Events
Past Events
Wednesday 19th May, 2021
17:00 BST (note change of time), via Zoom
Dr Deborah Gould (University of California) Passions & Danger in Trump’s Time and After
Through an exploration of crowds, affect, and the political, Deborah Gould's talk considers left activist compositional tasks amid the felt contingency of the current moment.
Wednesday 5th May, 2021
POSTPONED,
Dr Karen Engle (University of Windsor, Canada) and Dr Yoke-Sum Wong (Alberta University of the Arts, Canada), Thinking About Feeling
Dr Karen Engle and Dr Yoke-Sum Wong discuss their recent book project, Feelings of Structure: Explorations in Affect and their project and exhibition, Structures of Anticipation
Wednesday 7th April, 2021
13:00 BST, via Zoom
Dr Nida Kirmani (Lahore University) Playing at the Boundary
Dr Nida Kirmani (Lahore University) discusses a short documentary about fun and feminism in Karachi.
Wednesday 24th March, 2021
13:00-14:00, Zoom (registration required)
Urban Avalanche: Crowds, Cities and Financial Markets (Crowds, Affects, Cities Seminar Series)
To register your interest, please contact one of the convenors: Tiffany Watt Smith (t.k.watt-smith@qmul.ac.uk), Regan Koch (r.koch@gmail.com), and Pen Woods (p.woods@qmul.ac.uk) and we’ll send you the Zoom link.
Wednesday 10th March, 2021
13:00-14:00, Zoom (registration required)
The Crowd and Covid-19 (Crowds, Affects, Cities Seminar Series)
Prof Colin McFarlane, Department of Geography, University of Durham.
Wednesday 10th March 1pm, Zoom
To register your interest, please contact one of the convenors: Tiffany Watt Smith (t.k.watt-smith@qmul.ac.uk), Regan Koch (r.koch@gmail.com), and Pen Woods (p.woods@qmul.ac.uk).
Wednesday 24th February, 2021
13:00-14:00, Zoom (registration required)
Happy Together? The intimate publics of gay liberation in 1970s West Germany (Crowds, Affects, Cities Seminar Series)
‘Happy Together? The intimate publics of gay liberation in 1970s West Germany’
Wednesday 24th February 1pm, Zoom.
This event is part of the 2020-2021 seminar series Crowds Affects, Cities, jointly convened by the Centre for the History of the Emotions and the QMUL City Centre. To register your interest, please contact one of the convenors: Tiffany Watt Smith (t.k.watt-smith@qmul.ac.uk), Regan Koch (r.koch@gmail.com), and Pen Woods (p.woods@qmul.ac.uk).
Wednesday 27th January, 2021
13:00-14:00, Zoom (registration required)
Sound, Knowledge and Space: the reggae sound system as an apparatus for the production of affective intensities (Crowds, Affects, Cities Seminar Series)
"Sound, Knowledge and Space: the reggae sound system as an apparatus for the production affective intensities.”
Professor Julian Henriques, Wednesday 27th January 1pm, Zoom
This event is part of the 2020-2021 seminar series Crowds Affects, Cities, jointly convened by the Centre for the History of the Emotions and the QMUL City Centre. To register your interest, please contact one of the convenors: Tiffany Watt Smith (t.k.watt-smith@qmul.ac.uk), Regan Koch (r.koch@gmail.com), and Pen Woods (p.woods@qmul.ac.uk).
Wednesday 16th December, 2020
20:00-21:00, Zoom (registration required)
Collectivity and Affect in Crisis Times: Dancing in Berlin, 1989-2020 (Crowds, Affects, Cities Seminar Series)
Dr Ben Gook (History, University of Melbourne) - Collectivity and Affect in Crisis Times: Dancing in Berlin, 1989-2020
This event is part of the 2020-2021 seminar series Crowds Affects, Cities, jointly convened by the Centre for the History of the Emotions and the QMUL City Centre. Register your interest by contacting emotions@qmul.ac.uk and we’ll send you the Zoom link.
Wednesday 16th December, 8pm – NOTE DIFFERENT TIME
Wednesday 2nd December, 2020
13:00-14:00, Zoom (registration required)
The State of Unrest: Crowds, Protests, Atmospheres (Crowds, Affects, Cities Seminar Series)
Wednesday 2nd December 1-2pm
Dr Illan Wall (Law, Warwick University) - The State of Unrest: Crowds, Protests, Atmospheres
This event is part of the 2020-2021 seminar series Crowds, Affects, Cities jointly convened by the Centre for the History of the Emotions and The QMUL City Centre.
Register your interest by contacting emotions@qmul.ac.uk and we’ll send you the Zoom link.
Sunday 22nd November, 2020
3-6pm, Online
Sugar, Sugar: The Taste of Colonialism. Poetry vs Colonialism Workshop (Being Human 2020)
It may taste delicious and sweet but how sweet is the history of sugar? Learn about the interlinked histories of slavery, sugar plantations, processing, export and consumption from academic Dr Malcolm Cocks, Dulwich College and the University of the West Indies.
Book your place here
This event is part of the series ‘Poetry Versus Colonialism’ which is part of Being Human Festival 2020.