Research Students Theory/Practice Seminar, Maidstone College

Research Students Theory/Practice Seminar, Maidstone College:
Semester 2: Work in Progress

Seminars take place on occasional Fridays: Seminar room 2, 11.00-1.00

Students take it in turns to present their work to the group. The session is in two related parts :

1. Theoretical approaches: the student presenting will select a short theoretical text - chapter, essay, article etc. which has some bearing on their work. This will be distributed a week beforehand. We will use this text as the focus for our initial discussion as a way of keeping up to date with a range of theoretical approaches to the discipline - other students might also wish to consider whether the text has any significance for their own project.

2. Research- in -progress. Students at an early stage of their research or those who are new to the group may wish to present something more discursive and informal outlining their research project; students at a later stage are asked to prepare a presentation around a more focussed aspect of their work and to either introduce a body of practice for group critique or select a short paper/ chapter and distribute it electronically beforehand so that we can use it as a basis for a more detailed discussion.

Proposed Timetable ( provisional and subject to amendment)

February 2nd Katherine Nolan ( Epsom)

March 2nd. Fil Ieropolous

March 23rd Eva Kapaldaki

April 20th Nigel Green

May 11th Jonathan Gilhooly

June 1st. Francesca Genovese ( to be confirmed)

June 15th Matt Gulliford (to be confirmed)

(other potential contributors at the moment include: Susan Ryland, John Torday, Isla Cunningham, Sophia Phoca. It may be possible to occasionally extend the seminar into a full day session and have two presentations in a day).

These are informal sessions and all research students, supervisors or interested staff are welcome to attend. Please contact Joanna Lowry, Research Co-ordinator Maidstone if you would like to join us or would like to offer a presentation: jlowry@ucreative.ac.uk