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Events for 2013
February 2013
| Date | Name of Event | Type | Organiser | Venue and Time |
| 05-Feb | Dr Sam Coleman, University of Hertfordshire - Qualia and Awareness | RIP Invited Lecture Seminars | Sorin Baiasu | CBA0.060, Chancellor's Building - 6-7.30 pm |
| 06-Feb | Brian Doherty and Graeme Hayes, (Aston University), ‘Criminal Trials of Protest Activists’ | RC4SPIRE Seminar | Brian Doherty | CBA0.003, Chancellor's Building - 4-530 pm |
| 06-Feb | Dr Paul Simpson (Keele University): ‘Street Music and the City: Bodies, Rhythms, and Performing in Public Spaces’ | Keele Music Forum | Nicholas Reyland | Lecture Room, The Clock House - 2 pm |
| 11-Feb | Professor Susan Read - Living in the shadow of grief. Lessons from people with a learning disability | Inaugural Lecture | Keele Marketing Team | Westminster Theatre - 6 pm |
| 12-Feb | Professor Marcia Baron, University of St Andrews/Indiana, Bloomington Reasonableness |
RIP Invited Lecture Seminars | Sorin Baiasu | CBA0.060, Chancellor's Building - 6-7.30 pm |
| 13-Feb | Dr. Poul Rohleder, Anglia Ruskin University - Disability, sexuality and sexual health | Psychological Research Seminar | Alexandra Kent | DH0.31, Dorothy Hodgkin - 1 pm |
| 13-Feb | Professor Tony Jefferson (Professor Emeritus Keele University) - The riots 2011: Another Moral Panic or .... What? | Criminology Research Seminar | Evi Girling | CBA1.102, Chancellor's Building 3.45 pm |
| 13-Feb | Dr. Cinzia Priola, Aston Business School, Aston University - Discrimination in Inclusive Organizations: Silencing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) workers in Italian Social Cooperatives. | COM Seminar | Liz Parsons | CBA1.076, Chancellor's Building - 1-2 pm |
| 13-Feb | Composer Trevor Wishart introduces, performs and discusses his electroacoustic epic, Encounters in the Republic of Heaven | Keele Music Forum | Nicholas Reyland | Lindsay Studio Theatre 2 - 2 pm |
| 13-Feb | Steve Hewitt (University of Birmingham), “Spotted throughout with red”: the Cold War Framing of English-Canadian Women’s Liberation Groups by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’ | DBC Seminar | Tim Lustig | CBA1.023, Chancellor's Building - 2.30 pm |
| 13-Feb | Dr. Dave Lyddon, Honorary Fellow, KMS 'A Historical Perspective on Recent Legal Restrictions on the Right to Strike in the UK' |
Employment Policy and Equalities Seminar | Carole Thornley | DW0.26/0.27, Darwin Building 2-3.30 pm |
| 13-Feb | Dr Leon Moosavi, University of Liverpool - Conversion to Islam and Racism in Muslim Communities | Ethnicities and Migration Research Group Seminar | Natalie Soleiman | CBB2.023, Chancellor's Building - 4-5.30 pm |
| 18-Feb | Professor Tom Obokata - 'International Law on Human Trafficking | Inaugural Lecture | Keele Marketing Team | Westminster Theatre - 6 pm |
| 18-Feb | Nvivo Training | PGR Training Session | Emma Head | PC Lab 3, 10-4.30 pm |
| 19-Feb | Dania Thomas - Valuing a life: a gendered reading of statutory motor vehicle accident compensation' | CLES WIP Seminar | Michael Haley | The Moot Court Room, 4.15 pm |
| 20-Feb | PhD application workshop | Workshop | Ceri Morgan | CM0.12, Claus Moser - 2-3 pm |
| 20-Feb | Andy Dobson - ‘From Deliberative to Dialogic Democracy’ | RC4SPIRE Seminar | Brian Doherty | CBA2.039 - Chancellor's Building - 4-530 pm |
| 20-Feb | Nicola Parsons (University of Sydney) - ‘Resisting the novel: Jane Barker and the politics of form’ | English Research Seminar | Nick Seager | CM0.12, Claus Moser - 3.30 pm |
