The box office is now open for the upcoming British Library Open Days. The days explain the practicalities of using the Library and its services – including navigating the physical and online collections. Students are encouraged to choose the event which is of most interest and relevance to their studies, from the following:
The British Library has scheduled a season of Doctoral Open Days in January and February 2020.
Booking is essential and tickets will become available via their Box Office in mid-October. The Open Days are designed for first year PhD students who are new to the British Library. The days explain the practicalities of using the Library and its services – including navigating the physical and online collections. Students are encouraged to choose the event which is of most interest and relevance to their studies, from the following:
ISSUE 6 This bulletin aims to keep postgraduate researchers informed of upcoming courses, events and opportunities in the Bloomsbury area.
In the spotlight – Bloomsbury Festival
What’s new? Voice, Presence and Impact
Book now! June courses available
In the spotlight
Bloomsbury FESTIVAL Taking place over 10 days from 11 – 20 October 2019 across Bloomsbury’s major venues and hidden spaces, the festival aims to amplify creative development in Bloomsbury, give a platform to its emerging talent and create interesting collaborations across arts and science.
For more information visit the Bloomsbury Festival website here
12 June 2019: Conducting sensitive interviewsLSE Sensitive interviews include interviews about emotionally difficult topics or deeply personal issues, interviews with vulnerable populations or research that could have negative consequences for participants.
15 June 2019: Meeting the Challenge of the Part-Time DoctorateUCL An introductory presentation highlighting the aims and objectives of the session will be followed by group work and plenary discussions on specific challenges and solutions.
20 June 2019: Animal Research: Critical, Challenging & Creative ThinkingUCL We will consider how animals are used in research both within the UK and at UCL, as well as the broad spectrum of societal opinions regarding animal use in research and how research is communicated to society.
20 June 2019: Overcoming Writer’s Block for Research StudentsUCL This full-day workshop is designed to provide an awareness of writer’s block for PhD students. It includes strategies to both prevent and unblock.
A friendly and supportive in-house conference, showcasing the work of doctoral students in Birkbeck’s English Department. Organised by students in the 2nd year.
13 June 2019, 1pm-9pm, Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square
Free entry. All are welcome. Refreshments provided.
Keynote (1-2pm) by Anthony Joseph:
A
discussion of Kitch, Dr Joseph’s fictional
biography of the Trinidadian calypso icon
Lord Kitchener (Peepal Press, 2018):
‘Kitch: A
Liminal Life,
A Community of Voices’
Student panels at 2.15pm, 3.45pm, 5.15pm, 7pm
Plenary discussion: 8.15pm-9pm
In a culture that valorises busyness, productivity, pace and “progress”, stillness can be radical. Refusing, ignoring, omitting, not doing; sometimes the most political actions look like doing nothing at all. But who gets to not do? When and how is not doing a politicised, racialised, privileged, resistant or utopian act?
Through conversation, provocation, installation and self-care, we look at unproductivity as an activist practice and the ways in which caring, resting, suspending, pausing and breaking can be re/claimed as political acts by and for everyone, particularly those marginalised by the racial and gender inequalities of neo-liberal capitalism.
As part of this one-day conference, we are invitingpaper proposals/provocations and interdisciplinary submissions from Birkbeck graduate students, early career researchers and individuals from wider academic, creative and activist communities. Alongside paper proposals, we welcome submissions of artworks, shorts films, and proposals for performances and acts of care. Please read the about section before submitting.
