digitisation Equipment\n\nThe aim is to help you consider what you want to or could digitise and why\, who your audience is\, what level of images you might need and how you might want them to interact with the rest of your resource\, including text. \nWe will also discuss the pre-existing solutions available to you if you want to include an online exhibition mainly for purposes of external engagement. Linking this in with collections research themes\, and using templates based on the MERL’s website\, will integrate your project with other UoR work and guarantee your resource will remain sustainable\, without risk of loss or the need for manual updates. \nUnsure whether collections-based research is suited to your work? For more information and ideas\, have a look at our Working with Collections guide on the Digital Humanities Portal first. \nWorkshop details: \nDate: Wednesday 29 March 2023 \nTime: 14:00-16:00 \nWhere: Learning Studio\, MERL (Museum of English Rural Life)\, Redlands Road \nWho: Academic\, technical and project staff based in all H&C divisions \nCapacity: 30 \nIf you would like to attend\, RSVP to Olivia Thompson\, Digital Humanities Officer o.j.r.thompson@reading.ac.uk by 23 March 2023. \nPlease also get in touch if you have any questions about the workshop or if you cannot attend but would be interested in training or advice on these subjects. \nPlease note this workshop is for H&C staff\, it is not for PhD students. If you have any interested supervisees\, there will be a separate workshop on Digital Scholarship with Collections for graduate students: please get in touch with Dr Rhi Smith\, Director of UMASCS Academic Learning and Engagement (r.smith@reading.ac.uk).
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/collections-digitisation-workshop/
LOCATION:Learning Studio\, MERL\, 6 Redlands Road\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG1 5EX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230328T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230328T173000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
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SUMMARY:Subversion and survival: navigations through performance and media cultures
DESCRIPTION:Research Seminar Speakers: Swati Arora (Queen Mary\, University of London) and Rohit K Dasgupta (University of Glasgow) \nUnder Cover: Insurgent Methods of Border Crossing \nI draw on my forthcoming co-edited book on pluriversal conversations on transnational feminisms to assemble a few thoughts on border-crossing – disciplinary\, epistemic\, and linguistic. What does border-crossing in performance studies look like? The presentation offers a few insurgent methods of subterfuge and survival as we secure justice for our communities while acknowledging the colonial histories of our institutions. \nSwati Arora is Lecturer in Performance and Global South Studies at Queen Mary\, University of London. Her work exists at the convergence of performance and visual culture\, feminist theory\, Black Studies\, and dramaturgies of urban space in the global South. Most recently\, she published ‘Performing Refusal’ (Injury and Intimacy\, MUP) and ‘A manifesto to decentre theatre and performance studies’ (STP). \nViral Assemblages & Patchworks: Cultures of Queer (Un)Belongings \nThis paper is based on ethnographic field work conducted in Kolkata during 2019–2021 with queer and trans people during the COVID pandemic. This paper develops a new framework of queer patchworks and discusses the various ways through which queer and trans communities are navigating survival during these non-normative times. This paper brings together patchworks of whatsapp texts\, broken zoom conversations\, cooking gossip and addas on the banks of river Hooghly as a nod to these new realities which are reshaping queer identities; thus\, offering new ways to also acknowledge\, accommodate and ‘queer’ what counts as knowledge. \nRohit K Dasgupta is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Industries at the University of Glasgow. His most recent books are COVID-19 Assemblages (Routledge\, 2022) & South and East Asian Cinemas across Borders (Routledge\, 2020). He is currently co-authoring a book on India’s creative industries. He is also an elected Labour & Cooperative councillor in the London Borough of Newham since 2018. \nAbout this event. \nThe FTT Research Seminar Series is hosted by the University of Reading and puts research from scholars in Film\, Theatre and Television into dialogue. This celebrates the exciting intersection of these fields within our department and seeks to support collaboration and conversation across Film\, Theatre\, and Television. \nEach invited paper is 25-30 minutes long and is followed by a participatory Q&A discussion. This seminar will be held online. \nReserve your space to attend.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/subversion-and-survival-performance-media/
LOCATION:Online event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230323T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230323T200000
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SUMMARY:Edith Morley Annual Lecture: Coping with Cancer: Support\, Research\, Empowerment