| 20-Feb | Dr Jane Essex and Joanne Watts - Trialling an indicator of the impact of two library induction models in higher education | Social Policy (Education) seminar | Social Policy (Education) seminar | CBC0.015, Chancellor's Buidling 1-2 pm |
| 25-Feb | Professor Steve Cropper - Reading academic articles and literature reviews | PGR Training Session | Farzana Shain | CBA1.023, Chancellor's Building - 3-5 pm |
| 26-Feb | Professor Geoffrey Scarre, University of Durham - 'Sapient Trouble-tombs'? Archeologists' Moral Responsibilities Towards the Dead | RIP Invited Lecture Seminars | Sorin Baiasu | CBA0.060, Chancellor's Building - 6-7.30 pm |
| 26-Feb | Dr Andi Aresti (Prisoner Education Trust and University of Greenwich) - Convict Criminology (Title to be confirmed) | Crimonology Research Seminar | Evi Girling | CBA0.003, Chancellor's Building - 4 pm |
| 27-Feb | Bulent Gokay - ‘The Political Economy of the Arab Spring’ | RC4SPIRE Seminar | Brian Doherty | CBA2.039 Chancellor's Building - 4-530 pm |
| 27-Feb | Dr Gemma John, Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change, Manchester - Freedom of Information legislation in Scotland | Law Research Seminar | Marie-Andree Jacob | CBC2.028, Chancellor's Building, 4-5.30 pm |
| 27-Feb | Dr. Pamela Qualter, University of Central Lancashire - Loneliness in childhood and adolescents – antecedents and consequences | Psychological Research Seminar | Alexandra Kent | DH0.31, Dorothy Hodgkin - 1 pm |
| 27-Feb | Guy Standing, The Precariat - title to be confirmed | Sociology/ Criminology Seminar | Mark Featherstone | TBC, Chancellor's Building - 4-7 pm |
| 27-Feb | Peter Jackson (Emeritus Professor of Medieval History) - 'Under Infidel Rule: The Conquered Muslims in the 13th-Century Mongol Empire' | Malcolm Crook | CM0.12, Claus Moser - 6 pm | |
| 27-Feb | Ken Mulkearn - 'The public sector and the labour market: the effects of the Government's incomes policy on jobs and pay' | Employment Policy and Equalities Seminar | Carole Thornley | DW0.26/0.27, Darwin Building, 2-4 pm |
| 28-Feb | Applying and contextualising theory: the case of Bakhtin Circle (David Shepherd) |
PGR Training Session | Farzana Shain | tbc |
March 2013
| 01-Mar | Professor David Shepherd - Applying and contextualising theory: the case of the Bakhtin Circle | PGR Training Session | Farzana Shain | CM0.12, Claus Moser - 2-3.30 pm |
| 06-Mar | Tony Bradney - 'The University Law School in 20 Years Time' | WIP Seminar | Michael Haley | CBC1.030, Chancellor's Building, 4 pm |
| 06-Mar | Prof. Shona Bettany, Westminster Business School and Dr. Ben Kerrane, Manchester Business School The material-semiotics of fatherhood: the co-emergence of technology and the contemporary father |
COM Seminar | Liz Parsons | CBA1.080, Chancellor's Building1-2 pm |
| 06-Mar | Dr Philip Thomas (piano, University of Huddersfield) performs and then discusses the challenges of performing: Christopher Fox L’ascenseur (2012), Richard Glover Logical Harmonies (1) (2011), Marc Sabat Nocturne (1996), Martin Arnold Points and Waltzes (2012) |
Keele Music Forum | Nicholas Reyland | The Chapel - 2 pm |
| 06-Mar | Celeste-Marie Bernier (University of Nottingham), ‘Imaging Slavery: The Body, Memory and Representation in an African American and Black British Transatlantic Imaginary’ | DBC Seminar | Tim Lustig | CBA0.013, Chancellor's Building |
| 06-Mar | Dr. Tricia Dawson, Employment Policy and Equalities Research Group, KMS ‘The challenges of field research interviews in hard times’ |
Employment Policy and Equalities Seminar | Carole Thornley | DW0.26/0.27, Darwin Building - 2-3.30 pm |
| 12-Mar | Dr Michelle Montague, University of Bristol - The Intentionality and Phenomenology and Perception (TBC) | RIP Invited Lecture Seminars | Sorin Baiasu | CBA0.060, Chancellor's Building - 6-7.30 pm |
