Tuesday 29 March, 11.15 am
What is the place of culture in war, invasion and resistance? What ways can cultural actions and analysis support peace-making in desperate times? A panel of staff and students will reflect on the situation in Ukraine in contexts of wider crises.
Tuesday 29 March, 12.15 pm
An informal and far-ranging discussion of imagery, the internet and possible tactics to explore it.
Tuesday 29 March, 1 pm
Students from the new ßÏßÏÊÓƵ Liberal Arts degree convene speakers from across disciplines at ßÏßÏÊÓƵ and beyond, to examine key topics around the subject of climate change.
Tuesday 29 March, 3.15 pm
Exploring the new visibility of menopausal life and politics, in mainstream, social and countercultural media.
Tuesday 29 March, 4.30 pm
A screening of a new film by ßÏßÏÊÓƵ filmmaker Lizzie Thynne about a female pioneer of UK filmmaking followed by Q&A
Wednesday 30 March, 12 noon
With Zarina Muhammad, one half of irreverent cultural critics The White Pube and focusing on their work as writers, critics, artists and agitators.
Wednesday 30 March, 1 pm
Discussing the media coverage of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and ways in which the representations of these diverse communities can be improved.
Wednesday 30 March, 2 pm
Bringing together ßÏßÏÊÓƵ alumni and academics this conversation will reflect upon their work as activists, curators and archivists in order to explore Black British experiences of access to the countryside, cultural curation and the archiving of history.
Wednesday 30 March, 4 pm
Debating one of the most pressing cultural questions of our time: how we remember and who.
Sunday 8 May
The Social Strike Game is a tabletop group strategy game that’s fun for all the comrades.
Monday 16 May, 7 pm
Convened by Susuana Amoah, the ßÏßÏÊÓƵ Stuart Hall Fellow 2022, this panel will explore some of the imaginative de-colonial strategies used by artists, curators and activists in recent years to address cultural inequity in public art institutions
Wednesday 18 May, 8 pm
I Get Knocked Down (dir Dunstan Bruce & Sophie Robinson, 2021) is the untold story of Leeds-based anarcho-pop band Chumbawamba.
Thursday 26 May, 5.30 pm
As the UK emerged from successive Covid-19 lockdowns, there was a lot talk about the need for a ‘Cultural Recovery’, normally in relation to the re-opening of cultural spaces and, sometimes, a return to business-as-usual.