No need for nuclear: the renewables are here
CND hosts this one day national conference to discuss how renewable energy can and should replace nuclear energy production. Experts say renewable energy is safer, healthier, more sustainable, quicker and cheaper. Join us to hear the facts. Speakers include: Chris Baugh, Assistant General Secretary, PCS union; Professor Andrew Blowers, Open University; Emeritus Professor Godfrey Boyle, […]
Humane Regeneration
We all know the pattern. We’ve seen it before. We’ve seen it happen in Soho. In Dumbo. In Hoxton. In Shoreditch. Artists and creatives move into a cheap, troubled place and make it vibrant, exciting or just plain interesting. Then as sure as anything, along come developers who bring their cash and make lots of […]
Intersections of Art, Law and Protest
The Art/Law Network is hosting an event as part of the AntiUniversity on 11am-2pm 14 July on the Intersection of Art, Law and Protest. Staged will be an intervention where artists, lawyers and activists, thinkers, collaboratively create objects/images/sounds/performances/expressions on the theme of the workshop, with discussion before and after as to the integral linking of […]
Bodies, Photography & Power
SOLD OUT This workshop combines short practical photography exercises with reflective discussion on the themes: bodies, photography and power. All exercises can be done with any kind of camera (including smartphones). This event is part of Antiuniversity Now
Star and Celebrity Studies Workshop
Famous people: what do they mean, and how are their meanings created? What role do they play in society? What goes into making a celebrity’s image, and who is responsible? This collaborative workshop will give a fun and accessible introduction to the best academic discipline: the study of stars and celebrities! Thinking critically about stars […]
How to: An Evening with Evgeny Kissin: Memoirs and Reflections
Meet the musical wunderkind of our age, pianist Evgeny Kissin. Born in Moscow in 1971, Kissin aged 12 performed both Chopin piano concertos in the Moscow Conservatory, something unattempted since the turn of the century. News of this prodigy of the Soviet state music system spread rapidly outside Russia, and at 17 he was invited […]
Voice Collective: Advanced Working With Voices
About This Workshop: This workshop builds upon the principles explored in our ‘Supporting Children & Young People who Hear Voices’ training, and our ‘Voice Collective Group Facilitation Training’. Using examples drawn from attendee’s prior experience of working with young voice-hearers, the workshop explores the following topics: Developing trust and therapeutic relationships with young people who […]
An Introduction to User/Survivor Research in Mental Health
Trainer: Jayasree Kalathil Jayasree Kalathil is a researcher, writer and activist in mental health with over 15 years of experience. She runs the virtual collective, Survivor Research www.survivor-research.com The slogan ‘nothing about us without us’ is a familiar one to anyone interested in the full and democratic participation of people affected by any given […]
American Carnage: Does Trump threaten the world?
Authoritarian. Narcissist. Sexist. White nationalist. Terribletweeter. These are just some of the epithets hurled at the 45th president of the United States since his shock election victory. Join our panel of experts to uncover what Donald Trump really wants – and how he plans to get it. Will he “make America great again”? Or should […]