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Hello, Some events coming up at the Centre for Society, Religion & Belief (SRB) at the University of Derby. All are welcome to attend. 1) The Nationalism, Identity & Belief symposium takes place on 25th March, featuring keynote speaker Daniel Trilling, author of Bloody Nasty People: The Rise of Britain's Far Right (London: Verso, 2012), assistant editor The New Statesman, columnist for The Guardian. The conference is being organised by SRB’s Andrew Wilson and Frauke Uhlenbruch, with Jason Lee from the Identity, Conflict & Representation Research Centre. Details of how to register to attend the conference will follow. 2) The Centre for Society, Religion & Belief & the Multi-Faith Centre Seminar series. This semester’s seminars resume with speakers from the Islamic Foundation and the Universities of Derby, Birmingham and Canterbury Christ Church. We are working with the Identity, Conflict & Representation Research Centre to screen (on 13th February, 1.30-3pm) a fascinating new film on space and spirituality by the Derby-based film-making collective leere/SpektiFilms. Please come along to these free events and do invite others. Directions to the Multi-Faith Centre can be found here: http://www.multifaithcentre.org/contact-us The programme for the semester is: 23rd January 1.30-3pm Multi-Faith Centre Dilwar Hussain (Head of the Policy Research Centre at the Islamic Foundation) British Secularism and Religion: Islam, Society and the State 13th February 1.30-3pm Multi-Faith Centre leere collective & Spektifilms (film screening) The Sacred and the Personal (What Makes Places Special?) 6th March 1.30-3pm Multi-Faith Centre Dr Giselle Vincett (Lecturer, Centre for Postgradate Quaker Studies, University of Birmingham) Young People, Deprivation and Religion in the UK: Coping and Resistance 17th April 1.30-3pm Multi-Faith Centre Jamie Bird (Senior Lecturer in Therapeutic Arts, University of Derby) Imagining the Past; Remembering the Future: Using Visual Stories to Understand Domestic Violence 8th May 1.30-3pm Multi-Faith Centre Dr Robert Beckford (Reader in Theology & Religious Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University & award-winning broadcaster) Title TBC Looking forward to seeing you at these events. Best wishes, Kristin Dr Kristin Aune Senior Lecturer in Sociology Director, Centre for Society, Religion & Belief Faculty of Education, Health & Sciences University of Derby Kedleston Road Derby DE22 1GB Tel: 01332 591428 _____________________________________________________________________ The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to [log in to unmask]