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On average\, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every 10 minutes in the UK. \nThe 2023 Edith Morley event will be led by Professor Nazanin Derakhshan\, who brings progressive and step-change research to the forefront of support systems for those with breast cancer. \nStudents\, colleagues\, alumni\, community groups and members of the public are invited to join us for an in-depth discussion on Coping with Cancer. With lived experience as our cornerstone\, we’ll explore support structures\, cognitive research\, and personal empowerment.Nazanin is the founder and chair of BRiC (Building Resilience in Breast Cancer Centre) which is positioned and energised to help those in need. As globally-leading experts and a collective of women with either a primary or secondary breast cancer diagnosis\, they seek to discover new and improved ways to practice resilience. BRiC has an impressive track-record creating accessible resources and tools to help people manage anxiety and depression after a cancer diagnosis. As a welcoming collective\, the centre provides a safe haven for all and seeks to improve quality-of-life\, using cutting-edge neuroscience research. \nFree to attend. Book via the University of Reading Events page.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/coping-with-cancer-support-research-empowerment/
LOCATION:Edith Morley Building\, Van Emden Lecture Theatre\, Edith Morley Building\, University of Reading\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG6 6UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230323T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230323T183000
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SUMMARY:‘Cold Books in Hot Lands: Winning and Losing Hearts and Minds in the Middle East’
DESCRIPTION:This online seminar will be presented by Esmaeil Haddadian-Moghaddam\, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions research fellow at the Universiteit Leiden\, Netherlands. \nThis event is free and open to all. Register for the event to access the Zoom link. \nThe various activities of the Franklin Book Programs\, an American Cold War cultural diplomacy initiative for the development of indigenous publishing in the developing world and winning hearts and minds have been subject to public and academic query since its foundation in 1952. Reports and surveys of its activities\, aims and objectives\, and achievements have been featured in both American and non-American press\, from The New York Times\, Publishers Weekly to The Pakistan Observer and Al-Bilad. To exemplify the discourse\, I present the story of how Franklin/New York convinced a young professor to put aside his paper but encouraged and supported the publication of another piece by a graduate student. Almost half a century later\, I am asking the-now-retired-but-distinguished professor why did he oblige. This should shed some light on how Franklin/New York acted as a gatekeeper and promotor of a certain take on its operation. \nEsmaeil Haddadian-Moghaddam is an independent researcher. He was until recently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions research fellow at Universiteit Leiden\, Netherlands. His recent research has focused on the cultural Cold War with a focus on the activities of Franklin Book Programs in the Middle East (Coldbihot). He is the author of Literary Translation in Modern Iran: A Sociological Study (2014). He is also a managing editor of the Journal of World Literature.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/cold-books-in-hot-lands-winning-and-losing-hearts-and-minds-in-the-middle-east/
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230320T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230320T135000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230202T111610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230203T145846Z
UID:26442-1679317200-1679320200@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Hybrid Rurality and migration in China
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nClark Ke Liu\, PhD student at distance (based in New York/working for UN)\, will be delivering a seminar entitled: ‘Hybrid Rurality and migration in China .’ \nJoin us in the Frank Parkinson room (Agriculture building) or via Microsoft Teams from 1–1.50pm on Monday 20 March.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/hybrid-rurality-and-migration-in-china/
LOCATION:Frank Parkinson room\, Agriculture\, Whiteknights\, RG6 7BE
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230320T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230124T145236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T093610Z
UID:26173-1679304600-1679414400@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Hope into Action: Social Sciences Impact Conference
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”26174″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Hope into Action: Social Sciences Impact Conference\, 20-21 March 2023 | FREE\, Early-bird registration opens to University of Reading delegates. \nResearchers\, doctoral students and professional services colleagues across the O²RB Partnership (University of Oxford\, Oxford Brookes University\, University of Reading\, and The Open University) can get early bird access to Hope Into Action: Social Sciences Impact Conference 2023 from Tuesday 24 January ahead of tickets going on general sale. Attendance is FREE to delegates from O²RB Partner universities\, but spaces are limited\, so book your place today! \nThis two-day conference – packed with workshops\, panel discussions\, skills sessions\, and special guest speakers – will celebrate engaged and impactful social sciences research\, and provide inspiration and support for researchers hoping to create change for the better through their work. \nO²RB delegates: Register on the University of Oxford’s Social Science webpage for FREE\, early-bird registration (enter ‘ImpactConferenceO2RB’ at checkout for full discount on conference registration fee. Please note this code will only work with your O²RB institutional email address. This discount is not applicable to the optional Monday night dinner). \nNot a member of the O²RB Partnership? Tickets go on general sale from 30 January 2023. \nRegistration closes: 28 February 2023 \nQueries to impact@socsci.ox.ac.uk[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/social-sciences-impact-conference-2023/
