TDoR 2016 – Lecture at Canterbury Christ Church University
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Islam & Social Justice – Sheikha Halima Krausen (Hamburg)
Photo Impressions of the INCISE launch
The Intersectional Centre for Inclusion and Social Justice (INCISE), although already active since 1 May, celebrated its official launch on the 14th of October with a lecture by Professor Naomi Goldenberg (Ottawa) with the title Queer Theory Meets Critical Religion. Many people from CCCU, University of Kent, London, and the wider Southeast of England came to listen to the talk, the VC’s (Professor Rama Thirunamachandran) opening address and the Dean of Arts and Humanities’ (Dr Keith McLay) closing remarks. Professor Bee Scherer (Director of INCISE) introduced the keynote speaker.
Professor Rama Thirunamachandran (VC of CCCU), Professor Naomi Goldenberg (Ottawa), Professor Bee Scherer (Director of INCISE) and Professor Tony Lavender (Pro Vice-Chancellor)
Professor Rama Thirunamachandran (VC of CCCU) giving the opening address
Professor Scherer introduces Professor Naomi Goldenberg
Professor Goldenberg answering questions
Professor Goldenberg answering questions
Questions from the audience
Question time after the Keynote by Professor Goldenberg
From left to right: Professor Bee Scherer (Director of INCISE), Professor Rama Thirunamachandran (Vice-Chancellor of CCCU), Professor Naomi Goldenberg (Ottawa University) and Dr Keith McLay (Dean of Arts and Humanities)
Photos by Dr Patrick de Vries
Programme 2016/2017
Download as PDF here
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| 16-Sep | 2:30pm | Professor Rob Hattam (University of South Australia) Research pedagogy in an urban region serving high poverty communities | Lg25 |
| 01-Oct | 6:15pm | Julie Parker – The Platonic Myths – Community Arts & Education | |
| 10-Oct | 10am-3pm | World Mental Health Day Speakers: Yasmin Ishaq (Open Dialogue Specialist), Bee Scherer, Adele Phillips School of Public Health, Midwifery and Social Work/INCISE. More info and registration at here. (photos and video) |
Broadstairs Campus, Main Hall |
| 11-Oct | 5pm | Professor Tom Foster – Enslaved Men and Same-Gender Intimacy and Exploitation – Part of Black history month @CCCU |
Pg09 |
| 14-Oct | 5:30pm | Professor Naomi Goldenberg (Ottawa) – Queer Theory meets Critical Religion – INCISE Launch celebration (PDF/video) | Og46 |
| 15-Oct | 6:15pm | Chris Pike – The Detective, the Shulamite and the Garden of Dreams – Community Arts & Education | |
| 17-Oct | 5pm | Sheikha Halima Krausen (Hamburg) – Islam and Social Justice (PDF/video) – INCISE seminar series: Islam & Social Justice | Lg16 |
| 21-Oct | 1pm | Research Theory Roundtable – Researcher Development Programme | Af33 |
| 29-Oct | 6:15pm | Simon Wilson – John Wood and the Cosmological Vision of Albion – Community Arts & Education | |
| 31-Oct | 5pm | Bojan Koltaj – Žižek on Islam – INCISE seminar series: Islam & Social Justice | Lg16 |
| 03-Nov | 5pm | James Frost – Introduction to Hermeneutics – RDP with INCISE : Theory of Knowledge Series | |
| 10-Nov | 5:30pm | Dr Felicity Callard – Interdisciplinarity as Research Methodology – RDP with INCISE : Theory of Knowledge Series | Pg06 |
| 12-Nov | 5pm | Lucy Wyatt – Psychedelics, Cities and a Question of Origins – Community Arts & Education | |
| 14-Nov | 5pm | Dr Fahid Qurashi – Muslim Radicalisation in Britain – INCISE seminar series: Islam & Social Justice | Lg16 |
| 21-Nov | 5:30pm | INCISE TDoR – Transgender Day of Remembrance (video) | Lg16 |
| 26-Nov | 6:15pm | Livia Sevier – Indian raga, restoring an ancient house – Community Arts & Education | |
| 28-Nov | 5pm | Dr Lynn Revell – Islamophobia – INCISE seminar series: Islam & Social Justice (video) | Lg16 |
| 05-Dec | 5pm | Dr Wim Peumans (University of Witwatersrand)- Queer Muslims in Belgium: Religion, Migration and Sexuality – INCISE seminar series: Islam & Social Justice (video) |
