The University of Essex Podcast

Juliana de Oliveira Carlos from Brazil explains why she chose to study human rights at Essex and what it feels like to have been given the opportunity to study in the UK as a Chevening Scholar.

Professor Nicholas Rumens from Middlesex University and Professor Melissa Tyler of Essex Business School discuss their collaborative research with Dr Kathleen Riach of Essex Business School, seeking to unveil the lived experiences of ageing, gender and sexuality within work organisations. In this presentation, they outline their methodology, which draws upon Judith Butler's concept of 'un/doing' to explore the narratives of LGBT participants and the ways in which they present and perform the self. For more information, or if you have any queries, please email Dr Melissa Tyler at [email protected].

Maithamako Anna Mmolai-Chalmers, from Botswana, describes why she chose to study human rights at Essex and what it feels like to have been given the opportunity to study in the UK as a Chevening Scholar. Find out more at: http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=5976

Professor Samantha Warren from Essex Business School discusses the use of visual methodologies, drawing from her own research on business organisations. Professor Warren asked participants to bring their own photographs to provide a visual stimulus, enabling her to gain an understanding of the participants' subjectivity. Find out more by visiting www.in-visio.org.

To find out more about this subject area you can email Samantha: [email protected]

To find out more about the Centre for Intimate and Sexual Citizenship (CISC), who organised this talk, go to: www.essex.ac.uk/sociology/cisc

Barbara Peirson has been confirmed as the Lakeside Theatre’s Artistic Director with Genine Sumner also confirmed as Theatre Manager.

Barbara, who also teaches in the Centre for Theatre Studies, originally took on the role temporarily in January, but has now been chosen to take the Lakeside forward on a permanent basis.

Lorna McGregor and Clara Sandoval talk about how they and their students supported REDRESS in the Leopoldo García Lucero case. Their work helped secure a landmark judgement upholding the right to justice and reparations for exiled torture survivors from Pinochet-era Chile. Find out more about the case here: http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=5875

Dr Noah Uhrig from the Institute of Social and Economic Research discusses his upcoming project, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as part of its Anti-Poverty Programme, investigating sexual orientation and poverty in the UK. The project will examine how we measure sexual orientation and poverty, and how theoretical links can be established between them.

To find out more about this subject area you can email Noah: [email protected]

To find out more about the Centre for Intimate and Sexual Citizenship (CISC), who organised this talk, go to: http://www.essex.ac.uk/sociology/research/centres/centre_cisc/

We celebrated the completion of the beautiful framework of our new building to house Essex Business School with a special 'topping out' ceremony. Listen to our students, staff and the people involved in the project chat about this latest stage. For more information go to: www.essex.ac.uk/events/event.aspx?e_id=5769

Professor Nelson Fernandez talks about Latin America Week at the University of Essex, the week's events focus on Chile and Professor Fernandez talks about his experiences under the Pinochet regime and the visit by Sheila Cassidy to coincide with the launch of the week. Sheila was also imprisoned and tortured in Chile in the 1970s and wrote the book Audacity to Believe to highlight human rights abuses in the country. Find our more about Latin America Week here: http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=5786

Rosalind Green from the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex talks about Migration Stories a special event organised for the Polish Arts Festival in Southend in collaboration with the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies at University College London.