Seminars, conferences and lectures
Find out about upcoming seminars, conferences and lectures in the School of Education.
2023 Events
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.
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.