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Our next PUBLIC LIFE seminar brings Dr Mossadeq KHALILI into conversation with Alison Gascoigne, discussing Afghanistan’s cultural heritage, the role of public history, Islamic architecture, and the transition from academic to diplomat. 🎟️13th March, 4pm, online eventbrite.com/e/siah-public-…

New! How we can go beyond metrics when considering Pride in Place? Join the brilliant And Towns team in conversation with Kenneth Gibb CaCHE in the 1st event from Arts and Humanities Research Council Place Programme Policy Brief series 14th March:12:30-1:30 Sign up: ⬇️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/ahrc-place-p…

So proud to see this. This goes a long way in underscoring the why and how R&I funding impacts young people's lives. Well done all involved in LifeLab University of Southampton Mobilising Community Assets Helen Chatterjee The National Centre for Creative Health , and in particular the young participants in the project!

Read the think piece from Neighbouring Data team Nicky Marsh Daniel Ashton Joseph Owen: "Lived experience and decision-making: an applied approach to using, connecting and representing qualitative evidence" And Towns Public Policy|Southampton (PPS) Winchester School of Art ➡️local.gov.uk/topics/culture…

Our new think-piece on lived experience and decision-making for Local Government Association (LGA) is also here! andtowns.co.uk/post/lived-exp…

The UK premiere of The Blue Description Project at developed by Christopher Robert Jones and Liza Sylvestre with Sarah Hayden, represents Derek Jarman's BLUE, and we are very honoured to support it! BFI Friday 8th March 6.15pm whatson.bfi.org.uk/online/default…

On Mon 20 May, join #OliviaLaing & Philip Hoare in conversation as they discuss Laing’s new book, The Garden Against Time, an extraordinary investigation into garden-making and the search for paradise on earth. Followed by an audience Q&A + book signing 👇 bit.ly/TheGardenAgain…

Thanks to the And Towns team Kenneth Gibb and everyone who came along today and engaged with Pride in Place. The Brief can be found ⬇️ and the animation and poem can be found here: andtowns.co.uk/how-proud

'Neoliberal meritocracy figures life as a competition in which anyone can compete and win' From our Keywords section in Issue 243, Jo Littler examines how claims of a level playing field disguise continuing privilege redpepper.org.uk/key-words/key-…

New! How can we better embed multiple histories, cultures&perspectives in heritage strategies? Join @ecraigatkins Historic England ICOMOS-UK & Sheffield&District African Caribbean Community Association at launch of Policy Brief 25 March:1-2 Sign Up ⬇️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/ahrc-place-p…

On #WorldPoetryDay, we're delighted to announce our latest And Towns project-- | Poetry, Policy and Place | This project seeks to activate the resistant purposelessness of poetry for policymaking and place-based research. Read our introduction here: andtowns.co.uk/post/poetry-po…

For the #HeritageAndWellbeing conference with Historic England, SIAH hosted a 'Policy Panel' chaired by Susan Wilkinson, and presented on 'Heritage on the Doorstep as Wellbeing Resource: The Heritage and Wellbeing for NHS Staff Project' Jo Sofaer Prof Bryony Whitmarsh University of Southampton

Please share among your networks and if you know of any interested MA students! Our Parkes MA conference is a great opportunity to get some presentation experience, dissertation feedback, meet other Jewish studies students and explore our archives >>>

GOODLORD - out this June with @RoughTradeBooks roughtradebooks.com/products/goodl…

Very very excited to read this! Poetry and place!

🌃Come and see the beta of the Southampton Cultural Data Observatory in action in our online 'data scenarios' session on 22nd April 12pm! A collaborative initiative in partnership with Southampton Forward and SouthamptonCC to explore the city's cultural sector eventbrite.co.uk/e/southampton-…

Next Monday, learn about the new collaborative initiative to make valuable research and datasets produced as part of the Southampton #CityOfCulture 2025 accessible and available to the wider community! With Daniel Ashton Fraser Sturt Southampton Forward SouthamptonCC - online📊

We - and our democracy - need arts and humanities, says The British Academy Julia Black, to 'understand people, the world and – combined with science subjects – tackle the greatest issues of our time.' And universities need a regulator to help protect them.

Our next SIAH Public Life is with Orit Halpern TU Dresden, in conversation with Ryan Bishop Winchester School of Art on Neo-liberal discussions and artificial intelligence 6th June, 4pm, online OritHalpern.eventbrite.co.uk

👀ICYMI: Joseph Owen & Nicky Marsh on the role poetry can play in place based policy. #Policymaking #KnowledgeExchange wp.me/p4m9em-d7A