No More Ivory Towers...Global Majority Women in Academia

Cultureword  is a writing development organisation based in Manchester, providing opportunities for new and aspiring writers to develop their talent and potential. Our competitions, workshops and events act as a point of focus for many writers seeking encouragement and confidence. From small beginnings in 1977, we have grown into the largest new writing, community writing and publishing organisation in the North West. We work on regional, national and international levels, promoting new writing and helping new writers become more successful.

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Cultureword’s National Black Writers Conference 2021 presents ‘No More Ivory Towers: Global Majority Women in Academia’

For far too long universities and research institutes have seemingly existed with an agenda of exclusion. The representation of female academics in positions of esteem remains disappointing and for Global Majority women in academia climbing the professor ladder is an even more extreme challenge. In this National Black Writers Conference panel questions of access, resilience and comradeship will be discussed as we work towards the horizon of No More Ivory Towers.Panellists for this event: Dr Yvonne Battle-Felton (Sheffield Hallam University) and Nur Shkembi (University of Melbourne)Chair: Cheryl Martin (Co-Artistic Director of Commonword/Cultureword)Event Time: 1 hour 15 minutes including a Q&amp;AFree, Suggested Donation £10Book a Conference Pass &amp; receive access to all Black Writers Conference events for just £30Access: This event will have AI-generated auto-captioning. Please e-mail radhaika@cultureword.org.uk with any questions.<a href="http://www.culturewordconference.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.culturewordconference.org</a>Bios of SpeakersDr Yvonne Battle-Felton, author of Remembered, is an author, academic, host, and creative producer. Remembered, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction (2019) and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize (2020). Winner of a Northern Writers Award in fiction (2017), Yvonne was awarded a Society of Author’s Foundation Grant for Remembered in 2018. She was commended for children’s writing in the Faber Andlyn BAME (FAB) Prize (2017) and has titles in Penguin Random House’s The Ladybird Tales of Superheroes and The Ladybird Tales of Crowns and Thrones. Yvonne has a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University and is a 2019 British Library Eccles Centre Visiting Fellow, and Principal Lecturer—Business and Enterprise Lead at Sheffield Hallam University where she lectures in Creative Writing. Yvonne is Host of Bookable-Space African-American Lit-Literary Salon and Book-able Space Middle-Grade Book Club. Nur Shkembi is a Melbourne (Naarm) based independent curator, writer and emerging scholar. Nur has produced and curated over 150 events, exhibitions and community engagement projects and was part of the core team that established the Islamic Museum of Australia, serving as the museum’s inaugural Art Director and Exhibitions Manager and founding Curator. Recent exhibitions include: Waqt al Tagheer (ACE Open) Khalas! (UNSW Galleries), The Inner Apartment (Nishi Gallery and National Museum of Australia), SOUL fury (Bendigo Art Gallery), and upcoming Destiny Disrupted (Granville Arts Centre, Sydney). She is currently a Fellow of the Centre of Visual Arts (CoVA) and is undertaking a PhD in the Department of Art History at the University of Melbourne. Nur is an Academic Teacher and Guest Lecturer for the Masters of Art Curatorship at University of Melbourne, and Lecturer, Masters of Gallery and Museum Management course at RMIT University.
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