Nottingham: centre of the LGBT universe

The Rights and Justice Research Priority Area and Nottingham Contemporary present ‘Nottingham: centre of the LGBT universe’. With David Edgley, Nottingham LGBT+ Network and Rainbow Heritage. Part of LGBT History Month.

Tags: David Edgley, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2017, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham LGBT+ Network, people and culture, Rainbow Heritage, Rights and Justice, Rights and Justice RPA

San Junipero screening and Q&A

The Rights and Justice Research Priority Area presents a screening of San Junipero, followed by a Q&A. San Junipero is the fourth episode of the third series of Black Mirror, and aired in 2016. Part of LGBT History Month.

Tags: LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2017, people and culture, Rights and Justice, Rights and Justice RPA

Responding to LGBT hate crime

Join the Rights and Justice Research Priority Area (RPA) for a debate on LGBT hate crime. Lynda Kelly of Nottinghamshire Police will be in discussion with RPA Postgraduate Director Hannah-Rose Murray on the issue of responding to hate crime through policing, community interaction and the concerns thereof.

Tags: Hannah-Rose Murray, hate crime, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2017, Lynda Kelly, Nottinghamshire Police, police, Rights and Justice, Rights and Justice RPA

Intersections: in conversation with the LGBT community in Nottingham

Please join the Rights and Justice Research Priority Area for a discussion on the situation of the LGBT community in Nottingham. Representatives from the Notts Trans Hub, QTIPOC Notts, Outburst, Out in Education, and the LGBT Networks from the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent will all be present to talk about current issues and contemporary events. Part of LGBT History Month.

Tags: community, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2017, LGBT Staff Network, Nottingham Contemporary, Rights and Justice, Rights and Justice RPA, trans

Merchants of Men: How Jihadists and ISIS Turned Kidnapping and Refugee Trafficking into a Multi-Billion Dollar Business

Join us to hear from best-selling author Loretta Napoleoni, whose new book uncovers a disturbing trend in the continuing fallout from the post-9/11 Patriot Act: the massive number of people trafficked to fund terror organizations, which is “historically unprecedented.”

Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, Loretta Napoleoni, Rights and Justice, Rights and Justice RPA, terrorism

Making friends with the enemy – with Jo Berry

In 1984 an IRA bomb killed Jo Berry’s father. Jo met with Patrick Magee, the bomber, after his release from prison. For 16 years, they have travelled the world together spreading a message of peace and understanding.

Tags: Building Bridges for Peace, Jo Berry, justice, rights, Rights and Justice, Rights and Justice Research Priority Area, social sciences, Todd Landman

Celebrate Black History Month 2016

The University of Nottingham is celebrating Black History Month with music, public lectures, open discussion and […]

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Tags: Black and Minority Ethnic, Black History Month, BME, BME Staff Network, Boradway Cinema, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, community, culture, events, film, history, lecture, local, music, New Art Exchange, Nottingham Contemporary, public lecture, Rights and Justice, Rough Trade, Val Watson

Working with primary and secondary schools for research and impact

Do you want to work with primary or secondary schools, either to conduct research or to gain impact? This session will offer practical advice on how to engage with schools for mutual benefit, including school perspectives and examples of good practice.

Tags: Centre for Advanced Studies, children, Children and Childhood Network, education, primary education, Rights and Justice, Rights and Justice Research Priority Area, school, secondary education

Ethnic homelands: contemporary and historical perspectives

Please join the Research Priority Area in Rights and Justice and the Centre for Research in Race and Rights for a panel discussion on ethnic homelands in contemporary and historical perspective.

Tags: Amal Treacher Kabesh, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, culture, race, Research Priority Area, Rights and Justice, RPA, School of Sociology and Social Policy, Teo Todorova

Injustice – a film about the struggle for justice

Please join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights in association with Bright Ideas Nottingham, Embrace, Nottingham Black History Society, and the Nottingham Black Lives Matter chapter for a screening of Injustice (2001).

Tags: America, Black Lives Matter, Bright Ideas, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Embrace in Community, justice, law, Nottingham Black History Society, police, race, Rights and Justice