Seminars, conferences and lectures
Find out about upcoming seminars, conferences and lectures in the School of Education.
2024 Events
June
Sheffield Literacies and Language Conference: Towards (extra)ordinary literacies and linguistic futures
Friday June 14th - Saturday June 15th, 2024
Further details and booking, please visit the:
2023 Events
December
iHuman Critical Disability Studies Seminar
Wednesday 6 December 2023
12:00 - 2.00 pm, Workroom 2, The Wave (Hybrid)
12 - 12.05
Introductions
Dan Goodley
12.05 - 12.20
Kirsty Liddiard (University of Sheffield) Cripping Breath: Towards a new cultural politics of respiration
Cripping Breath: Towards a new cultural politics of respiration is a new 5 year interdisciplinary programme of research funded by a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award.
12.25 - 12.40
Ellie Cole (UCL)
People with disabilities in Liberia: a legacy of structural violence?
In this presentation I will discuss some initial reflections from my recent PhD fieldwork in Liberia.
12.45 - 1.00
Dr Suzanne Glover (Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance). Transition to adulthood for young people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. “More than Muscle and Movement.”
Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance, hereafter referred to as Pathfinders, is a user-led organisation run by and for people with muscle-weakening conditions. The organisation aims to provide support to its members whilst also undertaking campaign work and research on issues important to the muscle-weakening community.
1.05 - 1.20
Gareth Thomas (Cardiff University) Critical disability studies and Erving Goffman: the (im?)possibilities for convergence
Erving Goffman’s scholarship has been subject to intense scrutiny within disability studies, with some highly critical of his approach and others reflecting on his ideas with more sympathy and appreciation. In this talk, I consider the (im)possibilities for convergence between Goffman’s work and critical disability studies (CDS).
1.20 - 1.40
Questions and discussion
Dan Goodley
Face-to-face: Workroom 2 (The Wave)
Online:
Please note - Online: Google meeting - please note we will be joining here at 12 noon GMT meet.google.com/uwg-unaa-amv
All papers available to follow here:
Disability Matters Online Symposia 2023
4th December 2.00 - 3.15 pm
5th December 8.00 am - 9.15 am
11th December 2.00 - 3.15 pm
12th December 8.00 am - 9.15 am
Disability Matters is a major new pan-national programme of disability, health and science research, funded by The Wellcome Trust.
A key ambition of Disability Matters is to make disability the driving subject of research.
Join us for our first series of Online Symposia, chaired by Professor Dan Goodley. We'll be welcoming 12 different disabled studies presenters from around the world to explore how their work has been transformed by engaging with critical disability studies.
The series will consist of four short sessions (of just over an hour) on 4th, 5th, 11th and 12th of December and are fully online via Zoom.
Everyone is welcome, in any location across the world. You can find more information and book your free ticket at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/disabilitymatters
Any questions please contact disabilitymatters@sheffield.ac.uk
November
Walking and mapping methodologies: creative explorations of people’s relationships with space
Tuesday, 14th November 2023, 12.15pm – 13.45pm
This workshop led by Dr Jessica Bradley and Dr Tim Herrick brings examples from interdisciplinary research in migration as well as participatory arts and pedagogical research in Education. Participants will explore mapping and walking within these projects, why researchers might choose to experiment with these activities, and what knowledge(s) these kinds of approaches bring to understandings of belonging.
For further information, please visit the Walking and mapping methodologies website.
Registration via this form is required for participation. You can join via Zoom as well; you receive the Zoom access link upon registration.
This workshop is part of the FORTHEM Campus course Approaches to Multilingualism developed by contributors of Multilingualism in School and Higher Education Lab.
October
A Century of Iona Opie (1923-2017): Legacy and Inspiration
Wednesday, 25 October, 13:30 - 17:15 BST
Halifax Hall, Endcliffe Vale Road, Sheffield S10 3ER
A free, in-person symposium marking the centenary of celebrated childhood researcher Iona Opie (1923-2017), examining her work as legacy and inspiration.
Organised by the Childhoods and Play project, in association with the University of Sheffield's Contemporary Folklore Research Centre and the Childhoods and Youth Research Cluster in the School of Education.
Further details and to register
September
An exploratory intervention on developing Chinese undergraduates’ motivation towards learning a LOTE and being multilingual: The role of near peer role modelling
An Invited Seminar with Dr. Tianyi Wang.
While interest in the learning of a language other than English (LOTE) has increased, research on how to foster learners’ motivation towards learning a LOTE is still scarce. Underpinned by the L2 Motivational Self System and with a specific focus on ideal LOTE and multilingual selves, this presentation reports on an intervention study which employed near peer role model (NPRM) to construct Chinese undergraduates’ LOTE learning motivation.
Monday, 4th September 2023, 2.15pm – 3.40pm
The Wave, The University of Sheffield (Cornerstone, Ground Floor) or join virtually.
You can sign up for in person or online attendance via eventbrite:
July
Identity and Marginalised Communities Research Cluster and the Centre for Equity and Inclusion
Promoting Anti-Racist and Anti-Disablist Research Cultures Symposium
Wednesday July 12th, 9am - 5pm
This will be a hybrid event, you can attend in person (The Wave, Workroom 2) or online. For further details and to register:
Book your placeBreakfast pastries, refreshments and lunch will be provided.
Contact: Antonios Ktenidis at antonios.ktenidis@sheffield.ac.uk
iHuman Critical Disability Studies Annual Lecture 2023:
(EDI)fying reforms in institutional accountability
Dr Ben Whitburn University of Southampton
In Person event
Tuesday July 11th, 6.00pm – 7:30pm
Venue: The Wave, Faculty of Social Sciences, 2 Whitham Road, Sheffield, S10 2AH
See Eventbrite for full details.
