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Place and Community summer showcase 2022

The Humanities Research Centre team was delighted to welcome guests from across the University and beyond to the Place and Community Summer Showcase at York Guildhall on 28 June. It was a pleasure to celebrate the achievements of University of York academics and their partners outside the University, whose projects were supported by the Place and Community KE Fund in the 2021-22 academic year.

The event opened with a keynote address by Prof. Rebecca Madgin (University of Glasgow), the AHRC Programme Director for Place-based Research. Rebecca argued for the importance of arts and humanities approaches in developing understandings of place that take account of felt experience. The keynote led to a stimulating Q&A session, which was followed by presentations about funded projects, as well as plenty of time for networking and conversation, for meeting other attendees and forging new relationships. We're excited to welcome members of the University and external partners in York and beyond to more Place and Community events over the coming academic year!

Guests take their seats in the Guildhall main hall. In the background is one of the Guildhalss stained-glass windows. The main projector screen dispkays the logos of the University of York and the Humanities Research Centre, and the words 'Place and Community Summer Showcase'
The main hall at York Guildhall, as Rebecca Madgin answers questions from the audience.
Guests make conversation during a break at the Place and Community Showcase.

Place & Community KE Fund: Launch and networking event

On Tuesday 14th December we celebrated the launch of the Place and Community fund, supporting knowledge exchange activities based around arts and humanities research related to the themes of place and community.

We were pleased to welcome 22 speakers from the University and other organisations based in the city of York, and to see new ideas for collaborative work beginning to crystallise. If you missed the event or would like to remind yourself of the topics discussed, the recordings are now available to watch.