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CMNH Welcomes VRF Andrea Průchová Hrůzová

CMNH is really pleased to welcome Associate Professor, Andrea Průchová Hrůzová, as one of our VRFs this semester. Andrea Pruchova Hruzova Ph.D. is a researcher at the Institute for Contemporary History at the Czech Academy of Sciences and an associate… Continue Reading →

Techne Conflux: Animating the Archive: Co-Constructing Counter-Memories in Landscapes

  Techne Conflux: Rethinking Archival Research, Methods and Practice Techne Conflux: Animating the Archive: Co-Constructing Counter-Memories in Landscapes   Professor Christiane Carri (HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Switzerland and VRF, University of Brighton).  Monday 30 January, 11.00-1.00pm (G4, City Campus, Brighton and online)… Continue Reading →

‘You’re Dead to Me’: Three of our PhD students take Radio 4 research placements

‘You’re Dead to Me’: Three of our PhD students take Radio 4 research placements CMNH PhD students at the University of Brighton took three highly competitive placements for research roles on the popular Radio 4 show. 9 January 2023 CMNH… Continue Reading →

1968 and after: French radical posters and press at the crossroads of new left and ‘counterculture’ .

1968 and after: French radical posters and press at the crossroads of new left and ‘counterculture’ . Manus McGrogan, IS History Group. Independent Scholar. Wednesday 18th January 2023, 5:30 to 7pm. G4, Grand Parade, City Campus. CMNH Seminar Series: Visual culture,… Continue Reading →

Joint CAPPE and CMNH Symposium: CfP – In the Shadow of Eugenic Thinking: Legacies of Eugenics in the UK

Call for Papers – In the Shadow of ‘Eugenic Thinking’: Legacies of Eugenics in the UK   A Joint CAPPE and CMNH one-day Symposium   Now rescheduled for Thursday 13 July 2023 Online   Online and in-person   This symposium… Continue Reading →

CMNH New Co-Director: Dr Ailsa Grant Ferguson

CMNH is delighted to announce that Ailsa Grant Ferguson will be co-leading the Centre with Deborah Madden. Ailsa’s post as co-lead will take place from 3 January 2023. Dr Ailsa Grant Ferguson is a Principal Lecturer in Literature at University… Continue Reading →

Public Lecture: Visiting Research Fellow – Professor Darko Suvin

The Politics of Hope and Indignation – Two Case Studies  Professor Darko Suvin, McGill University Wednesday February 8th, 2.00-4.00pm (Online)   CMNH is delighted to welcome Visiting Research Fellow, Professor Darko Suvin, who will be giving a public lecture and… Continue Reading →

Techne Conflux: Learning from the Black People’s Alliance

Techne Conflux: Rethinking Archival Research, Methods and Practice Learning from the Black People’s Alliance Professor Kirsten Forkert, Birmingham Institute of Media and English (BCU) Thursday 12th January, 10.00-12.00 (G4, City Campus, Brighton and online)   This Techne session welcomes CMNH… Continue Reading →

Techne Conflux: Reading Anticolonial Sources in the Colonial Archive – The Many Migrations of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi

Techne Conflux: Rethinking Archival Research, Methods and Practice   Reading Anticolonial Sources in the Colonial Archive: The Many Migrations of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi Raza Naeem, University of Central Punjab   Wednesday 7th December, 11.00-13.00 (M2 Grand Parade and online)  … Continue Reading →

Spotlight On: Judith Ricketts – Successful Recipient of ESRC Impact Acceleration Account

We’re delighted in being able to congratulate Judith Ricketts on her excellent news of being a successful recipient of ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) via Co-Lab at the University of Sussex. Working as PI and creative artist in residence, Judith… Continue Reading →

Spotlight On: Wellcome Collection Stories – ‘Sorry To Keep You Waiting’ by Dr Ian Williams

Wellcome Collection Stories: Sorry To Keep You Waiting by Dr Ian Williams I was recently commissioned to draw twelve comic strips for the Wellcome Collection, as part of the Stories series on their website. I called the series Sorry To… Continue Reading →

CMNH Welcomes VRF Professor Ahmet Atay

CMNH is really pleased to welcome Professor Ahmet Atay as one of our VRFs this academic year. Ahmet Atay (Ph.D. Southern Illinois University- Carbondale) is Professor of Global Media and Communication Studies at the College of Wooster. His research falls… Continue Reading →

Oral History and Activism Workshop: Activists of the ‘Long Sixties’ and the Politics of Memory

Oral History and Activism Workshop: Activists of the ‘Long Sixties’ and the politics of memory   Dr Manus McGrogan, Visiting Research Fellow Monday 23 January, 1.00pm, Grand Parade, G4, City Campus  Attendance also Online Please not the date change of… Continue Reading →

Co-constructing Memory in our Landscapes: Technologies

Co-constructing Memory in our Landscapes: Technologies Thursday 8 December 14:00 – 17:00 Room M2 (Boardroom), Grand Parade, University of Brighton, BN2 0JY   In association with the following University of Brighton CORES: Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories Centre for… Continue Reading →

Techne Doctoral Training Partnership (AHRC) Open Call

Techne Doctoral Training Partnership (AHRC) Open Call This University of Brighton open call for AHRC-funded Techne studentships for October 2023 is accepting applications until 03 January 2023.  We are looking for motivated and engaged individuals to study across our thematic… Continue Reading →

CMNH Seminar: Visualizing the Past: Postcolonial and Diasporic Memories Through Photography

Ahmet Atay, Professor, Department of Communication, College of Wooster  Wednesday 14 December, 2022 at 5.30-7.00pm, G4, City Campus, University of Brighton. Please note the date change. Online via Zoom – joining instructions will be emailed. As a media and cultural… Continue Reading →

Woman, Life, Freedom: CMNH Stands in Solidarity with Women and Protesters in Iran

Please note there is sensitive and upsetting information in this blogpost. Woman, Life, Freedom: CMNH Stands in Solidarity with Women and Protesters in Iran. CMNH stands in solidarity with those who speak out about the injustices occurring in Iran and… Continue Reading →

Unseen Brighton: Launch of New Blogsite

Recovering the hidden multicultural history of the University of Brighton and its forerunner institutions This collaborative archival project aims to recover the hidden presence and experience of Black and Asian people, as well as other racialised ethnic minorities – both… Continue Reading →

INTERNATIONAL CALL TO CONVERT BARCELONA NATIONAL POLICE PREFECTURE INTO A SITE OF MEMORY

INTERNATIONAL CALL TO CONVERT BARCELONA NATIONAL POLICEPREFECTURE INTO A SITE OF MEMORY   The Barcelona National Police Prefecture, run by Spain’s Ministry of the Interior, locatedin the centre of the city, has a special significance for having been the main… Continue Reading →

CMNH Welcomes VRF Dr Manus McGrogan

CMNH is really pleased to welcome Dr Manus McGrogan, historian, researcher, oral historian and political activist. Manus will be facilitating two oral history workshops that draw on his research and activism, as well as presenting a paper at the Centre’s… Continue Reading →

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