Join Head of Law, Caroline Fournet and Mark Drumbl for a discussion which will reimagine what an atrocity means, consider how law translates sensory experience into its procedures and institutions, and reconsider what drives the manufacture of law. bit.ly/487zqwI

Queering Black Churches 🗓️7/11/24 🕒3-5pm 📍Knightly & online Join SCI & EXCEPT in welcoming Dr Brandon Thomas Crowley (Harvard) to the University as he examines and challenges the heteronormativity of black churches. Register here: bit.ly/3Y5yMeo

SCI & EXCEPT invite PGRs postdocs, ECRs and scholars of colours to a networking lunch with Dr Brandon Thomas Crowley (Harvard) to celebrate Black History Month 2024 🗓️7/11/24 🕐1-2:30pm 📍Knightley Register: bit.ly/3BLvm9k Travel bursaries available!

📢University of Exeter staff and PGRs- know a PGR who has supported and improved the experience of other PGRs? Show your appreciation by nominating them for The Dean of PGR’s Commendation for PGR Academic Citizenship!🌟Closes 15 Nov- full info & nomination form 👇tinyurl.com/mr43brpp

The deadline for our Seed Corn Fund 2024/25 is approaching! Be sure to submit your application by 12pm Monday 24th November For more info visit our web page: exeter.ac.uk/research/insti…

📢SCI Funded Research Opportunities SCI Research Fellowship - max 3 months teaching replacement & £2K research allowance SCI Research Associateship - £2K research allowance in conjunction with Research Leave term Application deadlines: 24 Feb Learn more bit.ly/4fNzaF2

Such a privilege to have a week of inspiring conversations with Nivedita Menon, one of India’s leading feminist political thinkers (Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) School of International Studies), as part of the The Societies & Cultures Institute (SCI) Visiting Professor programme!

This was followed by Prof Menon's first keynote at Streatham (Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences) on 'Secularism as Misdirection: Critical Thought from the Global South' which shaped important conversations about secularism, caste, capitalism, and patriarchy.

Join Dr Semih Celik as he kicks off the SCI Project Showcase series by discussing his work on exploring & digitizing the first Ottoman Natural History Museum. This seminar series celebrates the innovative research we have supported! Details & register: bit.ly/4hMl73V

Join us for this first seminar in our SCI Project Showcase series! Dr Semih Celik discusses his SCI-funded project 'Exploring and Digitizing the First Ottoman Natural History Museum and its Eco-Heritage'. Register & more details: bit.ly/4hMl73V

📢This seminar event will now be online only (via Teams)! Dr Celik presents his findings of his research on the Ottoman Natural History Museum & discusses the significance of reviving its eco-heritage. Don't forget to sign up here to get the Teams link!! bit.ly/4hMl73V

SCI Seed Corn Fund 24/25 Round 2 is open! We are looking to support new & emerging projects that are innovative & interdisciplinary Max value: £2500 Statement of Support from DORI required Deadline: 12pm Weds 30 April 25 Full details & guidance document exeter.ac.uk/research/insti…

Book Launch: Artur Dron', We Were Here Tues 6 May, 5:30-7pm (UK) Join Ukrainian poet and soldier Artur Dron' and his translator, Yuliya Musakovska live from Lviv, with simultaneous in-person event in Exeter and online via Zoom. Details & register: bit.ly/4ctPQS2

University of Exeter news story: Book launch for Artur Dron, "We Were Here", translated by Yuliya Musakovska, 6 May, 5.30pm (UK), live in Exeter, Lviv and simulcast through Zoom. Read more here - registration link in story! bit.ly/4d3a7OV

Sharing highlights from Prof Nivedita Menon’s visit to University of Exeter -an inspiring week of discussions on secularism, gender, and critical thought from South Asia & the Global South. The Societies & Cultures Institute (SCI) UoE Humanities & Social Sciences Cornwall Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences University of Exeter News exeter.ac.uk/research/insti…

Book Launch: Artur Dron', We Were Here Tuesday 6 May, 5:30-7pm DH Seminar Room & Zoom Only a few days to go for this event (details below), which will be simulcast in Lviv, Ukraine! Don't forget to register - either in person or via Zoom! bit.ly/4ctPQS2

SCI Project Showcase Series: Dr Raawiyah Rifath 🕥29/05/25 🗓️10:30-12:00 📍Digital Humanities Room 1 (Hybrid) Brave New World: Sexual and Gender Diversity Asylum under the Shifting Sands of the New Plan for Immigration Register & find out more: bit.ly/43l1z1o

SCI Project Showcase: Dr Enes Unal 🕜13:30-15:00 🗓️29/05/25 📍Digital Humanities Room 1 (Hyrbid) #NetZero Transformation of the National Health Service (NHS) in Polycrisis Register & learn more: bit.ly/43jlmhB

We Are War: On Bearing Witness and Sharing Pain Talk by Olesya Khromeychuk 04/06/25, 4-5pm TS5, Alexander Building, Exeter (hybrid) Dr Olesya Khromeychuk explores the ways in which war transforms language, literature, and those who bear witness. Register: bit.ly/3EAgn3G