Follow the Fascination: Researchers in Residence Opportunity.
Theatre Hullabaloo is a pioneering organisation that that makes, tours and promotes theatre for young audiences (aged 0-16 years old). Based in Darlington they work with working class and other disadvantaged communities to ensure that all children have the right to art. In 2023, Theatre Hullabaloo have received £84,000 in Arts Council England funding to launch a new 3-year partnership with the Institute for Social Justice.
As part of this we are inviting expressions of interest from YSJ academics and PGRs interested in undertaking a funded researcher in residency with Theatre Hullabaloo. This will include £10,000 in funding and can be from any discipline for a project engaging in creativity, young people/families and social justice. The first researcher in residence will take place in autumn 2023, with anticipated further opportunities in 2024 and 2025.
Key dates include:
Find more information and how to apply here: Follow the Fascination - Theatre Hullabaloo Partnership
ISJ Events and conferences
Doing Change: Education for Social Justice - Wednesday 15 March, 6pm to 8:30pm
Doing Change is a celebration of York St John University’s commitment to education for social justice, taking place in the Creative Centre on Wednesday 15 March from 5:00pm. It will incorporate the annual Archbishop of York Lecture in Social Justice and the Eleanor Worthington Exhibition Prize 2022.
The evening will provide the opportunity to engage with screenings, art works, posters and presentations by our students, sharing their engagement with social justice across the arts, humanities and sciences. Together we will explore how education can support our ability to imagine and enact a better and more just future. This will be followed by two student keynote speakers and the Archbishop of York introducing the annual lecture – this year delivered by Fozia Irfan, a director at BBC Children in Need. Book your place via Eventbrite.
Democratising Ethics: perceptions of vulnerability and the possibilities for participatory research - Tuesday 18 April, 1pm to 4pm
A symposium to explore how the supposed vulnerability of participants raises ethical and design challenges for participatory research, sometimes deepening the democratic deficit. Dr Kate Brown, author of the Vulnerability Zeitgeist, will challenge perceptions of vulnerability provoking an afternoon of further discussion.
Contact. c.haineslyon@yorksj.ac.uk
Making Waves: The 3rd Annual Postgraduate Symposium from the Institute for Social Justice - Tuesday 13 June, 1pm to 3pm
Making Waves is a symposium organised by and open to all PG researchers at YSJU researching themes relating to social justice. A call for proposals will be circulated to all PGRs in the spring.
Contact. Alice.little@yorksj.ac.uk
Big Tent Ideas Festival - Saturday 17 June, Dean’s Park
The ISJ will be hosting a panel as part of the Big Tent Ideas festival. Further information to be confirmed. A limited number of free tickets for this event will be made available to YSJ staff and PGRs.
The Republic of Parenthood: New Perspectives on art, writing and caring - Thursday 6 July
This event will include talks, presentations, a round-table discussion and exhibits exploring how artists and writers engage with parenthood and how parents can articulate their experience through creative practice.
Contact: v.corby@yorksj.ac.uk