LOCATION:St Anne’s College\, Oxford
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health,Environment,Heritage & Creativity,Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230316T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230316T140000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230124T163125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T094357Z
UID:26233-1678971600-1678975200@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Protection and Removal of Information in Working Memory
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Professor Jarrod A. Lewis-Peacock will be delivering a seminar entitled: ‘Protection and Removal of Information in Working Memory’. \nAbstract: Protecting information in working memory from distraction is essential to goal-directed behavior. Discarding information from working memory may be just as important\, as outdated information consumes precious storage capacity and can interfere with current goals. In this talk\, I will discuss both of these abilities. First\, I will review recent advances in cognitive psychology and neuroscience that have produced new insights into the nature of working memory and its ability to resist distraction. This includes our recent findings which demonstrate that the benefits associated with prioritization in working memory include a “bend but don’t break” policy for enduring distraction. Second\, I will describe our recent neuroimaging work focused on intentionally removing information from working memory. We’ve identified distinct strategies for removal that have unique but stable patterns of brain activity with surprising consequences on the encoding of new information. \nYou can also join the seminar virtually on Microsoft Teams.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/protection-and-removal-of-information-in-working-memory/
LOCATION:Harry Pitt Building\, G79
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
ORGANIZER;CN="School%20of%20Psychology%20and%20Clinical%20Language%20Sciences":MAILTO:pcls@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230313T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230313T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230307T160620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230307T160737Z
UID:27028-1678726800-1678734000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Knowledge Transfer Partnerships: Collaboration and Innovation event
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This event is an information and networking evening with the University of Reading’s KTP Team. \nThe event is taking place on Monday 13 March 2023 from 5–7pm at Henley Business School\, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus\, RG6 6UD. \nDuring the event\, the University of Reading’s KTP Team will provide: \n\nAn in-depth overview of KTPs and how they can help your business.\nHelp and support on how to make a successful application.\nQ&A session\, to answer your specific questions.\nNetworking with the team and academic colleagues.\n\nKTPs with the University of Reading are a great way to access our academic expertise and skills to address your business need. They are a unique three-way collaboration\, with grant funding\, between a business and a university\, employing a graduate to work at the company on a specific project. \nTo register please contact Sarah Glanville (s.j.glanville@reading.ac.uk).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/knowledge-transfer-partnerships-collaboration-and-innovation-event/
LOCATION:Henley Business School
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health,Environment,Heritage & Creativity,Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230313T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230313T135000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230202T111222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230202T111222Z
UID:26440-1678712400-1678715400@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Community Based Marine Conservation in Indonesia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nDr Alfian Helmi\, IPB University\, Bogor\, Indonesia\, will be delivering a seminar entitled: ‘Community Based Marine Conservation in Indonesia.’ \nJoin us in the Frank Parkinson room (Agriculture building) or via Microsoft Teams from 1–1.50pm on Monday 13 February.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/community-based-marine-conservation-in-indonesia/
LOCATION:Frank Parkinson room\, Agriculture\, Whiteknights\, RG6 7BE
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20221219T170709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221219T170709Z
UID:25930-1678370400-1678374000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Ghandhi Research Seminar Series: Prof Dapo Akande
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_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Thursday 9 January \n14.00–15.00 \nChancellor’s G04[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Prof Dapo Akande (University of Oxford) \nChanges in Treaty Interpretation – the ICRC’s revised commentaries to the Geneva Conventions.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/ghandhi-research-seminar-series-prof-dapo-akande/
