Past events
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Exhibition - Teenage Kicks: Girls growing up in Britain 1956-1974 – Andrea’s Story
13 November - 20 December 2024
This exhibition shares the stories of eight girls, who were teenagers and young women between 1956 and 1974, a time of huge social, economic and cultural change in Britain, based on the research of Professor Penny Tinkler. We will be showing the story of one girl, Andrea, in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor Exhibition Space in November and December...
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Extreme Nationalism in Contemporary Norway: Ideologies, Mobilisation and Activism - Christopher Fardan
15:00 - 16:00 13 November 2024
Christopher Fardan, winner of the inaugural Manchester Jean Monnet Centre Doctoral Thesis Prize, shares his research on extreme nationalism in Norway. All welcome at this online lecture. Zoom Meeting ID : 999 5068 0273
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Mitchell Centre Seminar series
16:00 - 17:30 13 November 2024
Andras Voros University of Birmingham
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Mitchell Centre Seminar series
16:00 - 17:30 20 November 2024
Diana Bociga University of Manchester Exploring the UK's anti-money laundering network: multiple relationships, structural patterns, and brokerage Roles The UK’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regime involves collaboration among national, regional, and local law enforcement agencies, regulators, and the private sector, forming networks to share...
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Global Social Challenges: A Roundtable Discussion
15:30 - 19:00 28 November 2024
Please join us for a roundtable discussion of some of the critical challenges facing the world today, from economic inequalities, over-consumption, migration, an ageing population, technology and work, gender, and pandemics. We will explore these issues - and more - and discuss how sociological perspectives can help us find a path through these...
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Platform Politics: Luke Yates in conversation
18:30 - 20:30 4 December 2024
Join Luke Yates for the launch of his new book 'PLATFORM POLITICS: Corporate Power, Grassroots Movements and the Sharing Economy' at this event organised by Blackwell's bookshop. The ‘sharing economy’, powered by companies like Airbnb, Uber and Deliveroo, promised to revolutionize the way we work and live. But what changes have come about,...
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Research Cafe: Sketching and Illustration as Research Tools
16:00 - 18:00 4 December 2024
Can sketching, graphics and illustration help us to think about research in new ways? How might they transform the ways we think about research data and outputs? Join us for a discussion on sketching, illustration and graphics as tools in academic research. We will invite a panel of artists and researchers to discuss their experiences in creating...
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Teenage Kicks Zine Making Workshop
15:00 - 16:00 4 December 2024
Join us for a zine-making workshop reflecting on experiences of teenage life and young adulthood. This hands-on workshop will allow you to explore your experiences of the highs and lows of teenage life through your own zine. The workshop will respond to the Teenage Kicks - Andrea’s Story Exhibition showing in the Samuel Alexander Class Corridor...
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Leaving being ‘left behind’: itineraries of operation and resistance in a post-industrial English city - Ajmal Hussain
13:00 - 14:30 16 January 2025
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Ajmal Hussain from the University of Warwick shares his research. ‘Left behind’ denotes a particular constituency of otherness, wherein disenchantment with the status quo is a consequence of the economic and material decline that accompanied the disappearance of large-scale industry in the UK. It is a particular...
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Building solidarity: CoDE Early Career Research Network Meeting
12:00 - 17:00 3 February 2025
Connect with other early career researchers of 'race' and ethnicity at this in person meeting of the CoDE Early Career Researcher Network.
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