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Haters gonna hate, hate, hate? Taylor Swift’s Deleuzean repetition and affirmation of love

This lecture offers an interpretation of Taylor Swift’s music through the theme of ‘repetition’, and using Swift’s work to introduce Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of repetition and difference. Part of the Popular Culture Lecture Series.

Tags: culture, Department of Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King-Ho Leung, music, philosophy, pop culture, Popular Culture Lecture Series, public lecture, Taylor Swift

Am I the only person on the team who’s straight? Queer voices in Young Avengers

The politics of LGBTQ+ discourse has had a significant paradigm shift over the last few decades. With this change has come a deeper critique of queer representation and a focus towards intersectionality, with the goal of understanding notions of multiple identities and forms of oppression. Using the characters of Marvel’s Young Avengers as reference points, Ibtisam Ahmed (School of Politics and International Relations) proposes to examine four distinct questions of intersectionality currently facing the queer community.

Tags: comics, culture, Ibtisam Ahmed, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, lieterature, popular culture, Popular Culture Lecture Series

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

Upendo – film, discussion, performance

Join us for Upendo, an afternoon of film, discussion and performance exploring the LGBTQ community in Africa and its diaspora and issues of human rights, religion and philosophy. Part of our LGBT History Month 2016 celebrations.

Tags: Africa, culture, equality and diversity, film, Film Audience Network, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, Nottingham City Council, people and culture, screening, Stella Vision

Breakfast on Pluto – screening and Q&A

Join us for a screening of the 2005 comedy-drama Breakfast on Pluto, written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Cillian Murphy. The screening will also include an introduction and a Q&A session. Part of our LGBT History Month 2016 celebrations.

Tags: culture, equality and diversity, film, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, people and culture, screening, trans

Underground resistance – afrofuturism and the technonarrative of blackness

Patrick Henderson, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, gives this lecture on ‘Underground resistance – afrofuturism and the technonarrative of blackness’.

Tags: american, culture, music, Patrick Henderson, popular culture, Populat Culture Lecture Series, race, School of Cultures Languages and Area Studies

Being Human 2015: A Festival of the Humanities

The Being Human Festival returns in 2015, showcasing the role that the humanities have in the cultural, intellectual, political and social life in the UK. This year’s Nottinghamshire theme is ‘Creative City’. The University of Nottingham, working with a range of external partners in the East Midlands, will hold a series of events focused on the city of Nottingham as a creative space and source of inspiration.

Tags: Being Human, Being Human Festival, community, culture, local, Nottingham, performance, poetry