LOCATION:Chancellor’s Building\, Room G04\, Whiteknights Campus\, RG6 6UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230307T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230307T200000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230208T092400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T094019Z
UID:26526-1678212000-1678219200@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:The Fairbrother Lecture - Behind Electric Eyes: Facial Recognition Surveillance in Public Spaces
DESCRIPTION:Automatic facial recognition technology is increasingly used by both public and private sector organisations to manage and police public spaces. The operation of facial recognition in public spaces – and our access to the right to privacy – shifts depending on whether it is a public or a private sector organisation that is watching us. But does it make a difference who is watching and why? And what does it mean for our right to privacy? \nFacial recognition surveillance is used to identify and verify people in real time but without any obligation to gain their consent. While public sector surveillance must be justified by the public interest\, the private sector is able to use facial recognition in pursuit of a range of commercial interests. These interests extend beyond criminal acts and could include activities that might result in an individual being banned from private property\, such as smoking\, walking a dog or taking photos. To complicate matters\, we are often unaware of crossing thresholds into spaces where surveillance is privately controlled. Does the introduction of facial recognition provide us with increased protections\, or hold hidden pitfalls? \nJoin socio-legal researcher William Page to be guided through the growing use of this technology\, what it means for human rights\, the relevance of recent political developments surrounding the potential withdrawal of the Human Rights Act 1998\, and the changing nature of contemporary public spaces. This free public lecture will provide an introduction to the issue\, look at recent research and consider important future questions. Do we understand our rights when under the gaze of electronic eyes? \nThe Fairbrother Lecture is a University public lecture named after Jack Fairbrother who in 1929 became one of the first students to be awarded a PhD from the University. The lecture is an annual event at which a Reading doctoral researcher presents their research to a wider audience. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/the-fairbrother-lecture-behind-electric-eyes-facial-recognition-surveillance-in-public-spaces/
LOCATION:Meadow Suite\, Park House\, Meadow Suite\, Park House\, RG6 6UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health,Environment,Heritage & Creativity,Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230307T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230307T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230222T094151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T095605Z
UID:26775-1678212000-1678215600@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Farm management and policy approaches to support the journey to net-zero
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Minette Batters\, NFU’s president\, is invited to deliver the 2023 Annual Edit Mary Gayton lecture and present her views on the farm management and policy approaches that are needed to support the journey to net-zero farming without compromising food security and quality. \nThe NFU has set the ambitious goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the whole of agriculture in England and Wales by 2040. This NFU’s contribution to the UK’s ambition of net zero by 2050. Agriculture is uniquely placed to be part of the solution\, as both an emissions source and a sink. The NFU’s assessment is that we can only deliver net zero if we act across a range of internationally recognised inventories. \nThere is no single answer to this problem. To achieve this goal a range of measures are needed that fall under three broad headings: \n\nImproving farming’s productive efficiency;\nImproving land management and changing land use to capture more carbon;\nBoosting renewable energy and the wider bioeconomy\n\nThis is a hybrid event. The in person session will be held in the School of Agriculture\, Policy and Development\, University of Reading. To book a place for the in-person event please email Teresa Hicks at t.m.hicks@reading.ac.uk. \nTo book a place on the virtual event\, register via Eventbrite. \nFor joining us online please use the following link: \nhttps://tinyurl.com/2wmnnx5s – The virtual room will be open at 18:55[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/farm-management-and-policy-approaches-to-support-the-journey-to-net-zero/
LOCATION:School of Agriculture\, Policy and Development
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230307T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230307T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230217T130020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230217T143927Z
UID:26722-1678212000-1678215600@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Farm management and policy approaches to support the journey to net-zero farming without compromising food security and quality
