Events
Sustainability@SEED November meet & greet
Join us for an afternoon of networking and connecting with SEED staff and students interested/working in environmental sustainability. Tea, coffee and cakes will be provided. Please only accept this invitation if you’re planning on attending, to help cut back on food waste.
GDI Lecture: Changing Access Mechanisms to Safe Drinking Water in the West Bank after the Gaza War
The water crisis in the West Bank has evolved beyond the scarcity of natural resources into a deeper crisis of access, distribution, and control. Since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023, Palestinians in the West Bank have faced increasingly difficult conditions in securing safe drinking water, driven by intensified movement restrict..
Geographies of Anticipation: AI growth zones, data centres, and post-industrial futures
Prof. Karen Lai (Department of Geography Durham University). Chair: Chloe Fox-Robertson; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B
GRiEG Seminar: Ecological Islamophobia
The seminar will unveil emerging work on Ecological Islamophobia: Muslim Experiences of Environmental Harm in East London, examining how environmental issues such as poor air quality, contaminated land, polluted spaces and neighbourhood neglect affect Muslim residents in the London Borough of Newham. Working in partnership with the Sisters For..
Trans Awareness Training (Online)
This session provides a conversational, non-judgmental space to increase confidence and familiarity around trans identities and rights, and to learn how to create a positive experience for trans students and staff in higher education. It will cover the basics of trans identities and related terminology alongside practical aspects of trans incl..
Ghost in the Machine: The Battle for the Human Mind
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical f..
Sustainable Consumption Institute Annual Lecture with Kate Pickett
The Good Society – And How We Make it A fairer, healthier, more caring and sustainable society is entirely within our grasp. This talk helps to show us the way. • How do we ensure that everyone has good health and receives the care they need? • How do we provide education that allows every child to flourish? • How do we ensure safe..
The gendered half-life of deindustrialization: Industrial masculinities in East and West German shipbuilding
Dr. Nora Mariella Küttel (Institute for Geography, University of Bremen). Chair: Sarah Marie Hall; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B
Rebellion: A film about the Bradford 12 and the need for self-defence [in person]
Join us for a screening of a powerful new documentary about community action against racism. Followed by director Q&A and drinks reception. In 1981, twelve young Asian men in Bradford faced terrorism charges after defending their community from a violent racist skinhead attack. They made petrol bombs for self-defence. Known as the Bradford 12..
The Spectre of Automation: Robots in the New Jerusalem
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical f..