Events
GDI Lecture: The War on Gaza: Historical Context and Future Possibilities
Israeli and Western officials deal with events of October 7 as an isolated incident of violence and as animosity against Jews. Contextualising events provides a different interpretation. It is not to justify what happed, rather to understand and assess these events in wider political context, with specific reference to escalating settler attac..
The Future of Arts Centres - research event
Arts centres across the UK and Ireland have long been the quiet champions of creativity and community. Often overshadowed by theatres, galleries, and concert halls and comparatively under resourced these dynamic spaces have nurtured artistic innovation and driven social and economic growth. Their vital role became undeniable during the Covid-..
Environmental Humanities Annual Event: Living Proof – A Climate Story
Please join us for this inaugural event, the first in a series to showcase and celebrate some of the diverse work on environmental questions and challenges undertaken by colleagues, alumni and students from across the Faculty of Humanities. We begin with the first screening in England of Dr Emily Munro’s 2021 documentary film, Living Proof:..
Film Screening: No Other Land
Join GDI Students for Palestine for a special screening of Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land. Following the film, we'll enjoy Palestinian catering from Jafra. Film synopsis: Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community's mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel do..
GDI Lecture: Age of Abandonment: States of Uncaring from Syria to Gaza
Speaker: Noam Leshem (Durham University) This talk interrogates no man’s land as a site of radical uncaring: abandoned by a sovereign power in a relinquishment of responsibility for the space and anyone inside it. It documents the short history of Rukban, an encampment on the border of Syria and Jordan, and how it sheds light on our contem..
GDI Lecture: Living the Urban Periphery: Our Book and Related Thoughts...
The edges of cities are increasingly understood as places of dynamism and change, but there is little research on the complexities of African urban peripheries and the varied nature of building, growth, investment and decline that is shaping them. Our multi-authored collaboratively-produced monograph ‘Living the urban periphery’ (2024) exa..
GDI Lecture: The transformative-transdisciplinary imperative: Decolonizing development in a transboundary delta
Speaker: Jenia Mukherjee, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur The Sundarbans is the largest contiguous mangroves delta in the world, spanning India and Bangladesh. The delta is a volatile island archipelago, a fluid geography, traversed by rivers, separating landmasses – it is neither land, nor water, but a liminal-dichotomous space. I..
Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr Colin Williams
Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr Colin Williams Date: 28th May 2025 Time: 14:00-16:00 Location: The University of Manchester Join us for an engaging seminar on The Human Use of Non-Human Beings: Computational Synthetic Agency and Human Exceptionalism (A Partial History and Some Possible Futures). In 1948, the venerable America..
Geography Seminar: Dr Miriam Williams, Macquarie University, Sydney - Care-full Cities: Insights into Theory and Practice
The department of Geography welcomes Dr Miriam Williams (School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney) to deliver this in-person seminar 'Care-full Cities: Insights into Theory and Practice' Open to all staff and students.
Digital Technology, Crime, and the Law Conference 2025
Digital technology is becoming ubiquitous in our daily lives, shaping how we communicate, work, and interact. To build trust in technology, its design, development, and deployment must ensure security and safety. A sustainable digital future relies on frameworks that protect both systems and users. Date and Time: 11 June 2025 | 8.30AM - 5PM L..