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nThe 36th Annual Edith Mary Gayton Memorial Lecture titled “Farm management and policy approaches to support the journey to net-zero farming without compromising food security and quality” will be held on Tuesday 7th March 2023.\n\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to welcome National Farmers Union (NFU) President Minette Batters\, who runs a tenanted family farm in Wiltshire and campaigns on behalf of NFU members about the importance of British food and farming\, to give the lecture. Minette Batters\, NFU\, will present her views on management and policy approaches required to support the journey to net-zero farming.\n\n\n\n\nVenue: Madejski Lecture Theatre\, Agriculture Building\, University of Reading\n\n\n\n\nTime: 18:00\, with nibbles and drinks offered at 17:30\n\n\n\n\nTo register for the in-person event please email Teresa Hicks at t.m.hicks@reading.ac.uk.\n\n\n\n\nTo attend online please register via Eventbrite.\n\n\n\n\nAll are welcome!\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/farm-management-and-policy-approaches-to-support-the-journey-to-net-zero-farming-without-compromising-food-security-and-quality/
LOCATION:Agriculture Building\, Madejski Lecture Theatre\, RG6 7BE
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230306T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230306T135000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230202T110021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230202T110021Z
UID:26438-1678107600-1678110600@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Geographies of conscientisation in the post-disaster space: 'they have become more political after the tsunami’
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nDr Sophie Blackburn\, Lecturer in Human Geography\, University of Reading\, will be delivering a seminar entitled: ‘Geographies of conscientisation in the post-disaster space: ‘they have become more political after the tsunami’.’ \nJoin us in the Frank Parkinson room (Agriculture building) or via Microsoft Teams from 1–1.50pm on Monday 6 March.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/geographies-of-conscientisation-in-the-post-disaster-space-they-have-become-more-political-after-the-tsunami/
LOCATION:Frank Parkinson room\, Agriculture\, Whiteknights\, RG6 7BE
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230228T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230228T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230208T123716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T131303Z
UID:26537-1677608100-1677611700@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:The Importance of Comparative Common Law: A View from Singapore
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Importance of Comparative Common Law: A View from Singapore with Justice Andrew Phang \nTuesday 28 February\, 18:15\, G10\, Palmer Building \nIn this lecture\, Justice Phang will demonstrate the importance of comparative common law\, utilising case law illustrations from Singapore in the Law of Contract\, the Law of Tort and the Law of Unjust Enrichment. \nHe will demonstrate the importance of the role of a comparative approach towards common law in the development of one’s own domestic common law. \nJustice Phang is a Senior Judge at the Supreme Court of Singapore\, and visiting Professor of Law at the University of Reading. \nBook your place[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/the-importance-of-comparative-common-law-a-view-from-singapore/
LOCATION:Palmer Building\, G10
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
ORGANIZER;CN="School%20of%20Law":MAILTO:law@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230227T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230227T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230203T144331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230203T144331Z
UID:26484-1677520800-1677524400@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Queer Tragic Masks: LGBT History and Ancient Drama
DESCRIPTION:Join Oliver Baldwin\, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow\, Department of Classics\, for a public lecture on how performances of ancient tragedies have been used to tell LGBT+ stories. \nSince the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York\, queerness has often been embodied\, assessed\, and enacted through performances of ancient tragedy. Tragic plots\, characters and conflicts have been used to work through many key issues in LGBTQI+ history\, from AIDS and same-sex marriage to homophobia and queer liberation. This LGBTQ History Month lecture explores three key stage versions of Greek tragedy: a lesbian version of The Bacchae against Section 28; a gay retelling of Medea exploring same-sex marriage and parenthood; and a re-interpretation of Trojan Women as a queer family of colour led facing AIDS. \nJoin us to experience how a lesbian goddess brought queer divine retribution over Thatcherite homophobia\, how a gay Medea endures the lack of protection of marriage and how a Black trans woman burns down the hospital where AIDS is crippling her family. These examples demonstrate how the tragic masks of ancient drama have been painted over with queer colours to defend\, vindicate and celebrate LGBTQI+ people and their history. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/lgbt-lecture-queer-tragic-masks-history-drama/
LOCATION:Edith Morley Building\, Van Emden Lecture Theatre\, Edith Morley Building\, University of Reading\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG6 6UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230224T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230224T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230207T144459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230207T144459Z
