Events Programme

Bookfest - a celebration of all books published in Arts and Social Sciences in 2011

The Centre for Advanced Studies invites all authors from within the faculties of Arts and Social Sciences who have published a book in 2011 to our celebration event, January 25^th 2011 from 3pm at the Staff Club (B2).

The full list of publications for 2011 from both faculties will follow.

Prof Paul Heywood, Prof Stephen Mumford, Prof Pat Thomson

Early Career Fellowships Event

Prof Pat Thomson (CAS Director, ESRC Reviewer)
Paula Gurteen (CAS, Social Sciences)
Lisa McCabe (CAS, Arts & Humanities)

Brompton Bicycles: the story so far

Andrew Ritchie’s lecture launches a programme of events to mark the 125^th anniversary of Raleigh Bicycles in Nottingham. The Jubilee campus of the University of Nottingham, where the lecture will take place, was formerly the site of the Raleigh factory, and continues to be a hub for innovation in the city. A season of community focused events will mark the anniversary.

A Gift Exchange Relationship? Ethical Dilemmas in Research with Vulnerable Migrants

This seminar reflects on key ethical concerns through an exploration of the dilemmas I encountered during qualitative research with Zimbabwean asylum seeking parents in the UK, who were forced apart from their children for a lengthy period of time by immigration law.

The Political Economy of 'Food Security': Beyond Neoliberal Globalism and the Loss of Sovereignty

European Consortium
for Humanities Institutes & Centres (ECHIC)

Sally Bowden
represented CAS at the Founding Conference, and can be contacted
for programme details.

Towards Pervasive Media Showcase Event

As this project moved towards successful completion, the EPSRC-funded Towards
Pervasive Media project team held a showcase event, highlighting the research supported within the project and exploring in greater detail some of the emerging ideas.
For project progress please visit:
http://towardspervasivemedia.ning.com/

This master class is for academics in the Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities intending to apply for research grants. 

This workshop will explore the outcomes of the cross disciplinary approach taken in the PMG project and consider the mechanisms used during the programme. Award holders will feed back on their experiences and a chaired discussion will conclude the event.

Popular Entertainment and the Limits of Realism: Howells and James in Barnum's America

Maximising the impact of your research: media engagement

Tim Utton, Deputy Director of Communications, University of Nottingham 

Repatriate the Unwanted: the EU's Political Conditionality and Minority Refugee Return to Western Balkans

A one-day symposium at the University of Nottingham. Keynote Speaker: Professor Susannah Radstone, University of East London

CAS Annual Lecture:
Media Futures, Media Pasts

This lecture will ask how recent social and technological changes, such as ever-faster network speeds and possibilities of aggregating participation, have helped to recontextualize established media forms, enabled the transformation of hierarchies of power and taste, and challenged existing analytic paradigms. How might the study of media, rooted in humanities, arts and social science traditions, respond to the pace of change in media technology and cultural practices? And in those responses, might we find the seeds of change for the humanities, contributing back to the traditions that gave our study form?

Priority Groups Launch Event: Integrating Global Society and Science, Technology and Society

To launch the University’s two priority groups with a focus in the social sciences, Vice-Chancellor Professor David Greenaway introduced a special lecture by Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator and Associate Editor, The Financial Times, ‘Does Globalisation Still Work?’

Further information on the IGS and STS priority groups can be downloaded here. 

Designing a production: the art and craft of Production Design

A workshop on the art and craft of production design with Tom Walsh, President of the Art Directors’ Guild of America. Following the presentation Tom will invite colleagues in the School to debate the challenges and opportunities facing production design.

Organised by the Department of Culture, Film and Media at the University of Nottingham  in collaboration with the Centre for Advanced Studies.

Sandpit: Research opportunities for the Film & TV industry and academia

A unique opportunity to faciliate the generation of research ideas and identify ways of building on existing research and partnerships with industry. 

Organised by the Department of Culture, Film and Media at the University of Nottingham  in conjunction with the Centre for Advanced Studies.

A debate on the challenges and opportunities facing the cultural industries.

Organised by the University of Nottingham Institutes for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI) in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Film and Media and the Centre for Advanced Studies.

Best practice in writing AHRC grant applications: for mentors and reviewers

A session offering good practice advice from experienced AHRC panel members, in the development of external research applications.  The event will also include small “mock panel” discussion groups to consider prepared sample applications. 

A presentation from the Head of Research Awards at the British Academy, Dr Ken Emond, followed by one to one consultations for potential applicants who want to discuss their applications in more detail.
A copy of this presentation is available in our workspace events archive.

A welcome event for new academics and researchers within the faculties of Arts and Social Sciences. To include information on the remit of the Centre for Advanced Studies and the support offered in building and developing research activity, alongside discussion of the wider research landscape, interdisciplinary networks and funding opportunities.
Presentations are available via our workspace events archive.

Visiting the theme of the Museum 

Two sessions:
‘The Future of the Past: Museums and the Historical Claim’

‘What’s new about the new museology’

Prof Joy Kasson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Visiting Scholar, Institute of North American Studies, King’s College London

Digital Humanities Network Symposium Event

Joanna Robinson, 'Local mapping/distant reading: digital transformations of cultural heritage’
Dr Holger Schnädelbach discussing urban explorations 

Andrew White, Associate Professor of Creative Industries and Digital Media , Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UNNC ‘The development of the creative industries in China’

Left out – myths and perceptions of council estate life – Being St Ann’s

A visit to inform academics and research staff on impact requirements; academics who are potential applicants are encouraged to attend.

