Human rights lawyer Dexter Dias KC, survivor ambassador and campaigner, Payzee Mahmod, Dr Hannah Baumeister from LJMU and other guests discuss culture, HBA and the legal system, what the justice system has achieved and what needs to change.
If you have any accessibility requirements, please contact nikki@saverauk.co.uk at least one week in advance of the event, so we can facilitate your needs.
The event will be held in rooms UG16 and UG17.
This event is delivered by Savera UK in partnership with LJMU.
Savera UK is hosting a free online ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and Harmful Practice Awareness Session as part of it’s “Culture Is Beautiful: No Excuse for Abuse” campaign during the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence and abuse (25th November – 10th December 2023).
Savera UK is a leading charity working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and other harmful practices, including forced marriage, female genital mutilation, hymenoplasty, virginity testing and conversion therapy.
‘Savera’ means ‘new beginning’ in Hindi, which is symbolic of what we provide for survivors and those at risk of HBA and harmful practices, regardless of age, culture, sexuality, gender, or ethnicity
Places are free but registration is essential.
If you have any accessibility requirements, please contact info@saverauk.co.uk at least one week in advance of the event, so we can facilitate your needs.
Watched by millions on the BBC, the annual Christmas Lectures are a firm family favourite broadcast during the festive season.
Confirmation of World Museum as one of 16 livestream partners has been announced, and means that Liverpool’s science lovers, and anyone who’s just curious about the world around them, will be able to experience first-hand the magic of the world’s longest-running science lecture series.
Filming of the 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURES will be livestreamed from the Royal Institution’s iconic theatre on 12, 14 and 16 December. The Lectures will be broadcast on BBC national television and iPlayer between Christmas and New Year.
The 2023 Christmas Lecturer and the Lectures topic will be announced by the Ri in late August.
Wirral Society of the Blind and Partially Sighted present their exhibition “Vision Through Art“.
On Thursday 9th November 11am-12:30pm artists and WSBPS staff will be in the exhibition to showcase the work, explain the impact of sight loss on the perspective shown in the pieces, and demonstrate some of these eye conditions with simulation glasses. Free, drop-in.
This is a display of multimedia artwork produced by visually impaired people. Their expression through the senses demonstrates how the world is seen from the perspective of sight loss.
The artwork has been produced by members of the Society’s arts, crafts and pottery groups who have a range of eye conditions, including macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma and cataracts.
Bernice will open their retrospective exhibition with an artist talk with Q&A and reception.
Bernice Mulenga is a British -Congolese photographer with a distinct aptitude for archiving, documenting and interrogating the world around them. Mulenga’s work centres on their communities- Black queer global and local, Black British, London nightlife- and the experiences within them—most notably in their ongoing photo series #friendsonfilm.
Their work also explores reoccurring themes surrounding identity, sexuality, grief, darkness and family. Their work continues to influence the development of queer aesthetics and documentation of LGBTQIA community.
Part of Homotopia 2023, see here for full listings
25 years ago, The Belfast Agreement was signed. It had taken 25 years to get from the Sunngingdale Agreement to this peace settlement.
The new accord was built on self-determinism and parity of esteem and would become known as The Good Friday Agreement. Signed between two governments and 8 political parties, how did this political behemoth affect those who had to live within its terms? What would the cultural memory and legacy of this defining document be?
Moya Cannon – Irish poet
Michelle Lenehan – Multidisciplinary Artist, Music Producer, and singer-songwriter
Stephen Sexton – poet, and Lecturer, Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University, Belfast
Greg Quiery – Liverpool-based poet and historian originally from County Down
This event is part of Liverpool Irish Festival, please go to https://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/ for a full listing of this year’s events.
The Institute of Irish Studies is thankful to the Consulate General of Ireland (Manchester) for supporting this event.
The Annual Seamus Heaney Lecture 2023, organised by the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, in association with The Estate of Seamus Heaney, will be delivered by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, acclaimed astrophysicist from Northern Ireland, past president of the Royal Astronomical Society and past president of the Institute of Physics.
The evening will open with a reading of Seamus Heaney poems by Liverpool-born actor Paul McGann (Withnail and I, Doctor Who) and will conclude with refreshments.
Seamus Heaney was born and raised in County Derry. Death of a Naturalist, his first collection of poems, appeared in 1966 and was followed by poetry, translations and criticism which established him as one of the leading poets of his generation. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past”. Seamus Heaney died in 2013.
This exhibition displays a selection of the resulting photographs, alongside this personal testimony.
With Outsiders, Davenant aimed to capture a snapshot of homelessness in modern Britain over a six year period. The project was done in partnership with the charity Shelter and included environmental portraiture together with personal testimony from participants. The national project covered locations in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Brighton, Kent, Hertfordshire and Norwich.
Friday 8th December, 6pm: Artist Talk with Marc Davenant. Free, book on Tickets Wirral
Williamson Art Gallery and Museum are proud to host the launch of the New Light Prize exhibition 23/24.
Established in 2010, the New Light charity celebrates and promotes Northern art, supporting both well-known and emerging artists by offering some of the region’s best awards and opportunities with the biennial New Light Prize Exhibition. It provides Northern artists with an unparalleled platform to showcase their work and reach new audiences.
The New Light Prize exhibition tour 23/24 begins with this show at the Williamson, open 30th September – 22nd December 2023. Free entry, check our Visit Us page for full visiting information.
Following its time at the Williamson the Prize exhibition will tour to London’s Bankside Gallery, The Gallery at Rheged in Penrith, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle and finish at The Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate on 31st December 2024.
‘Unlocking New Light Art’ exhibition tour & talk with Sara Riccardi. FREE but places limited.
Each year DaDa present our Edward Rushton Social Justice Lecture on the United Nations International Day for People with Disabilities (3rd December) to keep alive the passion and fire demonstrated by Rushton, a Liverpool poet, activist, abolitionist and disabled man.
This year we are thrilled to announce that we have secured a fantastic and insightful keynote speaker for the event, Ashokkumar D Mistry, who will be exploring ‘Reclaiming Nonchalance’ the value of disabled lives, particularly exploring the value of the lives of disabled children and young people.
This is a live in person event that will be BSL interpreted.
Exploring ‘Reclaiming Nonchalance’
Reclaiming Nonchalance is an invitation to activate ambition through the self-care of actively thinking beyond other people’s expectations. The lecture will dissect artworld mechanics and interrogate how Deaf Disabled and Neurodivergent artists are valued.
“We don’t want to have to be activists – however, it’s existential – instead, do we not want disabled artists to be able to make art that doesn’t exist to be worthy but ploughs its own course and the nonchalance of its substance is taken at face value”.
Limited by expectations we are subject to ‘playing-to-the-gallery’ dynamics. Living beyond peoples’ expectations activates our own ambition and forces an understanding through genuine interaction. In this year’s Edward Rushton Lecture, Ashokkumar Mistry addresses the mechanisms for valuing people, valuing everyone.
