Past events
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Convivial futures: Living well together on a climate-ravaged planet
8 May - 9 August 2026
This interdisciplinary symposium will explore how we might reimagine mobility, belonging and kinship amidst mounting ecological upheavals Our current era of accelerating ‘ecocide’ marks a ‘double death’ (Rose, 2012) through the untimely obliteration of the ‘deep biological rivers that constitute...
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Beat the Rush Hour Concert Quatuor Danel with Petr Prause (cello)
17:00 - 19:00 8 May 2026
Generously supported by the Schubert Institute UK Schubert String Quartet in B-flat major, D36 (1813) Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D703 (1820) Schubert String Quintet in C major, D956 with Petr Prause, Cello (1828) Cellist Petr Prause joins the Danels for a captivating...
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Introduction to anonymisation techniques for social sciences research data
09:00 - 10:30 7 May 2026
Researchers are often at a crossroads on how to share data collected from human participants ethically while complying with the rigorous standards set by UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act. This introductory workshop offers a foundational understanding of data anonymisation...
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Linguistics and English Language Seminar: Human-AI Hybrid Language Production – Evidence from a Multi-Dialectal, Longitudinal Corpus
12:00 - 13:00 7 May 2026
Speaker: speaker: Dr Gan Qiao, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Abstract: With large language models increasingly embedded in everyday writing, language production is becoming a human-AI collaborative process. This talk examines how AI assistance shapes linguistic variation across English dialects...
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Digital Trust and Security Seminar: Tao Wen
12:00 - 14:00 7 May 2026
Explore a series of interconnected studies that examine human behavior and decision-making processes within social networks This event invites participants from all disciplines and backgrounds to come together, fostering interdisciplinary connections and discussions. Talk Title: Modeling and Analyzing...
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Healthier Futures Annual Lecture 2026
15:30 - 18:00 7 May 2026
Getting Better: The Policy and Politics of Reducing Health Inequalities We are excited to announce this year's Healthier Futures Annual Lecture, featuring Professor Clare Bambra, one of the leading UK voices on health inequalities. Join us for what promises to be an engaging lecture, followed by an...
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Gender Equality and Economic Growth: An Overlapping Generations Approach
16:00 - 18:00 7 May 2026
Join us as esteemed economist Pierre-Richard Agénor shared insights from his upcoming book ‘Gender Equality and Economic Growth: An Overlapping Generations Approach’, exploring the economic and political challenges faced in the moral task of closing the gender gap. The Arthur Lewis x Vital Topics...
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Survey data drop-in
11:00 - 12:00 6 May 2026
This free online drop-in is for anyone working or thinking of working with secondary survey data who are looking for help and advice with their project or research. It is targeted at academic and non-academic researchers, analysts, as well as students and anyone with an interest in survey data, whether...
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The Big Payback: Reparations and how money shapes our morality and views on racial justice - Marcus Ryder in conversation with Gary Younge
14:00 - 15:45 6 May 2026
Marcus Ryder in conversation with Gary Younge, on reparations and how money shapes our morality and our views on racial justice. See Eventbrite link for more details and to register for a free place. The transatlantic slave trade is often framed as a moral atrocity of the past. Yet both its legacy,...
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The Arab Nahda and the Rise of the “Moroccan Ear” – Talk and Book Launch
6 May - 9 August 2026
You are all warmly invited to the final talk in the AMES Seminar Series 2026 by SALC's very own Dr Samuel Llano, SPLAS. Hosts – Dr Ruth Abou Rached & Dr Ikram Bennai
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