UID:26510-1677261600-1677267000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:The New Disability Media Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Film Quarterly explores new directions in disability film and media in a two-part webinar discussing its special dossier “The New Disability Media” (Winter 2022) co-presented with NYU’s Center for Disability Studies and Center for Media\, Culture & History. \nDossier co-editors B. Ruby Rich (Film Quarterly)\, Faye Ginsburg (NYU) and Lawrence Carter-Long (DisArt) will moderate conversations with the dossier’s scholars and filmmakers on exciting developments in disability film and media. \nJenny Chamarette\, School of Art\, University of Reading\, will be discussing the digital activism of filmmaker Stephen Dwoskin\, whose archive is based in Special Collections at Reading. She was Co-Investigator on the AHRC funded project that supported the cataloguing of the archive and research into his life and work. Dwoskin was an important figure in the history of experimental film in the UK\, and a disability rights activist. \nSpeakers: \n\nJenny Chamarette (University of Reading)\nArseli Dokumaci (Concordia University)\nSlava Greenberg (University of Southern California)\nSalome Chasnoff (filmmaker\, Code of the Freaks)\nCarrie Sandahl (filmmaker\, Code of the Freaks)\nRodney Evans (filmmaker\, Vision Portraits)\n\nRegister for the Zoom event to attend.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/the-new-disability-media-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230222T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230222T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230208T123053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T152140Z
UID:26533-1677085200-1677088800@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Revisiting Coercion as an Element of Prohibited Intervention in International Law
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Professor Marko MilanovicInternational Law: Revisiting Coercion as an Element of Prohibited Intervention in International Law. \nWednesday 22 February\, 17:00\, G11\, Henley Business School \nIn his inaugural lecture\, Professor Milanovic will argue that coercion can be understood in two different ways or models. \nFirst\, coercion as extortion\, as a threat to engage or continue engaging in some activity (which itself may be lawful or unlawful) in order to extract some kind of concession from the victim state – in other words\, an act targeting the victim state’s will or decision-making calculus. \nSecond\, coercion can be understood as the actual deprivation of the victim state’s ability to make its sovereign choices\, which may be done even through acts like cyber operations that the victim state may be unaware of. Professor Milanovic will argue that many of the difficulties surrounding the notion of coercion arise as consequence of failing to distinguish between these two different models. \nProfessor Milanovic is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Reading and Director of Global Law at Reading. \nRegister to attend[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/revisiting-coercion-as-an-element-of-prohibited-intervention-in-international-law/
LOCATION:Henley Business School\, Room G11\, Henley Business School\, Whiteknights Campus\, Reading\, RG6 6UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230220T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230220T135000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230202T104902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230202T105652Z
UID:26434-1676898000-1676901000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Exploring the Twitterverse of Filipino Men Living with HIV
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nAldo Gavril Lim (UoR PhD student and Faculty at UPLB Philippines) will be delivering a seminar entitled: ‘Exploring the Twitterverse of Filipino Men Living with HIV.’ \nJoin us in the Frank Parkinson room (Agriculture building) or via Microsoft Teams from 1–1.50pm on Monday 20 February.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/26434/
LOCATION:Frank Parkinson room\, Agriculture\, Whiteknights\, RG6 7BE
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230209T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230209T135000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172045
CREATED:20230202T104415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230202T104415Z
UID:26430-1675947600-1675950600@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Projected land use change in an oil-rich landscape in Uganda: A participatory modelling approach
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nDr Ronald Twongyirwe (Mbarara University of Science and Technology\, Uganda) will be delivering a seminar entitled: ‘Projected land use change in an oil-rich landscape in Uganda: A participatory modelling approach.’ \nJoin us in the Frank Parkinson room (Agriculture building) or via Microsoft Teams from 1–1.50pm on Thursday 9 February.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/projected-land-use-change-in-an-oil-rich-landscape-in-uganda-a-participatory-modelling-approach/
LOCATION:Frank Parkinson room\, Agriculture\, Whiteknights\, RG6 7BE
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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