Powerpoints available here.

Guidance on the opportunities and support available to assist with applications to maximise success.
Marie Curie Actions are open to researchers of all ages and levels of experience, and in many cases regardless of nationality.
Powerpoints of the event are available here.

Speakers:
Matt Rackley,
BDE: Europe
Liz French, EU administrator
Martin Pickard, Grantcraft

Funded by Government organisations led by the Technology Strategy Board, the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Programme: http://www.ktponline.org.uk
is a UK-wide initiative to encourage business/ knowledge base collaborations. In addition to helping organisations to improve their competitiveness and/or productivity through the use of the knowledge that resides within academic institutions, KTPs also help to increase the business relevance of knowledge base research and teaching.
Download powerpoints here.

Mad from Text to Screen:
The Three Faces of Eve , The Snake Pit and Lizzie

"Main Street, Carolina": Digital Tools for Cultural Heritage, from Professor Robert Allen, James Logan Godfrey Professor of American Studies, History and Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina

This seminar will primarily consider impact for ESRC grant applications, but the techniques for achieving impact are relevant to other funders too. Two academic colleagues will talk about the impact of their research, one whose research is fairly theoretical and the second whose research is more empirical.
We will consider the ERSC Strategic Plan 2009-2014 and the implications for research and how to tailor impact to meet ESRC criteria.  Then we’ll look at the techniques you can use to maximise impact for academic beneficiaries and society generally.
Presentations available here.

Grant applications and research methods

Many discussions and arguments about research methods assume that qualitative research is soft, unlike quantitative methods which are more scientific and would provide better chances of success for a research grant application.  Or would mixed methods be even better?
A seminar on improving research methods in academic research applications.

A workshop to discuss influence of the 2012 FP7 Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Indicative Strategic Research Roadmap 2011-2013 work programme. 

'Towards Reciprocal Exchanges with the Other(s)'

A public lecture by Professor Luce Irigaray, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
Professor Irigaray is a distinguished professor of Linguistics, Psychoanalysis and Philosophy, whose groundbreaking work in the field of gender has had an enormous global impact. Her publications have been translated into many languages. Followed by a booksigning session by Professor Irigaray.

A public lecture by Professor Toril Moi, James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University, USA. A podcast of this lecture is available to download here, and the accompanying presentations may be downloaded here.

Mental Health Services in Andalusia
A seminar from Dr Javier Saavedra, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Seville

Narratives, Identity Construction and Recovery in patients with serious mental disorders, a seminar from Dr Javier Saavedra, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Seville

Examining Posttraumatic Symptoms and Growth in Iraqi samples, and developing a self-help guide: a pathway to future studies in Iraq
A seminar presented by Professor Dr Abdulgaffar Al-Qaysi, Saad Jaber, Dr Nigel Hunt, Dr Rachel Sabin-Farrell and Professor Stephen Joseph.

Narrative analysis as methodology in mental health, a semianr from Dr Javier Saavedra, University of Sevilla, Spain

Highfields seminar, in conjunction with Department of American and Canadian Studies, Art History and Nottingham Contemporary

Resemblances and Relationships I: Art and Literature, Art History and Literary History - Research seminar from Professor Alexander Nemerov, History of Art and American Studies, Yale University.
Chaired by Mark Rawlinson.

Highfields lecture, in conjunction with the
Department of American and Canadian Studies, Art History and Nottingham Contemporary

Diane Arbus and Howard Nemerov – A Resemblance, a public lecture at Nottingham Contemporary, from Professor Alexander Nemerov, History of Art and American Studies, Yale University.

Highfields seminar, in conjunction with the Department of American and Canadian Studies, Art History and Nottingham Contemporary

Resemblances and Relationships II: Diane Arbus and Howard Nemerov, Photography and Poetry, Word and Image - Research seminar from Professor Alexander Nemerov, History of Art and American Studies, Yale University.
Chaired by John Fagg.

Information and a Q&A session for academics interested in research funding opportunities focused on research-led knowledge transfer schemes. Ideal for academics considering developing a collaborative project and wanting to know what schemes are available and which scheme might best fit.
Presentations available here.

This event is aimed at helping academics formulate impact statements and plans as part of their research applications.  
Academics from the Schools of History and Modern Languages and Cultures  will talk on their experience of writing impact into their recent AHRC applications. The Arts and Humanities Team from CAS  will follow with an overview of different approaches that can be taken with specific reference to the AHRC funding competitions.

Thinking of a career in the Creative Industries? A question and answer session from Feargal Sharkey, Chief Executive Officer of UK Music (and former lead singer with The Undertones) . This event will explore routes into the Creative Industries and demonstrate the value they bring to our economy as a whole.

An Open Presentation on the Wellcome Trust's Strategic Funding Plan 2010-2020 and current funding opportunities in Biomedical Sciences (including New Investigator Awards and Fellowships). Also scheduled:
● Individual Biomedical Science Surgery sessions (a series of 10-minute slots) 
● Workshop on funding opportunities in the Medical Humanities and Biomedical Ethics.

This event will be helpful to all those interested in applying for fellowships and will cover funding types and eligibility, fitting in with funding bodies and UoN agendas and hints and tips from both senior academic staff and successful research fellows on applications and the interview process. 
Presentations available here.

A workshop session with Prof. Rick Rylance, Chief Executive of the AHRC, and Prof. Shearer West, Director of Research at the AHRC, which will focus on the new AHRC programme: Digital Transformation in the Arts and Humanities.