MMB PGR Discussion Group: Decolonising migration research: (Not) just a metaphor?

Meeting Room 2, First Floor 1 Priory Road, Bristol

We are pleased to invite you to the final MMB PGR discussion group for this academic year, which will focus on the issue of decolonisation. Building on previous sessions, we will explore what ‘decolonisation’ means in the context of migration research and evaluate the strengths and limitations of existing anti-colonial research agendas.  We are thrilled to have […]

MMB Drinks: ‘What Went Wrong With My Bid?!’

Faculty of Arts Research Space, Room 1.H020, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol

Join us to celebrate all the hard work that has gone into your failed grant applications! We know how much energy and labour are put into developing a bid and the feeling on reading the words ‘We regret to inform you…’. But we are also recycling fans, and there’s always the potential to take your […]

Workshop: ‘Seeing Globalization – Alternative Perspectives on Production Today’

Verdon Smith Room, Royal Fort House, Bristol, United Kingdom

This workshop takes as its starting point that our notions of production are changing. Old assumptions about what makes globalization work are being challenged on many fronts. Some of those areas, such as infrastructures, have already become established fields of enquiry to examine both the material aspect that sustain and support modern life, as well […]

Bordering Bristol: Visuality Workshop

Verdon Smith Room, Royal Fort House, Bristol, United Kingdom

A day-long workshop run by Victoria Hattam (MMB Leverhulme Visiting Professor) and Nariman Massoumi to explore the dynamics of visual fields through the collaborative making of visual essays. REGISTRATION HERE. The workshop will be divided into three parts. Hattam and Massoumi will begin with a brief framing of visuality and bordering in which they will […]

MMB Leverhulme Public Lecture: Victoria Hattam: ‘Seeing Gold: Imagination and Evidence’

G.10 Lecture Theatre, Fry Building, Woodland Road, Bristol

A public lecture by our Leverhulme Visiting Professor Victoria Hattam from The New School for Research, New York. Followed by a drinks reception. Chair: Professor Phil Taylor, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Enterprise. Discussant: Professor Bridget Anderson, Professor of Migration, Mobilities and Citizenship and Director of Migration Mobilities Bristol. Further details and a link to […]