Every year, the BSLS organises a winter symposium around a particular theme. This year's has been organised by the BSLS executive committee and will be hosted online rather than at a particular institution. The event, which takes place on the 20th of November this year, is free to attend, and you can sign up here.
Here's the full programme (times are GMT):
10.00-10.15am Welcome and Opening Remarks by Jenni Halpin, BSLS Chair
10.15-11.15am Keynote Lecture: Josie Gill
11.15-11.30am Break
11.30-12.00pm Publishing Talk with Ben Doyle, Bloomsbury Academic
12.00-12.15pm Break
12.15-1.00pm Grants Talk with Tom Bray, Wellcome Trust
1.00-1.30pm Lunch
1.30-2.45pm Roundtable with Chisomo Kalinga, Manali Karmakar, Sandeep Bakshi
2.45-3.00pm Coffee Break
3.00-3.45pm Group Discussion: ‘What Kinds of Examples of Decolonial Practice Have You Seen in the Academy, or Want to See?’
3.45-4.00pm Break
4.00-5.00pm Reading Group: Priyamvada Gopal, ‘On Decolonisation and the University’; Michell Chresfield and Josie Gill, ‘Race and Antiracism in Science and the Humanities' (readings will be pre-circulated to attendees)
5.00-5.30pm BSLS Social
