Liquid children: reflections on the movements forced migrant children towards their ‘best interests’

The University of Nottingham Children and Childhood Network is pleased to announce its 2016 annual lecture to be delivered by Professor Ravi KS Kohli. The lecture will be followed by a reception at Highfield House.

Tags: children, Children and Childhood Annual Lecture, Children and Childhood Network, health, public lecture, Ravi Kohli, Rights and Justice, welfare

Norms, values and morality: the comparative politics of human rights

Please join the Research Priority Area in Rights and Justice at The University of Nottingham for a special lecture by Professor Todd Landman, a world-leading expert on human rights. He will discuss the evolution of the international human rights regime, different kinds of human rights measures, and systematic ways in which to map, explain, and understand the variation in human rights abuse around the world.

Tags: human rights, Research Priority Area, Rights and Justice, RPA, School of Politics and International Relations, social sciences, Todd Landman

Feminist: stories from Women’s Liberation

In celebration of Women’s History Month 2016, please join the Rights and Justice Research Priority Area, the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and the Department of American and Canadian Studies for a screening of the award-winning documentary Feminist: Stories From Women’s Liberation, 1963-1970. Filmmaker Jennifer Lee will introduce the film, and afterwards take questions from the audience.

6.30pm, Wednesday 2 March

Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, feminism, International Women's Day, International Women's Day 2016, Rights and Justice, women, Women's History Month

World-wide welcome? A Nottingham dialogue on women refugees

On International Women’s Day 2016, during Women’s History Month, please join us for a dialogue about the refugee crisis.

6.30pm Tuesday 8 March

Tags: Centre for Conflict Rights and Justice, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Centre for the Study of Global Justice, immigration, International Women's Day, International Women's Day 2016, Nottingham Trent University, refugee, Rights and Justice, Women's History Month

London Spy – screening and Q&A

The BBC2 drama London Spy, starring Ben Whishaw and Edward Holcroft, was one of the most stylish and divisive series of 2015. We’re delighted to welcome writer Tom Rob Smith, writer and producer of London Spy and author of the best-selling novel Child 44, who will talk about the series after a screening of episode 1. Spoiler alert: the talk is likely to include details covering the entire series. Part of our LGBT History Month 2016 celebrations.

Tags: BBC, Broadway Cinema, film, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, Rights and Justice, screening, television, Tom Rob Smith

Celebrate LGBT History Month 2016

February is LGBT History Month, and The University of Nottingham is taking the opportunity to celebrate […]

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Tags: community, culture, equality and diversity, events, gender, human resources, LGBT, LGBT History Month, people and culture, Professional Development, Rights and Justice, sexuality

Mojisola Adebayo: a retrospective presentation

Join the Rights and Justice RPA, University of Nottingham and the Nottingham Writer’s Studio for a unique event which asks, what is the place of the queer artist on the world stage today?

Tags: art, equality and diversity, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, Mojisola Adebayo, Nottingham Writer's Studio, people and culture, performance, Rights and Justice

LGBT rights are human rights

Join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and The University of Nottingham Research Priority Area in Rights and Justice for a discussion focusing on LGBT rights around the world. Part of our LGBT History Month celebrations 2016.

Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Emma Long, Ibtisam Ahmed, Juan Anzola, law, LBET History Month, LGBT, LGBT History Month 2016, politics, rights, Rights and Justice, School of Politics and International Relations, School of Sociology and Social Policy

Hate Crime in Nottingham and beyond

What is the rate of hate crime in Nottingham, and in the UK in general? Why do people avoid reporting it, and what can people within and outside the LGBT community do to spread awareness but also prevent crime? Over the course of the evening, David Edgeley from Rainbow Heritage will discuss how barriers to coming out affect the rate of reporting hate crime, and Sam Hope (an activist on LGBT rights) will focus on their work in campaigning against hate crime in Nottingham.

Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, crime, David Edgeley, equality and diversity, hate crime, law, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, Nottinghamshire Police, people and culture, Rights and Justice, Sam Hope

LGBT Film Festival

Join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and the University’s Research Priority Area in Rights and Justice for a film festival at the Nottingham Contemporary, Saturday 6 February, 11-5pm. Part of our LGBT History Month 2016 celebrations.

Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, fesitval, film, gay and lesbian, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, Nottingham Contemporary, Rights and Justice, trans