| 13-Mar | James Peacock (Keele University), ‘Before the Bridge: Emily Barton’s Brookland (2006) and the Brooklyn Pastoral’ | DBC Seminar | Tim Lustig | CBB1.030, Chancellor's Building - 2.30 pm |
| 13-Mar | TBC | Sociology/ Criminology Seminar | Mark Featherstone | CBA0.005, Chancellor's Building - 12-1 pm |
| 13-Mar | Prof. Michael Kopelman, King’s College London - Memory disorders (Title to be confirmed) | Psychological Research Seminar | Alexandra Kent | DH0.31, Dorothy Hodgkin - 1 pm |
| 13-Mar | Andy Kesson (University of Kent) - ‘Euph culture: John Lyly's Euphues as early modern celebrity’ | English Research Seminar | Nick Seager | CBA2.017, Chancellor’s Building - 2.15 pm |
| 13-Mar | Colonel David Benest - ‘2 Para in the Falklands: 30 Years On’ In association with Keele Alumni Office | RC4SPIRE | Brian Doherty | CBA2.039 Chancellor's Building - 4-530 pm |
| 13-Mar | Dr Lizzie Seal (University of Sussex) -‘Haunted by the Ghosts: Edith Thompson and Timothy Evans’ | Crimonology Research Seminar | Evi Girling | CBA0.060, Chancellor's Building - 4 pm |
| 13-Mar | Prof. Adam Ockelford (University of Roehampton): ‘The Impact of “Extreme Early Cognitive Environments” (“EECEs”) on the Developing Musicality of Children on the Autism Spectrum’ ?Dr Katherine Finlay (University of Buckingham): ‘Using Music to Enhance Post-operative Recovery and Pain Management |
Keele Music Forum | Nicholas Reyland | Lecture Room, The Clock House - 2 pm |
| 13-Mar | Professor Carole Thornley, Employment Policy and Equalities Research Group, KMS - ‘Women Workers and Austerity: A new research agenda?’ Dr Kim Mather, Employment Policy and Equalities Research Group, KMS - ‘Police work in an age of austerity: reflections from the front line’ |
Employment Policy and Equalities Seminar | Carole Thornley | DW0.26/0.27, Darwin Building - 2-3.30 pm |
| 20-Mar | Dr. Cecilia Cassinger, Essex Business School, University of Essex Draft title: Brands and Violence |
COM Seminar | Liz Parsons | CBA1.023, Chancellor's Building - 1-2 pm |
| 20-Mar | Prof. Emeritus Peter Dickinson (Keele University): ‘Berkeley and Friends’ Michael Bell (piano, Keele University) and Karen Radcliffe (mezzo-soprano, Keele University): Dickinson an ee cummings song cycle, Britten The Poet's Echo (Pushkin), Berkeley Five Poems of W.H. Auden, Dickinson Extravaganzas ? Rebecca Thumpston (Keele University): ‘Hidden Voices: Agential Figures in Britten’s Symphony for Cello and Orchestra’ |
Keele Music Forum | Nicholas Reyland | The Chapel - 2 pm |
| 27-Mar | Véronique Lane (Keele University), French Culture in Postwar American Literature: Kerouac at the Cinema (1945-1965) | DBC Seminar | Tim Lustig | CBB1.030, Chancellor's Building - 2.30 pm |
| 27-Mar | Dr. Flora Cornish, London School of Economics - Psychology in the community (Title to be confirmed) | Psychological Research Seminar | Alexandra Kent | DH0.31, Dorothy Hodgkin - 1 pm |
| 27-Mar | Sherilyn Macgregor - title to be confirmed | RC4SPIRE | Brian Doherty | CBA2.039, Chancellor's Building - 4-530 pm |
| 27-Mar | Lynn Abrams, Glasgow - title to be confirmed | Modern History Research Seminar | Shalini Sharma | CBB0.030, Chancellor's Building - 5.15 pm |
| 27-Mar | Dr. Suzana Grubnic, School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University Title tbc |
COM Seminar | Liz Parsons | CBA1.080, Chancellor's Building - 1-2 pm |
| 27-Mar | Professor Ian Loader (Oxford University) “The purchase of security” |
Crimonology Research Seminar | Evi Girling | CBA0.060, Chancellor's Building 4 pm |
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