June
Sheffield Literacies and Language Conference:
Forging Hopeful Literacies
Friday June 16th – Saturday June 17th, 2023
Venue: The Wave, Faculty of Social Sciences, 2 Whitham Road, Sheffield, S10 2AH
See website for full details Forging Hopeful Literacies.
Pedagogy and Policy & Knowledge Systems and Practices Research Clusters present:
Resisting the academy - a workshop.
Saturday 10 June 2023. 10am - 3pm.
Venue: The Diamond. Workroom 1, 32 Leavygreave Rd, Broomhall, Sheffield S3 7RD
Are you interested in the topic of resistance within the HE academy?
How do you define resistance?
What does resistance look like to you?
What are the justifications for resistance?
What are you resisting against or for?
Is resistance futile?
Please join us for an interactive workshop where a range of presenters will share their
research, thoughts and experience, and engage in dialogue with attendees around the
notion of resistance.
Lunch and refreshments provided
April
Sheffield Literacies and Language Conference:
Navigating Ethical Research with Children
21st April 2023, 9:45am – 1:00pm
Venue: Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 1 - D05 Mappin Street Sheffield City Centre S1 3JD
Research staff and PhD students who have an interest in conducting research with children are invited to participate in this cross-faculty workshop.
Speakers from different disciplines across the university will be presenting their research and discussing how the ethical challenges they faced were overcome.
The presentations as well as collaborative activities will provide an opportunity to ask questions, share ideas and think more deeply about research with children. Themes will include perceptions of “the child” and how these inform research methodologies, what constitutes informed consent, and how we can be reflexive researchers above and beyond obtaining ethical approval.
The workshop is part of a project funded by the University Research Ethics Committee. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
January
iHuman / School of Education Seminar
Schools as communities of care in neoliberal times:
A decolonial analysis
Date: 18th January 2023
13.30 - 14.30 pm
Location: 9 Mappin Street, Seminar Room G14 (48)
https://www.accessable.co.uk/venues/9-mappin-street
Associate Professor Dr Mónica Peña
Directora Magíster Psicología - Mención Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Attendance is free of charge and open to all.
2022 Events
November
Literacies and Language Research Cluster
Re-emerge? New Parents, Covid-19 and Creativity: Exploring the challenges of parenting during the pandemic
Visit the Festival of Social Sciences website for more details.
Date: Tuesday 1 November 2022
5.30pm
Location: The Art House, Drury Lane, Wakefield WF1 2TE
Attendance is free of charge and open to all.
Contact
Dr Jessica Bradley
October
Literacies and Language Research Cluster and iHuman seminar
Forced migration and resettlement in rural settings: linguistic citizenship
Date: Monday 17th October 2022
12-1.30pm
Location: 215 Jessop Building
Attendance is free of charge and open to all.
Contact
Dr Jessica Bradley
2021 Events
June
Masculinity, violence, and young people’s worlds
Date: Monday 14th June 2021
12-1.30pm
Location: Online Event
Chair: Carolyn Leary
May
Young people’s experience of online conflict
Date: Monday 10th May 2021
12.00 - 1.00pm
Location: Online Event
Attendance is free of charge and open to all.
Contact
Dr Tim Herrick
Story and storying in the pandemic: Dismantling official policy
Story and storying in the pandemic: Dismantling official policy and “stuff” for children’s literacy learning withStavroula Kontovourki
Date: Friday 7 May
16:00 – 17:30 BST
Location: Online Event
Attendance is free of charge and open to all.
Contact
April
Telling Stories about Black Lives in the Twenty-First Century
Telling Stories about Black Lives in the Twenty-First Century: The Affordances of Fantasy and Virtual Reality for Racial Literacies
Date: Friday 23 April
16:00 – 17:30 GMT
Location: Online Event
Attendance is free of charge and open to all.
Contact
March
We read, we write: Reconsidering reading writing relationships
We read, we write: Reconsidering reading writing relationships in primary school children - Dr Lucy Taylor
Date: Friday 12 March
16:00 – 17:30 GMT
Location: Online Event
Attendance is free of charge and open to all.
Contact
2020 Events
March
Literacies & Multilingual Digital Storytelling Research Seminar
Literacies & Multilingual Digital Storytelling - Vicky Macleroy
Date TBC
Information Commons, 44 Leavygreave Road, Broomhall, S3 7RD
Attendance is free of charge and open to all. Light refreshments will be provided.
Contact
March
iHuman: Research and Scholarship Development Programme 2020
Understanding the Academic Career Pathways and Applying for Promotion
25th March 2020
12:00 -13:30
Elmfield Building, Lecture Theatre 01
Suitable for PhD students nearing completion.
Contact
April
iHuman: Research and Scholarship Development Programme 2020
Wellcome Trust’s future strategy & funding opportunities
21st April 2020
14:00 -15.30
Diamond Building Lecture Theatre 8
Suitable for PhD students nearing completion.
Contact
May
iHuman: Research and Scholarship Development Programme 2020
Meet the Editors: Writing for Journals
27th May 2020
14:00 -16:00
Diamond Building Lecture Theatre 8
Suitable for PhD students nearing completion.
Contact
June
iHuman: Research and Scholarship Development Programme 2020
Using social media to promote research: engagement, networking and impact
10th June 2020
12:00-13:30
Diamond Building Lecture Theatre 9
Suitable for PhD students nearing completion.