Events Programme
HCRI has a regular programme of events open to research students, academic colleagues and practitioners from the UK and abroad. This section provides details of future events. For outputs from previous events including film footage, meeting reports, slides, and programmes see Past events.
Joint event with Centre for Global Health Policy (The University of Sussex) Towards an International Political Sociology of Health and Medicine, 11 May 2012 at The University of Sussex, Brighton
With some notable exceptions, the study of health has historically suffered a strange neglect in the field of International Relations. At the same time, studies of the sociology of health and medicine have often not engaged directly with the international political dimensions of heath and medicine. Over the past decade this has begun to change, with the last two years alone witnessing a significant number of new works being published on the topic of health, medicine, and global politics (see, for example, Davies 2010, Elbe 2010, Howell 2011, Rushton & Williams eds. 2011, Weir & Mykhalovskiy 2010, Lee & McInnes forthcoming, etc.). Given this surge of interest in the international political sociology of health and medicine, the workshop will explore new avenues of research emerging in this field and will consider the following questions: What can the study of health and medicine tell us about the workings of international relations, security and global governance. What can an international approach offer in terms of advancing the sociology of health and medicine? What are the most pressing questions now in the study of health and medicine, and what questions arise specifically when they are approached as a matter of international political sociology?
Speakers will include:
• Sara Davies (Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia)
• Lorna Weir (Sociology, York University, Canada)
• Simon Rushton & Colin McInnes (Centre for Health and International Relations, Aberystwyth, UK)
• Alison Howell (Humanitarianism and Conflict Response Institute, Manchester, UK)
• Colleen Bell (Political Science, Brock University, Canada)
• Stefan Elbe (Centre for Global Health Policy, Sussex, UK)
Registration for this event is free, and will be on a first-come-first served basis as spaces are limited.
To register for this event, please contact Laura Dingle at the Centre for Global Health Policy, Sussex, at: globalhealthpolicy@sussex.ac.uk
Joint event with Dept of Social Anthropology Student Masterclass in Biopolitics and Humanitarian Citizenship, 16 May 2012
This masterclass will give PhD and MA students from the department of social
anthropology, HCRI and related fields an opportunity to engage in debate and
discussion with the speakers. Students are expected to have read the
readings listed in the attached programme prior to the event.
Registration is free but the workshop is capped at 30 students. In order to
reserve a place please email Betty-Ann Bristow, HCRI administrator,
HCRI@manchester.ac.uk by 18 April 2012.
Joint event with Dept of Social Anthropology Biopolitics and Humanitarian Citizenship Workshop, 16 & 17 May 2012
The objective of this workshop is to provide an in-depth intellectual exchange
on theory and practice in relation to humanitarian citizenship and forms of
biopolitical control.
The workshop exploits the opportunity of having Professor Steven Robins here in Manchester as a visiting Hallsworth Fellow. A
distinguished scholar in the field, Prof Robins is based in the department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch.
The workshop is a multidisciplinary meeting with scholars from Anthropology (where Professor Robins is based during his fellowship) and from the various disciplines housed within HCRI, namely Political Science, History, Medical Sciences, and Performance Studies.
Those interested in attending the workshop need to register (free of
charge) with Betty-Ann Bristow, HCRI administrator. Please send an
email to HCRI@manchester.ac.uk by 18 April 2012.
HCRI conference: New Frontiers for Peacebuilding: Hybridity, Governance, and Local Agency, 13 - 14 September 2012
This conference inaugurates a new academic journal Peacebuilding, and a new policy-scholar network, the International Association for Peace and Conflict Studies. Registration is £20 for employed academics and free for postgraduate students.
Registration
Registration for this event will be open shortly and accessible via this web page
If you have any queries regrading registration or the conference more broadly please contact the organising committee at hcri@manchester.ac.uk
HCRI conference: Humanitarianism: Past, Present & Future?, 8 - 10 November 2012
While the field of humanitarian studies is growing rapidly, it remains unclear if and in what way the research offered by historians and social scientists enters into the reflections of practitioners and policy makers. This 2.5 day conference will explore the past, present and future of humanitarianism, emphasising links between scholars and practitioners in order to forge better understanding of the humanitarian field. It will provide a platform for mutual reflection by showcasing recent historical and social science scholarship, while also involving practitioners as respondents to such work, so as to better inform both contemporary scholarship and the practice of humanitarian intervention.
See conference website for further details including call for papers and how to register your place.
Joint conference with Islamic Relief: Islam and Conflict Transformation, 24 & 25 January 2013
The conference is jointly organised by the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at the University of Manchester, and the Birmingham based INGO Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW).
Further details to follow.
Please email hcri@manchester.ac.uk to register your interest in attending.