Being Human showcase

The School of Advanced Study at the University of London brings together 9 internationally-renowned research institutes to form the UK's national centre for the support of researchers and the promotion of research in the humanities. The School also hosts a multidisciplinary centre, the Human Rights Consortium.www.sas.ac.ukSave

School of Advanced Study, University of London

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<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">Come and join us at Senate House on the 27th June when we’ll be celebrating some of the best bits of the 2015 Festival, and raising a glass to the success of Being Human 2016! Join us for bite-sized versions of the 300 events organised in 2015, including robots and virtual reality from Sheffield Robotics,</SPAN> a chance to experience quantifiable literary thrills courtesy of a ‘Vortex’ from…</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;">Aberystwyth University, and <I STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">Intoxicants</I> – in which Lucie Skeaping from BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show, and Dr Angela McShane from the V&A will explore drinking, history and song from the 16th to 19th centuries…. Come and join us for a song and a drink!</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: #000000;">We’re delighted that the showcase will start at 1.30pm with ‘Why Burn Books?’ – a lunchtime lecture from Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge which was part of the <I>Writing human rights</I> series of events at University of East Anglia for the Being Human Festival in 2015.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; color: #050505; text-align: left;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 24px;">Make sure you stay up to date with all festival events through our <SPAN STYLE="color: #000000;"><A HREF="https://twitter.com/BeingHumanFest" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><SPAN STYLE="color: #39b3ac;">Twitter</SPAN></A></SPAN>,<SPAN STYLE="color: #000000;"><A HREF="https://twitter.com/BeingHumanFest" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </A></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #000000;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #39b3ac;"><A STYLE="text-decoration: none; color: #ed3b23;" HREF="https://www.facebook.com/events/1477125855854005/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><SPAN STYLE="color: #39b3ac;">Facebook</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN> and <SPAN STYLE="color: #39b3ac;"><A HREF="https://instagram.com/beinghumanfest/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><SPAN STYLE="color: #39b3ac;">Instagram</SPAN></A></SPAN> and sign up to our <SPAN STYLE="color: #39b3ac;"><A HREF="http://beinghumanfestival.org/e-news-sign-up/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><SPAN STYLE="color: #39b3ac;">mailing list</SPAN></A></SPAN>. The festival hashtag is <SPAN STYLE="color: #39b3ac;">#BeingHuman16</SPAN>, so make sure to use it when you tweet &amp; blog about the event.</SPAN></SPAN></P>

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