Lg16 |
| 08-Dec | 5pm | Bojan Koltaj – Post Marxism (Zizek) – RDP with INCISE : Theory of Knowledge Series | |
| Postponed | Dr Lynn Revell – Critical Race Theory – RDP with INCISE : Theory of Knowledge Series (New date to be announced) | tba | |
| 20-Jan | 3pm | Julia Moore – Myth Discussion Group: Intuitive Reading (Workshop) | Nt07 |
| 23-Jan | 5pm | Dr Simon Hayhoe (Bath University) – Islamic and Christian Perspectives on Disability – INCISE seminar series: Islam & Social Justice (video) | Lg16 |
| 25-Jan | 5pm | Dr Leo Raznovich – Queering the Caymans: QP7, Law and Progress – INCISE Public lecture (video) | Og46 |
| 01-Feb | 3pm | James Frost – Research seminar: ‘Re-sacralising the Tarot’ (Discussion) | |
| 01-Feb | 5pm | Dr Cathy Cantwell – Reflections on Tibetan Tantric Rituals Connected with Healing (video) | Og46 |
| 02-Feb | 5:30pm | Dr Jennifer Hardes – Biopolitics – RDP with INCISE : Theory of Knowledge Series (video) | Lg48 |
| 06-Feb | 5pm | Dr Tanya Halldórsdóttir – Islam and Gender in Yemen – INCISE seminar series: Islam & Social Justice (video) | Lg16 |
| 16-Feb | 5:30pm | Professor Linden West – Introduction to Psychoanalysis – RDP with INCISE : Theory of Knowledge Series | tba |
| 17-Feb | 3pm | Geoffrey Cornelius – Myth Discussion Group: Discovering the I Ching (Workshop) | The Priory – Garden Room |
| 20-Feb | 5pm | Rami Younes – Perspectives from Syria – INCISE seminar series: Islam & Social Justice (video) | Lg16 |
| 02-Mar | 5:30pm | Professor Bee Scherer – Queer Theory – RDP with INCISE : Theory of Knowledge Series (video) | Lg48 |
| 06-Mar | 5pm | Zulfi Ali – Perspectives from Pakistan – INCISE seminar series: Islam & Social Justice (video) | Lg16 |
| 16-Mar | 10am-4pm | Beneath the Mask: Artists, Archives and A/Gender A day of events, exhibitions and spectacle prompted by Claude Cahun’s exploration of identities and masking. (Sidney Cooper Gallery, in cooperation with INCISE) (Photos and Videos) | Sidney Cooper Gallery |
| 17-May | 5pm | Aleardo Zanghellini Professor of Law and Social Theory at the University of Reading – The personal is political (or why family law needs political philosophy): Religion and transphobia in the courtroom – INCISE IDAHOT lecture (video) | Lg16 |
| 29-Jun to 02-Jul | Critical Suicidology Conference – Call for Papers (photos and videos) | ||
| 6-Jul | 2-3pm | Dr Alexandra Polyzou Post-feminism and sexual health Ideological presuppositions in Greek women’s lifestyle magazines |
INCISE events Oct 2016-Mar 2017: Launch celebration and ‘Islam and Social Justice’ series
INCISE Launch celebration (PDF)
Friday, 14 October 2016
Location – Michael Berry Lecture Theatre, CCCU, North Holmes Campus, Canterbury
| 17:45 | Welcome by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Rama Thirunamachandran |
| 18:00 | Keynote speaker followed by Q&A Professor Naomi Goldenberg (Ottawa) Queer Theory Meets Critical Religion |
| 19:00 | Close by Dr Keith McLay, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
Islam and Social Justice
2016-2017 Lecture/research seminar series
(Mondays, fortnightly, 5-6pm, venue Lg16 (subject to change), CCCU, North Holmes Campus, Canterbury)
| 17 Oct | Sheikha Halima Krausen (Hamburg): Islam and Social Justice | video |
| 31 Oct | Bojan Koltaj: Žižek on Islam | video |
| 14 Nov | Fahid Qurashi: Muslim Radicalisation in Britain | |
| 28 Nov | Lynn Revell: Islamophobia | video |
| 05 Dec | Wim Peumans (University of Witwatersrand) – Queer Muslims in Belgium | video |
| 23 Jan | Simon Hayhoe (Bath University): Islamic and Christian Perspectives on Disability | video |
| 06 Feb | Tanya Halldórsdóttir: Islam and Gender in Yemen | video |
| 20 Feb | Rami Younes: Islam and Social Justice: Perspectives from Syria | video |
| 06 Mar | Zulfi Ali: Islam and Social Justice: Perspectives from Pakistan | video |
Intersectional Centre for Inclusion and Social Justice 