Work in Progress seminars for the new semester

The blog has awoken from its midsummer slumber and our first task is to tell you about the new series of Work in Progress seminars that will start next week.

For those who are new to CENDEP, this seminar series is pretty much what the name suggests. Researchers from both within CENDEP and outside introduce their work, which often includes ideas that are still in the course of being researched and developed. The range of topics is wide, reflecting the multidisciplinary character of our centre and the range of research interests. This semester almost that full range is on view: conflict, humanitarianism, architecture and shelter, refugees, and human rights.

The seminars are held in the student hub on the third floor of the Abercrombie building (Headington campus). The exception is the third annual Nabeel Hamdi lecture, held in honour of CENDEP's founder, which is in the main lecture theatre of the John Henry Brookes building on 30 October. This year's lecturer is the Syrian architect Marwa Al-Sabouni. More details about that fascinating event nearer the time.

Seminars are at 4.30 on Thursday afternoons (except from the Hamdi lecture, which is at 6.30 on a Tuesday). All are very welcome.