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CILAVS, now an established hub for research in the UK and overseas, promotes the best research on the history and theory of visual culture in the Hispanic and Lusophone worlds.

Amr Sobhy, who graduated from Birkbeck’s MSc Public Policy and Management in 2016, is an award winning Egyptian information activist, social entrepreneur, published author and poet.

New research from the Department of Organizational Psychology’s Dr Almuth McDowall found that unlike other countries, the UK has made little progress in helping staff switch off outside of work hours – to the detriment of workers' wellbeing.

25 September 2017
17:00 — 20:00

Boston, MA USA
Free entry; booking recommended

25 September 2017
18:00 — 20:00

Stratford Library, 3 The Grove, London, E15 1EL
Free entry; booking required

26 September 2017
14:00 — 16:00

Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London , WC1H 0PD
Free entry; first come, first seated

Dr Anna Hartnell comments on the very different depictions of Hurricanes Harvey and Katrina, and how in both disasters, it has been the poorest who are hardest hit.

Dr Julia Laite explores the Jack the Ripper phenomenon, the lives of the women he killed and what the archives tell us about the infamous case.

Dr Bruna Seu from the Department of Psychosocial Studies and Glen Tarman, Head of Global Advocacy at CARE International, discuss some of the issues raised by new book 'Caring in Crisis? Humanitarianism, the Public and NGOs.'

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