Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities

SIAH places culture at the heart of world-changing research, using arts and humanities' critical and creative resources to respond to contemporary challenges.

[DACS - Design and Artists Copyright Society @DACSforArtists]

1/ 🚨 New report launches today in Parliament: Framing the Future: The Political Case for Strengthening the Visual Arts Ecosystem 

Backed by the APPG for Visual Arts & Artists, it makes the case for bold government action ahead of the UK Spending Review.

[University of Southampton @unisouthampton]

We’re delighted to have played a key role in a major new report into the value and importance of visual arts.

The ‘Framing the Future’ report sets out recommendations to the government on investment to safeguard art for the future.

Read more 👉 https://t.co/emez8EJPTp

[University of Southampton @unisouthampton]

Huge majestic whale sculptures are going on show at @WinCathedral, and our @UoS_smmi experts will be there on 6 Feb for an evening of talks and performances exploring the role of whales in ecosystems and cultures.

See more 👉 https://t.co/AeEogKfkcd

[School of Humanities at University of Southampton @HumanitiesUoS]

Our next @Soton_SIAH Public Life event is with Dipesh Chakrabarty. Join us to the evolving concept of planetarity, its public presence, and challenges from nationalism, climate denial, autocratic regimes and more.

📅 Jan 30 | 16:00
🎟️Book here https://t.co/JVTA6EiHVn

[UoS Public Engagement @UoS_Engagement]

Join us for @EllaFrears ' Poetry Reading and Workshop at @JHansardGallery 🖋️ An afternoon of creative inspiration awaits!✨

📅 11th Nov

🕒 14:00 – 19:30

📍 John Hansard Gallery

🎟️ Book now: https://t.co/nyAmrHtxlF

#UoSArtsHumFest #WeAreUoS #EllaFrears

[Public Policy|Southampton (PPS) @PublicPolicyUoS]

We are happy to see that research made by Dr @joseph_owen_ has been featured in this new publication by @ProfArleneHH on widening the evidence base for #public #policymaking.

Thanks to the @ahrcpress for funding the work and @Soton_SIAH for hosting the projects.

[UoS Public Engagement @UoS_Engagement]

The Many Ways to Be a Mother | Workshop🌸
Join Prof. Fiona Woollard (@unisouthampton) to explore diverse motherhood experiences & inclusivity at John Hansard Gallery.

🗓️15th Nov 2024, 10:00-11:30
📍Active Space,@JHansardGallery
#UoSArtsHumFest #WeAreUoS #InclusiveMotherhood

[Carole Burns @Carole_Burns]

This is Tuesday! Join us in Southampton when the TS Eliot Prize-winning poet @adjoseph talks about his work and surrealism and calypso and the Caribbean… @Soton_SIAH @BeingHumanFest @Union_Soton @SotonEnglish

[Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities @Soton_SIAH]

We are very proud to have supported 'The Blue Description Project' — don't miss this very special screening!
An experimental iteration of Jarman's Blue by Christopher Robert Jones, Liza Sylvestre & @sarahkatehayden, w/ creative captions, audio description, BSL interpretation.

[UoS Public Engagement @UoS_Engagement]

🎶Exciting news! Join the launch of the AHRC Hub for Public Engagement with Music Research at @unisouthampton! 🎉The Hub will support innovative music projects connecting researchers and music🎵.
🗓️ Thu 7 Nov 2024
🕔 17:00 - 19:00
📍 Highfield Campus
#UoSArtsHumFest #WeAreUoS

[Public Policy|Southampton (PPS) @PublicPolicyUoS]

🤔 What was the key message of the Labour Conference?
🔍 Dr Joseph Owen shares key insights and takeaways from the event!
👉 Read the full blog here: https://t.co/BIz1Pem4ys
#LabourConference #PublicPolicy

[Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities @Soton_SIAH]

Introducing our new theme leads, developing research clusters and fostering collaborations across culture
Environment & Sustainability - Mike Bintley
Place & Inequality - Kwame Phillips
Health & Wellbeing - Joan Tumblety
Trust & Technology - @DrLexiWebster
https://t.co/9xtUpqKK3n

[And Towns @AndTowns]

To launch our site, @joseph_owen_ has written a blog reflecting on being an academic interloper at the 2024 Labour Conference in Liverpool:

https://t.co/HM5T8KwMS4

[And Towns @AndTowns]

And Towns has a new logo and website!

Look through to see our policy outputs, place-based reports and creative collaborations-- all of which seek to understand the role of culture in places.

https://t.co/ilifTllg3K

[Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities @Soton_SIAH]

@UoSLawSchool @FilmUoS @sotonarch @SotonEnglish @HumanitiesUoS 2/
Between Solidarity and Precarity – Sanctuary and Participatory Arts
Community Tracking of Coastal Artefact Movement at Happisburgh
Exploring Alternative Futures of Work with Women Entrepreneurs of SO14 @HistoryAtSoton
Navajo Non-Binary and Queer Women in Contemporary Society

[Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities @Soton_SIAH]

Showcase of our HEIF interdisciplinary Knowledge Exchange projects 2023/2024:
Learning from Marginalised People’s Creative Responses to Justice Problems
Fraud in True Crime Television
Reliving Southampton’s Medieval Past through Digital Storytelling
Blue Description Project
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[And Towns @AndTowns]

We're delighted to announce that our co-authored (@joseph_owen_ | @mjhowcroft | @nicky_marsh) article -- Levelling Up, affective governance and tensions within "pride in place" -- has been published in Politics + Space (@envplanc).

Please read and share:
https://t.co/shBHFM8wbP

[Shelley Cobb @bellecobb]

😊 Nice to have @WomenCallShots research on UK film industry and @FilmUoS colleague Jara Fernandez-Meneses’ research on Spanish film industry featured in @unisouthampton Research and enterprise magazine

[Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities @Soton_SIAH]

From our International Visiting Fellows Showcase:
🇮🇳 Gauri Bharat @CEPTUniversity1 on women in India
🫂 Jay Stock @WesternU on alturism
🏳️‍🌈 @ASCopeland @univgroningen on queer archives
🖼️Elisabeth Becker @UniHeidelberg on Nazi art restitution
Watch now!
https://t.co/dF5dqdsMoP