The following training opportunities are open to all Arts and Humanities PhD students at Birkbeck.
CHASE Feminist Network Small Project:
Love, Care and Mutual Aid: Resisting State Reliance
and State Violence
06 May – 10 June 2021 |
Online
*Open to women doctoral students only
In light of the state responses to Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry, and more recently, Sarah Everard, and the subsequent (gendered) violence towards protestors and students in the University, this project will provide a space to talk about these experiences which many of us live through and are impacted by vicariously. The project will run once every week consecutively and will be guided by a theme (see below) which will hopefully lend to fruitful discussions of how we can support one another through direct action.
Session 1 | Thursday 6th May 2021|
17:30-19:00
Online Connection:
Introductory Talk, Domestic Violence and Mutual Aid and Networking
Presenter: Baljit Kaur (She/Her – Doctoral Researcher at University of Sussex)
Session 2 | Thursday 13th
May 2021| 17:30-19:00
Decolonising the
University and Beyond | Care, Inclusion and Anti-Racism in Community Projects
Presenter: Nadia Buyse (She/Her – Doctoral Researcher at University of
Sussex, Community Artist and Curator at ONCA).
Session 3 | Thursday
20th May 2021 | 17:30-19:00
State Violence against
Migrants and Refugees and the Hostile Environment | The impact of Covid-19 on
Vulnerable Women and Sex Workers
Presenters: Sam Pointon (She/Her – Doctoral Researcher at the University of
Essex (2022)) and Aimée Lee (She/Her – Social and Housing Care Professional and Activist)
Session 4 | Thursday 27th May 2021 | 17:30-19:00
Consent,
Gender and Early Years Education
Presenter: Dr. Jade Lee (She/Her – CHASE and
SOAS University alumna and Director of Aurora Learning).
Session 5 | Thursday 3rd June 2021|
17:30-19:00
Defund/Abolish the
Police: Resisting State Reliance and State Violence
Presenters: Kate Meakin (She/They – Doctoral
Researcher at the University of Sussex).
Session 6 | Thursday 10th June 2021| 17:30-19:00
Creative Performances/Expressions: Celebrating the Collective
Presenters: Baljit Kaur, Sam Pointon and Dr. Jade Lee.
Coming up in CHASE Essentials
Having a Back Up Plan
Monday 28 June | 14:00-1530 | Online
This 1.5-hour participative workshop from how2glu will help you to identify key outcomes and objectives of your research and map out realistic and achievable alternative routes to achieving them. In this way you will be able to interrogate options and create a ‘back up plan’ should you need one in the future.
Our focus will be on how you could re-plan activities that will achieve those intended outcomes and explore problem-solving skills and flexible approaches that will help you adapt to change.
This workshop is aimed at those at the beginning of their PhD.
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Developing a Plan B
Tuesday 29 June | 1400-1615 | Online
This 2.15-hour participative workshop from how2glu will help you to identify key outcomes and objectives of your research and map out realistic and achievable alternative routes to achieving them. In this way you will be able to interrogate options and create a ‘back up plan’ should you need one in the future.
Our focus will be on how you could re-plan activities that will achieve those intended outcomes and explore problem-solving skills and flexible approaches that will help you adapt to change.
This workshop is designed for doctoral researchers beyond the first year of their study. Not suitable for those who have just started.
See full CHASE Essentials programme
