Past events
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Against Definitions - Alana Lentin
13:30 - 15:00 22 April 2025
This is a hybrid event: you can register to join online or in person. If you are attending in person, please join us from 1.15 for tea, coffee and pastries. SUMMARY In my new book, The New Racial Regime: Recalibrations of White Supremacy I build on Cedric J. Robinson’s concept of the racial regime (Robinson 2007), the ensemble of histories,...
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MyEnds: 'Gangs', Violence and Youth: A practitioners' perspective
15:30 - 18:30 28 April 2025
Active Communities Network Event, an insightful evening of discussion at the London School of Economics, bringing together leading professionals who have researched, reported on and worked extensively in the youth sector, alongside frontline practitioners making a real impact in addressing youth violence. At Active Communities Network, along with...
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Third party assisted reproduction: Making connections across borders
12:00 - 28 April 2025
This Morgan Centre Conversation/ConnecteDNA event seeks to make connections in third party assisted reproduction research. It does so in two ways. In part, it aims to bring together scholars from across the globe, contributing social science analysis of current and emerging issues in third party reproduction. And it also seeks to share evidence...
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Cultural dislocation and the politics of recognition - Gary Younge in conversation with Michèle Lamont
15:00 - 17:30 29 April 2025
Creative Manchester and the American Studies Department of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures are delighted to welcome Michèle Lamont, Leverhulme Visiting Professor, for an in-conversation event with Gary Younge, award-winning journalist and Professor of Sociology at The University of Manchester. During this event Professors Michèle...
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Fiction and Research
14:30 - 16:00 14 May 2025
This online seminar is aimed at researchers who are interested in learning about the different ways fiction relates to social science research. Drawing on Becky and Leah's recently published book, Fiction and Research: A Guide to Connecting Stories and Inquiry (2024, Policy Press), we will explore how social science and fiction can work together,...
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Racial health equity and the question of Black (non?)being: Exploring the uses of Afropessimism in approaches to anti-racist health promotion - Tanisha Spratt
13:00 - 14:30 15 May 2025
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Tanisha Spratt from Kings College London shares her research. SUMMARY Afropessimism is a critical framework that is often used to analyse anti-Black violence and its deep entrenchment within systems and structures that perpetuate Black subjugation. By conceptualising Black life as ‘non-life,’ afropessimism examines...
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Alternative Futures and Popular Protest
16 - 18 June 2025
AFPP is an international, cross-disciplinary conference on social movements, protest and cognate topics. It has drawn participants from over 60 countries, whether based in departments of sociology, politics, cultural studies, psychology, economics, history, geography or elsewhere. Discussions are marked by a long-established spirit of collegial...
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The Making of pragmatist feminism in Arab American women cultural productions - Roaa Ali
13:00 - 14:30 19 June 2025
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Dr Roaa Ali (University of Manchester) shares her research. SUMMARY This talk explores the emergence of pragmatist feminism within the cultural productions of Arab American women playwrights, particularly in the context of post-9/11 theatre. In this talk, Ali investigates the complex interplay of feminism, activism,...
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Summer School: Creative Approaches to Qualitative Research
30 June - 2 July 2025
This course offers a hands-on introduction to creative approaches to doing qualitative research. It is designed for researchers and PhD students who already have a background in qualitative research techniques and would like to expand their knowledge to include more creative techniques. The course will engage with various stages of research including...
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